AdamG Skywalker 1900 Build

[AdamG]

I purchased mine ages ago now, maybe 2 months ago and still not in the air. Its a long process planning planning and building one of these things :o christmas break will see my maiden flight though  :D

whats it like in high wind? is there a max wind speed you'd take it up in?

Cheers

[iwan_canobi]

Ive not really tested that part of it yet to be honest, its stable as a rock in up to about 10mph but thats the most I've flown in so far. I imagine with stabilisation on it won't be an issue really, only thing I've heard reports of is that it won't cope that well with a strong crosswind since the side profile is so big, but I've not experienced that much so far.

I probably wouldn't fly in anything over 20mph as a general rule anyway, but I'm a wuss! :P

[BigT]

There is a huge difference in flight characteristics between the 190 & 168. The 190 is less agile and flys more like a large scale glider. Needs mor dihedral and bigger ailerons. 


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[AdamG]

So I did a bit more work over the weekend on my Skwalker  :D

-I made a base for the battery and OSD to be mounted to with a velcro strap to hold the battery in place properly
-made the front canopy by cutting the standard EPO one and adding plywood for solid mounting places for camera pan tilt system and VTX
-labelled all cables, connected it all and tested before mounting inside the plane.
-Cut a channel for the Dragon Link antenna to sit in the tail of the plane.
-Used slow cure Epoxy to glue plane together, and the plywood base to the bottom.
-Mounted the on/off switch and my OSD menu control panel on the inside of the door so i have easy access when its open.
-Connected a silicone tube onto the airspeed sensor, and fitted a pen from work at the front as i pitot tube, which turned out perfect hehe  :P
-Mounted Dragon Link Tx to my Turnigy 9XR

Next step is im going to paint it. Then to finish it off I simply need to attach servo linkage and the motor, which is already prepared to go on the plane  :whackydance:

Build and Maiden flight video to come early next year if all goes well  :D

[FlightyFishcake]

I purchased mine ages ago now, maybe 2 months ago and still not in the air. Its a long process planning planning and building one of these things :o christmas break will see my maiden flight though  :D

whats it like in high wind? is there a max wind speed you'd take it up in?

Cheers

Your build is going well. Worth taking the time to get it right, it looks very neat.

I took my Skywalker for it's maiden flight in 10-12 mph wind which was not ideal, but made it easy to launch! Being a bigger heavier plane it handled a lot better than my Bixler did at those wind speeds.

High side profile meant it went 'sideways' as well as forward across the wind, but I didn't find it a big deal. I was running with Eagletree Vector, so the stabilisation probably helped.

[benitoculito]

Very good setup, I'm watching this one closely. Next for me is going to be a sky walker me thinks ! Between the 1900 and 1600 model is the body size very different ? (ie the canopy space and room inside)

[AdamG]

Very good setup, I'm watching this one closely. Next for me is going to be a sky walker me thinks ! Between the 1900 and 1600 model is the body size very different ? (ie the canopy space and room inside)

Thanks  :D

The body is identical for both models, just a different main wing that's all :thumbsup:

[_tj_]

Looking good.

Here's a link to the newest firmware in case you haven't spotted it as yet.
Tornado v1.09
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=30092785

[AdamG]

Looking good.

Here's a link to the newest firmware in case you haven't spotted it as yet.
Tornado v1.09
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=30092785

Cheers TJ, will look into that as i do have the USB updater tool  :thumbsup:

[AdamG]

For anyone following this build, here is exactly how I've wired it together:

[_tj_]

No problem.

Any reason your not using the ppm single cable method to the rx

[_tj_]

I purchased mine ages ago now, maybe 2 months ago and still not in the air. Its a long process planning planning and building one of these things :o christmas break will see my maiden flight though  :D

whats it like in high wind? is there a max wind speed you'd take it up in?

Cheers

Your build is going well. Worth taking the time to get it right, it looks very neat.

I took my Skywalker for it's maiden flight in 10-12 mph wind which was not ideal, but made it easy to launch! Being a bigger heavier plane it handled a lot better than my Bixler did at those wind speeds.

High side profile meant it went 'sideways' as well as forward across the wind, but I didn't find it a big deal. I was running with Eagletree Vector, so the stabilisation probably helped.

I flew my v6 in winds gusting to 23mph, it handled it pretty well with storm, on a 4s setup 600w motor.
At times it was making me think my osd was playing up.

I thought I was flying away from me, and the wind was pushing me back on about half throttle, so the distance to home was going down.
Quite odd, when the plane was facing away from home.

All good fun though.

And if this wind keeps up for too much longer I will be forced to go out and do it again.
Before the withdrawals become to much.
:)

[AdamG]

TJ i won't be brave enough to maiden if the wind stays like this  :o

oh and i didn't use the single ppm cable mainly because I've never heard of one  :laugh: :opps:

[_tj_]

You can use one lead from the receiver to the osd.
Off the top of my head, once you turn it on in the osd menu you connect it to the MOD channel (I think) and run the lead to the ppm ch on receiver.

eliminates quite  a few extra cables.
Haven't used Dragonlink so not sure which channel it is on it.

But I'm sure someone on here will know :)

[AdamG]

Paint job  :D