Flyingwings Falcon EVO FPV

[Hawkview]

Anybody thought adding a pan servo to the fpv cam on a falcon evo or another wing? Is it worth doing?
I'm thinking about it to my falcon.

[Piers283]

Possibly. As long as you keep it compact as to limit air resistance. also you will need to sort out the weight distribution if you do. otherwise it could be interesting.

[Billy_boy_2010]

How is everyone getting on with their Falcons?

I love mine- would be interested in feedback and peoples thoughts on the pros and cons. I'm running the eco power pack, a vector, and a 4000 multistar battery.

Pros

Small, compact, flies lovely when the CG is right. Mine carries a gopro sized cam and a board cam. Good glide ratio too.

Cons

Pretty poor in wind- particularly a crosswind. Mine is on the heavier side compared to others I suspect. I wonder if the huge wing tips contribute to this?

Also it seems very prone to ground effect? There's a section I have been flying over a corn field recently- with a row of trees right next to it and if I get too low she appears far less stable- it's not waggle as such (although it looks a bit like it) but she seems far more twitchy only when I'm running her low.

Any ideas would be great thanks.

[Brucey]

That's not ground effect. Was there any wind, and was it blowing from the other side of the trees? Sounds more like turbulent air from the trees.

[jt]

 

How is everyone getting on with their Falcons?

I love mine  :D  It flies really well, I've had it out in a bit of a breeze and it was fine. I'm running a 2200kv motor and 6x5 prop, it can hit about 110kph or fly really slowly, it does get a bit bouncy when you give it the beans but cruises around beautifully. Mines a little nose heavy but doesn't seem to care.
  I did have a bit of a head scratching moment on how to hold my YI cam in securely, I ended up 3d printing a box to hold it and hot glued it in, now it's super secure!!
   

[Piers283]

I have been enjoying mine. I have achieved 30 mins flight time and a top speed of 100mph exactly. I have found that it doesnt do great in turbulance or gusty winds but is fine in constant winds. 4000mah multistar and 1800kv 7x5 prop.

[unharmed]

How much does everyone's Falcon weigh? Worried mine is a little porky...

[iPeel]

850g all up, 760g dry.

[BlueFlyer]

mine's 854g fully loaded

[Billy_boy_2010]

Mines almost exactly 1kg. It's carrying a vector, board cam, 4000maH multistar and  Xaomi Yi camera.

TBH i would be happy if she was a bit heavier- she flies beautifully but still struggles with medium wind :(

[FlipastRC]

Anybody thought adding a pan servo to the fpv cam on a falcon evo or another wing? Is it worth doing?
I'm thinking about it to my falcon.

We have added a tilt to one of our Falcon Evo wings we are testing, moves both the FPV camera and the Mobius lens (on an
extension  ribbon)

Works really well and does not interupt the airflow.

[Hawkview]

We have added a tilt to one of our Falcon Evo wings we are testing, moves both the FPV camera and the Mobius lens (on an
extension  ribbon)

Works really well and does not interupt the airflow.

Do you have a picture I could look at? Please

[Bertie]

Order placed! cant wait to join the party  ;D

[iwan_canobi]

Nearly ready to rock, just need to sort the servo linkage and is good to go!

[Billy_boy_2010]

Looks awesome

But for the love of God strap that camera in!!!

I had my cam lodged in place initially too and lost my first xaiomi camera after flying inverted in my falcon- she flew inverted well and then suddenly pitched up whilst inverted. On landing she seemed to glide forever and I notoced there was no camera in there :( With hindsight she must have been fairly nose heavy initially.

She was in pretty snugly too I was really surprised she fell out! :(

I stupidly forgot to record with my dvr so have no accurate record of where the camera fell out. I was flying over a fenced off park full of deer too so no chance of retrieval unless I knew exactly where to look.

Second camera I have just glues a long thin strip of Velcro into the slot- half hook half loop and then, with the camera in place, I velcro the ends together and it's perfect.