BlueFlyer's Skywalker 1900

BlueFlyer · January 16, 2016, 12:22:19 AM

The only thing "inside" my fuselage is the ESC and the Vector PSU where the LiPo plugs into. Everything else is either in a cut out on the wing, covered in easily removeable/cuttable tape, on the FPV canopy or in the top compartment, easily accessible with the wings off.

with a Skywalker... the inside is really supposed to be for as much LiPo as you can fit in there lol ;)

AdamG · January 16, 2016, 12:30:51 AM

On mine EVERYTHING is inside apart from the ESC :laugh:

Getting it ready for some mountain flying tomorrow ;D

BlueFlyer · January 16, 2016, 12:38:51 AM

cool Adam.... where will you be flying?

back this side of the sea yet lol?

AdamG · January 16, 2016, 10:49:14 AM

Im going to go to the Wicklow Mountains which are just south of Dublin. Only problem is the forecast all week and last night was no wind or rain.... this morning it flipped and said rain and wind >:(

As you will have guessed from the above, i'm still in Ireland :)

BlueFlyer · January 30, 2016, 07:07:31 PM

Quote from: AdamG on January 16, 2016, 10:49:14 AM
Im going to go to the Wicklow Mountains which are just south of Dublin. Only problem is the forecast all week and last night was no wind or rain.... this morning it flipped and said rain and wind >:(

As you will have guessed from the above, i'm still in Ireland :)

you'll be happy to know the weather here isn't that much better either lol

started off lovely this morning, but the winds just wouldnt let up, then the snow came... not even nice snow either... that crappy soggy snow that just melts straight away :(

BlueFlyer · January 30, 2016, 07:10:59 PM

I was getting fed up of my GoPro fogging up in it's protective case, so I thought I'd do something about it.

I ordered a new "frame" case for it and it's got a sunshield built in... ideal as lens protection...

I also missed the ability to pan 360 degrees since my GWS servo got totalled during the recovery of my crashed skyhunter last summer. So I bought one of those as well.

Here's the updated FPV canopy, not very aerodynamic but I don't really care if it gets me the footage I really like.

Gundummy · January 30, 2016, 07:42:00 PM

Thats nice ....... and it works. I miss jury rigged stuff like this. Not sure if that lense shade is removable but i use TBS gopro lense filter which has served me well.

where did you get the pod from Chris?

wgt40w · January 30, 2016, 08:31:10 PM

Quote from: Gundummy on January 30, 2016, 07:42:00 PM
Thats nice ....... and it works. I miss jury rigged stuff like this. Not sure if that lense shade is removable but i use TBS gopro lense filter which has served me well.

where did you get the pod from Chris?

Probably here - look down the page

http://www.fpvmodel.com/fpv-airplanes_accessories_c16.html

BlueFlyer · January 30, 2016, 09:09:25 PM

no the lens shade isn't removable, it's part of the frame case, and I bought the pod from hobbyking

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__72973__Skywalker_1680_1720mm_Plywood_FPV_Camera_Mount_Canopy.html

BlueFlyer · March 26, 2016, 09:45:38 PM

I've decided to transplant all the gear from this SW1900 into a new airframe for the summer.

There are 2 main reasons for this...

1. This airframe is getting a bit tatty now, not because of bad landings or crashes or anything like that... but because of how many times I've moved things around getting stuff just right, adding bits here and there, cutting chunks out of it for stuff then taking that stuff out etc. The wings are a mess underneath and there's holes all over it.

2. It just wont fly straight and it's bloody annoying. It's a known "feature" of the standard all foam fuselage version of the skywalker that the tail will end up twisted or warped somehow, regardless of how much care you put into building it. I'm hoping the new airframe will be straighter by design.

So what am I replacing my Skywalker 1900 with?

Another Skywalker, only this time I'm going to try the carbon tail "Revolution" version with the 1720mm wings.

English Turbines · March 27, 2016, 04:05:51 PM

Hi Blue,

You could try glueing some struts between Tailplane and the base of the Fin....?

:vulture:

BlueFlyer · March 27, 2016, 04:33:25 PM

Quote from: English Turbines on March 27, 2016, 04:05:51 PM
Hi Blue,

You could try glueing some struts between Tailplane and the base of the Fin....?

:vulture:

will only make a messy plane messier, and I've already bought the new plane :)

also, the reason the horizontal stab isn't level with the wings isn't because it's not on at a perfect 90 degrees to the vertical stab... it's because the actual foam tail boom is twisted... it's just a manufacturing defect that many people have noticed with the fully foam body skywalkers

English Turbines · March 27, 2016, 06:45:09 PM

Im still glueing my Fuz together...It does seem rather floppy as standard, maybe I will glue some bamboo skewers in the Fin...It will be getting some Tailplane struts as well....

:vulture:

BlueFlyer · March 27, 2016, 06:49:24 PM

you'll have to let us know how you get on with your tail and if you manage to get it straight lol

to be honest, I didn't have these issues with my 2nd skywalker. That was the 1680 version and I went to town twisting that tail back into shape using brute force and fibre tape :)

I'm hoping the carbon boom version is "jigged" somehow so there's no way to avoid the tail being perfectly straight.

Dillwhacker · March 27, 2016, 11:12:59 PM

TBH I'm surprised this is a problem. My 1900 has such a big long stiff ( :D) carbon tube all the length of the boom, I can't see how the heck it could bend. If it just twisted a bit on it's axis, I wouldn't think that would matter.
Mine came with tailplane diagonal braces, bright orange fixings.
And I stuck a lump of GRP (not carbon) up the fin.
It bl@@dy better be bl@@dy good !