Skywalker Kit List Help

[BlueFlyer]

I'm reading with interest as I am fitting out a SW 1900 with similar gear.
Blue - may I ask what motor / KV you would recommend for 3S 5000 LiPo?
I was looking at 3548-1050kV or 3542-1185kV...
I would value you opinion dude!
:)

3S on a skywalker is certainly do-able, it won't be as powerful or economical as a 4S setup but you will still have a great flying machine on your hands.

Of those two I would use this on 3S LiPo with the same prop I recommended above

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__80693__Turnigy_Aerodrive_SK3_3548_1050kv_Brushless_Outrunner_Motor_UK_Warehouse_.html?strSearch=3548%2010

Step down converter recomendation?

Although it's designed for multirotors, this is a good regulator and power distribution board and would be ideal for a multi-voltage airframe such as a skywalker running on 4S.

http://www.banggood.com/Matek-Mini-Power-Hub-Power-Distribution-Board-With-BEC-5V-And-12V-For-FPV-Multicopter-p-1005549.html

There are many different versions of this power hub, by many manufacturers... maybe someone on here can suggest one... I personally use a single LiPo setup on my vector now, and used a 2 lipo setup on my Storm OSD builds to get away from having to use regulators.

[FPVSteve]

I prefer the climb power of a 4s setup myself, my Skywalker feels quite underpowered when I run it with a 3s battery and that's with twice the capacity 4s (= weight) than the 3s weight (10000mAh 4s vs 5000mAh 3s).

I've got a 1200kv motor on a 9x6 prop... it's like a rat up a drainpipe :D

[keukpa]

I've got a 1200kv motor on a 9x6 prop... it's like a rat up a drainpipe :D

And you'd know! ;)  :sparta:

[Dillwhacker]

Cheers Blue, cheers guys  :)
Jees, can't wait to fly this thing after 2.4G / 5.8G...
;D

[cortex]

3S on a skywalker is certainly do-able, it won't be as powerful or economical as a 4S setup but you will still have a great flying machine on your hands.

Of those two I would use this on 3S LiPo with the same prop I recommended above

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__80693__Turnigy_Aerodrive_SK3_3548_1050kv_Brushless_Outrunner_Motor_UK_Warehouse_.html?strSearch=3548%2010



any pics of your skywalker?


Although it's designed for multirotors, this is a good regulator and power distribution board and would be ideal for a multi-voltage airframe such as a skywalker running on 4S.

http://www.banggood.com/Matek-Mini-Power-Hub-Power-Distribution-Board-With-BEC-5V-And-12V-For-FPV-Multicopter-p-1005549.html

There are many different versions of this power hub, by many manufacturers... maybe someone on here can suggest one... I personally use a single LiPo setup on my vector now, and used a 2 lipo setup on my Storm OSD builds to get away from having to use regulators.

[cortex]

stock hardware any good?

[Dillwhacker]

I prefer the climb power of a 4s setup myself, my Skywalker feels quite underpowered when I run it with a 3s battery and that's with twice the capacity 4s (= weight) than the 3s weight (10000mAh 4s vs 5000mAh 3s).

I've got a 1200kv motor on a 9x6 prop... it's like a rat up a drainpipe :D

Cheers Steve, I'll work my way up to a drainpipe rat - I have a rat ATM - a Laser Arrow with an FPV setup loosely connected to both wings - that's as much excitement as I can handle just now.
Just want long slow and smooth from the SW1900...
Till I've had 3 flights..
:P

[BlueFlyer]

http://www.fpvhub.com/index.php/topic,45749.0.html

I use the control horns for the surfaces, but I always use my own pushrods and clevises. I use 2mm threaded pushrods with M2 clevises on the thread and a Z bend on the other end. I have the clevis on the horn at the control surface, then put the Z bend into the servo horn

http://www.gliders.uk.com/8-Push-Rod-M2-Threaded-Pk10/productinfo/RPF-RCA127/
http://www.gliders.uk.com/Clevis-metal-M2-Pk-10/productinfo/G3548/

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__34396__Z_Bend_Pliers_Heavy_Duty_90_degree_up_to_1_16_UK_Warehouse_.html
out of stock... but in stock here, albeit more expensive
https://buy.4props.com/z-bend-pliers.html?gclid=CjwKEAiAoIK1BRCRiMqphvnlwlwSJAAOebPMWrJopoLtRR4jaZfJFwDxO2Y9k40AXahGNMODWmIVXhoCiw3w_wcB

[cortex]

anyone know where i can get  ply or 3d printed fpv gear/ camera mount for the sw ?

[FPVSteve]

I made my own

[cortex]

I made my own

i plan on mounting an fpv camera and a go pro.

have you got a pic of yours?

[FPVSteve]

Not to hand. My FPV camera is fixed to the plane on a pan servo just behind the canopy (on top). My "canopy" is simply a nicely cut piece of ply with a GoPro mount glued to it so that I can attach a case GoPro to it.

I can swap canopies out - I have one for my GoPro, my Mobius and one with a gopro gimbal attached to the front too. Depending on my mood :)

[FlyingRock]

Hi Cortex

You can get a nice and cheap plywood one from HK international. Shipping might take a while though.

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

It fits perfectly the SW1900 - I've got one!

Cheers

Charles

[cortex]

wheres the best place to put esc?

[BlueFlyer]

depends on what other kit you have and where you have it.

the top bay just under the wings is where the designers assumed one would put the ESC, with the power and signal wires going down into the main body of the fuselage, and the 3 motor wires going through the hole at the rear of that bay, to the motor.

However, I have my motor wires going down into the lower hole and the ESC is inside the main body, simply because I prefer to have my autopilot/osd in the top bay for ease of access.