X-UAV Mini Talon

English Turbines · October 06, 2016, 04:32:31 PM

Quote from: luvbus on October 06, 2016, 04:29:15 PM

Out of excuses, ready to chuck.....

Looks pretty slick.....Is that 2.4 Video..?

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luvbus · October 06, 2016, 05:15:54 PM

Thanks ET,

Running Crossfire LRS so will stick with 2.4 for video.
Looks better in the photo than real life. In spite of lightly sanding the paint hasn't really taken proper hold of the foam and remained tacky for a long time. Had to resort to talc to stop it sticking to everything....

Coyote · October 06, 2016, 10:44:25 PM

Very ...... Orange ! :)

luvbus · October 06, 2016, 11:08:13 PM

Hopefully easy to spot in all that long grass at Redcar!! ;D

SoGeo · October 07, 2016, 11:52:30 AM

Quote from: Coyote on October 06, 2016, 10:44:25 PM
Very ...... Orange ! :)

Very nice ! Is it paint or covering ?

luvbus · October 07, 2016, 08:34:08 PM

It's paint....

Loopdreams · October 15, 2016, 07:03:09 PM

Another one all read to go!

FPVSteve · October 15, 2016, 07:52:56 PM

You can always tell an awesome airframe, people spend loads of time making them look ace.

Nice work!

Loopdreams · October 15, 2016, 08:22:41 PM

Thanks man. Just hope it still looks pretty after the first flight.

Loopdreams · October 21, 2016, 12:43:58 PM

The time has come. Going to chuck this thing into the air at lunchtime and see what happens.

English Turbines · October 21, 2016, 01:06:00 PM

Quote from: Loopdreams on October 21, 2016, 12:43:58 PM
The time has come. Going to chuck this thing into the air at lunchtime and see what happens.

Oh, good luck m8.....I went for a fly this morning....its pretty calm.....:)

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Andy Sayle · October 21, 2016, 01:24:27 PM

May the force be with you....

markwilliams · October 21, 2016, 02:27:54 PM

Good luck chap.

They do fly real nice.

Mark.

Loopdreams · October 21, 2016, 03:36:32 PM

Cheers all. It was as uneventful as I hoped it would be, had one LOS flight to make sure it would actually fly, a quick go in the goggles and then I quit while I was ahead. Pretty much flew right out of my hand with no real signs of anything untoward, a slight roll to the left perhaps. I think I'd gone a bit conservative on the CG, though. Definitely going to move it back a few mm at a time next time I go out. I was flying round holding in a good bit of up elevator and it all felt a bit heavy, not really in a bad way but it could definitely stand to be a little more responsive.

Landing seems fine too but fairly quick as others have said. It was flat calm so I really tried to slow it down as much as possible. On the first, LOS, flight I kept on feeding in up elevator until there was none left and flew it right to the stall about a foot above the ground but even then it was still fair travelling. It should be able to fly a tad slower once I move the CG back, though.

Video here of both flights that I had. It also shows the stabilisation working on the Firefly Q6. Not sure about it really, at times it works really well and smooths things out but at others it just looks a bit wonky as it crops and zooms around the frames. I think I'll turn it off next time for a comparison.

Overall it seems like a nice stable sort of a thing this plane. I like it.

Loopdreams · October 22, 2016, 01:27:14 PM

Nudged the battery back a few cm to bring the CG back nearer the servo wires and went flying this morning with a mate. Made a huge difference, flew right out of my hand and it landed at what seemed like walking speed although there was perhaps a 10 mph breeze today.