fpv penguin

Carloss84 · January 13, 2013, 10:11:44 PM

finwing penguin , 1350kv motor , 70amp esc , bec, 35mhz corona , fy31ap , hornet osd , 2.4 vtx

FPVSteve · January 13, 2013, 10:13:02 PM

Very nice! Looks really smart.

Is it just me or do these look a bit like Icon A5's?

Carloss84 · January 13, 2013, 10:14:28 PM

few more pics

Carloss84 · January 13, 2013, 10:17:02 PM

yeh they do a bit dont they haha really pleased with it , and there cheap , i may buy another.

Flyboysee · January 13, 2013, 10:23:03 PM

Thanks for posting this up Carlos. I'm really impressed with the size of it and belly holding capacity. Yours looks pretty neat too!

R

Carloss84 · January 13, 2013, 10:25:42 PM

its ok mate , them 2200 3s you can see in the pics can go another 3/4 of there lengh back more towards the fy31ap and still leaves room for the fy31ap , still lots of room in the middle then aswell for what ever ya want .

Coyote · January 16, 2013, 12:27:27 PM

Nice build Carloss, I really like the Penguin, acres of room in there :)

Dizzy · January 17, 2013, 03:21:31 PM

nice and clean looks very smart, plenty of room for more lipo power :D

You got yourself a nice Fpv plateform there :)

dizzy

Dizzy · January 17, 2013, 06:09:58 PM

Quote from: Andy66 on January 17, 2013, 03:29:41 PM
Wow only just realized how big it is, and there was me thinking it was an overpriced copy of the usual. Looks a nice build with you Carloss

Andy here is mine next to my easystar they are huge inside :D

dizzy :D

Carloss84 · January 17, 2013, 09:59:29 PM

Yeh there is bags of room and gives you a few options of what batteries to use aswell, im going with 4 2200 3s in parallel for now and see how i go, im getting about 25mins run time and using about 2000ma and thats on the power alot, so cruising around i should get a good 30 min out of 1 battery ;D . hopefully get some video of this snow this weekend because its heading my way :D . thanks for the comments . theres a short vid on youtube if ya fancy having a look ,cheers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or6-5TKVo04

Zeeflyboy · January 19, 2013, 02:45:01 PM

I must admit I'm getting increasingly tempted to p-p-p-pick up a penguin.

FPVSteve · January 19, 2013, 03:09:45 PM

I'm very very tempted myself seeing that picture - loads of room to do a really nice setup like Coyotes X8 with ply and proper connections instead of tangled wires :D

Dizzy · January 19, 2013, 05:49:42 PM

Steve, Zeeflyboy, I i don,t think there is much better value out there tbh, the finish is nice the tail boom is pretty indestructable ( ill prob be proved wrong on that later comment) and it looks like she will carry anything you will ever need for fpv.

There is a undercamber on the wing which is why she glides so well i suspect.

Carloss84 have you tried a ground take off yet? i,m going to beef up the wheel axle assembly i don,t think it will take many heavy landings on a road like it is the axle is very thin.

dizzy :)

mons2b · February 06, 2013, 05:19:46 AM

Greetings from New Zealand.

Hi Tail boom is not indestructable unfortunately. I had a bad nose in crash and the force of the impact snapped the boom right where the hole is for the GPS cable would go. Its a weak point i would reinforce the wood piece there and or do a few tape rolls at that point. Note not only did the foam snap but so did the inside wood reinforcement.

Flyboysee · February 09, 2013, 07:36:07 PM

Hi Carlos / any other Penguin flyers...

I've got the M2815 motor which has a prop adaptor which ends in a threaded bolt with a nut. Wanting to use an APC 9X6 prop I had to bore out the inner ring of the prop. I did two this way and both are horribly unbalanced, ie: after screwing it on, the prop spins pissed because my drill opening must be off.

What have you guys done? I've that the 3 blade is not as good as an APC 9X6. Any way to bore the prop better, or is there an attachment that I could use that would fit the 9X6?

Any help appreciated!

Richard

fpv penguin

mons2b