Today I went out for a longer flight-path – following my series of tests….I placed a waypoint at 2.2Km – over my dad’s house to be specific…It is 2.2Km to the RC field to his house. When I reached about 1.7-1.8Km I got some video trouble – I lost image totally and I went left …
Category Archive: RC
RC is Radio controlled stuff. anything from planes to helicopters and cars.
Jun 15
Bixler waypoint test in strong wind
I went out to test the Bixler in stronger winds as well as extending the route setting waypoints further away. The flight path was repeated 2 times – when I compare them 2 in Google Earth I’m impressed by the accuracy. No big deviations from the route despite strong wind from 1 side. See the …
Jun 08
Long range FPV tested
Today I rushed away 21:15 to get to the RC field…21:30 I arrive, all empty(wonder why a Saturday night;) ) Anyway…I programmed a longer route in my Arduplane. I also powered up all gear, FPV, camera and OSD so I could detect any interferences. At some points I had static, but I never lost picture …
May 19
433mhz installed in my Bixler
I finally got the time to install the 433mhz module and the Turn stile antenna on my Bixler. The antenna is located on the bottom side of the wing and the RX is located on the pod – behind the camera The 1st flight will be LOS in manual mode (arduplane) – Then if things …
May 09
433mhz LRS – UPDATED!
I am busy testing the 433mhz LRS system from Orange. A: OrangeRx Open LRS 433MHz 9Ch Receiver and: OrangeRx Open LRS 433MHz TX Module (JR/Turnigy compatible) The stock antennas are not the best – I purchased a Nagoya 771 from ebay and I built a Dipole antenna. So far it is pretty obvious which antenna …
Mar 18
Prep-9X
I started to prepare the transplantation of the 9X brain. A testfit to mark for some new holes and to verify things work out as expected. I do not want to ruin my 9X as I use it as my primary radio. I did discover that I need to solder the back light to the …
Mar 11
MultiWii 2.2 is released
The outstanding software MultiWii is released in version 2.2 I can’t wait for better weather to test thi new version on my 450Quad. ***Control mode*** – introduction of HORIZON MODE. We have now 3 modes: ACRO mode. This is the default one when none of the ANGLE & HORIZON BOX is activated. The copter will …
Mar 11
Progression
Things move slow during the winter Some indoor flying with my Extra 300 from Autopartner.se With this plane my skills evolves rapidly. It has more to do with the plane being barely unbreakable compared to Depron than my skill. As this plane is more forgiving in a crash I can now fly lower to the …
Jan 28
Lazy days
Long time no posts! I know I have not been updating the pages for some time. Being busy with work and family + the addition of cold weather is the cause. As my storage/ shed is barely insulated it is just as cold inside as it is outside. This prevents me from working there during …
Nov 28
Bixler Arduplane navigation
This is just a short clip to demonstrate how the Bixler turns at a predetermined waypoint. No hands on the radio! ▶ I also demonstrate how easy it is to land the plane in FPV as I have been asked this question some times.
Youtube Playlist
Above is one of my playlists on Youtube with some selected highlights. I think I included most of my FPV flights with the Skywalker.