As you might know I will try Arduplane in the Skywalker and Bixler to begin with. I have a few ideas of how to perform tests and here are my thoughts 1 verify RTH (fly away and turn off radio/activate with a switch – plane returns to start at preconfigured height) 2 verify flying after …
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Jun 16
FPV Total lunar eclipse
The total lunar eclipse was yesterday and I went out for a FPV-flight hoping I could see the moon in my cameras. It was very windy and all flights were performed after sunset. A few minor crashes due to wind forced me to field repairs and the final crash also cracked the front of EPP …
Jun 06
FPV video “Slow Down”
I went out to do a shoot at some local ponds. the location is in the approach just outside the local airport so I made a few calls to the tower making sure I caused no problems for them or any incoming or outgoing traffic. They also have my phone number so they can call …
May 30
Skywalker – some FPV
I went out to the field today – met a friend who flies a big YAK. talked a bit and hooked up my gear. 2 flights ~20-25 minutes each and we both enjoyed the 7″ LCD. The result can be seen here. ▶
May 26
Skywalker modification
I did not like having the GoPro obstructing the view from my FPV camera. Time to do something to change this. How about cutting out a piece of the front making room for the camera? I drew the outline and used a sharp saw toothed knife in the kitchen. Now the camera has its own …
May 20
Skywalker FPV and lost orientation
I went out rather late today for a flight hoping the wind would settle a bit. I drove off from home after 20:00 and the sun went down behind some clouds at 21:00 so I flew most time after sunset. I put all gear together and tried the FPV-link. For some reason I got no …
May 17
Skywalker AUW
Today I put the Skywalker on the scale – or the parts that make up for the Skywalker that is as my digital kitchen-scale only accepts 1-1000g. Here is the weights including all parts: Fuselage 850g GoProHD 179g+26g 5000mAh LIPO 404g LIPO 90g1050mAh Wing 420g This adds up to an AUW (All Up Weight) 1969grams …
May 04
Skywalker groundstation tests
I had to try some features with the Eagle Tree Eagleeyes groundstation. I connected 2 video RX so I could enable the diversity features and by doing this the groundstation beeps when the diverity feature swaps to the better video RX signal. This test is just like all others I’ve done so far with stock …
Apr 22
Skywalker Maiden FPV
This is the 1st test with the FPV gear on the Skywalker. Initially I had some troubles…lots of things to take care of prior take off. I did a range check prior take off and simply walked away with the ground station wearing the goggles and my DX7 radio. This way I could easily see …
Apr 18
Skywalker maiden
I couldnt hold back – I maiden Skywalker today – great feeling. no FPV, no videolink – only Eagle Tree +gps for logging and GoPro HD for recording Here is the GPS route imported into Google Eardh 8km in 10 minutes is not bad for a maiden flight. ~2000mAh drained from a 5000mAh LIPO during …
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