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I've reinforced the canopy around the "knobs" holding the canopy to the fuselage with strong transparent packing tape. After a couple of rough landings, some "knobs" have broken, but I've 3D printed new ones. Yes, I've extended the flaps, elevator and ailerons, mostly to improve the loop and roll authority and reduce the wing loads. The model weighs about 2 kg.

You are garbage to inav even to ardupilot. Please change your hobby.

Thanks! If you like you can check out some other videos on my Springpilot channel.

Shure, I'm not at home until Monday. I can then send you a PM. If you have an email, it would be much easier.

sounds great @@springpilot

Eventually at home. Yes, INAV has a setting for soaring and gliders. You can look up the GitHub: github.com/iNavFlight/inav/wiki/Navigation-modes#nav-course-hold---fixed-wing-heading-hold "NAV COURSE HOLD - Fixed Wing Heading Hold: When enabled the machine will try to maintain the current heading and compensate for any external disturbances (2D CRUISE). Users can adjust the flight direction directly with the ROLL stick or with the YAW stick (nav_fw_cruise_yaw_rate sets the yawing rate at full stick deflection). The latter will offer a smoother way to adjust the flight direction. If the mode is enabled in conjunction with NAV ALTHOLD the current altitude will be maintained (CRUISE). Altitude can be adjusted, as usual, via the pitch stick. ANGLE mode is forced to be active so the plane will auto level. NAV CRUISE - Fixed Wing Heading + Altitude Hold: Equivalent to the combination of NAV COURSE HOLD and NAV ALTHOLD described above." And: github.com/iNavFlight/inav/wiki/Modes#soaring-fw "SOARING (FW) Fixed wing mode for soaring flight with motor off so intended for sailplanes or motor gliders. Mode becomes active only when Position Hold or Cruise/Course Hold modes are also selected providing semi-autonomous soaring whilst circling or flying straight with heading hold. When the mode is active altitude control is disabled and Angle mode is allowed to free float (disabled) within the pitch range set by nav_fw_soaring_pitch_deadband (float pitch angle on either side of level). The motor can be stopped by setting nav_fw_soaring_motor_stop." In ver. 6.1. All these settings can be done in the Configurator, you don't need to go to cli.

@@springpilot It's prefect. I have both a volantex ranger 2000 and a Phoenix V2 ready for FPV, I really missed such a flight mode in INAV. I look forward to ordering the walksnail and getting on the air with the INV 6

how much is your soaring pitch dead band? @@springpilot

Grieg is not licensed 😄

Thank you! You're right, it's a beautiful bird and fun to fly.

I have no mix of aileron/elevator in INAV. In Acro and Angle mode, I do the elevator compensation myself. In autonomous flying mode, INAV does the job. INAV 6.1 does it even better. A new video is coming soon

@@springpilot Many thanks for your reply. So in Inav, you put Throttle, Aileron, Elevator and Rudder on each channel. Total 4 channels? I am also a glider pilot and I am going to modify my ASW28 with airbreaks also aux Trim with elevator that can adjust the landing speed at join circuit before landing. Head track and Worksnail HD will be also put on it.

Thanks!!

Thanks! My equipment, especially the VR-mounted antennas, gives a range of up to 1.5 - 2 Km. I think the Crossfire can do more. Concerning the altitude, I'm just outside the 5 Km limit of a nearby airport. I, therefore, restrict myself to altitudes of about 300 meters. My plan is this spring, to go into the Norwegian mountains and try out my limits of altitude.

Thanks! At first, I printed a version with PETG. In the winter temperature, it was very fragile and broke to pieces just by some heavy landings. Then I printed a version with PLA, and as you can see, it flies great.

Hello and thanks for watching. This was, I think, my first video on FPV flying. For HD recording I used a Hawkeye Firefly Q6 4K Mini Camera mounted on top of the tail. This camera has a stabilizing function, when turned on it looks like it's moving relative to the aircraft. In later videos, I turned this function off. Since this video was shot, I've made several modifications. The most important is moving over to Open TX and INAV. If you like you can check out my latest videos on my channel

@@springpilot Thank you, this is interesting information for me

Thank you for watching! This video is my first one on FPV flying. If you check out my other videoes on my channel, I've had some development, o.e. increasing my range and trimming the plane to a more stable flight to include airspeed. I'm right now completing my 5th version of the ASW28. I've converted from a Spektrum and Arkbird universe to Open TX with TBS Crossfire and the INAV universe. It was a steep and difficult learning curve. It took me 18 months to get the ASW28 up and running. That's the reason for no videos on the ASW28 in a while. Flight time with a 3300 mAh battery, I've managed up till half an hour with a range of up to 1 km in relatively calm conditions. As you can see, I'm flying FPV recreational style, no thermic nor hang flying. When the plane is fully trimmed, I can fly in about 6 - 7 m/sec wind.

Thank you! It's been a while since this video was shot. Meanwhile, I've converted from Spektrum to Open TX and from Arkbird to INAV. It has been quite a job learning with some crashes and no flights suitable for publishing. Now I'm nearly there, hopefully, new videos are coming soon.

Hello Renè! Thank you, I'm kind of a newbie myself. I'll recommend going to the RUclipsrs Painless360 and Andrew Newton and check out their channels. There you'll find several videos on FPV planes, mostly wings, and other gear. I am more into gliders, especially the ASW28 from Volantex. It's a beautiful plane, though it needs some modifications. I'm now completing my 4th version. I've abandoned the Spektrum and Arkbird systems and dived into INAV, Open TX and TBS Crossfire. A lot to get into but a much more flexible system. Good lunch with your FPV and happy flying

@@springpilot Thank you, I will do that, you to al lot of happy flying 👍🏻

Hello Jason! Thank you, FPV flying in the great nature of Norway is great fun. I’m into electric gliders, and I’ve fallen in love with the ASW28 from Volantex. I’ve build thee of them and got some expensive experiences from them. The first one I set up only with a simple receiver and a 5 channel radio and I crashed it after a few flights due to a receiver fail and no failsafe. However, I learned that the model had low authorities both on ailerons and elevator. The next model I expanded the ailerons and elevator like Brian Philips has done here on RUclips. I put in a receiver with stabilization and I bought a Spektrum DX8 G2 radio. This model flew very well, I had many nice flights with it until I tried FPV on a screen, without any flight controller. Of course, I lost it. The third one, the one in this video, I fitted out with an Arkbird 2.0 Light OSD and flight controller. I also extended the ailerons and flaps further to get even more authorities and less wing load. I, however, did not move the CG (I don’t know why) so the plane was very nose heavy, but in the stabilized mode it flew well, if you like, check out my other videoes on the channel. However, I experienced that the Arkbird was not very reliable, maybe because of the misplaced CG, or maybe caused by some hard landings. I now build my fourth ASW28, I have abandoned the Arkbird and dived into INAV. I’ve bought a Matek F722 Wing flight controller board. That is a steep learning curve, but when you get into it, it's very powerful. The INAV system requires a lot of channels to get full use out of it. So I've bought a Radiomaster TX16S transmitter with Open TX. That is also a lot to get into. That's the reason why there are no ASW28 videoes on my channel recently. Now it's winter in Norway, that means heavy snow and rain, and gale-force wind most of the time, not good conditions for flying, I'm looking forward to spring and a lot of FPV flying again. Sev

@@springpilot Yes...It seems you have a lot of valuable experience with the ASW28 platform. I have INAV also and I am using it with a F405W FC Board. My I also recommend the Volantex 759-3 Phoenix 2400 E-glider sold at Banggood. I think you will be extremely impressed with it. It has excellent flight characteristics right out of the box - all stock. It is one of my favorite gliders at the moment even surpassing my ASW28(s). Cheers

Thank you! I'm using two 3s 2200mAh connected in parallel. For more information about the model you can check out "ASW28 modified for FPV" on my channel.

Thank you very much! Yes, I agree, this "thing", the ASW28 from Volantex, Lanyua hobby, HobbyKing, or what ever, is a great plane. It looks good, is fun to fly and has a great envelope of ways to fly, thermal, sloape soaring, simple aerobatic and FPV. I've chosen the latter, FPV flying I have greate fun of. But I'm in a (not very) steep learning curve. If you check out my other videoes on my channel, I'v had some development, o.e. increasing my range, trimming the plane to a more stable flight and the last development is to include aerspeed. I'm right now completing my 4th verion of the ASW28, provisionally for range up to 1 km, but I hope that plane eventually is going to do long range FPV. I'm not sure of what long range radio system to use, so if you have a recommendation i'll appreciate.

@@springpilot I'm on a learning curve too, on fpv drones, so I'm not qualified to give you any advice 😅the only thing I can say it's that an r9m module from Frsky would get the job done in giving you 8-10 km of range .. Anyway.. I'll follow you on your journey in the hobby, I really like this build you did, and I'm sure I'll give fixed wings a try after seeing your video!

Thank you! If you check out my video "ASW28 modified for FPV" I give you a detailed description of my equipment and modifications. After this video has been shot, I've done some minor mods. Because I struggled a bit with range, I modified my Spektrum DX8 G2 with an 8dBi 2.4GHz antenna and swaped the RX with an original Spektrum AR8010T 8ch Telemetry Receiver with diversity antennas and two, later only one satellites. I think that the Lemon RX10 with diversity antennas is just as good as the Spektrum, it's the positioning and directions of the antennas that matters. Then I've taken off the monitor from the TX and put it on a stand because I use it only on setting up before takeoff and a backup DVR.

Thank you!!

Thank you. In this video I use stabilized mode on the Firefly. The other videoes on this channel I switched it off and the camera followed the plane's movements. No software involved other than the Arkbird stabilization.

Hello Alex! In a way it is. If you look at the right hand side of the ODS screen, you'll see in the upper right corner two indicators, banking the upper and tilting the lower. In the middle of the right hand side of the screen, you'll see the barometric hight of the model. All these indicators are highly dynamicly updated so you (at leased I) have a good orientation of the model's vertical movements. Yes there is no sound. But I can very well do without the annoying OOOOUUUYYYIIII-ing and enjoy the sound of air flowing past my plane.