FT Spear // INAV 6.1 Waypoint Mission and Autolaunch
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- I equipped my scratch built FT Spear with a Matek F411 WTE flight controller for RTH, waypoint missions, cruise mode and more. Here she is running an autonomous waypoint mission.
Matek F411 WTE Flight Controller
Matek M10Q-5883 GPS
Matek Lost Model Beeper
AKK FX2 Ultimate VTX
iFlight LR Antenna
ZTW Beatles 40amp ESC
Flash Hobby D3536 1250kv motor
9x4.5E Uxcell Prop
Foxeer Razer Mini
Foxeer Falkor Mini
TBS Nano v2 Receiver
3200 CNHL 3s Lipo
0:00 Intro
00:13 Build Overview
2:15 Mission Loaded
2:33 Autolaunch
4:27 Waypoint Mission
8:34 Landing
9:19 Craft Check
10:16 Outro 
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This is officially the video that made me branch off from quads and attempt a fixed wing build. Great build, flight, and video!
Love to hear it. I can't wait to see the build, bro! :)
Your drone is a critical component of the "programmed mission" goal. I envision their use in local security management. Well done Sir.
Thank you for watching the demo! The future of sUAS is exciting to think about. I'm plotting more missions now. Stay tuned!
Nicely done! 😎
Thank you! My Radiomaster TX16S gives me all the confidence I need to complete these missions and more. I'm looking forward to my next radio from you all!
From the FC, to the VTx, and dope whip antenna, I have the same setup in a trio of new planes. Loving the camera inputs and general stability of the FC. Great build and waypoint success, friend!
Thanks so much, man! I'm planning more missions now.
good landing!
Great INAV waypoint demo. Nice looking and flying build too.
The multiple camera angles made it real easy to follow along and understand flight progress, and how you were using INAV and the transmitter to control the flight.
I appreciate the detailed feedback, I'm glad you enjoyed the flight. Thank you!
Fantastic
Thanks for watching!
Diy build is always awesome❤❤❤
I have just as much flying as building! Thanks for watching.
very sophisticated build. nice job.
Thank you for watching!
Fantastic flight, very impressive!!!
Thank you for watching!
superb and inspiring, thx for sharing.
Thank you, have fun out there.
Great Flight
Thanks for watching!
Nice build and flight!
Appreciate that! Thanks for watching.
Cool - I have built 3 of these. One with INAV and 2 manual. They are fun to fly and cheap to build. Great video!
Thank you! For sure, can't go wrong with a Spear! It's a satisfying build that pays off.
Great video! New sub. Thanks for all your work!
Thanks so much! Stay tuned for more soon.
Bro. Nice. I have (3) F411se. Been waiting for new hobby room. I tried one. I couldn't figure out inav completely. The modes...... I'm glad you pushed thru and figured it out. It is hard. Harder than no FC. I want mine for way points and long range. My video loss has cost me planes in past. I wanted the security for loss of video. If you like wings....I think you would like a plank.... Goblin strix style. Anyway great video. Good editing. Loads of cams. 5 split was cool too. Look forward to more.
Loving it! Keep in mind that there may be interaction between the tips of the prop and the frame. You may be able to gain some performance or duration by removing that factor. In my prior "combat wing" style plane, the motor was set back further.
Thank you! Yes the prop tips are just a few millimeters from the inner wing edge. I wonder if making small notches in the wing to at least improve flow a bit would help. I will say she has impressive flight time with this 3200 mah.
Great video! As a long time fix wing pilot, I’m wanting to try fpv, I really appreciate your different views you show on screen, and the fact that your still using analogue and showing the screen what your seeing instead on just a hd recording!! Good expainations too! What happens after the loiter when it completed the course? You took over the flight right away…. Thanks so much for sharing!! Subbed!!!
Thanks so much! I believe it would just continue to loiter until the battery dies without taking over. Similar to RTH where the wing would come back and loiter until pilot control is taken back. Take care!
Spear was my first INAV\FC build too. Great platform to learn the software before moving to bigger more expensive planes. I ditched the winglets and used the full sized center stabilizers. Way more locked in. Give it a try.
That's a good point. I'm hoping to buy a really nice kit soon and kit her out! Those winglets are glued pretty solid on there, haha...maybe next build.
It will reduce wing wobble at low speeds. Love u guys
@jimross898 do you mean the center fins or do yours have control surfaces on them?
@@georg9690 Just the large center stabilizers (fins) with no control surfaces. I have added a boom/elevator to another spear by modifying and extending the center stabilizers rearward. It flies really well with insane roll rates.
@@jimross898 Thanks got it :)
Nice. The waypoint mission is a cool feature. I fly only quads and this could be a feature to test out.
It is way cool! Quads get more waypoint options, too. Thanks for watching.
your previus model paint is beautiful
Thank you!
Hey, now there's no doubt that you will be able to solder up your fc in the dolphin v1 ;) nice vid and flight. Even an external mic to capture the atmosphere... i have uninstalled exactly this fc from my arwingpro yesterday to replace it with the speedybee f405 wing. Looking forward to doing the re-maiden. Greets, Mario
Haha, thanks for stopping by and checking out my vid! The one I'm looking at is white but I'm starting to think the paint scheme you have is cooler. Have a good flight!
Nice, Thumbs up
Thank you!
very nice man
Thank you for watching!
I would like to get into this side of the hobby. Is there a beginner video that points newbies on what to purchase and how to set up?
Thank you
Ray
If you haven't checked out Lee's channel, he is the man. I learned a large part of my delta wing knowledge from him. He's like the RC guru of RUclips. www.youtube.com/@Painless360
Man I always wanted to build a wing, just never got around to it 😢 nice flight 👍🏼
Thank you! You got this. Start with the FT Mini Arrow! The build is fast and enjoyable.
How did you get the prop to stop horizontally?
While landing, the prop will always strike the ground. I throttle down and hope for the best. Haven't broken a prop but the tips get damaged over time and I consider it a wear part.
Very nicely compiled video demo! How did you overlay the wings position on the Inav mission? Did you have that during the flight or did you overlay recorded data after the flight?
Thanks for watching! I animated the red circle using a simple key frame animation to line up the wing with the waypoint locations (DaVinci Resolve).
I'm running the same fc in my t1 ranger. First fc build. It flies pretty good but I'm having issues with horizon drift I need to update to inav6. Definitely do the auto tune. It was really easy and made the plane much more responsive in acro.
I have done the auto tune and it raised the FF quite a bit. Flying smooth! Thanks for watching.
What is the reasoning for the gold wrap around your wires coming from fc? I'm guessing those are the video feed wires? Is the difference noticeable? Sorry I'm very new to inav.
Thanks for watching. I had seen a video a few years back about using copper tape to shield the GPS wires from EMI. This was for tight quad builds and I honestly don't know if it makes a difference here. It is supposed to improve sat lock and consistency. I do have a quad from iFlight (Chimera7 Pro) and the GPS wire is wrapped in shielding. Hope this helps, I doubt you need it unless you are getting major EMI issues.
@@LiftVector I'm thinking about doing that to the wires to my vtx as I ran them too close to the main battery leads .
This is what I ordered on Amazon. @@maxxtraxxfpv www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06VX1Y5BC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
Hi man, i'm from colombia, I'm trying to build the ft spear, your wing it's awesome, but I have a question, How many weight have your wing project?
Thanks! The total weight of the wing with battery and GoPro is around 1280g.
Hi how can we switch from autolaunch to angle mode?
I am new in RC
I bought kit plane then install inav
I hope I can have an option to directly change from manual mode to automatcly rolling arround in a specific altitude if my plane gonna crash
Autolaunch will time-out and switch to whatever mode your switch is on. In the modes tab you can assign a switch to things like angle, manual and acro. I have a switch for this and use that to bounce around those modes.
You could also set a switch for loiter or RTH if you feel like you might crash. But angle might be better for a saving moment so you can still have control if there are trees or obstacles around. Look up INAV modes on RUclips, you will find plenty of videos.
Great video!
How do u record the map with waypoints and tracking of the plane?
Thank you! I animated the dot by hand using simple keyframe animations in Davinci Resolve.
Thank you for replying. I wish there was someway of recording the flight on Google maps or something.
Check out this video. There might be some good info for you. ruclips.net/video/9f0ApQtwop8/видео.htmlsi=RNX3lUntIz375vhe@@tariqhasan
Sure be nice to fly with you. Did you have enought battery to do the course twice? I'm curious as I have read that RTH in Inav6 will follow the course you took instead of flying through the object you flew around to get there and did you set those waypoints from home on the pc then go to the field to fly them? Was curious as to how close rc gps to google gps is all. Nice job. Wish my son's would fly rc but it always seems like its somebody elses sons. Watched Flitetest alot in there early days and recognised your plane right away. Pretty close to finshing up my Eplison Helix just soldering up all the connections. Once again nice job and thanks for the video.
Thanks! Yes, the mission is created in INAV on the PC then loaded to the flight controller. It is very accurate. Good luck on your build! I appreciate the nice words.
I love your video bro. It's nice, you narrate the flight, you've got all the camera angels, Tx view, way point view, Etc. When are you going to go digital tho ? Good job and thank you...... One big question tho - i have the same antenna on the Tx, why are you NOT running it verticle ? Are you not running the antenna on the platform in a vertical position ? (EDIT) I see you have platform antenna in a horizontal position also... I've always had much better range with vertically placed antennas..
Thanks man! I just can't afford moving into digital at the moment, one day I'll get into it and I can't wait to try.
I built another Spear and mounted the antenna vertically (look at my other vids). Although I've never had issues, even 3-4 miles out in horizontal config, I do get less telemetry drops in vertical.
All my quads have horizontal Crossfire antennas and when I built this wing I just went that way since I've never had issues with range. But yea, vertical now for my wing builds.
Hello can we connect esc 50 A + lipo battery 3s ,10000mah on FC Matek F 411? thank you
This craft has a 40 A ESC and a 3s 3200 mAh Lipo. I'm thinking you would be ok. It can take 2s-6s on their specs. You could also check specs here: www.mateksys.com/?portfolio=f411-wse#tab-id-1
Nice build, do you have the brake setup?
Thanks! I don't have braking setup for this ESC. The prop always strikes the ground at some point. This is fairly normal and I've never had a prop snap on landing.
Great video, do you use open TX or edgeTX on tx16 ?
Thank you! OpenTX, I'll use Edge TX when I buy my MK2 TX16s. I haven't looked into updating my current radio.
very good and cheap workhorse
You are on the money! Stay tuned for longer missions. Thanks for watching.
where are the loiter, rth buttons in the modes tab?
Loiter is called 'Nav Posihold' and RTH is called Nav RTH. You have to activate a range for your channel of choice. I use the flight modes buttons which saves switches on my TX16s.
I can’t get Navlaunch to work, would love to get hold of your DIFF
I only changed the timeout and max altitude. Other parameters are default. Are you doing a test throw without the prop on and keeping it in your hand (to see if it activates)?
Here is my master diff for launch-
set nav_fw_launch_max_angle = 75
set nav_fw_launch_motor_delay = 100
set nav_fw_launch_timeout = 8000
set nav_fw_launch_max_altitude = 6000
set nav_fw_launch_climb_angle = 25
@@LiftVector thanks. Do you have NavLaunch permanently enabled or switched. Your Throttle is working before you launch, can’t see that in your diff?
Still sad I have not had any success swapping missions while in flight with iNav6. Tried the mission change bind, and WP toggles. No luck
I'm not sure if that is possible. It would be wild to try something like that.
Just flight... Where is the İNAV setup? Have a nice flight. :(
Thanks for watching. There are plenty of INAV setup videos that explain it better than I can.
That is cool ! Im bulding at sky hunter 1800 with Ardupilot. Im scared ! I have to much invested to loose . I never flew Antoninus before. Maybe i should get a smaller bird and go INAV instead. I know betaflight better , they are similar . Take away..insperational ...if you can do it i can lol 🙄
I knew betaflight from my quads. INAV made a lot of sense for me. Use this video as a reference! Thank you!
Wonderful, but nothing about how you set it up....
Thanks for watching. I decided to make a video showing the craft in action due to the abundance of 'how-to' resources I found. I highly recommend these two channels which taught me all the technical aspects of INAV.
www.youtube.com/@Painless360
www.youtube.com/@MrD
Hey man you should list everything what you have in this wing on your description.
Good call! I'll add it soon.
Cool man thank you. And yea Bob has always been family. We flew almost everyday for years before I moved to AZ.
@@coosbaykodyvlogs Description updated with all the electronics used!
Hello there. You did good flying! nice, I want to make a plane like yours. I have the same radio you have and have the other stuff too. I just have to buy form bound. I can not read and write good. Put i will do my best. I do not know any thing about my NEW RADIO at all. never set any thing up on it. I have new motors new every thing. I just do not know how to set up every thing. may be you can help me out?? thanks. I gave you a feed back. I am at 444 thump up for you as well. have a nice week end. :)) thanks
Thanks for watching. The Flitetest Spear is a fun wing to fly.
Here are the free plans and build video on how to make this delta wing. It takes a lot of commitment and time, good luck! www.flitetest.com/articles/ft-spear-build
By the way I know Bob lol. We flew together for years
We are having fun flights together these past few months.
sorry on i cant watch a pilot use pinchy fingers.. makes me cray cray.. STOP IT.
Great job there,new Sub here now,enjoy your channel.
I appreciate you watching, thanks!