I have a bunch of craft running Ardupilot but i almost always still pick a diy foamboard plane with just an Rx in it and stand alone voltage OSD, raw manual flight of an unrefined plane is so much more fun and i still cloud surf with it lol.
I fly mostly FPV formations and mock dogfight in scale planes within the confines our club field. But there’s a yearning to venture further out to make use of RTH in case of signal loss. Will have to check out Ardupilot, thanks.
Andrew, I am attempting to duplicate your excellent setup. Loads of great ideas including the little board mount for the FC and I just noticed the heat shrink around the battery end of the FC, another great idea. Would you mind sharing your suggestion for Cruise Throttle?
Would this Ranger 1600 be an okay thermal glider say over a farm field during a warm summer day? Or maybe Ranger 2000 better? I want easily detachable wings and not something huge, rather something portable in a backpack. Sorry if this is not the correct video under which to place my questions. Looking mainly for a LOS thermal low altitude glider, but want an fpv cam up front and if possible also the choice of sometimes “dressing up” for middle range fixed wing “droning”. I already have a pair of 3s3000mAh and 4s5000mAh lipos from other gadgets that I’d like to use. What about getting a Ranger 2000 version 2 AND a pair of spare v2 1600 wings, would they fit in the fuselage? Volantex is a viable choice here in Finland because their shipping rates from the Czech Republic warehouses when ordering from Banggood are very affordable, unlike many other brands. UK shops are no longer a choice after brexit, I’ve had shipping problems ever since from over there. I’m just a boomer getting an itch of activating and modernizing my old hobby. I do a little this and that and getting “summer vibes” walking along those big farm fields near a river running outside of my city. This time I don’t wanna build with balsa from scratch, rather have an EPP PNP bird. Maybe I’m just another dreamer...🙂
Yes definitely. Ranger 2000 would be better for thermalling. Ranger 1600 wings are directly swappable, same with the Phoenix 2000. I use 4S 3300 and there is plenty of space for bigger.
Dont know if Inav has it but if you decide to give Ardupilot another try, it has a smart RTH flight mode which if used will follow the path its taken to get home again and can be used to return at low altitudes while avoiding obstacles.
Hi Andrew. I've been flying FPV planes since 2009, I think I've had nearly every popular model there has ever been... from the classic skywalker back in the glory days right the way up to modern "specifically designed for FPV" planes like the Talon GT Rebel... and almost everything in between. I must say that, the skywalkers never had any lateral or vertical thrust angle on their motor mounts, same thing goes for all 4 of my skyhunters (2x 1.8m and 2x mini) both my Mini Talons, and my Talon GT, none of those models have offest thrust angles...... yet I never had any issues with "pusher" style aircraft with regards to needing to use rudder... that is until I came across the ranger series of planes.... planes that DO have their motor mounts offset at an angle. Don't you think that's strange?
Excellent video Andrew 👍😊 Does it loiter ok around your safe home point ?? What method do you use to obtain the GPS Coordinates for your safe home points ??
Hi Andrew, my long-used Ranger G2 crashed today, and spare parts are no longer available (no complete planes either). Yet this one is (not cheap anymore though). Would you recommend this as next/upgraded FPV cruiser, or are there other/better options? Also I'd be interested to know if it offers significantly more stability in the wind than the G2, due to larger wingspan and more weight, for more relaxed FPV flying on windy days. Thanks!
Yes it's the logical nex step from the G2. Bigger, tougher and a lot more stable. The AtomRC Swordfish is my favourite at the moment, for efficiency and wind penetration, but it's more expensive and more delicate.
@@AndrewNewton That's really a beauty, incredibly sleek design. But almost too beautiful to fly/risk in the air. ;) I'll consider it though, more recently released planes tend to be cheaper than older ones, as they're available from local Chinese warehouses. Thanks a lot for the information!
Thank you for the video! I am sorry for my bad english. I am just starting to assemble my Ranger 1600 and would like to clarify two questions: how do you laminate the wings; are the servos that come with the kit reliable and do they need to be replaced (on Emax ES08MDII for example)?
I have troubles auto tuning my Ranger 2000 so that RTH will work in case of signal loss. But my last effort resulted in a wrecked plane. After autotuning and re-fly again, as soon as I engage Angle mode from Manual, the bird flips up and spiral down to the ground. Horrific experience. Can anyone share his experience please?
Auto tune is not the problem. Go back to the basic setup and make sure everything is working in the correct direction. INAV troubleshooting - newtonairlines.blogspot.com/2023/06/inav-trouble-shooting-checklist.html
why cant the camera transmitter air board transmit directly to the DJI FPV googles? Why do you need to connect the rx/tx wires to the plane's controller board?
It only needs power to work, Tx and Rx connection is not essential. The FC connection only adds some telemetry elements to the OSD, and will reduce VTx power when the board is disarmed, to reduce overheating.
I've been trying unsuccessfully to build this myself but I'm terrible at soldering and have killed two boards just pinning them! Could you show some OSD footage of this flight please?
Andrew did you get the spinning to the right fixed? My 1600 spins to the right as well. I had the same thing with the Ranger 2000. I was just kind of living with it on the 2000 (mainly because I wasn't sure what to do). Then I went down the path of installing flaps and setting up crow breaking, which meant putting the ailerons on their own servo output and it flew amazing. Not saying that fixed it on the 2000 but that is when I noticed the problem went away. At the end of the video you said you were going to try and adding in some rudder mixing into your ailerons, is that what you ended up doing?
Haven't done anything about it yet, just trimmed the ailerons and rudder. I did mix rudder and ailerons for lazy cruising. I'll play with the thrust angle again one day.
Andrew I seem to be buying all of the planes that you review. Well at least some of them - Ranger 2000, FX-61, and the Eachine Razor. The Ranger 2000 has the same body as the 1600. What is the source of the carbon fiber motor mount that you described in the video? I enjoy your videos very much. Thanks
Hi Andrew, Same as Rob C, I seem to be convinced by your choices as well. I even bought the Creality Ender 3, which off course is a popular printer. I haven't reached the digital FPV stage yet, but I was wondering, now that picture quality is that high, do you think it would be possible to mechanically stabilize the picture, meaning to introduce a kind of gyro mount? Not for the motor vibrations, but more to mitigate the turbulence (-and shaky pilot hands). Maybe the FC stabilizer can do it alone, I don't know ;-) Thanks a lot for your videos. They are always very welcome!
Hypersmooth really does magic. It's not comparable with reelsteady or another fc gyro stabilization. For stabilization GoPro are the best, then it's gimball but expensive ones :)
@@sakarrc5001 You can also try gyroflow, which apparently has comparable stabilization to what GoPro offers. The issue with it is that you need additional gyro data that can be obtained from the FC blackbox or the camera itself (cameras such as the runcam 5 orange will save a gyro data file after each video)
@@David-gk8yg Timings of gyro data from arduplane doesn't fit gyroflow. I've also tried it with DJI and quad on betaflight and indeed it does the trick, but again it's compromise compared to hypersmooth.
Very nice setup. I wasn't so pleased with the Phoenix S 1600, it flies ok, but I was very happy that the wings fit my Ranger 2K! I thought I detected some roll twitching. Did you see it in flight?
Hi Andrew, Ime thinking of venturing into the dji air unit route. Is it possible to use a simple F Controller as to get the osd?? Or maybe some other route except for the likes of inav. Keep up the great work. 👍
@@AndrewNewton F controller = flight controller. I was reading earlier that the SNL+/_ flight controller has a dedicated port for the dji air unit. This flight controller is a Pnp as well. 👍
Hello Andrew. I connected my VISTA to my 9 v camera port and tx/rx to a free UART. Using inav there is a function to change the Auto temp control on/off of the google? Thx and happy Easter
@@AndrewNewton thx you so much Andrew! Switching to auto temp OFFwhile doing ground test I can see that video quality decreases little bit than having it switching ON Why that? Thx :)
@@AndrewNewton sorry I didn’t understand. What I said is by checking in can see by having autotemp control on quality is better.’ This is a ground test. Didn’t fly yet with dji
Andrew, is the ranger 1600 good for slope soaring I have just ordered it but only flown once with disastrous results I foolishly tried to take off in auto take off with a Zohd Kopilot the plane flew straight then turned sharp right and flew straight into a bramble tree too high up to climb. I am more of a kwad flier than a plane flier and still learning I reckon I would have had a better chance setting off in manual mode but hey shit happens.
@@AndrewNewton thank you thats what I thought as I already have a bixler copy of which has no flight controller hence less things to go wrong just a flysky receiver but only flown once as had the prop spinning wrong way but now everything is good I will try again soon before I take the volantex out for maiden flight also got the heewing t1 but do not want to see a repeat of my first crashed flight so lots of practice needed, I tried to join a club and last weekend showed up to find it was closed which was a shame as I have been building myself up to fly a plane which is completely different to flying a drone, I just need to fly I am getting to that age where flying a plane seems miles more relaxing than flying a kwad and that is what appeals to me today.
Sir, I had made an rc pusher plane folowing to your 3channel trainer rc pusher plane(which is totaly covered with red tape) .but couldn't get its CG. I became failure.........I became sorrow.
... I wonder why the antennas of the FVP system are always mounted on the top of the plane, wouldn't it make more sense to mount them on the underside, of course inside the Styrofoam fuselage for protection ? After all, the "pilot" is under the plane ...
Andrew, Any concerns with the Ranger FPV platform/canopy latch on the Ranger coming loose in flight. Would be my concern with costly DJI equipment on it. Have read a couple people mentioning this happening and they would prefer latch and rear with tab at front. Thoughts? BTW: found this cover design on thingverse, but not a chance to try yet (winter rains here). www.thingiverse.com/thing:1305667
iNAV doesn't know what to do with the Rudder, lol... correct Andrew, I agree...One thing they could do easily is to offer a percentage mix with Aileron only when in navigation Modes...Models like this one would benefit from the directional effect of Rudder...🤔😳😳😳🇬🇧🇬🇧
its funny because in Ardupilot in stabilized modes it uses the rudder by default to coordinate turns .. when i began using inav i found it weird that it did not .. however i never tried disabling the stabilized yaw .. i might give it a try.. after all you can do a simple mix with the radio to do rudder mixing from it and can even asign the mix to a switch to use it at will (wich is a mix i have done in nearly all my planes)
@@EnglishTurbines agreed.. tought in RTH the primary goal is to fly the plane back rather than a smooth flight.. however they really should adress this since as said Ardupilot has been properly using the rudder for ages
@@sparrowlt Yes, exactly, the rudder is often of benefit when doing RTH to hold the heading on this type of plane...Without it, the model can meander and snake it's way back home. Not pretty, and it takes longer. The old Skywalker won't even turn without rudder and aileron combined, hopeless in fact..🤔🤔🤔😳😳🇬🇧
Hard cap is at 13.4km unfortunately, whatever I do, it could not go substantially above it. Hope they could add low res long range modulation for the future and this will make me 100% DJI.
That's a monster setup right there. The other kids from school must be so jealous!
Very
Must be nice knowing how to build these things. I'm looking to get a DJI FPV system myself and would love to know more.
Thanks for the excellent setup breakdown🙏. I might have to start using flight controllers🤔
I have a bunch of craft running Ardupilot but i almost always still pick a diy foamboard plane with just an Rx in it and stand alone voltage OSD, raw manual flight of an unrefined plane is so much more fun and i still cloud surf with it lol.
I fly mostly FPV formations and mock dogfight in scale planes within the confines our club field. But there’s a yearning to venture further out to make use of RTH in case of signal loss. Will have to check out Ardupilot, thanks.
@@motionsic im running 4w on 2.4ghz, when your amped up you don't have to worry about loss of signal :)
@@motionsic zohd kopilot lite is IMO much easier for first time user
Yes I agree. Plug in and fly, no waiting
With that range, it would be a shame to not see the view in all its glory in full digital mode!
Thnks for the RC yaw tip! My ranger 2000 has some strange roll-yaw behaviour in acro...
That was great Bud..
Andrew, I am attempting to duplicate your excellent setup. Loads of great ideas including the little board mount for the FC and I just noticed the heat shrink around the battery end of the FC, another great idea. Would you mind sharing your suggestion for Cruise Throttle?
I may have reduced cruise throttle to 1350 on 4S.
Hi, so can you just connect the red and black wires on the air unit to a separate battery? Will that work? Thanks.
Yes, all it needs is more than 7V I think.
@@AndrewNewton ok thanks!😊😊😊
@@AndrewNewton one last question, does it need a flight controller or a power supply alone will do?
Just power. Flight controller adds some on screen telemetry and allows low power until armed, but is not essential.
Would this Ranger 1600 be an okay thermal glider say over a farm field during a warm summer day? Or maybe Ranger 2000 better? I want easily detachable wings and not something huge, rather something portable in a backpack. Sorry if this is not the correct video under which to place my questions. Looking mainly for a LOS thermal low altitude glider, but want an fpv cam up front and if possible also the choice of sometimes “dressing up” for middle range fixed wing “droning”. I already have a pair of 3s3000mAh and 4s5000mAh lipos from other gadgets that I’d like to use. What about getting a Ranger 2000 version 2 AND a pair of spare v2 1600 wings, would they fit in the fuselage? Volantex is a viable choice here in Finland because their shipping rates from the Czech Republic warehouses when ordering from Banggood are very affordable, unlike many other brands. UK shops are no longer a choice after brexit, I’ve had shipping problems ever since from over there. I’m just a boomer getting an itch of activating and modernizing my old hobby. I do a little this and that and getting “summer vibes” walking along those big farm fields near a river running outside of my city. This time I don’t wanna build with balsa from scratch, rather have an EPP PNP bird. Maybe I’m just another dreamer...🙂
Yes definitely. Ranger 2000 would be better for thermalling. Ranger 1600 wings are directly swappable, same with the Phoenix 2000. I use 4S 3300 and there is plenty of space for bigger.
Hello Andrew. What equipment did you use to print the air unit holder? Thanks
Ender 3 and PLA filament
Awesome Image quality... Best bird to to do it with!!!
I agree!
Dont know if Inav has it but if you decide to give Ardupilot another try, it has a smart RTH flight mode which if used will follow the path its taken to get home again and can be used to return at low altitudes while avoiding obstacles.
Interesting RTH retracing flight path. Thanks for sharing...
Smart RTH would be amazing. I will revisit one day
thanks Andrew. So I got myself an old toro wing 600mm and Im wondering what glue i use. It's a simple EPP model.
UHU Por or hot glue
@@AndrewNewton thank you for the help!
Hi Andrew. I've been flying FPV planes since 2009, I think I've had nearly every popular model there has ever been... from the classic skywalker back in the glory days right the way up to modern "specifically designed for FPV" planes like the Talon GT Rebel... and almost everything in between.
I must say that, the skywalkers never had any lateral or vertical thrust angle on their motor mounts, same thing goes for all 4 of my skyhunters (2x 1.8m and 2x mini) both my Mini Talons, and my Talon GT, none of those models have offest thrust angles...... yet I never had any issues with "pusher" style aircraft with regards to needing to use rudder... that is until I came across the ranger series of planes.... planes that DO have their motor mounts offset at an angle.
Don't you think that's strange?
I would guess 50 50 offset vs straight over all the models I have tried. Pusher and tractor.
Excellent video Andrew 👍😊
Does it loiter ok around your safe home point ??
What method do you use to obtain the GPS Coordinates for your safe home points ??
Thanks QS. Yes it loiters nicely in Pos Hold and Home or Safehome. GPS coords from Google Maps. I have done a video on Safehome setup
Hi Andrew, my long-used Ranger G2 crashed today, and spare parts are no longer available (no complete planes either). Yet this one is (not cheap anymore though). Would you recommend this as next/upgraded FPV cruiser, or are there other/better options? Also I'd be interested to know if it offers significantly more stability in the wind than the G2, due to larger wingspan and more weight, for more relaxed FPV flying on windy days. Thanks!
Yes it's the logical nex step from the G2. Bigger, tougher and a lot more stable. The AtomRC Swordfish is my favourite at the moment, for efficiency and wind penetration, but it's more expensive and more delicate.
@@AndrewNewton That's really a beauty, incredibly sleek design. But almost too beautiful to fly/risk in the air. ;) I'll consider it though, more recently released planes tend to be cheaper than older ones, as they're available from local Chinese warehouses. Thanks a lot for the information!
Thank you for the video! I am sorry for my bad english. I am just starting to assemble my Ranger 1600 and would like to clarify two questions: how do you laminate the wings; are the servos that come with the kit reliable and do they need to be replaced (on Emax ES08MDII for example)?
Just tape on the wing leading edges. Supplied servos are OK but those Emax servos would be much better. More accurate and durable.
I have troubles auto tuning my Ranger 2000 so that RTH will work in case of signal loss. But my last effort resulted in a wrecked plane. After autotuning and re-fly again, as soon as I engage Angle mode from Manual, the bird flips up and spiral down to the ground. Horrific experience. Can anyone share his experience please?
Auto tune is not the problem. Go back to the basic setup and make sure everything is working in the correct direction. INAV troubleshooting - newtonairlines.blogspot.com/2023/06/inav-trouble-shooting-checklist.html
@@AndrewNewton I found the link to be very useful for fixed wings. Thanks.
Hi Andrew,
Nice flight video and the the color looks good. What's that facility off to your right behind the hedge? Stay safe.
Target shooting club. Small bore rifles I think
why cant the camera transmitter air board transmit directly to the DJI FPV googles? Why do you need to connect the rx/tx wires to the plane's controller board?
It only needs power to work, Tx and Rx connection is not essential. The FC connection only adds some telemetry elements to the OSD, and will reduce VTx power when the board is disarmed, to reduce overheating.
Quite spectacular - everything: the preparations, the view, the flight.
What is the legal range you can fly a plane?
Thanks Mort. First rule of FPV, we dont talk about how range.
@@AndrewNewton, well, I had no idea about that. I apologize!
But you did mention the legal range; hence, my question about it.
@@mortschubert3909 No apology needed, I was sort of joking. But you never know who is reading these comments
@@AndrewNewton, I thought everyone knows who is reading our comments! :D
I've been trying unsuccessfully to build this myself but I'm terrible at soldering and have killed two boards just pinning them! Could you show some OSD footage of this flight please?
Cant record OSD. There are ways to overlay it in post processing but that requires Windows PC
what is best motor size & Prop seize for volantex ranger 1600?
Sunnysky 2212 or 2216 1250kV (4S) or 1400kV (3S) 8x6" prop
@@AndrewNewton do the best use 2836 1100kv (3300 4S) & 8x6" prop?
Yes that will work OK
Andrew did you get the spinning to the right fixed? My 1600 spins to the right as well. I had the same thing with the Ranger 2000. I was just kind of living with it on the 2000 (mainly because I wasn't sure what to do). Then I went down the path of installing flaps and setting up crow breaking, which meant putting the ailerons on their own servo output and it flew amazing. Not saying that fixed it on the 2000 but that is when I noticed the problem went away. At the end of the video you said you were going to try and adding in some rudder mixing into your ailerons, is that what you ended up doing?
Haven't done anything about it yet, just trimmed the ailerons and rudder. I did mix rudder and ailerons for lazy cruising. I'll play with the thrust angle again one day.
Andrew I seem to be buying all of the planes that you review. Well at least some of them - Ranger 2000, FX-61, and the Eachine Razor. The Ranger 2000 has the same body as the 1600. What is the source of the carbon fiber motor mount that you described in the video? I enjoy your videos very much. Thanks
Good choices Rob. Found the motor mounts on EBAY. Search for 4x Carbon Fiber Universal Motor Mounting Plate for SK450 XA650 FY680 Quadcopter
Hi Andrew, Same as Rob C, I seem to be convinced by your choices as well. I even bought the Creality Ender 3, which off course is a popular printer. I haven't reached the digital FPV stage yet, but I was wondering, now that picture quality is that high, do you think it would be possible to mechanically stabilize the picture, meaning to introduce a kind of gyro mount? Not for the motor vibrations, but more to mitigate the turbulence (-and shaky pilot hands). Maybe the FC stabilizer can do it alone, I don't know ;-) Thanks a lot for your videos. They are always very welcome!
Yes I have made camera stabiliser before, using camstab in INAV. But it's not as effective as a brushless gimbal for the camera.
@@AndrewNewton Thanks a lot! I just watched your video on INAV Camstab. Great! I didn't know it existed. - I'm just a noob.
Hypersmooth really does magic. It's not comparable with reelsteady or another fc gyro stabilization. For stabilization GoPro are the best, then it's gimball but expensive ones :)
@@sakarrc5001 You can also try gyroflow, which apparently has comparable stabilization to what GoPro offers. The issue with it is that you need additional gyro data that can be obtained from the FC blackbox or the camera itself (cameras such as the runcam 5 orange will save a gyro data file after each video)
@@David-gk8yg Timings of gyro data from arduplane doesn't fit gyroflow. I've also tried it with DJI and quad on betaflight and indeed it does the trick, but again it's compromise compared to hypersmooth.
Hlo sir how do we connect FrskyX8R smartport telemetry with MatekF765 in arduplane mission planner
Cant help with Ardupilot sorry
Andrew, nice tips again. Was this recoding onboard sdcard? Wondering how good the FPV video is going digital.
This is the first 1080P onboard footage I have shown, all the previous are 720P recorded in the goggles.
Why do you use RC Yaw instead of Stabilized YAW?
To avoid the problems I showed in my INAV Rudder videos
Very nice setup. I wasn't so pleased with the Phoenix S 1600, it flies ok, but I was very happy that the wings fit my Ranger 2K!
I thought I detected some roll twitching. Did you see it in flight?
Wind turbulence probably.
Hi Andrew, Ime thinking of venturing into the dji air unit route. Is it possible to use a simple F Controller as to get the osd?? Or maybe some other route except for the likes of inav. Keep up the great work. 👍
Betaflight or inav are needed to show the fc osd items.
@@AndrewNewton F controller = flight controller. I was reading earlier that the SNL+/_ flight controller has a dedicated port for the dji air unit. This flight controller is a Pnp as well. 👍
@@terrymurphy562 Sorry Terry, I did work that out slowly. I have only used Matek and INAV with the DJI. Sounds like SNL is worth a try.
Have you had any luck getting OSD on INAV / DJI digital? Thanks
Yes I do have the OSD working, just that it doesn't record. Shown in this video ruclips.net/video/hWEwuuuGge0/видео.html
@@AndrewNewton Thankyou! been struggling with this
Do you know, is it possible to see alt vario on DJI osd?
Not vario
There is a ladder but stationary, alt is only a number in MSP osd.
Hello Andrew.
I connected my VISTA to my 9 v camera port and tx/rx to a free UART.
Using inav there is a function to change the Auto temp control on/off of the google? Thx and happy Easter
Only via the goggles menu, not INAV
@@AndrewNewton thx you so much Andrew!
Switching to auto temp OFFwhile doing ground test I can see that video quality decreases little bit than having it switching ON
Why that?
Thx :)
It limits it to 25mW
@@AndrewNewton sorry I didn’t understand.
What I said is by checking in can see by having autotemp control on quality is better.’
This is a ground test.
Didn’t fly yet with dji
The Nano Goblin appears to be trying to photo bomb, or wanting to fly.
Thanks for nice video and tips.
Ha yes the Dart 250 and Nano Goblin were seeking attention
Andrew, is the ranger 1600 good for slope soaring I have just ordered it but only flown once with disastrous results I foolishly tried to take off in auto take off with a Zohd Kopilot the plane flew straight then turned sharp right and flew straight into a bramble tree too high up to climb. I am more of a kwad flier than a plane flier and still learning I reckon I would have had a better chance setting off in manual mode but hey shit happens.
Excellent sloper. I would chuck the Kopilot and just fly manual
@@AndrewNewton thank you thats what I thought as I already have a bixler copy of which has no flight controller hence less things to go wrong just a flysky receiver but only flown once as had the prop spinning wrong way but now everything is good I will try again soon before I take the volantex out for maiden flight also got the heewing t1 but do not want to see a repeat of my first crashed flight so lots of practice needed, I tried to join a club and last weekend showed up to find it was closed which was a shame as I have been building myself up to fly a plane which is completely different to flying a drone, I just need to fly I am getting to that age where flying a plane seems miles more relaxing than flying a kwad and that is what appeals to me today.
Sir, I had made an rc pusher plane folowing to your 3channel trainer rc pusher plane(which is totaly covered with red tape) .but couldn't get its CG. I became failure.........I became sorrow.
Keep trying, you will learn quickly
are u fly mode 5? Throttle by Lipps... love it
Haha, clever
What version of INAV?
Peter Hancox 2.6 is the info on the screen is correct.
... I wonder why the antennas of the FVP system are always mounted on the top of the plane, wouldn't it make more sense to mount them on the underside, of course inside the Styrofoam fuselage for protection ?
After all, the "pilot" is under the plane ...
I have mounted a few under the wing. Mostly just convenience mounting on top
Andrew, Any concerns with the Ranger FPV platform/canopy latch on the Ranger coming loose in flight. Would be my concern with costly DJI equipment on it. Have read a couple people mentioning this happening and they would prefer latch and rear with tab at front. Thoughts?
BTW: found this cover design on thingverse, but not a chance to try yet (winter rains here).
www.thingiverse.com/thing:1305667
Yes it's a concern. I add a velcro strap over the air unit for safety (usually)
iNAV doesn't know what to do with the Rudder, lol... correct Andrew, I agree...One thing they could do easily is to offer a percentage mix with Aileron only when in navigation Modes...Models like this one would benefit from the directional effect of Rudder...🤔😳😳😳🇬🇧🇬🇧
its funny because in Ardupilot in stabilized modes it uses the rudder by default to coordinate turns .. when i began using inav i found it weird that it did not ..
however i never tried disabling the stabilized yaw .. i might give it a try.. after all you can do a simple mix with the radio to do rudder mixing from it and can even asign the mix to a switch to use it at will (wich is a mix i have done in nearly all my planes)
@@sparrowlt Yes, but a mixer in your TX will do exactly nothing when the FC is in RTH for example....🤔🤔🤔🙄🇬🇧
@@EnglishTurbines agreed.. tought in RTH the primary goal is to fly the plane back rather than a smooth flight.. however they really should adress this since as said Ardupilot has been properly using the rudder for ages
@@sparrowlt Yes, exactly, the rudder is often of benefit when doing RTH to hold the heading on this type of plane...Without it, the model can meander and snake it's way back home. Not pretty, and it takes longer. The old Skywalker won't even turn without rudder and aileron combined, hopeless in fact..🤔🤔🤔😳😳🇬🇧
🔥👍
I did 13,3Km with DJI fpv. :)
Impressive
Hard cap is at 13.4km unfortunately, whatever I do, it could not go substantially above it. Hope they could add low res long range modulation for the future and this will make me 100% DJI.
INAV is stabilizing very well...NOT!...lol
It's all great indeed but the DJI setup is too expensive for me. No way I am spending $1000+ on FPV