OMP M2 Running RotorFlight
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Good Afternoon.
Thought I'd shoot a quick back graden video of my OMP M2 flying with the HeliFlight3D replacement, RotorFlight.
Overall I managed to transfer over quite easily, but battled an ocilation in the elevator (pitch) axis which I think I am finally removing with the PID settings.
It was a little turbulent in the garden today with a slight breeze, but the model didn't care and felt solid.
Now to go out to a larger field and try and remember how to flip inverted.
Go get all the details about RotorFlight here; github.com/rot...
Ian Contessa
Hi Ian they really are great little helicopters love my one, hopefully see you soon mate. Ron.
Hey Buddy. Yes they are indeed, although both mine are not running stock electronics now with my 2019 M2 running an MSH Micro Brain2. I'm also meesing around with the head geometry on this one to better suit the traditional FBL system.
I have the paracord now for your charge case covers, just need to figure out how I am going to use it nicely.
Hi Ian, I just found your video. Is your M2 still flying with RF? I would like to convert my M2 to RF 2. Question: What ESC did you use in your M2?
Thanks
Reto
Hey Buddy.
Great, yeah it's going back a few years now from when HeliFlight3D first appeared and then RotorFlight took over when HF3D stopped.
I'm not still flying this OMP M2 with RF as I sold the model and I've not yet tried RF2 either, I have a GooSky S2 now and nothing larger which is more worthwhile current to mess around with RF2 on. I am looking at maybe grabbing a larger model again and then trying on the the Radiomaster Nexus controllers on it, as that does look appealing.
For this M2 I used an iFlight Succex F7 stack with it's own ESC board as well, this was the first experience I had with the open-source helicopter FBL;
www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?3535457-Introducing-the-Heliflight-3D-%28HF3D%29-open-source-Helicopter-flight-controller-%28FBL%29
Looks like the FC isn't available anymore, but if you wanted to go the same route I have it here I am willing to sell as I don't think I'll use it again in a smaller model.
Cheers.
Ian Contessa
www.coolice.co.uk
@@CooliceChargeCases Thank you very much for the quick reply. I'm still not sure what I should choose for a current ESC or whether I should go for a larger helicopter...
@@jupi-aladin No problem you're most welcome and happy to try and help.
I would say if you do like the hobby and are not considering stopping it, then getting yourself a larger helicopter is probably the better option. Don't get me wrong the OMP M2 and GooSky S2 fly very well, but with their motor driven tail rotors they do lack yaw control in some manoeuvres which are more demanding on the tail rotor. Pirouettes to the left for example are not great, it works but is nowhere near as consistent as a mechanical tail setup.
If you didn't want to go too expensive then a 480 class machine such as the Align TB40, OMP M4, GooSky RS4 etc will suit you very nicely. Being slightly larger they will cope with higher wind speeds and be more stable as a result compared to the S2/M2 class, then with a proper mechanical tail rotor setup will be more precise and have much better hold through manoeuvres to.
I no longer have them now, selling them to make way for a newer machine at some point, but I had an Align 550X and 700E which were great machines. I liked the 550X as it was big enough to learn new moves on, but also cheap enough to repair should it go wrong and also the running costs were lower requiring only one 6s pack to fly with.
I’m yet to fly one of the new 480 class models, but these appeal to me for much the same reason as the 550X did, big enough to be a good learning tool and yet cheap enough to not worry about crashing too much either.
If you have any questions fire away, been flying RC helicopters for 43 years now and seen a lot of changes in this time.
Cheers.
Ian Contessa
www.coolice.co.uk
Did you run this with the omp esc or flightstack esc?im thinking of going nexus on my m2 and alreays have the esc setup like a logo 200
Thank you, Ian
nice job
Thanks buddy. This ones a little more involving than HeliFlight3D, as this was specifically written and setup on an M2. Thus you just copied what was chared. Whereas the RotorFlight, which is being actively worked on and improved each week pretty much, is gaining more base model setups as more people join the fun.
So far this is feeling nice, it has done ever since I flashed it, it's just needed tweaking which I've done on & off rather than spent an entire day on it
@@CooliceChargeCases Thats really encouraging. I do like the ease of setup rather than arducoptor but I'd still like gps rth on mine as I've had issues with lost signal and crashed my birds because of this but it looks awesome so far