Glad to see people still doing long range fpv. I am trying to get back into it after selling my skyhunter 3 years ago. Long-range hardware is getting really hard to find.
Nice video. Thanks for sharing. My Esky Eagle is flying tail heavy. I did several changes in CoG trying to have her leveled but not succesful. What setup are you using on yours like, motor, propeller, CoG, battery, etc... Thanks, Keath
19:56 This Pan Tilt feels so realistic like a real Head movment all the way down to the ground. Awsome Plane! I really like to watch this Videos! Did you ever consider to record your Video Signal Strength and overlay it with the GPS Path? So you can Compare the Antenna Coverage Quality?
Yeah I really like the way this pan/tilt works on here, it feels like I'm sitting in the plane looking over the sides... lol It would be neat to map out signal strength/quality like that, and probably not hard to do at all for the radio link since it's already all logged, along with GPS. If only there was an easy way to log video signal quality... First thing comes to mind would be something on the ground reading RSSI from the video receiver (have to find what pin it's on in there, I know it's there in some of them), and sending that as a scaled PWM signal into the trainer port of your radio. Map that input to an unused channel so it's value is logged in the flight controller with everything else.
The upgraded pilot tube provides rock-solid airspeed. Take it just swapped the pilot probe and not the actual sensor electronics? Two wrongs make it flight right, or is that left. (re: yaw 7:30) LOL. Agree, best to adjust control surfaces, trims in the aircraft. Nice short field landing. There's probably no advantage to having a flaperon mix on the Esky Eagle, as you have so much runway to play with. ;)
Yep, just changed the tube itself (and silicone hose since it's farther away), the sensor is still the same ASP5033 in there. It's definitely more stable and less noisy looking at the log from the two flights. I had a similar problem with the Reptile Dragon 2 using one of the plastic tubes that come with the sensor from Qiotek. That one was on the side of the fuselage an inch or two from the nose, and was terribly noisy, worse than this one. I think the flat, blunt nose on that plane was making for some turbulent air where the tube was, and putting one sticking out the front like this one fixed it too. I do use one of these plastic ones on the AR Pro and it has worked great. That plane is a lot smoother/sleeker though, the tube is on top, on one of the small hatches to the side of the main one. I guess it's just a matter of finding clean air to mount it in, or get it out front where the plane hasn't disturbed the air yet... lol As for flaps/flaperons, I haven't seen the need for them on this little plane at all. I've plenty of spare PWM outputs and could set it up that way, but I doubt I'd use them much anyway... lol
Nice. Agree, placing the pilot tube in clean undisturbed air is key. Is tricky to find location on models at this scale. Near front of nose, or up top on a vertical fin are great locations, but not always the easiest places to install.
I am using auto trim, but it only trims pitch and roll axis, not yaw. ardupilot.org/plane/docs/auto-trim.html I'm working out the trim on yaw so it tracks straight without slipping. If it's off a bit, AP will bank the plane to hold it's heading in cruise/auto/rth etc. and ends up slipping a bit one way or the other, which "feels" wrong with the wings banked, and also creates a bit more drag and is less efficient.
Yeah, mechanical setup should always be done right before any trimming in flight. This one has about 60uS of trim on the rudder right now (next to 0 on ailerons, and 30 something uS on pitch). Ardupilot recommends staying within 50uS of center if possible. After that bit of trimming at the end of the flight here, checking the log it looks like about 33uS of trim on the rudder will be right. I should be well within the 50uS of center when done with it.
Enjoyed that, no more beans eh?.....Yes, Rudder trim is so important, get it dead into wind and tweak it ...lol....Video link was flawless m8...🤔😳😏😏😏🇬🇧
Yep, soybeans are all gone. Sadly they're out there right now pulling up huge rows after smoothing all that field out... lol No giant runway for me this year! They're getting ready to plant sugar cane for next year.
Glad to see people still doing long range fpv. I am trying to get back into it after selling my skyhunter 3 years ago. Long-range hardware is getting really hard to find.
This channel deserves way more subscribers
I like the way you think! lol
@@bonafidepirate watching your channel converted me from drones to planes and wings haha
Thanks for the video.. really educational..can you share parameters file.. trying to replicate the build..
Nice video. Thanks for sharing. My Esky Eagle is flying tail heavy. I did several changes in CoG trying to have her leveled but not succesful. What setup are you using on yours like, motor, propeller, CoG, battery, etc... Thanks, Keath
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Love it - love to fly with you some day, before I head back to Australia 🇦🇺👍 keep up the awesome content.
Great Flight❤
19:56 This Pan Tilt feels so realistic like a real Head movment all the way down to the ground.
Awsome Plane!
I really like to watch this Videos!
Did you ever consider to record your Video Signal Strength and overlay it with the GPS Path?
So you can Compare the Antenna Coverage Quality?
Yeah I really like the way this pan/tilt works on here, it feels like I'm sitting in the plane looking over the sides... lol
It would be neat to map out signal strength/quality like that, and probably not hard to do at all for the radio link since it's already all logged, along with GPS. If only there was an easy way to log video signal quality... First thing comes to mind would be something on the ground reading RSSI from the video receiver (have to find what pin it's on in there, I know it's there in some of them), and sending that as a scaled PWM signal into the trainer port of your radio. Map that input to an unused channel so it's value is logged in the flight controller with everything else.
Where are you finding the li ion batteries? Whats the fly time on you plane
The upgraded pilot tube provides rock-solid airspeed. Take it just swapped the pilot probe and not the actual sensor electronics?
Two wrongs make it flight right, or is that left. (re: yaw 7:30) LOL. Agree, best to adjust control surfaces, trims in the aircraft.
Nice short field landing. There's probably no advantage to having a flaperon mix on the Esky Eagle, as you have so much runway to play with. ;)
Yep, just changed the tube itself (and silicone hose since it's farther away), the sensor is still the same ASP5033 in there. It's definitely more stable and less noisy looking at the log from the two flights. I had a similar problem with the Reptile Dragon 2 using one of the plastic tubes that come with the sensor from Qiotek. That one was on the side of the fuselage an inch or two from the nose, and was terribly noisy, worse than this one. I think the flat, blunt nose on that plane was making for some turbulent air where the tube was, and putting one sticking out the front like this one fixed it too. I do use one of these plastic ones on the AR Pro and it has worked great. That plane is a lot smoother/sleeker though, the tube is on top, on one of the small hatches to the side of the main one. I guess it's just a matter of finding clean air to mount it in, or get it out front where the plane hasn't disturbed the air yet... lol As for flaps/flaperons, I haven't seen the need for them on this little plane at all. I've plenty of spare PWM outputs and could set it up that way, but I doubt I'd use them much anyway... lol
Nice. Agree, placing the pilot tube in clean undisturbed air is key. Is tricky to find location on models at this scale. Near front of nose, or up top on a vertical fin are great locations, but not always the easiest places to install.
Good Morning, nice video as usual. Why do you not use auto trim in arduplane?
I am using auto trim, but it only trims pitch and roll axis, not yaw. ardupilot.org/plane/docs/auto-trim.html I'm working out the trim on yaw so it tracks straight without slipping. If it's off a bit, AP will bank the plane to hold it's heading in cruise/auto/rth etc. and ends up slipping a bit one way or the other, which "feels" wrong with the wings banked, and also creates a bit more drag and is less efficient.
Mechanical tune first?
Yeah, mechanical setup should always be done right before any trimming in flight. This one has about 60uS of trim on the rudder right now (next to 0 on ailerons, and 30 something uS on pitch). Ardupilot recommends staying within 50uS of center if possible. After that bit of trimming at the end of the flight here, checking the log it looks like about 33uS of trim on the rudder will be right. I should be well within the 50uS of center when done with it.
Would I be 2nd? Lol
Enjoyed that, no more beans eh?.....Yes, Rudder trim is so important, get it dead into wind and tweak it ...lol....Video link was flawless m8...🤔😳😏😏😏🇬🇧
Yep, soybeans are all gone. Sadly they're out there right now pulling up huge rows after smoothing all that field out... lol No giant runway for me this year! They're getting ready to plant sugar cane for next year.
@@bonafidepirate Oh wow, Sugar Cane...that grows pretty high doesn't it...Watch you don't land in that...😀😀🤔😏😏🇬🇧
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