Fascination Maiden (FPV)
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Maiden flight of my FPV Topmodel CZ Fascination
Setup:
Airframe: Fascination 3.6E F5J (Esprit Model)
Motor: MVVS 5.6/690
Propeller: 14X9 Folding
ESC: Castle Phoenix Ice Lite 75
BEC: Castle 10A
Servo's: Hitec HS-85MG
Pan Servo: MD260 260 Degrees Metal Digital Servo (Goodluckybuy)
Tilt Servo: None
LRS: Scherrer long range V6
HD Cam: None
SD Cam: SN555
OSD: Eagle Tree
Batteries: Rhino 4900 4S 25C
Vid Tx: 1280Mhz & 1258Mhz 800mw
Vid Tx Antenna: 1.3GHz Vee (Range Video)
Vid Rx: Generic 1280Mhz
Vix Rx Antenna: Homemade iBcrazy Bi-Quad
What a coincidence. My grandfather had a 1963 Cammanche 250. I fond memories flying that plane with him for a good part of my life. I really miss it. Ironically the FAA website show's it located in Ridgecrest CA, a bit south of me now.
I'm glad you asked about the UHF antenna's. So far I'm getting horrible RC range. I'm not sure that it's the antenna arrangement, as I use the same on all my planes. But I did buy a spectrum analyzer and found that something on the wing is emitting allot of RF compared to my other planes. I'm in the process of figuring that one out. Rmontiel has one of his antenna's in the tail and it obviously works great for him.
Tanks for that , I am a metric guy and could not make sense out of those numbers now I understand. 60 Mph at 25 feet its great. Nice filming as well.
I love it when the sailplane engages it's motor and the plane following just sees it float up into the air effortlessly. The normal plane has to go vertical to keep up! XD
Thank you for getting back to me.I have to try the one I have out. RV is where I picked them up. Have a great day.Nice flying.
The best movies for FPV ..... "Echelon" making fpv so awesome !
A few decisions made today, will make my own UHF antenna out of RG316 cable, just strip 16.4 CM braid and solder on ground element. This will be stuck onto the rudder post inside, also to keep it quiet as a mouse back there (RF), using a plastic "Bowden" style control link, moving the servo under the wing, dont like the servo back there with a big access hole, its 20g, but that needs 60g of lead in the nose to compensate if tail heavy!
Good luck with the RF noise hunt by the way.
That was an excellent video! Greeting from Arizona.
You lucky guys. you have the beautiful blue skies and clear weather, not to mention that beautiful scenery :) i wish i was there to fly with you guys. What you need now are the MTDs. All of you and you can do some serious long range formation flying.
Thanks! We are lucky to live in this area :) What is an MTD?
rsowder My Twin Dream, dual motors new FPV Plane that we have flown for 50km and recent test we flown it with 5kgs of batteries inside its belly upto 4 hours :) we are trying to attempt a 200km flight with it :) amazing plane. you can find reviews on my channel or just google it
alishanmao Sounds cool. I'll check it out.
Is there anything more cooler, than an rc sailplane in flight?...No, I don't believe there is! :)
I think your observation is spot on :-)
Very Nice! Facination is fascinating!
Absolutely fantastic. I have one Fascination glider too. Great video.
Beautiful sailplane! I am an RC Plane guy but I have never flown a sailplane like this before! I have been struggling with multi-rotors for my FPV for the last 4 months but I am thinking that I need to back-up and go in this direction! Beautiful vid man! :)
I use the Japan FPV DVR. Works great and is easy to use. It aslo doesn't go to "blue screen" when the signal is lost.
One of those "make ya drool" videos.. nice
rsowder FPV aircraft (F450 quad NAZA-M GPS) is just a couple of days away from being ready man. I am so excited man.
Excellent Video! - Greetings from Germany
Thank you!
wonderful glider, can you provide some pictures on how you managed to get the FPV gear installed in the plane so neatly please
Wow... what a smooth flight and awesome secondary video.
Excellent air2air!
Matthew
So far I have no complaints. I use a home made dipole for my long range flights, but I have taken the "V" to over 5 miles with perfect video. I have not run out of range with one yet.
Simply beautiful and greetings from San Francisco bay area,
Very noble aircraft !
Looks awesome Randy!
Amazing camera action
Best footage I have seen so far, amazing.
I have taken that antenna out about 6 miles on another plane. I did not trim it and the video was perfect. I use a home made bi-quad on the rx.
She's a beauty! Go Topmodel, lol. I have a Prelude, but don't plan on using it for FPV.
That is a cool coincidence. Man everytime I fly in this thing I always listen really hard to make sure that the retracts sound right because I cant bring myself to believe the green gear-down light. I hate retract landing gear and expect a belly-flop every time we land. BTW flying is my number one fear in this world and thats why I am so drawn to it I think. Sometimes I feel like I know too much about how planes work and thats why they scare the shit out of me. A commercial flight is horror 4 me
Good grief, what a beautiful video! Well done! Thanks for uploading :-)
Brilliant flight. Very enjoyable to watch!
Thanks, I love it too :) With just the plane, servo's, motor, ESC and props it come up too about $1,080 USD.
The number on the left is airspeed in MPH and the right is altitude in feet.
check for ground loops in the system. also, put ferrite rings on noise making devices such as cameras, video transmitter, also capacitor on video tx power supply close to the tx. also get physical seperation of the lrs reciever on the plane, use diepoles if possible. they outperform sander style antennnas. and put fetrrite rings on all the servo wires going to the reciever. anything with a voltage regulator can make noise. the spectrum analyzer will be a great help. wish u the best.
I have a problem and that is finding one to fly with :) and finding a place where I can fly from :) But then again I live in Europe...:) Thank's for sharing
Holy Crap!! That was so freakin awesome! I am just learning to fly fpv and you just gave me a whole new perspective! GREAT VID !!!
Wow that's so stable! great video, i've watched all you guys videos from team echelon.
Yes. I got it at Esprit Model. This is the same glider that R. Montiel set what I think it the word distance record.
Awesome video!
Great flyer! Im sure you'll get some distance out of this one!
great ! thanks,i been looking at there sweet models ! ill take another look at the Fascination
Wow, I'm inspired, really fantastic!
You'll love the cub. And yes, over an hour should be easy. With no lift I can get 45 minutes out of it :)
Really i hope you sinced learned it good. The KK board is great for learning although kk2 firmware 1.5 is a big improvement.
You can easily flip and stuff with kk and you learned the right way without autolevel.
Cool! Well done, fantastic!
Great Video!
Really nice glider. The more I fly the more limited LOS becomes.
I agree. It's such a nice looking glider, but I never see it from the outside ;)
Wow... I didn't know people came in that size.... must be hard finding shoes that fit.
;-)
Thank you. I use to fly full scale gliders, so I wanted a similar experience. That's why I got the sailplane. I have a Quad copter aslo, but I kind of find them boring myself ;)
It was tight getting everything in. But because of the small space, the biggest problem is cooling for the ESC. I can't run the motor too long or it will overheat.
THIS is some amazing video and great flying!
Nice video. Added to my PL
Beautiful glider!
Very nice. Greetings from SoCal.
that was awesome .
Very nice - thx for sharing!
Sweet glider, Thumbs up
Bravo pilots.
very nice video !!!
Some excellent shots by your "camera man" too, great video!
Wow!! Fantastic!!
What a beautiful plane. Also thanks for not adding music :)
Haha, you're welcome ;-) I'm a purist. Like to hear the natural sounds :-)
I have that equipment in this glider and the Vario works great. Go for it :-)
fantastico...complimenti
That's awesome!
Nice glider. Those cumulous clouds looked nice. Bet you can get some strong thermals there!
Great video rsowder!
Thank you,
I like the heat sink idea, but landing on the belly on a dry lake bed, which I do from time to time would damage it. Maybe I can mount it coming out of the side of the fuselage.
Thanks! And you can thank calidave88 for the great camera work from the chase plane.
I hope so Danny. May need to head to the desert for that though ;-)
very nice!!!!
Very nice
I did all the ferrite rings, filters etc. Nothing worked. I found using my spectrum analyzer that the video Tx on 1280Mhz had a rise in RF noise right around the 433Mhz band. This vid Tx has two frequencies, so I switched it to 1258Mhz and the noise shifted down enough to leave 433Mhz clear. In flight tests the range increased dramatically :)
You'll like the F450 Naza, I am flying one FPV myself.
Beauty!
Cool dude
Very cool! :)
The best hobby shop (although I don't care for the owner) is AeroMicro, 2090 Duane Ave, Sant Clara.
Is the video with the OSD data (@1:15) being recorded on the ground or in the air? I don't think I have seen FPV video that clear or constant before. Absolutely amazing.
It's being recorded on the ground.
We got a couple great new shots of it this weekend. Those will appear in our next Teach Echelon video. See the description for out web site.
No. I have 1258 and 1280 on this one. Need longer range as I plane on doing some X-country soaring out in the desert.
Very nice video, inspired my purchase, and just received my Fascination kit, look forward to having it ready for the summer. Is the V antenna arrangement on the fuselage for the LRS?
Toying with the idea of making my own UHF antenna and sticking it to the rudder post inside, just a little short for the ground element but would be neat!
Also waiting for a RV OSD system to arrive, like the simplicity, find the Eagle tree a little messy for installation, will have to buy another tracker though!
o an echelon-member i haven't subscibed too yet :P will be done after i muted this and finished searching for some fitting music :D
Thanks. We'll keep them coming :)
I did have to add some weight to the nose as I mounted the elevator servo in the tail. With all the FPV gear, there was no room to mount the servo where the manufacturer suggested.
Amazing!
Nice!
Cool i am the 300'th subscriber :-)
Thanks, and I'll check yours out.
I have a patch antenna I will try to set up with the Vee antenna I would like to get 1/2 that far out. have a good day.
Wow!
something that looks scary is the place to land without landing gear :P
well nevermind didn't look bad just the spot I was thinking he was gonna land was scary
great!
Love this (y)...
i have a question..
could you give me some clue how to combine monitoring and mapping feature in one uav (fixed wing plane)??
Thanks!
Thanks Charlie :)
Nice, did you guys get so super 0 wind conditions? Most fpv videos with daylight are full of gusting air, thermals, etc... not very ideal for filming... but views from your sailplanes are smooth!!!
The mornings at that location are usually calm and smooth before the thermals start.
Reminds me of the Bay Area.
nice idea to have a real glider as an fpv platform. was it hard to fit all the gear inside that little fuselage?