R/C Plane FPV Sunset & Lightning Storm from 17.04.13
No music just motor/wind noise. Choose your own music ;)
Sight Flown, rain started dropping as everything loaded into the car so this is as close as it gets. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nDBdOcT5mw Couple Grabs from the vid: http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/163515_10151556928948209_1593497877_n.jpghttp://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/562001_10151556975468209_659266038_n.jpg |
10:59am 23/04/13 Permalink
this is your R/C plane right? what sort is it again? and what camera are you using? do you get live feeds while flying?
looks cool btw. |
02:23pm 23/04/13 Permalink
nice flying mephz :) i haven't watched the whole video yet... i'll watch it tonight at home.
i prefer the motor noise rather than music IF there isn't some horrible rattle or vibration... your plane sounds great! nice camera location too. |
02:35pm 23/04/13 Permalink
nice. is this a gopro or fpv recording?
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06:17pm 23/04/13 Permalink
this is your R/C plane right? what sort is it again? and what camera are you using? do you get live feeds while flying? From the look of the cowl and paint job I would reckon its a F4U Corsair. No I haven't watched the vid... |
06:42pm 23/04/13 Permalink
It's a 1100mm F4U corsair. My 1400mm Hurricane MKII suffered bad damage today off a tip stall go-around :( .
Camera is a 808 keychain #16 |
07:16pm 23/04/13 Permalink
Good times ay nice plane
I've got a Bixler from Hobby King which is tough and easy to repair which was great as I was learning :) I've got some Telemetry and autopilot gear on its way which is exciting so I can hook up goggles and fly FPV can't wait |
11:07am 25/04/13 Permalink
I'll upload the video of my MKII flight overnight tonight. One dodgy landing (bounced it and clipped a wing on the stalled back end of.the bounce, hatch and camera departure from plane but otherwise nil damage and right way up). The other failed landing I pulled the elevator back too.hard under full deployed flaps and gear down.
The hurricane's outrunner is equivalent to a 40 glow so she sounds pretty beastly. Fuselage all repaired and just waiting for replacement aluminum spinner to arrive + replace the motor since.bearings a little noisy after its tunnel boring attempt (though motor still good) :) There was a Loop performed over the freeway which was poor distance judging on my.behalf and whilst not illegal I don't condone flying over roads typically :) |
04:11pm 25/04/13 Permalink
Nice! I have always been interested in something like this. Ive always wanted a RC Pilatus PC-21. Post up some pics of your plane!
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09:04pm 25/04/13 Permalink
Here is the first video from the Hurricane MKII.
This bird weighs 2.3KG (compared to the F4U's 850g) so it is much harder to fly (roughly a 35%+ stall speed as well) and landing whilst might look easy is a mission unto itself. http://youtu.be/edAAsAi-HNo Here's an incredibly scale looking landing from the ground perspective of the same plane (skip to 1:50 after take-off for Turn on Base to Final, The rest was all approach practices) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj2EMJi-YQE&feature=youtu.be Almost looks like a real plane with the flaps in full deployment :) At this speed and size/weight of plane + generally being a typically unstable warbird it's very easy for things to go horribly wrong. Landing was good, ran out of runway and hit the gutter being on an angle to the road :) (Compiling last video with slow motion of the tip-stall and tunnel boring exercise :(.. ) |
10:29pm 25/04/13 Permalink
Last video uploading (plus I have a few others uploaded on that channel such as a Bomb Dropping Cessna with a dying motor leading to a tree collision :P ).
Last MKII vid (should be uploaded in 15mins from this posting). http://youtu.be/niQtOYUK5wI I'll post pics of the current state of the MKII tomorrow :P shows just how sturdy EPO is and how easily it repairs (you will be surprised when you see how bad the crash looks/see how compacted the nose is on crashing) |
10:45pm 25/04/13 Permalink
Couple of pics of few planes and current state of repair of the MKII.
Left little plane: One I built completely out of Balsa wood. It's just an air frame, It flies (like a paper airplane/dart but much further and faster) if you throw it. It would be controllable to fly if it had micro electronics in it and control surfaces cut out. Left plane: 1100mm F4U Corsair (850g). Right plane: 1400mm Hurricane MKII (2.3kg) Last shot to give a little idea of scale/size. http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/644697_10151574969783209_87784165_n.jpg Crushed foam - so easy to repair! (it just exaggerates the skin/paint crocodile effect unfortuantely) (The end of the nose is meant to be cut and on an angle to offset engine torque/p-factor) http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/399665_10151574970038209_1325502921_n.jpg This was completely split apart in the crash like a split beanbag down the two-piece mould seam. 30min epoxy to the seam and all stress fracture points - stronger than new (if its going to break again it will not be where you do repairs) http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/537863_10151574969968209_441908643_n.jpg Lost the left nose decal in the repairs. Nothing a new $3 waterslide decal of a pinup on each side won't fix up :) http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/544190_10151574969973209_614218643_n.jpg Scale/Size idea as best I can. http://sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/375044_10151574976383209_367522270_n.jpg |
03:47pm 27/04/13 Permalink
