06-06-2013, 10:06 PM
Well it worked !!
I'm just uploading the edited video to you tube.
For some reason it takes hours and hours to upload just 5 mins of video ????
I guess it is in HD and the file size is about 1/2 a gig but it is in the preferred format .mov
Anyway enough winging about my internet connection's upload speed.
IT FLIES !!! not only does it fly , it flies really well.
It turned superbly well at full speed and handled great at low low speed as well, with no sign of having a nasty stall despite having a wing loading of nearly 20 oz per sq ft.
Which I think is reasonably heavy for a model that size. It’s not much bigger than a rare bear. I ended up having three flights with it yesterday evening before we ran out of light. I can say that in no uncertain terms it does fairly shift along!!
I havn't done a Doppler shift analysis on any of the video yet so I'm reluctant to comment on the speed but I can safely say that it's the fastest thing I've ever flown by some margin.
I'm inspired now I'm going to keep the same moments and dimensions and clean up the shape of the back of the fuse in the form of a plug. Then I can make a set of moulds for a glass fuse and hatches.
The 3000 Kv motor 4.5 X 4.5 prop and the nano tech 4S 1300 lipo pack are near perfect match allowing for just under 2 mins of flat out flying with enough left to get around slowly for a bit, before landing
Here's some video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXWtJh4Szmo
Thanks Wayne, I quite enjoyed your earlier comment even tho I didn't quite understand the science behind it
The earlier crash was a bit a bit of a low point I must say after quite a bit of effort had gone into, not just building the model, but photographing it at various stages and writing it up.
I was super glad Claudio filmed the first flight and super glad that Jag was flying it too. It gave me the opportunity to have a number of very smart people have a look at what happened. And paved the way for the final successful result. A big thank you to Kieran for his input and to Doug Owen who also looked at the video and emailed me back arriving at a very similar diagnosis to Kieran's. Many thanks to everyone who commented and provided advice. I appreciate it all very much.
I'm just uploading the edited video to you tube.
For some reason it takes hours and hours to upload just 5 mins of video ????
I guess it is in HD and the file size is about 1/2 a gig but it is in the preferred format .mov
Anyway enough winging about my internet connection's upload speed.
IT FLIES !!! not only does it fly , it flies really well.
It turned superbly well at full speed and handled great at low low speed as well, with no sign of having a nasty stall despite having a wing loading of nearly 20 oz per sq ft.
Which I think is reasonably heavy for a model that size. It’s not much bigger than a rare bear. I ended up having three flights with it yesterday evening before we ran out of light. I can say that in no uncertain terms it does fairly shift along!!
I havn't done a Doppler shift analysis on any of the video yet so I'm reluctant to comment on the speed but I can safely say that it's the fastest thing I've ever flown by some margin.
I'm inspired now I'm going to keep the same moments and dimensions and clean up the shape of the back of the fuse in the form of a plug. Then I can make a set of moulds for a glass fuse and hatches.
The 3000 Kv motor 4.5 X 4.5 prop and the nano tech 4S 1300 lipo pack are near perfect match allowing for just under 2 mins of flat out flying with enough left to get around slowly for a bit, before landing
Here's some video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXWtJh4Szmo
(06-06-2013, 07:07 PM)Flying fisho Wrote: So pleased you have got all the quirks out of this labour of love. A happy ending is what we all dream of. Congratulations on a remarkable effort. Hope my earlier attempt at humour was not received with any ill feelings. I obvously am not design savvy & had no idea of how to fix your problem. Was just trying to help raise the sprits after a disasterous result of much effort.
Thanks Wayne, I quite enjoyed your earlier comment even tho I didn't quite understand the science behind it
The earlier crash was a bit a bit of a low point I must say after quite a bit of effort had gone into, not just building the model, but photographing it at various stages and writing it up.
I was super glad Claudio filmed the first flight and super glad that Jag was flying it too. It gave me the opportunity to have a number of very smart people have a look at what happened. And paved the way for the final successful result. A big thank you to Kieran for his input and to Doug Owen who also looked at the video and emailed me back arriving at a very similar diagnosis to Kieran's. Many thanks to everyone who commented and provided advice. I appreciate it all very much.
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