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01 December 2012
FPV success
22 November 2012
Scratch Built - Micro Drone V3
Here is the finished Micro Drone V3.
Maiden with 2.5 inches CG from leading edge. Using 2213N 800kv motor and 3S 1000mAa LiPo. The motor does not have enough speed but enough torque. I am considering to change the motor to 1450kv motor to speed the plane up.
Here are the part list:
Maiden with 2.5 inches CG from leading edge. Using 2213N 800kv motor and 3S 1000mAa LiPo. The motor does not have enough speed but enough torque. I am considering to change the motor to 1450kv motor to speed the plane up.
Here are the part list:
- 3 x Servos
- 3S 1000mAa LiPo
- 1450kv outrunner motor
- Motor mount
- 8 x 4 prop
- 25Amp ESC
- 6 ch receiver
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24 October 2012
HobbyKing ASW 28 Glider Defect and review
This is a review of the ASW 28 glider from HobbyKing.
Overall, it is the worst plane I have ever bought. It is a defected plane. This seems to be a known issue for sometimes, but HobbyKing elects to ignoring it and continues to sell them. The worst is that HobbyKing ignores the responsibility of selling bad stuff.
I agree with getting what you pay for, but cheap products mean bad quality, unreliable or bad performance, but cheap products should not be defective and malfunctions.
I contacted HobbyKing and they asked me to ship it back in my own cost. It would cost me USD$90.00 to shipping it back. The plane cost USD$ 99.00. Would you pay the $90.00 to ship back which isn't your fault?
HobbyKing should take the responsibility for all deflective products, because we (customers) pay HobbyKing as a middle man to deal with Chinese manufactures. We pay HobbyKing to take the low cost manufacture risks. This means HobbyKing doesn't do their job right. They are taking advantage from cheap labors and low cost manufactures; they are also taking advantages from selling around the world without worries of any consumer law.
Overall, it is the worst plane I have ever bought. It is a defected plane. This seems to be a known issue for sometimes, but HobbyKing elects to ignoring it and continues to sell them. The worst is that HobbyKing ignores the responsibility of selling bad stuff.
I agree with getting what you pay for, but cheap products mean bad quality, unreliable or bad performance, but cheap products should not be defective and malfunctions.
I contacted HobbyKing and they asked me to ship it back in my own cost. It would cost me USD$90.00 to shipping it back. The plane cost USD$ 99.00. Would you pay the $90.00 to ship back which isn't your fault?
HobbyKing should take the responsibility for all deflective products, because we (customers) pay HobbyKing as a middle man to deal with Chinese manufactures. We pay HobbyKing to take the low cost manufacture risks. This means HobbyKing doesn't do their job right. They are taking advantage from cheap labors and low cost manufactures; they are also taking advantages from selling around the world without worries of any consumer law.
29 September 2012
FPV New cl-osd display layout
First, I'd like to give credit to cl-osd for this display creation. The new modified OSD layout shown below is based on my own preferences
This is NTSC, imperial units, voltage 1, 2, and google coordinates always on configuration. This is a HobbyKing G-OSD II. I am using 900MHZ 200mW Tx/Rx & 1/3-inch CCD Camera NTSC.
23 September 2012
DIY Home made FPV console setup - EZ Hawk Sky
Materials:
- EZ Hawk Sky plane
- G-OSD II Mini with GPS
- 12 Channel 900Mhz Tx/Rx video system with CCD camera
- FPV Fiber Glass Pan and Tilt camera mount
- HXT 900 servos
- Home made Inverted Vee antenna (see here to find out how it was made!!!!!)
- Polystyrene Sheet or any thin plastic plate such as Corrugated Plastic sheet.
- Velcro Brand Sticky Back Tape (as needed)
1: Use Polystyrene Sheet or thin plastic plate and cut to fit the fuselage. This will be your FPV console base. Tape the Velcro on both sides. See pictures below.
03 September 2012
DIY Inverted Vee Antenna for FPV - 900MHz
This is my DIY inverted V antenna building experiences. Hope you find this useful. You may also find this from Aliexpress for a cheap price.
Here is the final product......
Materials needed----
- 12 AWG solid wire. It can be purchased from any local hardware store. It is a solid electrical wire. I bought 5 feet of it and it cost me US$1.50
- A few tie wraps as needed. See pictures below.
26 August 2012
Pilot-1 Wedell-Williams 1/8 Scale ARF
Specifications:
Length: | 31" |
Wingspan: | 40" |
Flying Weight: | 35 oz. |
Controls: | Ailerons (2 servos), Elevator, Rudder, Throttle |
Wing Area: | 325 sq. in |
Red Bull Edge 540 RC Plane
Specifications:
Wingspan: 1000mm
Length: 930mm
Recommended Motor: 28mm out runner
Controls: Aileron (2 servos), Elevator, Rudder and Throttle.
Features all wood, light weight construction
bought it from hoelleinshop .
Length: 930mm
Recommended Motor: 28mm out runner
Controls: Aileron (2 servos), Elevator, Rudder and Throttle.
Features all wood, light weight construction
bought it from hoelleinshop .
Unbox
Maiden
Some photos here
23 August 2012
G-OSD flashed - converted to CL-OSD
Here are a few steps with pictures that show how to change the Hobby King G-OSD II firmware to CL-OSD. Here is where I get it. I know there is a blog talks about it, but it has 100+ pages to read. I thought I would just simplify some steps here. At the end you can see a video that shown how the G-OSD react and how the screen looks like during the uploading process.
Here are the other links to the Success and My New Display Design.
Here are the other links to the Success and My New Display Design.
Step 1: Go to http://code.google.com/p/cl-osd/source/browse/#svn%2Ftrunk%2FG-OSD and download the cl-osd.hex and cl-osd.eep files. Here is the screen shot of the website.
Step 2: To download the files, click on the View raw file at the lower right hand.
Step 3: You should see the code like below. Then copy the codes and paste them in Notepad and a folder.
10 June 2012
My Flying Field
First Colony Middle School football field
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- Location: First Colony Middle School football field
- Address: 3225 Austin Parkway, Sugar Land, TX
- Landing: Grass landing
- Best Time to Fly: Early in the morning
- Parking: Free
- Plane Type: Park Flyer
- Notes: This is a large football field, and it is good for park flyers and up to 1300mm wing span planes.
My Flying location
Clements High School football field
- Location: Clements High School football field
- Address: 3225 Austin Parkway, Sugar Land, TX
- Landing: Grass landing
- Best Time to Fly: Early in the morning
- Parking: Free
- Plane Type: Park Flyer
- Notes: This is a large football field, and it is good for park flyers and up to 1300mm wing span planes.
28 December 2011
20 November 2011
09 October 2011
TriCopter from HobbyKing Quadcopter Frame V1
Here are a few photos of the modification in progress. I am trying to convert the quadcopter frame from HobbyKing to a Tricopter frame with minimum cut, drill and glue. In other words.....cheap but nice.
01 October 2011
Building Tricopter with HobbyKing Quadcopter Board --- Installing AVR Programmer Driver
This blog shows how to install Sparkfun Pocket AVR Programmer Driver for Window XP.
24 September 2011
Building Tricopter with HobbyKing Quadcopter Board --- Unbox Pocket AVR Programmer
I am building a Tricopter and using HobbyKing Quadcopter Board by flashing the firmware with a Tricopter software.
This blog shows the unboxing the Pocket AVR Programmer which was purchased from Sparkfun.com. The programmer came with a 10-pin to 6-pin connector cable which will be used for connecting the board to the programmer.
This blog shows the unboxing the Pocket AVR Programmer which was purchased from Sparkfun.com. The programmer came with a 10-pin to 6-pin connector cable which will be used for connecting the board to the programmer.
18 September 2011
14 September 2011
13 September 2011
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