Failed Test Flight!
Hey I just thought I would add this quick post. The website has not been updated for over a week now!
Its that busy time of year as Christmas is upon us ... but I did manage to get out and test fly the AXN Clouds Floater, even if it was for only a few minutes. The AXN Clouds Floater seems a great beginner plane, possibly better than the Bixler! but I could do with some more flying time to decide properly. The AXN feels very light and smooth to control. I guess that's why its called the "Clouds Floater"...
Anyway, watch the video below of my first (failed) test flight! It goes wrong towards the end. I was lucky not to damage the model...
There's a load more content to be added to the site. So do please check back over the coming weeks\months and remember this Christmas, if you fly a model plane,helicopter or drone, BE SAFE, BE LEGAL!
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Fast and Fun...
Yep its a boat, the Swamp Dawg fan boat! modelled on the air boat, the type you might see out on the Florida Everglades. With its flat bottom hull and electric motor mounted on the back, it gets pushed along at a surprising rate of knot's. .. Not sure what a croc might say if you tried to float this past him tho.. ;)
Anyway for what it is it offers quite some fun! To build it took me about an hour or so as there were no instructions in the box!! I ended up making quite a few mistakes .... back track..little..bit..O. bu***r!
The boat is an (ARR) "Almost Ready to Run", so nearly everything is included in the box. You just need to add your own receiver, ESC and 2 cell lipo battery. For anybody who wants to know what the build process is, its as follows; fix the rudder servo in place with control horns/bars, make up and attach the motor mount, solder and fix motor, clip on/build fan cage with rudders, finally fit the ESC, receiver, battery and your done!
Tech Specs:
Length: 47.9 cm
Width: 19 cm
Height: 19.6 cm
Prop size: 5.5 Inches
Motor: 2300kv Brushless Outrunner
ESC: 20A
Battery Compartment Size: L 7cm x W 4cm x H 2cm
Having built the Swamp Dawg it was time to take it out, see the video!
This is another video I found online, whoever it is gets up some speed!
And finally I bumped across this one and added it to the forum, it made me laugh...
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At last! I finally purchased a GPS tracker.... I wanted to know how fast these foam models can fly and which ones were the quickest!
I wondered would it be the small and light models or the large and powerful ones. To help find out, enter the Quanum GPS tracker V2...
As per the name this is a GPS tracker that can log data. It tracks its location, distance travelled, time and maximum speed. I purchased this one from ebay but its sold on the Hobbyking website for about £35 pounds. Any logged data can be viewed on its cool blue LCD display or downloaded to a PC as a NMEA file, I have not tried this yet as you need to buy a mini serial cable! The logger itself feels sturdy and seems fairly easy to use (unfortunately I tested how well it handles a crash, and it works well!!). There are four modes which you scroll through using buttons on the side. The modes are; 1) Navigation - current location information, 2) Logging - basically start the logging, 3) View Data and 4) Connect to PC.
So far I've had limited use due to the weather here in the UK but I have noticed it seems a little bulky, especially with smaller models.
Please keep a look out for my upcoming videos, where hopefully you will see this in action!
Tech Specs Taken From The HobbyKing Website:
Receiver: NEO-6M U-BLOX
Max Speed Recording: 1000km/h
Sensitivity: -161 dBm (Tracking & Navigation)
Accuracy: 2.5 m (GPS), 2.0 m (SBAS)
Cold Start: 27 s approx.
Navigation: UTC date and time, geographic coordinates, time, speed, course
Logging: geographic coordinates, date and time, speed, course, distance (up to 100km)
Logging time: >1000 hours
Logging ON/OFF Control: Manual, RC (1520us)
Voltage: 4.5V ~ 6.5V
Current: 80mA typical
Size: 24 x 77 x 18mm
Weigh: 43g
First Look Video!
A Short Test at Home! The Planet Rotates...
A Proper Test Down The Airfield!
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