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Registered Member #2431
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Location: Chico, CA. USA
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AndrewM wrote ...
I propose a boycott of all of Patrick's threads until he posts video.
ok ok ill post one tomorrow for sure, my fiberglass landing skid is a little weak at the moment though.
As for Steve Connor's point, highly educated idiots F things up all the time... those NASA idiots blew up 2 space shuttles killing 14 with nothing more than their own incompetence.
Id rather have competent people without degrees, than incompetent idoits with degrees. Especially if im the one sitting on 800 tons of ammonium perchlorate.
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The Panther looks cool, however I'm disappointed that the rear rotor doesn't tilt backwards and act as a third propeller when transitioning to flight. :( Maybe they decided that it wasn't worth the extra complexity, but it would have looked neat.
Did I mention, we want video! >____>;
I also think it is a tad unfair that so-called grown-ups get to spend defence money on building RC planes and playing with them.
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it looks like they turn it off when they dont need it, thats why i said its more primative then mine or any true tilt rotor. they effectivley have a tri rotor some of the time, then dead wieght the rest of the time... every ounce of dead whiegt means an ounce of battery, fuel, bullets or High explosives not carried to the battlefield. cool idea but still primative.
Registered Member #2431
Joined: Tue Oct 13 2009, 09:47PM
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Video!
fast forward to 3:25 to see it really fly.
eventually i get it to fly, break a prop and most of the other good flying happens off camera. But this isthe best i have.
its too unstable with just 3 gyros, it really needs 3 accelerometers, even my ace test pilot Corey Kohler is pressed to the limit to keep it in a hover.
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Yay video thanks!!
That rod is doing you zero good if its not fastened on tightly. Also from the looks of things you need a rod or something stabilizing the pitch direction too.
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AndrewM wrote ...
Yay video thanks!!
That rod is doing you zero good if its not fastened on tightly. Also from the looks of things you need a rod or something stabilizing the pitch direction too.
yep before i had the GoPro cam, i did have two good sticks on there and the fastend better, it did make a differecne.
really, the sticks help stability, yet there best purpose is saving props.
EDIT 5:10pm : ive solved the roll oscillation again, by readjusting the roll pot with two better sticks attached. Then crashed it in real bad, striped the titanium gears again. dam it.
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CSU Chico Tilt Rotor Flying Machine, (Airframe and Electronics, 2 of 3).
