It's pretty terrible, but the stock tune was in laughable slow-motion. Turtle props on there... Compared to a H8 w/ stock Silverware, it feels out of control w/ Kabab's tune. I'm going to try the Mockingbird tune for a bit, then figure out my own from there. I didn't ante up for an F4 brushless anything and not expect my fair share of precision.
The VTX is noisy AF and the camera is terrible at low light. Also, the RSSI is down in the 40%'s when I'm 2-300' LOS! Considering I just did half a mile with a H8 down a side street at head level while sitting in a car, I'm not impressed with the stock D8 RX. Then again, it's just a number; we'll have to range test it when it's not too wet to failsafe. I have the antennas vertical and poking out the top btw, and they measured correctly and were soldered well.
It's at least quiet, but twice as loud as the H8. 4x as expensive with a worse experience, so far.
3AM, 31F calm breeze
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIIZI5j-E_U
Kiss FC
DYS 1306 4000KV
RotorX RX3040T
XSR
Turnigy Graphene 0.8mAh 3S "65C"
XM20's
probably a terrible setting in blheli like voltage cutoff or somejunk. it all got a bath... hooray!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzkJXP6Er4Q
Foggy night, decided to test the lens a bit on the gimbal.
Kit:
Panasonic Lumix G85
DJI Ronin-SC
SIRUI 35mm Anamorphic Lens
1.33x horizontal stretch in DaVinci Resolve, no effects or noise reduction.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db2jVh3-4oE
Testing repairs after a day of hard flying at the powerloop training barn terminated in a crash that somehow melted the motor connectors on the back two motors. To be fair, I may have pre-heated them chasing this Mustang; https://youtu.be/ZOEVEh2UcDE?t=1 All 4 motors are now direct-soldered to the pads, and I tore off the melted sockets with my mini dikes. These flights were at 3°C, 5-7AM. I broke two more spokes tonight flying into light posts and crashing onto blacktop in the dark, but it's still flies fine. This is the first time I got to fly my IR-modded Tinyhawk S at night. The black glint tape worked well to find it in the dark against the blacktop as well, just in case the battery ever gets ejected and I can't make it beep or do the RSSI-dowsing rod thang.
FRA: Emax Tinyhawk S Indoor FPV Racing Drone Spare Part 75mm Polypropylene Frame Kit 1-2S
AIO: EMAX Tinyhawk S Indoor Drone Part - AIO Flight Controller/VTX/Receiver (VTX Removed)
MOT: EMAX 08025 15000KV (from the original stock 1S Tinyhawk)
PRO: EMAX Tinyhawk 4 Blade Turtle Mode Avan Propeller
CAM: Caddx Beetle CMOS 800TVL FOV 170 4:3 NTSC (Camera Only!, IR filter was also removed)
VTX: Caddx FireFly (VTX Only!) 5.8GHz 25mw
ANT: URUAV Micro UXII Stubby RHCP Mini FPV Antenna 1.6dBi 5.8GHz
BAT: Turnigy Nano-tech 300mah 2S 45~90C Lipo Pack
Added JST, 5V Beeper, Silicone Conformal Coating and black glint tape (hopefully I won't lose it with all these mods). I modded the Beetle lens for IR / night vision after removing it from the VTX. I used a VTX from a FireFly, cause it supports SmartAudio. I direct-soldered the "URUAV Micro UXII Stubby RHCP" to the FireFly VTX and secured it between the rear props on the bottom.
33.85g Modded Weight (dry) [+5.5g]
28.35g Stock Tinyhawk S (dry).
+1.41g Taller 15000KV Motors
+3.00g Turnigy NanoTech 45~90C Batteries (18g each)
2S AUW is 52 grams. Flight duration is 2-3 minutes on the Nano-techs.
*seriously impressed with the Micro UXII!
*video is better than I thought possible in urban @25mW!
8.68g 4x 0802 15500KV (stock 2S)
10.09g 4x 08025 15000KV (stock 1S)
Recorded via ground-based DVR;
https://www.immersionrc.com/fpv-products/powerplay/
https://www.immersionrc.com/fpv-products/rapidfire/
https://www.fatshark.com/product/hdo-fpv-goggles/
https://caddxfpv.com/products/beetle-v1
Edited with DaVinci Resolve 16
Music: Cuts from "Future Sound Of London - Envionments Part 1" (re-arranged a bit)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mkK9f7taC4
Yeah... it's way faster. Nanotechs I had from 2 years ago.... 45-90C = so much faster. Battery is warm but not hot. Motors are barely warm. ~2 minute flights.
106 meters at ~80% throttle, @3:39 - 3:46 (delta of 7s) = 15.11m/s
~34MPH!
My Tinyhawk 1S record was 22.4MPH (in https://youtu.be/xpwDXPcwoJk )
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW9NODVGTQE
Ruined 2 junker quads and another 4-inch one I liked in a triple-motor smash in one hit (the finale).
Combo:
Turnigy nano-tech 1300mah 3S 25~50C Lipo Pack
20A CICADA BLHELI_S (F3 FC, XM+ Rx, ATX03 VTx)
RCX H1407 (V2) 3200KV w/ GemFan 4045 Props
Diatone Grasshopper G160 Frame *crap
(Much better frame parts) https://armattanproductions.com/pages/designer_product_grid/165
My original inspiration: https://youtu.be/GnIEwvqfZJE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r7z4Aw_FyY
Playing around with OBS on Bububuntu 16.04LTS / Older XPS13. Plenty of CPU for analog capture dongle and 2 webcams anyway. Wouldn't it be crazy if your FPV heroes actually did better than a half-charged TV watch and an overheating crapple iphone?
Flying the TinyCawk around the yard FSAG. Hopefully I can throw a Raspberry Pi rig together and take this concept around the city via HotSpot.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS2hkmR3d_k