Final flight of the morning as the battery was running low but the footage is lovely and smooth - nice to have the plane flying well and reliably for a change.
Read MoreFirst proper FPV flight with the Mini Talon today, I did a few circuits testing PA and RTH then went out a little further, just the 1.2km skew to skew but still enjoyable in the nice calm weather....
Read MoreSo I got up nice and early this morning to get this Bush Mule maidened in the nice, calm, still air. However the FrSky telemetry was giving me range warnings so I had to bring her back in...
Read MoreSo I took the mini talon out to fly after doing some tweaks yesterday - I moved the Runcam forward so that it wasn't having its whitebalance upset by the presence of the nose in the live view,...
Read MoreWell, it's been a while since I have been out and about - to be honest with you, it's been my own fault - I've been assuming the worst will happen with the planes ...
Read MoreForgot to secure the velcro, also... that prop sounds terrible. No damage though, woohoo.
Read MoreJust finding out why the Mini Talon wouldn't throttle up - turns out my reversing the polarity on my camera has somehow killed my ESC - I have no idea how that ...
Read MoreTook my Mini Talon out for a quick flight to test the Runcam Owl Plus, but for some reason the throttle wouldn't work. So I had to quickly nip home and get my ...
Read MoreThis is the first flight from last night with the Mini Talon just checking all was in order before I ran a full battery through her. She was a little bit tail heavy (as you ...
Read MoreJust some brief flying bits from tonights beautiful weather in North Lincolnshire. Plane is flying well, although I'm still using that horrible NTM 1400kv motor ...
Read MoreOops! I thought the CoG was correct after temporarily removing the HD camera .. it wasn't :)
Read MoreSo, in order to get some FPV in this weekend (good weather by the look of it :) ) I needed to check the Mini Talon was flying properly. Thankfully, yes - she is :)
Read MoreAfter setting up both aircraft on the bench, all there is left to do is dial in the gains while they're in the air. Sounds easy doesn't it...
Read MoreNow that I have installed a Cyclops Tornado in the Mini Talon, I need to get it all trimmed up properly. Not impressed with how it flew, so I have some work to do.
Read MoreNew Mini Talon has arrived but I'm not convinced they're advertising the correct ESC to use with this model. What do you think? Not subscribed? Click the button ...
Read MoreSo my first flight in six weeks went well - 20 yards of range with the EzUHF on a mag-mount antenna I bought off ebay. Lesson learned :D.
Read MoreJust checking it works, I left it up there for 15 minutes and it never deviated at all ... thumbs up for T1000FC flight controller.
Read MoreSo today was a bit blowy so I figured what better chance to test the stabilisation mode of the T1000FC autopilot. I only flew LoS so it was never going to be ...
Read MoreI fitted the T1000FC flight controller to my Mini Talon and initial testing didn't exactly go to plan - the position of the GPS and the control box made the plane very ...
Read MoreA quick look at how my Mini Talon turned out and the stuff I'm planning on doing with it now that I've got it flying nicely.
Read MoreShort flight with the mini talon just before I went home as it was very dark. Still flying brilliantly. I think I'm going to put a Cyclops Storm in it as I'm nervous about ...
Read MoreTook the Mini Talon out around the local field to check all was in order - Good video link, good control link, plane flying well. Ready to have a good play with her ...
Read MoreI really should stop flying "line of sight" - it's dangerous. These Mini-Talons fly forever so need to land either long, or shallow .. not high and steep like this one.
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