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Skywalker Wing Attachment Mod - Toilet Seat Bolts
I think it was Pudsey who did this mod a while ago and I'd been meaning to redo my old Skywalker for a while - I really don't like the elastic bands that attach a ...
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When the rain comes in - Skywalker Dawn Flight
Was doing a little bit of patrolling the empty fields for deer (didn't see any :( ) this morning just after the sun came up, and Mr Drizzle decides to show his face.
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Runcam Owl+ Night Flight Test With Skywalker
Fantastic camera this! For £31 it's a bargain. HD camera is Firefly 7s that copes pretty well with low light as well for what it is.
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Skywalker RTH testing and a nice greased landing
Not a fan of the Tornado RTH if I'm honest - in an earlier flight I had it set to 70m altitude and the plane started to dive to reach this altitude before coming home.
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FPV Vlog - Skywalker Revolution Thermal Shutdown
Had some good flying with the Skywalker tonight but on the last flight the ESC decided it had enough and shut itself down due to the heat - oops!
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FPV Vlog - Mini Talon Fail But Skywalker saves the day
Took 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 ...
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Testing RunCam Owl + on the Skywalker at Dusk
Default settings, but with Colour mode locked on for night vision mode. Bad reception because my groundstation antenna is a helical and was pointing out the ...
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Skywalker Onboard Footage
Nothing special, just Cyclops Tornado OSD footage from the flight earlier today. Not bad reception considering the 3 turn helical was inside the car pointing at ...
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The Skywalker Finally Flies (and lands!)
No departing tails today, nor snapping camera mounts - she flew as she was meant to - amazing what a little bit of fettling of the control surfaces can do. I should ...
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Trimming and AP Setup with the Skywalker and Mini Talon
After 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...
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Skywalker Revolution Tip Stall
Oops, ran out of skill and wind.
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Coming In Hot - Skywalker Revolution 1720
Battery getting low, would have struggled to do a Go-Around so had to land her one way or the other. Was a little too high, nothing to it but to dive and manage ...
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Skywalker Revolution FPV Landing
Nice little flight with the Skywalker, here's the landing in manual mode (after PA mode tried to kill me earlier :o )
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Skywalker 1900 vs Electricity Cables
There can only be one winner. Who says flying "LoS" is safer? Not with my depth perception it isn't! :) Not any real damage (rudder tore off) but I've decided to ...
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Dawn Colours | Skywalker 1900
I got up early today to catch the sunrise. This Skywalker flies so nicely in the still morning air. Sadly the beautiful ground mist burned off very quickly (in minutes) ...
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Skywalker 1900 at Dusk
I'll give the Mobius camera its dues, it was very dark compared to how this video came out so it did quite well but very overexposed... when I took the goggles off ...
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Skywalker 1900 | 1km again, a little higher
Just keeping my hand in and gaining confidence, another quick run to 1km with the Skywalker. Going to start pushing it a little further over the next couple of ...
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Steve 1 - 0 Panic Disorder | Skywalker to 1km
Yes, it's only 1km. No distance really. But a big milestone for me and one that I achieved today after 4 years of bottling due to panicking. (See previous video!)
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Skywalker 1900 Gimbal | Flight Test
Well the gimbal footage is pants but then again I didn't tweak any of the settings of this crappy el-cheapo brushless gimbal yet, and I was also flying LoS which ...
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Skywalker landing gear test
Fitted some landing gear to my Skywalker ... I need to learn how to land without bouncing into the car... steering works alright though, and no problems taking off ...
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Skywalker 1900 - Knee Surgery Required
Got to watch out for the bounce...
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Skywalker LoS flying, filmed by Allanah aged 6
She did quite well while I was flying and trimming the Skywalker .. apart from putting her finger across the lens, heh.
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Skywalker 1900 FPV in the wind
Just a quick short test of the Skywalker in 15mph winds - no problem at all, just the speed was not working on the OSD. Neither airspeed or groundspeed - odd.
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Catching the Skywalker
Challenge on FPVHub set by BlueFlyer - challenge accepted! Wouldn't want to take this to the face though!!
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Tornado OSD & Skywalker RTH Test
Long time no see! Finally looks like I have gotten my Cyclops Tornado RTH working on my Skywalker, here's a short line of sight video while testing it out.
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Skywalker 1900 - Cyclops Tornado testing in sunset
So I bought a Cyclops Tornado OSD + FC to replace the crappy Turnigy T1000FC that never worked properly... here's a trim flight and testing a couple of flight ...
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Skywalker 1900 Gliding Down
Nice and steady in the glide, it certainly doesn't mind staying up in the air :)
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FPV Skywalker 1900 Cruising Around
Gave up on work for the morning to take the Skywalker out since it was such nice weather, here's the first flight. GoPro3 Silver recording, Mobius as Live camera.
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Skywalker 1900 - Ease of launch
Using the T1000FC stabiliser, it's fair to say the Skywalker is easy to launch...
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Skywalker 1900 Windy Landing
Very windy up in North Lincs today, Skywalker handled it no problems at all :)
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Skywalker 1900 Windy Landing
Very windy up in North Lincs today, Skywalker handled it no problems at all :)
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Nifty camera mount for the möbius on my Skywalker
A nice side effect of using the 6mm nylon bolts to secure my Skywalker wings + canopy.
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Skywalker 1900 Sunset FPV
Skywalker 1900 Camera: GoPro 3 Silver. Pootling around with the Skywalker. I was testing RTH for the most part but it wasn't working. Also, my pan servo failed ...
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Skywalker 1900 Maiden - Onboard View
Maiden flight of the Skywalker as seen from the onboard GoPro.
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Skywalker 1900 Maiden
Filmed with GoPro3 headcam. What a lovely plane this is - so docile but plenty of power too. No problems, except RTH didn't engage. I think that's a bit of stupidty on my behalf though, as...
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Skywalker 1900 brief walk around
I finally snapped and decided to finish off the Skywalker today - maiden shortly.
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First run up of the Skywalker 1900
Just fitted motor, need to get this project in the air as I've had it since the start of February and summer is coming up fast! Control surfaces and FPV left to do .
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SkyWalker X5 Maiden Flight (and blooper)
Rebuilt my old X5 wing.... I used a 950kv motor with a 10x3.8 DJI multicopter prop, which wasn't the optimial setup to say the least. Although it flew, it was ...
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SkyWalker X5 Maiden Flights
Maiden flights of my SkyWalker X5 Wing.
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