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AXN - Frosty Weather Crash
Was flying LoS with the AXN and I went too low straight into the rock hard icy ground. Oops. All fixed now.
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AXN Crash after my mate "fixes" my video antenna
Crashed my AXN after my friend decided to "fix" my video antenna which apparently was pointing in the wrong direction... I immediately lost video (the antenna ...
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AXN maintenance hatch
Quick vid showing the maintenance hatch in my AXN for quick access to the esc and motor wires.
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FPVRaptor in the wind
15mph wind today, FPVRaptor lapped it up with 2x2200mAh batteries up front for ballast :) This thing will FPV very nicely in the wind.
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AXN rises from the ashes and takes on the wind
20-25mph winds so I thought the AXN could do with an airing :D.
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X5 Gyro Testing - One elevon, gain turned up too high!
So I put a gyro on one of the elevons of my X5 to smooth the flight out. Instead of turning the gain down, I turned it up - and this is what happens due to the ...
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More X5 mods
Just a couple of mods to the X5 to (hopefully) improve its flight performance and my FPV experience.
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X5 FPV Flight
I remembered my DVR battery this time! Well, this is my 2nd FPV flight with the X5. I added about 80g nose weight and she flies sooOOoo much nicer. Big up to ...
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My X5 Setup
So this is my Skywalker X5 Wing, sorry about the camera work and the crap audio but you get the drift. FPV maiden tomorrow methinks! Woohoo :)
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X5 check flight (crap quality, sorry!)
Another flight of my X5, have got new servos, nylon hinges (thanks WalneySkyland for the tip!) and I've covered it in clear duct tape for reinforcement - flies well ...
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SkyWalker X5 Maiden Flights
Maiden flights of my SkyWalker X5 Wing.
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AXN Crash while flying FPV
I was flying around with the AXN when the 9x receiver went into failsafe at around 200m. NOT happy but it seems that the stock ESC caused it. When will I ever ...
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Antenna Diagnosis Flight
A quick flight to record what happens with my antennas at the various places in my field.
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AXN FPV HD and Crashing
First flight of my AXN with the Sony Webbie MHS-PM1 onboard. I paid £24 for this off ebay, very nice results... although it is quite heavy as you will see.
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AXN Gyro Test
Found one of my gyros (hooray) after thinking I'd chucked them out so decided to do a quick checkflight ahead of the weekend while I was out and about this ...
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AXN Personal Best #1 - Skew Testing
Testing my fixed skew antenna and it's working great! Went up higher than I normally do to have a glide around then some blasting about low in the snow ...
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AXN FPV - Minus 7 Celcius
Cold this morning but not misty like yesterday. Got my new wide angle lens fitted, the view was much better - now I just need to get my skew fixed so I don't have ...
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AXN FPV flight in the freezing mist
6C here in North Lincolnshire, so I decided to go to the field to check out the mist that was hanging over the village :)
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FPV in the snow with the AXN
Some nice fresh snow on only the 2nd AXN flight. Schoolboy error meant that my camera was panned 45 degrees throughout the entire flight and I didn't realise ...
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Easy Star Cruising Around
Just a quick cruise around my new patch, line of sight flying but testing the gyro gains out in fairly blustery conditions. Fun was had, that's the main thing :)
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EZ* Wing View
Just testing an alternative camera placement on the EZ*
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Engine failure
Easy Star is having motor issues...
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Buzzing around and landing practices
Just some quiet flying around with my Easy Star, with a few landing practices thrown in for good measure.
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FPV and LOS Crash Compilation
A quick video showing some of my less successful flights over the last year... it's all fun and games folks :)
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Easy Star Crash
A quick video showing an EZ* crash from today, elevator collet nut came off, meaning no elevator. No damage though, not even a dent :)
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AXN - Some Late Evening Flying around
Non-FPV flying with my AXN FPV platform, fully loaded. Has an e-Sky gyro on the roll axis to stabilise the footage from the #3 keyfob cam (with 2.8mm jelly lens)
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Tricopter Rebuild
I rebuilt my tricopter - stripped excess wire and weight from it to get more flight time now that I know all of my gear works.
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Tri in the garage
Dialling in my tricopter after some repairs.
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Frosty Foggy AXN Flying
Had planned to fly FPV today but the XT60 connector on my ground station snapped off - DOH! So, here's some LoS flying at my field in the cold :) Enjoy.
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Girly Hand Launch Fail
What happens when you don't eat your spinach and you decide to hand launch your heavy AXN.
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AXN Ditch Crash and Rescue
Aileron servo failed and I slammed into a ditch.
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AXN - Frosty Flying Crash
Flew too low with the AXN and caused a repair to become unrepaired. Gravity bites back.
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AXN - Frosty Flying
Some early morning flying with my AXN.
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AXN FPV Video Link Dies
Flying my AXN with FPV Goggles and the feed dies - eek.
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AXN Floater FPV Maiden
FPV flying with my AXN floater - mixed success really, my vtx is piss poor and needs replaced.
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AXN Maiden
Maiden flight of my AXN Clouds Fly Floater Jet, winds slightly blustery but no problem really.
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Easy Fly Glider Flight #3
This is the third flight with my Easy Fly Glider, doing some trimming.
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Easy Fly Glider Unboxing
Unboxing my new Easy Fly Glider from Hobby King.
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Death of my WildHawk
My WildHawk met its sad end on a blustery day in October 2011 - RIP.
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Wing Maiden
My scratchbuild wing, the maiden flight.
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F16 Maiden
Maiden flight of my F-16 made out of depron foam.
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Rebuild Maiden
I rebuilt my plane having ripped out its guts. Couldn't throw it out, not after all we've been through, so rebuilt - turned a bottle into a canopy, and here's the ...
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Collision Course
Had a nasty control problem today, caused me to slam into a house :( Plane is "fixed" now though, although a bit rougher and bent than it was beforehand... :)
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Lakeside FPV
A beautiful day in North Lincolnshire - time for some FPV :)
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RC Plane Camera Towing Fail
I decided to build a little tow plane out of polysterene to pull behind my RC plane - all was well, until it blew up on take off, heh.
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Old Camera Fixed Lighting Test
Test of my old Turnigy gumstick camera which I think I've fixed - woohoo!
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Slow Flying, Bumpy FPV Fun
Calm wind, but very bumpy/turbulent. Decided to do some really slow FPV to get used to the stalling characteristics of the plane through the goggulars.
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Rear View FPV
A nice flight tonight, starting with a view from the rear of the plane.
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Glitching Horribly
Some glitching going on right here!
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Late Evening Cruising and Approach Practicing
Some quiet cruising around New Holland with the goggles on.
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Landing Practices
Late evening landing practices, this one with a missed approach.
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FPV at Goxhill Airfield
FPV flight at the old RAF Goxhill Airfield in Lincolnshire. Too windy and had to make a sharp exit, but there's always next time - I *will* get some decent footage of ...
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My First FPV Landings
Here are my first two FPV landings with the WildHawk, blustery conditions - winds about 10mph.
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Slow Flying and Cruising Around
Just a simple flight tonight, nothing special just cruising around with the goggles on at a reasonable altitude, then a couple of quick passes - enjoying myself, and ...
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Flying Around and Railway Buzzing
Some orientation practice, FPV stylee.
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