oooooooooooooooooo, i'm getting excited now!!!
I just spent the last 6 hours (maybe more, not sure, lol) working on getting the 72mhz receiver installed in my canard, getting the wires "some what" pretty, getting the 1.3ghz video transmitter and FPV camera installed, as well. Oh yeah! Finally done and I did a test run, here in my garage. I got everything plugged in and here are the results:
1. ESC initialized
2. Control surfaces move and they move in the right directions
3. 3 axis flight stabilizer is working properly
4. Wiring isn't "beautiful" but they are organized (sort of, lol)
5. Video transmitter and camera are functioning
ok, I'm sure I'm going to forget something....let's just say that once I got the flight packs plugged in to the plane and plugged a battery into the video receiver and then put on my Fatsharks....everything worked and I could see myself as I stood in front of the plane with the camera, obviously, on the nose.
On top of all that, the cg is "spot on".....just a tad nose heavy. The video transmitter is installed in such a way that it should get real good air flow without obstructing air flow to the ESC.
Just awesome!!!
The bad news is that I have to work my usual 12 hour shift for the next 3 nights, lol. So...I'm just gonna be happy that it's all set up and it will be waiting for me on Monday.
I'm using a 1.3ghz video system that I bought from StoneBlueAirlines (on Youtube). The 72mhz 6 channel Futaba transmitter was also bought from SBA. I got the 8 channel Corona RP8D1 72mhz Long Range Receiver from Hobby King. Fatshark Dominators from ReadyMadeRc. The plane is a scratch build canard designed by ExperimentalAirlines (Youtube). This plane is called the "Ansley Peace Drone". Originally, it was called the "Peace Drone" but ExperimentalAirlines added his daughters name to the name of the plane.
Since Monday's re-maiden flight will be with the new FPV system and the "new to me" Futaba transmitter, the first couple of flights will be "line of sight" only so that I can be sure that I get the plane dialed in...again. I was flying this plane with a Spektrum AR600 rx and my DX8. I had it all dialed in after 2 flights. I'm hoping for the same success with the Futaba tx and Corona rx.
Now...where did I leave my keychain camera???