Monday 26 December 2011

Boxing day

WooHoo, Its arrived, thankfully in one piece, Cant wait to get crackin.


 
ewh, sorry about the curly toe

Here is a pic of some of the hardware that will be going into the Skywalker

 I look like abit of a Turnigy fanboy, I'm not just orderd all the gear of the same guy on eaby
Main points are
  • Turnigy D3548/5 900KV Brushless Outrunner Motor (far too much power)
  • Plush 60A Brushless Speed Controller
  • Turnigy nano-tech 5000mah 4s Battery
  • 4x Turnigy MG90S Metal Gear Servos (Shoulda bought 6)

I really need to start thinking about my Ground Station. Still on the hunt for some decent Antennas, probably a patch, dunno yet, also some kind of DVR to attach to a tripod, Still looking.



My First Job was to take off all the Skywalker Stickers. I know I wont be able to make anything near as good, However, I dont want my Skywalker to look like everyone else's. Probably go with the Black and Orange theme again.



On further inspection I have had a bit of a result. Mine is the V4 Skywalker so still has 2 Carbon spars, Result. Also you cant see in the pics but there is another spar in each of the wings, once this sucker is laminated up, it should be strong enough. (So long as the motor doesnt rip the wings off, ffs who needs 770watts for a Skywalker, live and learn)


So now I am just putting off cutting the ailerons and gluing up the spars. Time to go do something.






Sunday 18 December 2011

19th Dec

Ok, so I just need somewhere to keep track of my Skywalker FPV build, and this is it.

The Skywalker should be delivered in the new year, but I need to get my parts in order.



The Plan, to keep a record of the build, fuck ups, and revisions on the way.
The plane I want will be....
Tops specs
Looks Awsome, Dont want a same old same old white walker like everyone else
Bombproof, its going to get bashed and crashed and probably bitten by the dog.
Unlosable (is that even a word)
Easy to fly confidently in wind, or low
Powerful enough to fly fun
Long range, must look into uhf legality
Best quality video enabled.
Full pan tilt ability for fly camera
Ground station where real time flight video can be viewed by 3rd person.

I have
Groundsation
Fatshark Dominator Base Edition
Fatshark 2.4GHz Receiver ModuleFutabab 9c tx

Plane
Skywalker
Sony SN777 camera
Immersion 2.4ghz tx
Jumbo 808 Keychain HD camera
FY31AP stabilisation module
FY Hornet OSD



Immediate needs
Prop Motor ESC Battery combo
Coloured Laminate
Extra carbon fibre tubes for strength

Later on Shopping list
Archos 7 or similar for Recording fly cam video and secondary viewing
UHF system
Pan tilt and head tracker
GoPro2

Its gonna be a bumpy ride.