Kev's Quadworld flight thread

[Tony]

Nice flying Kev, looks pretty smooth there..

[KevG]

Here is a short one from the hall last night, taken with the new Möbius camera, but in the hall I think I needed 60fps not the 30fps on 1080p will see how I do on Friday with this, but omg it handles the hall lighting better than the 808#16

http://youtu.be/mnbXsm2StLM

[Tony]

Nice flight Kev, the hall looks much smaller with the mobius, there must be some air turbulence around with 2 helis flying too...lol

[KevG]

There was a bit but the camera did not show it, had a wobble when I was close behind the nearest one,

But yes the wide angle makes the hall feel like a small fish bowl, After watching the video a few times i thought it was the möbius frame rate but it's the hall walls coming through the aspect of the lense,

[KevG]

Had a couple of batteries in the hall last night trying some HQ5030 props, out of the bag they were not a million miles away on balance, flew slightly wobbly so I balanced them up and the wobbles completely went,

The feel is not much different from the 6 inch props and the most noticeable thing was a slight less noisy flight characteristic

Will balance the 5045 versions up today and then see how hey compare on Friday

[Tony]

Kev, what you using to balance props?

[KevG]

Used my mates cheapo magnet balancer last night, but will be using the du pro balancer after it arrives today, had points to use at Align-trex and thought it would be good to try, really can't be arsed to dynamic balance a prop every time one breaks, that would just pee me off, quickly

[Tony]

I'll have a look at that, yes the dynamic approach would be a sure way of balancing in situ, but what a pain to do...

[KevG]

This is the one I used of my mates last night and it did a pretty good job,

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/stor ... 20balancer

But I have heard of people complaining that the thumb screws are not always balanced and hence you then can't do a good job of balancing blades,

That's why I went for the Du Pro balancer,

Yes I would see dynamic balancing as a pain in the teets

[KevG]

Oh gutted as the Du Pro did not get here this morning,

[Lee]

I have a cheap balancer that the spindle is bent on.
I have always wanted the Dubro balancer, but its low on my list at the moment.

[Graham Lawrie]

I have something similar i used for my 450:) Still not balanced any props on my 250:)

[KevG]

It was low on mine as well Lee but I could not sort these out with the spindle balancer I had for my main blades on the 450

[Tony]

That Du Bro is expensive for what it is.... Time to get the tools out and make one.... How hard can it be....

[KevG]

Well I have just done it, I popped my FPV cherry,

Man I am still shaking, wow,

Uploading the onboard now, it took a bit to get going and you will see me faffing a bit and there is a little bit in the middle where I bring it back to me reversing, that's not with the goggles on,

4-5 mins up the car park and I feel like I have been flying for hours,

[KevG]

Here's the video guys, don't expect much,

http://youtu.be/esqRRdtZ7k8

[Tony]

nice one Kev, well done mate...

[Stambo]

Well done Kev, a few more short ones like that and you will be away.
Looking good.

[KevG]

Thanks Tony, that was a buzz,

Have to say I am very impressed with the goggles, just waiting now for Cody antennas, to improve the reception, picture was great though,

[KevG]

Thanks Stambo, man that was hard work though,

Yes short bursts for me i think,