450 Flamewheel Clone with Inav

[Derek]

This wasn't the maiden flight but it was just a short flight to see how the quad was behaving. This quad is for my Dad and I think he is quite happy with the results that we have this far.

https://youtu.be/aKU5uHiKhZo

Here is the second video. We were testing Position Hold, Altitude Hold, and Return to Home. I've only ever flown a quad with RTH once, but that was a Mavic (my friends Mavic). I was quite nervous to enable these new flight modes but everything went to plan and I was relieved, excited, and more.

https://youtu.be/tV6Lna_e1tI

The third flight was a football drop. Dad has a small Nerf football with a string and a very simple loop-hook that attaches to a servo on the underside of the frame. It's quite a simple design but it was very effective.

https://youtu.be/f6FZufTQTyw

The fourth flight of the Inav 450 quad was dropping a 12" paratrooper with a 36" parachute. Next time, I'll go higher, lol

https://youtu.be/UBJuuqr5jQQ

There are a few things that we'd like to adjust and I'm working on that but this quad has been in the air 7 or 8 times and each time was awesome! I'll see about getting a build list together and I'll do an overview video soon. Dad is quite happy with the quad. I bought a brand new Taranis QX7 and X8R for this build for Dad. This is gonna be a lot of fun!!! All these flights were on 10" APC Multirotor props. We also have some 11" props to test.

Enjoy the videos! More to come! Hopefully my Dad will get on here and leave a few of his own comments and thoughts.

I love you, Dad!!!

[DOG]

It's been a long time you been working and waiting for this quad to be air borne. Seem like it was well worth it. Excellent job Derek. Dad has to be very proud of his son. Looks and sounds very stable. I hope you and your father has many enjoyable flight together. Keep the videos coming...I'm loving them .

[Graham Lawrie]

Nice one Derek:) It was great to see you all enjoying it, and awesome to see and hear the reaction when the features that are new to you work, RTH, ALT /Position hold. It can get nerve wracking to see if they actually do when you here the horror stories of ones that didnt:) Great viewing:)

[Derek]

Yeah, ive heard horror stories and seen some bad results in videos but my Dads quad behaved and performed flawlessly. It wobbles a bit when ita descending but I imagine thats just prop wash. Besides that, the quad flies very well