La porket flight log.

Graham Lawrie · Post by **Graham Lawrie** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 11:18 am

Be good to see the build upgrade and how it performs on 3s:)

Post by **danhampson** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 12:58 pm

Its quite an interesting project, ive been researching it for a while graham.

I like the idea of mild too wild just by changing a pack and a profile, I don't always want to scream about like a complete loon, (it just happens

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Post by **danhampson** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 11:35 pm

Ive done a bit tonight and removed the old power system and motors.

old esc's with cables.

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new esc's with cables

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I forgot to weight the bec but its manual say's 11.5g

so there is an overall weight saving of around 16g (just over 1/2 ounce)

Heres a shot of size comparison.

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Post by **danhampson** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 2:56 pm

the dys 1806 2300kv motors arrived this morning

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they are a little heavier than the rcx 1806 2400kv

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Ive also shortened the vtx cable to neaten it up and save a bit of weight.

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The overall weight saving has been a total of 29g.

So the last bits to do are flash the esc's with blheli and set cleanflight up for oneshot. The programming stick and 4s packs are on the van for delivery and should be here in the next few hours, Im hoping to have the esc's and cleanflight setup done for the end of play today.

Post by **danhampson** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 8:42 pm

4s packs turned and programming stick turned up. Flashing the esc's was a breeze I followed this video
How to flash BLHeli on Afro 30A ESC with Afro Pro…: http://youtu.be/dE-t2o75XlA
the process is the same for the dys sn20a you just have to select the correct firmware for your application.

I've had chance for a cheeky hop up in the garden to have a look at the pids. I took off and straight away could feel the difference the quad seems smoother, it's hard to explain.
So I started to up the roll and pitch p's lol so far I'm @ 8.7 on both zero oscillation on either axis and a tiny bit of bounce on stop and it feels super locked in. I had to stop tuning for today as I've lost light but I'm looking forward to finishing a LOS tuning tomorrow and maybe 3s FPV maiden.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:43 pm

Your doing a great job there Dan on your upgrade and getting the weight down... You might get 100mph now....

Post by **danhampson** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 6:31 pm

Thanks Tony, The weight reduction came a bit of a fixation one i saw the size if the esc's lol.

Ive put 6 packs through porket this afternoon tweaking the pids. heres a short video of where im up to with the gains, Everything about the quad is the same apart from the motors and esc's, the camera is mounted the same as the previous videos but is way smoother, i can only put this down to the blheli and oneshot125.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdG0LgJ-Ax4

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 6:49 pm

Looks very smooth Dan.

Stambo · Post by **Stambo** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 8:04 pm

That does look smooth, I like.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 8:21 pm

Wow, that is rock solid, not a vibe in it...excellent Dan

Post by **danhampson** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 8:26 pm

The test will be when I get to fpv it now. I know it will need some adjustment but so far I'm really impressed with it.

I've got my flight bag ready to go for the morning it will just be a case of seeing what mother nature has in store for me.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 8:29 pm

Well I hope weather holds long enough for the test, but it's looking good in LOS... Are you running 3S or 4

Post by **danhampson** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 8:36 pm

I've tried both, there's not a lot to notice in a small area because I can't open the throttle up.
With that said it does hover at around a 1/3 stick on 4s, I'm looking forward to being able to give it some on 4s.

Graham Lawrie · Post by **Graham Lawrie** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:48 pm

Wow Dan that was super smooth even the landing:)

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:30 pm

Looks like that thing is made now... Looking forward to the vid tomorrow... Which I'm sure you can't wait to post...

KevG · Post by **KevG** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:40 pm

Looks good Dan, nice job mate,

Post by **danhampson** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 4:58 pm

Finally got out to do the maiden. There is about a 8-10mph wind on this flight.

What can i say, smooth, connected, wow. The camera is hard mouted to the frame, theres a bit to do on the gains as the only tuning done so far has been LOS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqtZM3i4XC0

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 6:47 pm

Looks great Dan

Graham Lawrie · Post by **Graham Lawrie** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 8:16 pm

That was really good Dan. Flips and rolls look brilliant:)

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 11:18 pm

You have to be happy with that Dan, bloody brilliant man... No wobbles on punch outs, flips, piros smooth as silk... Nice one

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