Dan's Thug 280lw flight log.

Post by **danhampson** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 7:27 pm

Thanks guys, I'm trying to work on my precision more at the moment.
There a couple of nice spots in this park for tree dodging I'm going to try to get to this site once a week for some tree dodging fun

Stambo · Post by **Stambo** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 8:42 pm

Looks like a good place to practice tree dodging for sure.
I look forward to the oops moments.

Post by **danhampson** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 8:45 pm

Stambo wrote:Looks like a good place to practice tree dodging for sure.
I look forward to the oops moments.

Plenty of those Stambo.

Stambo · Post by **Stambo** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 3:23 am

If there isn't you are not trying hard enough.
That is what I love about these mini quads.
The damage bill tends mostly to be single or low double digits.

You lose the fear of wallet burn.

Post by **danhampson** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 7:50 pm

As I mentioned earlier in this thread I'm looking at ways of improving my precision, so at the weekend I picked up 10 pool noodles to make a portable track to take to my local fields. Here what I came up with.
https://youtu.be/Xa0thWoV9eY

Stambo · Post by **Stambo** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 8:02 pm

Good and reasonably safe way to improve your skills.
Pool noodles are softer than trees.

Similar to what we have, I need to do more of this once our weather improves a bit.
I felt that 2 noodles was a little small for a hoop,especially when there is sometimes 2 or 3 of us going through very close together, we use 3.

Post by **danhampson** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 8:35 pm

I agree about the 2 noodles being a bit small for racing, but as this is going to be done mostly on my own my train of thought was, smaller gap to improve precision.
I've done a rough image of the course that I'll upload for you to have a look at.

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 2:08 pm

I have been meaning to get some noodles for a while now.
Now my Quads are up and running, I'll go buy some today.
The Chinese shops in town, sell them for £2 each

Post by **danhampson** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 2:10 pm

That's the same price I payed for mine, the kids had broken a couple of hoola hoops so I cut those up to use as connecting rods/ground spikes

Post by **danhampson** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 8:15 pm

I got around to fitting the hoverthings motor mounts today.

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This will probably mean lots more prop changes. Lol

KevG · Post by **KevG** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 9:18 pm

Nice Dan,

Stambo · Post by **Stambo** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 9:33 pm

I have not tried them but apparently makes landing more difficult.
Don't forget to tell your FC that it has a tilt.

Post by **danhampson** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 10:55 pm

Stambo wrote:I have not tried them but apparently makes landing more difficult.
Don't forget to tell your FC that it has a tilt.

I've not done that yet, I've got to put -10 degrees on the roll axis as my fc is already set at 90 on the yaw axis. I'm hoping that I can get out over the next day or 2 to test them out.

Stambo · Post by **Stambo** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 2:12 am

FC is clever enough to figure it out, I would put your -10 on pitch still then just try it.

Post by **danhampson** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 4:02 am

I'll probably turn the accelerometers back on and see what happens in software on the first screen then turn them back off for flight.

Graham Lawrie · Post by **Graham Lawrie** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 7:42 pm

Nice one Dan good practice:)

Post by **danhampson** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 12:10 am

I got to fly the thug at drinkwater park on Sunday with the 10 degree motor mounts.
What a difference they seen to make flights flow better. Here's a short video of one of my hot laps. The last time I flew here i was getting consistent 15.5 second laps this time, well I'll let video do the talking.

https://youtu.be/mI6sc7Iqhhk

cml001 · Post by **cml001** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 12:13 am

I hear ya boy! Fast!

Graham Lawrie · Post by **Graham Lawrie** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 8:04 pm

Very nice Dan:) great to see your progress:) very fast:)

Post by **danhampson** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 8:53 pm

cml001 wrote:I hear ya boy! Fast!

Graham Lawrie wrote:Very nice Dan:) great to see your progress:) very fast:)

thanks guys.

That setup is race legal at the track aswell lol 3s 5x4x3

I had a bit of an afro 30a BBQ on the last planned flight of the day, so rather that replace the afro on the quad (these werent intended to stay on this machine anyway) i ordered a set of little bee's 20a esc's these have silabs chips rather than atmel chips (something to do with faster processor and refresh rate)

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specs are

Size: 24.5*12.5*3mm
Weight: 4g with wires
Signal Wire: 100mm
Continuous Current: 20A
Burst Current (10s) : 30A
No. of Lipo Battery Cells : 2-4Lipo
BEC output : None
USB link programmble : Yes
Mosfet : All N channel
PCB board : 4 layer blind pole board, 3 oz copper.

First impressions are that these things seriously rock, the pids for this flight were stock (you may not believe me when you watch the video) as i had just flashed the board with the latest boris b hex. I think boris has found a way to overcome physics itself.

quad setup

cobra 2204 2300's
little bee's 20a. blheli 14.1.0.3
flip32. Betaflight v2 (boris b's experimental fork), set dterm_cut_hz = 40 (recommended/stock), pidc 1 (rewrite)
hq 5x4x3's
1300mah 4s 50/100c

just though i should add a pic of camera mounting, nothing fancy just some hd foam and a couple if zip ties.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryPdUAEq4yk

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