AR Pro with Dragonlink and Arduplane, lets fly it!
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- Thought it was time to get the AR Pro out and fly it again. Now I remember why I liked it so much... lol Fun stuff! Ar Wing Pro - www.banggood.c...
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Excellent video. The strobe light is a good idea.
Interesting flight as usual m8...Man, that's a big battery, this one could really go the distance..lol...Be great if you could show us that LioN battery, I'm guessing it's home made...🤔🤔😮😮😳🇬🇧😀
No actually it's from Kluosi, this one: www.aliexpress.com/item/4001036484239.html Pretty fair price for what it is. If you look back in the community tab I ran a few test cycles on this and another of their packs before flying them, they work OK.
@@bonafidepirate Oh, I can see why now, those prices are pretty good and free shipping... Shipping times are long though...So it says 12 cells, 4S packs, 3 in parallel...and 18650 cell size?...Amazed the model can carry the weight TBH...😳😮😮🇬🇧
@@EnglishTurbines Right! The funny part is with a 4S 5200 lipo I had to add weight in the front where the HD camera would normally go since I don't fly one on here. Using this heavier battery I was able to remove most of that weight and replace it with useful payload. AUW isn't much heavier if any using this vs the lipo.
It flys so smooth. I havent used ardupilot in many years, about to set it up in a Reptile Dragon V2.
Guess what I was doing earlier? lol Reptile Dragon 2 is on the workbench, minus a vector and plus a Matek F765-Wing. It will be my next Ardupilot project, but I have no idea when I'll get it done. We've got some rainy weather coming so I figured I better jump on it now and work on that while I can't fly.
@@bonafidepirate cool! I'm setting mine up mostly for automous missions. It's a really well designed plane.
@@StuntDoubleFPV Yeah it's a little pricey, but one of the higher quality kits I've put together too.
That is awesome. You have yourself a super stable predictable air system there man. And so quiet at 100", probably cant even hear it at 350' Cheers buddy thanks for the vid
What param gives you the disarm flight summary?
I have my first Arduplane build up and flying and I love it. Its just so good, flies so well im amazed. And I havent even started using a ground station yet.
And I'm gonna say it - wait for it - I'm gonna sell my Vectors now. There I said it. :).
lol I've found myself flying the Vector less and less since getting into iNav and Arduplane. I really haven't done that much with Arduplane either, not as much as I'd like for sure. I built the Reptile Dragon 2 with a Vector in it, it works as well as expected, but I've been very close to putting it back on the bench and pulling the Vector to put in a Matek board to run Arduplane in it... lol That's still the plan, just not sure when I'll do it. Probably soon. I still like the Vector for all that it is, it's just not as fun to fly for me anymore since I'm enjoying learning other FCs.
@@bonafidepirate I agree, this Arduplane on my F765 Matek is just flying sublime. I'd like to say that the plane is a Balsa 48"span, different to a smaller wing type that are a little more lively.
Learned a lot from vids. Bout to make a donation. I finally got mine in the air last week. My failed launches were due to servo clevis coming out of the foam just a little. Once I looked close I saw that glued them down and boom she was off. I autotuned it and put 23 miles on it. I was heavy on the throttle so I'll be watching that on my next flight and set my trim_throttle. I will try that overhead throw next time with autolaunch. I side tossed it with full throttle in FBWA to get it up. I did have TKOFF programmed on my previous failed attempts.
I'm using one of my flight modes set as "takeoff". Normally I'd just launch in FBWA with maybe a bit of "up elevator" mix on a switch for a slow climb out. That's how I've done it in the past with various flight controllers. I decided to try the auto takeoff on Arduplane and liked it so I stuck with it. It's always been a bit sketchy for me launching this wing like I do my others. I was a bit nervous trying the overhead/back method since it would take me longer to get my radio and get control if it went bad, since I had to sit it on the ground while I launched, but it was so easy and uneventful I think I'll use that all the time from now on... lol Thanks for the support too, BTW, it's never expected or required but definitely appreciated!
Nice flight and very detailed narration. Thanks a lot, Keith. I am looking forward to do a long flight like this with my Arwing Pro. But I am still rookie. Take care and keep posting. Thanks
Thanks! The AR Pro is a great wing for long cruising around like this. My biggest issue used to be getting it into the air, but after trying this different launch technique, it's no longer a concern... lol
Are your antennas pointing South like usual for this flight? I see you're flying mainly east of your runway, did you have to move the antennas or do you get that kind of reception with them still pointing South?
I usually point at least one of the antennas in the direction I plan to fly. I did intentionally fly out to the side of my antennas one day just to see how far I could go... lol czcams.com/video/i9hjDbV-zYo/video.html
Pretty sure I saw someone say that VG's will help with the stability, if you have a 3d printer it'd be cool to see if that's true or not. Also checkout the PRANDTL wing from Eclipson, it eliminates adverse yaw. Your AR Wing Pro videos are great, I hate the stabilized footage that everyone keeps uploading.
I haven't been paying much attention, but haven't seen anyone use VGs on this wing yet. Sounds interesting! That said, I haven't really seen any stability problems either.
Very informative videos thanks, what do you use to view your fpv feed goggles or monitor ?? Thanks
No direction to home arrow on OSD?
Bottom center of the OSD, between the Home icon and distance to home.
How do your planes fly so smoothly? All my planes fly like Michael J. Fox is behind the sticks. Even when in manual mode.
Just a combination of a good CG, decent tuning in the FC, favorable conditions, etc. I typically avoid flying on days when there's a decent amount of gusty winds, as I never enjoy the rough ride... lol Anything below 5mph is usually pretty smooth for me here, unless it's coming form the north then it gets rough down low near home as the wind gets turbulent behind the tree line and flood level to the north. Other than that it's usually pretty smooth sailing... lol
Thank you.....I have the exact problem with the the GPS (also using HGLRC) on 4.1. The blue led is flashing like normal, but gives the "no GPS" and no lat/long in Mission Planner. It was so frustrating and nobody seemed to know the reason. Any recommendation on a new gps?
I also didn't get my GPS to work when I flashed Arduplane. But that was probably due to my own fault as I didn't quite know what I was doing. The software is little complicated to navigate and figure out, in my opinion. Been happily flying iNav ever since, but I should probably give Arduplane another go..
You shouldn't need to replace the GPS, I think it should be fixed soon. I already received a custom build as of this morning with a proposed fix to test. If it works as expected I'd expect it to make it into a future release soon. 4.0.9 release still works fine for now too.
@@bonafidepirate Yup, I reflashed with 4.09 using the same params and no change to GPS and it works without an issue. That was the frustrating part. I couldn't figure out what the problem was. I was testing the DJI HD system and 4.0 is required to get the Arduplane OSD working in the DJI goggles.
@@bonafidepirate Thanks Keith. I am glad it is working. I am in the middle of moving right now so no need to go to any trouble, I will keep an eye out for the update. If you happen to get the heads-up the public build is posted maybe let me know, but no trouble. I am just relieved to know that there was an issue and it wasn't me missing something.
Fix is now in "latest" firmware...need to set GPS_DRVR_OPTIONS to 4 to stop baud at 115k
How fresh are the maps satellite photos? It'd be confusing if you go to rescue a prematurely landed craft expecting to see trees and instead its in the middle of a cleared area.
Is the Dragon Link better then DJI's digital fpv link? Im looking for options to add to a streaming kit that allows a digital output that can be piped in to an IP based multicamera setup.
Dragonlink is only for control, no video!
Yep, only video and serial data on the Dragonlink. If you need to get analog video into an IP camera system, I think your best bet would be to capture and encode it on the ground.
@@bonafidepirate I need digital video, hence looking at the DJI FPV and the USB mod that was announced recently, to get HDMI video out of the USBc on the goggles.
Hoping to spot some alternatives to figure out if theres better options.
Awesome flying, dude! Really nice! 😃
Those big LiIon batteries are really great!
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Yeah I like this battery pack in this plane. It's way more capacity than I need, or will typically use, but I had extra weight in the nose anyway for CG and was able to remove a lot of that to run the heavier battery. Might as well make the weight useful... lol
Nerd. 🤣 Sentry
lol! Where have you been hiding dude? Still flying?
Very enjoyable and informative narrative. Really great video on a interesting subject. Thank you!
You must be board stiff of flying around the same old field.
Nope! As long as there's some interesting topic with new gear, new firmware, or just some technical challenge to beat, I'll never be bored. ;)
@@k1ortia easy as it happened to me. I have a big area to fly from.. but was just same old same old.. I'm not into new fpv tech anymore what I have works so was wondering what kept him going. New tech and things like that so that's my answer.