Atom R/C Swordfish Narrated FPV Flight
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2023
- Another nice run out to the river and back with the Swordfish. Still one of my current favorites for this kind of flight!
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Passenger seat reclined. Sipping Ice Tea. Beautiful calm evening flight. The drone of the twin...Like that touch. I do miss audio from my digital craft, but haven't felt the breaking point urge to add analog audio. Another smooth landing. Thank you Pirate Air.
lol That's the vibe I was going for! I certainly do miss having audio with HD, I'd be happy if they added it.
These engine sounds are actually a big improvement to the watching experience
very relaxing flight, good job 👍
love this setup. ive previously crashed my swordfish but ordered another one and plan to set it up just like your's
Crashes are never fun, at least it's an excuse to rebuild with everything we learned the first time around though! ;)
Nice smooth flight, I'd like to have one on my swordfish on iNav. Sound design is awesome, twin motor sound is rocks!
Wow. That was such a smooth flight! Loved it.
Thanks! This is a smooth plane for sure. I think the time spent fine tuning it is paying off... lol
Awesome flying, Keith! Thanks a bunch for sharing! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Thanks!
Awesome! Great cruise! 👍❤
That ROCKED! I can only hope to get mine setup to fly that nice.
Great video! Thank you for posting this. I’m in the build process for my firstinav plane on a swordfish! . Mostly curious about your battery size for this kind of flight. I am already set up on lipo and plan on running that versus lithium ion. What battery size would you suggest for this typical flight?
Haha, awesome. The twin engine audio is a big hit! Love it.
I thought the sound was a nice touch. It makes me miss having "real" sound even more... lol Maybe someday Walksnail will add it. I know most people don't care and would just turn it off anyway, so I'm not holding my breath lol
@@bonafidepirate I thought it made the flight much more "immersive". Ambient volume was good, not overpowering.👍
I havent flown fixed wing in years. your videos always make me want to put one in the air again. I should build a mini talon with walksnail. but all my stuff has vectors I'd have to learn Inav or ardupiolot
I was a big fan of the Vector too, was my favorite for a long time. I do like the Matek flight controller boards though, and once I built a couple of planes with Ardupilot and figured it out I haven't looked back... lol This one is using AtomRC's own F405-Navi with Ardupilot on it, and it's working quite well.
Bravo.thenks
Hello. The ardupilot and OSD settings look very good, could I take a look at them? I have seen mentions that very large Vteil tail deflections are needed. It was mentioned about 15 mm deflection of the steering surfaces. Now I collect it and do not want to break it right away. This is the first aircraft, before that only multi-rotors. Thank you very much!
I do love the videos from this plane!! a bit scary of what may happen if one motor may fail!!!! but it is great work....Also I was wondering if you ever have one of them 270 degrees servos failed??? I mean I purchase one put it on my pan servo so I can see around, Hand the plane for a bout tow months, come back to fly and now the stupid servo keeps shaking and hunting!!! any possible reason, and may be solutions??? NOTE" the servo is pretty all the way down and glued on the fuselage......
Very cool set up. I have the Swordfish as well. I installed the DJI O3 unit on it and OSD is not quite as good. I've never tried to fly more than 1 mile away. I want to fly it to 3 miles one day, fingers cross, lol
3 miles should be easy with the O3. I've never flown any of the DJI FPV stuff, but it seems to work well for others.
Nice laid-back flight. Really like the old choice. Thats the kind I am looking for. Complete with horizon.
God youve got this thing perfectly tuned in, mine is extremely bouncy in the air and is super sensitive to wind. Any quick pointers on keeping it smoother?
So slick bro! Makes me want to get back out there! :) Sentry
Hey. I don't have the yaw stability things on my one, because i lost them! Never got to try it with them. Did anyone know if it helps at all?
very efficient. I like it
Yeah this plane is pretty efficient. This flight was with a 4S1P 5000mAh 21700 pack from ZOHD. It used less than 1200mAh to get there and back.
@@bonafidepirate 4 Amps cruise at 35-40mph is extremely good
Epic flight. Any chance you can share latest parameters if there are any changes from previous. Thank you 👌
Just found that you'd already done it thank you.
Thanks again for your videos. Still really enjoying the Swordfish. Thinking about changing my VTX antennae to something with a taller mast with a Walksnail V2. Also what antenna mast are you using for your rx receiver on the plane ? They seem pretty rigid. Do you have an affiliate link for getFPV ? Ill def help out with future purchases thanks !
Thanks for the kind words! For the VTX, I like the HGLRC Hammer. I'm not sure how well it compares to the something more reputable like TrueRC or the like, but they work well enough for me and the price is right. I get them for $13 a pair at Amazon. ( link - amzn.to/3JTuVdD ) The R/C antenna in this video was just a stock Crossfire one, the "Immortal T" that comes with the nano rx. I haven't used the affiliate program at GetFPV, but I did just go check it out and set up an account... lol www.getfpv.com/?afid=YWvXl2mWrIfjeYa9&referring_service=link Thanks for the support!
awesome flight! is that video the real fpv feed? is it that clear?
Yes, what you see is the HDMI output from the VRX recorded on my PC, it's the same thing I see on a monitor while flying. Once you go HD it's hard to go back to analog... lol
Nice. Where do you have your Walksnail VRX receiver mounted? If it's outside your shop, then do you remove it every time you're done to protect it from the rain?
Bonsoir . Serait il possible de montrer comment faire ( montage et surtout paramétrage) une nacelle panoramique pour la caméra du walksnail .
Merci
Et belle vidéo .
Wow that is locked in. Do you rate Ardupilot better than iNav? I’ve only ever tried iNav but I get a lot of wing rock on my plane (it’s been auto-tuned) it’s ok, but it’s starting to annoy me somewhat, wondering if it’s worth trying Arduplane.
I personally do like Ardupilot more than inav for a number of reasons. Most of it is personal preference like everything else... lol Either one can fly well if set up right. There's a bit of a learning curve moving to Ardupilot from something else, but once you figure it out it's pretty simple stuff really.
It would be nice to have the option of audio while flying imo.
Could give indications towards problems or even just what conditions are like up there.
Otherwise just make the flights feel more engaging imo. : )
Keith, how do you manage to keep 25 MBps all the way out? Whats your antenna setup? Still the patches on the ground? Are these on a tracker?
I'm not doing anything special really. It's just a pair of HGLRC Hammer antennas on the transmitter, and the stock patches in the receiver with two 9.4db triple feed patches on the top connectors. On this flight it did seem to hold on to 25Mbps longer than on some previous flights. Maybe just a good day with low humidity or something. No tracker, I just have an idea where I'll fly before I take off and point the antennas there. I should be trying out some better antennas soon from VAS to see how they compare to the cheaper stuff.
Will the stock RTH plane be able to fly this far?
Textbook stuff......enjoyed it. About to take delivery of a black Dolphin from AtomRCs stable m8....Flies good apparently, I don't think you have that one?.. 3 day delivery from China via UPS, amazing...😮😳🤔🤔😏😀🇬🇧
Are you running the stock tail and any chance you could share your parameters? Mine is not that smooth even with several auto tune sessions. Thanks!
Bob
I have the stock tail, I didn't cut it down like some are doing. I didn't use the black plastic pieces on the bottom side either. Here's a link to my parameters, with some notes about things I changed - bit.ly/SwordfishParamsAP
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Thanks so much!
Bob
Did you compare v1 vs v2 Walksnail in terms of range? It seems that v2 have less power.
I have not done a direct back to back comparison of them, but I have flown plenty of both. One of my V2s seemed to have lower signal/bitrate than the other, while the better one seemed to be on part with my V1s. I did the calibration thing on that one and the signal came up to normal. I'm in a group of pilots that are currently testing beta firmware for Walksnail, and in doing so we've been flying on lower power settings. What I found is that lower power is even more impressive than max 1200mW than I had been flying... lol I know I've seen plenty of people report as good or better range at 700mW than 1200. I think this is true especially on the V2, it seems to get noisy when pushing too much power. Look at the last video I uploaded, it's a V2 transmitter at 200mW with various antennas, that's flown on a currently unreleased firmware (34.xx.xx), and the results were better than I expected. Other have tested at higher altitudes and seen some really impressive range even at lower power.
i need to get a plane and try to fly lol you make it look easy
I've always liked planes for the flying I do. I tend to prefer cruising around like this and like the efficiency and flight time.
@@bonafidepirate cruising around is what i think i like the most about planes its totaly difrent from my fpv drone flying im gonna try building a diy plane over the summer
Wheres my damn peanuts!?!
thats a very locked plane. i have swordfish with ardu as well, but its nowhere near as good as yours. can you please share your pid settings?
What is the milage map called?
The map at the start where I measured the distance? It's just Google Earth.
You should come watch ⌚ me SOAR sometime😊 nice fpv action bro.
Don’t forget to give a 👍🏻 if you enjoyed the video. Great flight!!
...can vibration affect gps modules/reception?