Thursday, May 24, 2012
Yay! WL V911 micro helicopter
Oh finally!, china factory did a good job making a 100 size version clone of Align Trex 100. Its "WL V911 micro heli" gazzilion times more stable, durable, no brainer to fly, easy and so damn cheaper than my last Trex 100s. At laughable price i bought one for a test fly and it binded with my 2.4ghz TURNIGY 9X transmitter easily and my heli controls more precision and accurate, This heli is so fun to fly indoors and you can fly where your mind commands it to do and it hovers still with less dirfting effect. It made my old Trex 100s looks like a pile of crap and deserved to be in paper shredder. I've crashed it hard, did destruction derby with another same heli and crashed with each other, bam against the wall and it still back up and fly like a new heli. Not even a dent, not any serious scratches and nothing broke and it even comes with spare blades which we seldom even touch it. The plastics made from flexible material and the circuit baord are well protected with layers of epoxy like glue to keep them from tearing a part. I flew this heli almost everyday when i get bred inside my house just to keep up with my thumb skills if i'm not around with bigger 450 size heli, Thumbs up to WL V911 micro heli. Google for "WL V911" heli. Got lots of positive review and its only USD$27. Hahahahaha...*laughing at TREX 100S and 100x*
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Easy foam plane fix
The best thing about foam plane is no matter how you bad you dent, bent or distort the whole body parts you can always get a fast perfect fix by dipping the affected part of the foam into more than 100 degrees of boiling hot water. In this case i had my glider wing crashed into other r/c plane from opposite direction and plumetted into the soil. The wing badly bent on the root junction of the wing spar.
To fix it just wrap a slabs of thick cotton clothes around the affected damaged foam. Then pour a hot boiling water (probably beyond 100 degree) above the clothes so that the hot water soaked inside temporarily hold the tempreature and heats up the contacted foam surface. The hot water will then get absorbed into the plane's damaged bead foam which then use heat to expand the foam back to its original uncompress form slowly. When pouring the hot water do it with caution, watch out not to pour excessive amount of hot water tempreature which causes the foam to swollen further and create bubly surface or blister. Do it slowly and you may need manually straighten the bend wing or surface if it was badly bend from the start because when the foam is in hot condition you can easily reshape back the parts to original state. I did it dozen of time on my second hand plane i bought from my friends and it always works 100% keeping the models foam surface back like into smooth surface. So far it works on my EPP, EPO and normal foam used on planes models. Try it out. Cheers.
To fix it just wrap a slabs of thick cotton clothes around the affected damaged foam. Then pour a hot boiling water (probably beyond 100 degree) above the clothes so that the hot water soaked inside temporarily hold the tempreature and heats up the contacted foam surface. The hot water will then get absorbed into the plane's damaged bead foam which then use heat to expand the foam back to its original uncompress form slowly. When pouring the hot water do it with caution, watch out not to pour excessive amount of hot water tempreature which causes the foam to swollen further and create bubly surface or blister. Do it slowly and you may need manually straighten the bend wing or surface if it was badly bend from the start because when the foam is in hot condition you can easily reshape back the parts to original state. I did it dozen of time on my second hand plane i bought from my friends and it always works 100% keeping the models foam surface back like into smooth surface. So far it works on my EPP, EPO and normal foam used on planes models. Try it out. Cheers.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
FPV low flight scene around the forest
Nothing much but i think its interesting to show some cool low level FPV flight that we did on weekends on our new flying spot nearby remote forest, flying tandem with other flyer including cool view of plane taxi our small runway.
Monday, May 07, 2012
FPV #4: CEN MINI MADNESS ground FPV
Once again out of curiosity and itchy to test new experience into ground FPV exploration i bought myself 1/16 mini monster truck: "CEN MINI MADNESS" from my friend who let go at bargained price. Then got myself bunch of micro scale FPV hardwares which could fit into this small scale models but mostly basic setup, simple OSD module, miniature wide angle CMOS cam at 520TVL with 120 degree POV lense, pan-tlit head tracking system, 5.8ghz vtx, standard antenna and powered with 1 cell lipo. Took just a day to built and simple test it on the ground without hassle.
After some test run at our local field and beating around dirt, gravel bushes and etc where this little moster truck can go it seem ground FPV was not exciting as what i could have expected. Even after setup my cam view high above the truck platform my 270 degree point of view over the landscape seem to be limited and unable to identify further horizon over at leat 60m distance. It was a boring and dull FPV experience because i expect to be able to see more stuff from the ground. Probably the truck isn't high enough to view over the obstacles as what i see people did same ground FPV on Youtube website. However it still a fun way to drive via cockpit view and able to see lots of activity surrounding near by object and people wirelessly. For people that walk passby this little machine they seems to be amused by what they think was a small robotic UAV truck watching over them.
For conclusion if want you to go ground FPV get a bigger and taller off-road truck to be able to view higher above the terrains or bushes. My CEN MINI MADNESS truck ended back into the cupboard after running over one week. I prefer flying than driving, more fun, more things to see, efficient, cheaper and more adventurous.
After some test run at our local field and beating around dirt, gravel bushes and etc where this little moster truck can go it seem ground FPV was not exciting as what i could have expected. Even after setup my cam view high above the truck platform my 270 degree point of view over the landscape seem to be limited and unable to identify further horizon over at leat 60m distance. It was a boring and dull FPV experience because i expect to be able to see more stuff from the ground. Probably the truck isn't high enough to view over the obstacles as what i see people did same ground FPV on Youtube website. However it still a fun way to drive via cockpit view and able to see lots of activity surrounding near by object and people wirelessly. For people that walk passby this little machine they seems to be amused by what they think was a small robotic UAV truck watching over them.
For conclusion if want you to go ground FPV get a bigger and taller off-road truck to be able to view higher above the terrains or bushes. My CEN MINI MADNESS truck ended back into the cupboard after running over one week. I prefer flying than driving, more fun, more things to see, efficient, cheaper and more adventurous.
Our RC flying in beach Miri video
Our recorded scene of previous flight at Miri beach, i flew a glider.
Sunday, May 06, 2012
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