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My lights are finally back on ..

Started by chipko, Monday,August 27, 2012, 22:06:26

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chipko

I took my strip lighting and figured it was best suited to be underneat and since my arms are now longer, I had to extend them all.  I have also put three of the leds are the tip of each motor mount ...


Gaza07

Looks very good you wont have any probs seeing that in the dark, your cat either loves your copter or the camera  ~~
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chipko

My cat seems to like my RC stuff, except when I start them up! :P

sakiskoz

Nice and very useful in flights the front led s 

chipko

Well .. after a quick test flight in the day, I have found it much easier to see when it is in the sky for the underneath lights but my v3 is going to have to include two bright front facing white lights .. so if it is nose in - I will see it, otherwise I can be pretty sure of the oreintation :P

As the saying goes, you live and learn :)

chipko


sakiskoz

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Quote from: chipko on Thursday,August 30, 2012, 07:46:27
Here's some video of the lights on the quad from last night:


Very good and how it looks and how you can see in sky.
More i like from on board video the big white light on sky (Moon)
Who is your controller, and i think you need lower your pid for wobbles when you come down 
Bravo 

Gaza07

Nice flight it looks very good in the night sky, you will get wobbles on fast descents if you come down quickly in your own prop wash, you are better of coming down at an angle always moving away from the prop wash, you can try to tune out the wobbles by upping the I term  ~~
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teslahed

Definitely flies well and the lights show up nicely too.

Looks like you've got your props well balanced judging by the video too.
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chipko

Thanks for the comments guys. I am happy with how it looks and how it is visible in low light.

My controller is a KK+ with Mike Barton's firmware running stock. I would like to reduce the wobble coming down but I'm happy if I can't. I was told to move one way when descending and often i do but not always. If i reduce the I value, it will make it less manoeuvrable right?

Tesla... It has helped a little but not a great deal, i used used the least vibrational footage.. I have ordered some flyduino props this morning. 9 and 10 inch variants but i think only the 10 are glass fibre reinforced. Weather permitting, I'm going to try some night flying tonight on 8" props for some footage.

Gaza07

I think its the other way around although I cant be sure if the KK+ is the same as others, increasing the I slightly should stop the wobbles, without auto level on if you bank left and let go of the stick the copter should stay in the bank and not flatten out, this is what the I term does it allows it to hold position and should cure the wobbles, but only add a small amount each time and retest  ~~

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teslahed

QuoteI have ordered some flyduino props this morning. 9 and 10 inch variants but i think only the 10 are glass fibre reinforced.

Yeah that's right - the 9 inch props are not glass fibre reinforced and are a little bendier than the 10 inch props. They still feel good quality compared with other props I've used.

They still seem to work really well for me though.

If you want glass fibre reinforced 9 inch props I've spotted some here;

http://www.uavshop.co.uk/catalog/index.php?cPath=43

They cost a fair bit more though. If you try any I'd be interested to hear.
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chipko

You are probably right Gaza!  In all honesty, I've never had to play with the settings too much and after a bit of a headache when I first set it up and was trying it indoors, I was getting all sorts of prop wash and the like thinking it was unstable until I flew it outside!

Telsa - thanks for the update.  I found that the original 8" worked fine (cheapo ones) so I wasn't too fussed that the 9" props weren't glass fibre reinforced.. I'll test them and see how I get one.  It will be nice have some coloured props and not just black black and more black!