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home/ history/ 2003/ july/ 9th_html wingo with new motors - resultsbought 'the geared motors for the wingo' and was dissapointed because they need 10cells...
Yesterday I received the motors with gears for the wingo - they were expensive and are supposed to double the thrust. Supposed to - I was talking about the matter with Netsquash : Session Start: Wed Jul 09 05:51:31 2003 Netsquash: Hi, I added a link on my site to your site webtruck: thanks - whats your address? Netsquash: www.geocities.com/netsquash35 Netsquash: I need to make some graphics webtruck: when your at it, you can start with a webtruck logo - there's going to be a contest Netsquash: ok Netsquash: sure webtruck: the pics wont load Netsquash: there are no pics, I need to make them :-) Netsquash: I am kind of half finished Netsquash: ok which logo should i use? webtruck: for you or webtruck? Netsquash: webtruck webtruck: whatever comes to your mind - if it shows www.webtruck.org it's a plus :-) Netsquash: k webtruck: light blue on blue is not so easy to read - for an old folk like me :-) Netsquash: sorry, it is susposed to be silver on blue webtruck: going to fly the plane just now... Netsquash: cool webtruck: when I increase the font size it is fine, but normaly I have rather small fonts so I dont need to scroll all the time - so first thing I did was ctrl-roll-the-middle-mouse-button - probably not what you'd want just a thought Netsquash: you show me somethign new, the ctrl mouse thing webtruck: hehe webtruck: going for a cup of coffe - I had just 2 hours of sleep - took me a while last night to fix up the new engines on the plane - brb Netsquash: k webtruck: back webtruck: I will get my nikon in the air I hope - and hopefully savely back down Netsquash: sweet! (Netsquash is looking at the cam using OfficeCam ) Netsquash: that thing is going to fly?! webtruck: it's 400g with the servo Netsquash: I would be concerned with crashing it and loseing the cam webtruck: did you see the case I built? Netsquash: How is it going to fit into the plane airodynamically? Netsquash: no didn't get to see it webtruck: not really... Netsquash: :-D webtruck: the plane has a loading bay behind the fuselage - it fits in there, but it looks big Netsquash: oh webtruck: http://www.webtruck.org/history/2003/june/wingo/20030630/detail_html?thispic=camcase2 webtruck: wind conditions are fine today - I only had crashes when there was too much wind Netsquash: nice job webtruck: the hole in the front is for the servo, the tube sticking out is for the lens - it has 1cm of foam all around the cam Netsquash: would the internal components shake loose if it hit the ground? webtruck: the lense moves out when it is turned on - dont know how solid that is - hope I wont test it Netsquash: :-) webtruck: the camera is 3 years old - I like it a lot, have no plans to break it, but it is replaceable Netsquash: haha, yeah replacable but at a cost Netsquash: looks like somebody is takeing the controls of the cam away from me :-) webtruck: you can see how many people access it, I think Netsquash: 4 webtruck: you can fight over it... Netsquash: yeah :-) Netsquash: is the zoom feature part of the cam or the program? webtruck: it's the cam, and the software supports it webtruck: going now - hope I will bring back some nice videos and stills Netsquash: ok, I might be here when u get back webtruck: hope I will be long - not because I have to fix the plane, but because I have 3 full battery packs - and the first one will be charged again when I finish the 3rd Netsquash: :-) webtruck: cu later Netsquash: later man, have fun LATER webtruck: hmm - it was quite depressing... Netsquash: why what happened? webtruck: it seemed that the $$$$-motors had less power than the el cheapo motors Netsquash: why's that? webtruck: I dont know why - the motors are specified for 7.2V - they should work with my 6 and 7 cells pack - but no big effect Netsquash: WELL THAT BLOWS webtruck: I added some stuff at the bottom like a landing glider to protect the props, and once I removed it that was better, but still not as good as it was on the 30th of june webtruck: the good thing about them is that it is far less noisy - but I wanted power, not silence Netsquash: haha, you could drop a very small bomb with it webtruck: and then when I went up with the 7cell pack it was doing better, but STUPID ME DID NOT PULL OUT THE ANTENNA ON THE SENDER... - and it had a hard landing which bent the wing - did not notice until I flew it again webtruck: it was behaving weird, I landed it, saw the crack in the wing, and just came back here as I did not have the glue with me webtruck: no flying with the cam :-( Netsquash: That sucks webtruck: and that is what I was working for till 4am... webtruck: they recommend to use 8cells - but I dont have a 8 cell pack and my charger and the speed controller only do up to 7 cells Netsquash: I know what you must feel like webtruck: I bought 8cell stuff on ebay, but I have not received it as yet webtruck: I also bought a TwinStar second hand - maybe that one does better... Netsquash: I hope webtruck: the plane I have now is called Wingo PORTER - so far it did not carry much more than just the battery pack... Netsquash: that's a pretty lazy porter webtruck: well - lunch time I'll fix the wing and maybe I'll go again later today - I also had to trim to the side a lot, I have to check if I have the motors aligned well webtruck: I know the fuselage is curved a bit, as I did not glue it very straight, but last time it flew pretty well like that Netsquash: The cargo doesn't shift does it? webtruck: no, there was no cargo... Netsquash: The camera? webtruck: just the battery - at one speed setting the whole wing starts to vibrate - have to avoid that during flight webtruck: I did not put the cam, as it was performing so bad Netsquash: oh Netsquash: least u didn't lose the camera then :-) webtruck: (I was smart enough to try without load) Netsquash: good thinking webtruck: I'll add a july wingo page - I took 2 pics this morning with the plane on the ground and some last night after fixing up the motors Netsquash: cool webtruck: uncool compared to what I had planned to put on the web Netsquash: That's true webtruck: maybe I should go for the balloon... Netsquash: A ballon would be cool, but not as exciting webtruck: on the other hand I have spent so much on this RC flying stuff, I just want to have it working as expected yes, you're right Netsquash: It's always more fun to take the hard road and succeed after a lot of trial and error then to take the easy road and succeed the first try webtruck: I was really dissapointed - you cant tell how it performs when you hold it - I expected so much more bang for the buck - the 2 motors cost more than the plane kit... webtruck: you're right - maybe I should build a plane from scratch as this one looks quite old by now :-) webtruck: I could put all 4 motors on it :-) webtruck: on the wingo webtruck: have to check if my speed controller can do it Netsquash: 4 motors would take a big load wouldn't it? webtruck: the bigger the load, the higher the speed to keep it up, the higher the landing speed... Netsquash: and the bigger the chance of compleatly wrecking your plane webtruck: right I told myself I'll keep it until it does not fly anymore - I'll even make a new wing, I plan for ~2m span Netsquash: that would be really cool webtruck: I have all the materials at home - I just need a rainy weekend webtruck: the house is still building and I cant use my workshop yet - but building the wing is not so hard and messy Netsquash: I find it fun to build stuff liek that, I use to build model rockets and hand make all the parts Netsquash: I use to try and make the rockets reusable but the matrials I used would melt the engin compartment webtruck: I never considered a rocket - I just bought the plane to get the camera in the air I bought a cheap Aiptek cam on ebay to put on the plane, but I could not wait for it, so I built the coolpix case and wanted to try with that - maybe next time Today I bent the aluminium rod that holds the tail quite a bit - it wont take much more of that... webtruck: is it ok if I put our discussion on the web page? I dont feel like writing all over what happened... Netsquash: sure go ahead Netsquash: I have to go to bed, it's 3:42 here Netsquash: talk to you later, hope you can get your bird flying again *** Netsquash signed off at Wed Jul 09 08:45:41 2003. WOW you read till here! Reward: Pictures |