Had my first landing yesterday
Soloing tomorrow !!!

gr8 going , RU coming over ?

Went camping , flew early in the morning and then slept and again flew in the evening , where weather was better . Did a few landings , they came out to be better than i expected

Group of Flyers At Hoskote, on 22nd May 2011

These are a few videos from last week. EXTREMLY windy and gusty. Probably 20-25 knots.
The jets were pushing hard against the winds.   Check out the landing.






Maiden Flight of the EPP FPV model. NO FPV equipment installed. only basic configuration.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv5aeoEsZpI&feature=related

Landing fo the EPP FPV

 ...your jet landed like Sea Harrior.....verticle landing .......even my Subaru experienced similar head wind and landed vertical yesterday....

Sorry for the low resolution. The camera relayed great video, but I forgot to set the recording resolution to 720 x 568 on my laptop.

i am the first to view this video.....online since morning...............on rcindia and keep on refreshing....

It was really difficult to handlaunch this bulky plane...but liked it...!!!

oops you just missed the rock during landing!. Good one!. You may need to buy a good cam.
You may need to reduce the use of ailerons, changing your plane inclination sometimes is resulting in interference, may be due to change in polarization.

Great work saurabh. Hope to see her flying on sea someday..

I think this is the first FPV video taken by a forum member..

Great to seethe progress Saurabh. I have been long waiting for this report.

How is the endurance of the EPP Platform ?What Lipo you used ? I was thinking to buy HK FG UAV platform, but its costly. Planning to build 2.36m 'Big brother instead (http://www.balsadust.net/thomas.vogel/Plans/index/RC/Glider/).

I am also making Clover Leaf/Skew Planner Antenna for 2.4G and 5.8g. Tell me if you need samples. Would be happy to get feedback.

Quote from: foamybuilder on June 06, 2011, 01:13:45 PM
oops you just missed the rock during landing!.

Yes, you are correct... I barely missed a rock while landing... the landing speed was high as I had to keep it from stalling. She is 2.45 kg all up ...  

QuoteGood one!. You may need to buy a good cam.
You may need to reduce the use of ailerons, changing your plane inclination sometimes is resulting in interference, may be due to change in polarization.

The camera quality is excellent. I am using a Sony HAD 2 CCD 600TVL camera with stock lens. Because I forgot to record the video in HIGH resolution on my laptop, it apprears to be low quality. And yes you are correct, the interference is because of polarization and ground effect (bouncing of signal at low altitude.) The more high and away I fly, the more clear and interference free the pic becomes.

Cheers !!!
Saurabh.

@Ujjawaana,

Endurance: My 8 mins flight consumed about 1900 mah. I am using a 4 cell Turnigy 5000 mAh Lipo. I am sure it will give me about 30 mins endurance with good throttle management. Because she is a little heavy, I need to maintain airspeed to keep her from stalling.

Quote from: saurabhhsrivastavaa on June 06, 2011, 05:48:06 PM
Because she is a little heavy, I need to maintain airspeed to keep her from stalling.

Heavy ? I think should be the lightest plane for the WS! anyway are you totally satisfied with it or have better platform plans ? Do share you research. People swear by Raven and other models like Skywalker.

How much is the wingloading?

Hi, She is a little heavy for her size. The ideal weight suggested on RCgroups forum is about 1.8kg - 2.0kg. Mine is almost 2.4 kg.

@Foamybuilder
Not sure how to calculate the wing loading, as the wing area is not known to me. Wingspan is 1800mm.

@Ujjawaana,
I am kind of satisfied with it. However, I had to do a few mods to the plane. I had to insert a SHIM, and raise the back side of the wing by 10mm. This helps with the hanging tail problem. Then I also installed a new wing mount.

Details here.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=18362535&postcount=700

tried inverted, didnt go well.
Gave full right aileron, started to come down, got scared and gave full -ve, went side ways to the left and crashed

Today was a good day.  

Had 3 successful flights within visual range.

It was pretty gusty today and the FY21AP did not fail to impress.   ABM works awesome in windy conditions. All one needs to do is to reduce power for landing. Pretty nice and easy.

I did push my luck with my HK EPP FPV by switching OFF my radio during one of the flights and AP kicked in. However, the plane took half a circle in the RTL mode but then I had to switch on my Tx as the failsafe on throttle was not adequate in the strong headwind. Maybe next time I will have it set at 80%

Here is the video.
Please watch in HD or a higher resolution

Thats great. Nice landing  .
I like everything except the font in your OSD.

Thanks Foamy.

Unfortunately, there is noting I can do for the font.

The quality of the Sony CCD 600 TVL is extremly good and produces sharp images. Quite Happy with it. Just ordered another 600TVL with OSD and 2.8 - 12 mm manual adjustable lens and auto IRIS.

Quote from: saurabhhsrivastavaa on July 02, 2011, 09:17:08 PM

Saurabh Sir, That's a great video and very nice flying. Good Job. my epp-fpv has arrived today now waiting for fpv gear.

hi,
this is was another blasting FPV video with high resolution...i am impressed with the quality of video this time. Another impressive thing is the ABM...
and all above is the Turnigy 9x..
Sandeep

Thank you Crazy, Sandeep.

Some pics that were taken by one of the PROFESSIONAL photographers (Ashley) at the field.