We are a small group in Jamshedpur who mainly fly on Sundays. Thought I will start a new thread and post some pictures of our flying here.

We are a mixed bunch of Learners and Intermediate Flyers. We have Electric Models,Nitro Models, Helicopters, Petrol planes and Jets. We are all Mode 2 flyers.

Any one visiting Jamshedpur are most welcome to Join us.

Cheers

Hello Asupan ,

I stay in Jamshedpur and would like to join in . However I have no exp in RC flying and need a lot of advise . Can you PM me your contact or when & where you guys meet up on Sundays?

@asupan
You have access to a proper airfield with a runway?

Thats right sir. We fly in the Jamshedpur Airport. We take clearance from control tower before using the Runway.

Nikhil contact me on 9204651922.
Asutosh

@asupan: Is it possible to fly in old terminal ?? because in Mangalore we have 2 terminal one is new terminal and another one is old terminal which is now operating air cargo complex.    

Dear Nithinraj,

You cannot use a place with vicinity to  live runway to fly rc planes. As Jamshedpur is a private runway belonging to TataSteel and has no scheduled flights, we can use them with proper permissions.


Regards
Asupan

hmm our bad luck  Thanks for the information Asupan 

Hi Ashutosh

I was nice to hear that there are RC fliers in Jamshedpur, I visit Jamshedpur twice a year I have an office there
sure would love to drop in one Sunday and fly with you guys. let me know your no. so I can call and coordinate

regards

Subir

Hi Subir,
My number is 9204651922.
You are most welcome to join us. Please call me and we can coordinate.

Cheers
Asutosh

Attaching some of the photographs of my son's balsa kit made plane. It was maidened on Sunday. Further flights next Sunday with some minor adjustments. I need to shift the wing back as will change the battery to 1300 mah instead of 2200 mah.

The first photo is the funcub coming to land.

Cheers
Asutosh

Sunday Flying

Flying my Cessna 172 on a nice sunny day. It has flaps and used them for the first time and had some good smooth landings.
Asutosh

Today did the first Flight of the Quad that I built. It took me one week to complete this Quad.
Specs are :

Dji 450 frame.
APM 2.5 board
GPS Ublox 6h
Power distributor.

Flew in my garden and was great. Default settings were used. Will do further flight modes this week. Planning to mount a camera and see it's stability.


Asutosh

Hello Asupan i would like to know the price of the cessna ..... i am a multirotor pilot and just wanna fly a fixed wing some day so advice and information will be welcomed 

Hi Roshan,
The Cessna costs around Rs 3500 for the frame and motor. Esc, servos and receiver are extra. It is a good scale model but advice is that it is a good second model. Start with something like Bixler, easy star etc.
Cheers
Asutosh

Update on my Quad 450:

After the maiden, took it to the Airport for further checks. I reduced the pitch and roll gain from 4.85 to 3.3. The overcorrections in my first flight went away. However it was more sluggish now and due to wind factor, the controls requirements were much more dynamic.
I then gave a trial of Alt hold. It stayed for some time and then started going up slowly. I came back to stab mode and hovered. Then I went to loiter mode. It was stable for some time and then suddenly went full power up. I recovered and landed the Quad.
When I checked further the problem was the barometer reading fluctuations. I modified it with a box and some mods to gps mounting. The readings look promising in the ground. Will take some flights tommorrow.  Photos attached.

Some photos of my modifications.

THANK YOU ASUPAN FOR YOUR ADVICE :-)but I need to know where did you get the Cessna from??  And where can I get the bixler in India....??  also facing a problem with my apm 2.5 in loiter mode my 450 dosen't seems to hold its position!!  Any help where as in stabilize mode it flies without any problem!

The Cessna was from Hobbycenter, Kolkata. Bixler can be from hobbyking and easystar from Rcdhamaka. You can try another similar one available in rcbazaar.
Cover the apm with black foam and a box as I did. The barometer is sensitive to light and the air from props. Covering within a box helps. I get very stable values now .
Cheers
Asutosh

Will surely try that tomorrow (-:

But hay i have the turnigy carbonfiber cabinet on the amp then whats the problem !!!

Tested my quad today with good results from barometer. The Alt hold is good now after the above mods.  The aircraft is very stable now. Tuned the PID a little. The next problem is to set the 3DR telemetry as the range I am getting is a few meters only.

Asutosh

Here is a link to the video of the flight. Tested the alt hold mode which was quite stable. When I gave Loiter command towards the end, it started drifting to the right. Will do some further testing next week.



Cheers
Asutosh

ASUPAN same drifting phenomenon occurs with my quadcopter too!  Please tell me if you have any solution?!

Well, I crashed the Multirotor as one of the blades broke in midair. One broken arm and landing gear. I will replace and then do further testing. In the mean time I have come across some topics where they attribute this to noise in the surrounding area of apm. I plan to put a layer of aluminum foil on the  inside of the box. This will hopefully give better results.

The steps to get it right is 1st you should fly in the alt hold mode properly, then to go to Loiter and then RTL and finally Auto modes.

Will post the results as I do further testing of APM.

Cheers
Asutosh