random notes, guides, and thoughts…
July 29, 2012
I’ve recently been learning to fly in DCS: A-10c Warthog, deciding to stick to just one flight sim until I get good at it. What I’ve been interested in is whether a head tracking system would be useful, and whether I’d like it. The TrackIR 5 head tracking system runs about $200, which is a bit costly for an experiment - particularly if I didn’t like it.
July 22, 2012
Got to take the HT-FPV out to the park today, finally there wasn’t any rain to put a stop to proceedings. This is the first full-range test I got to do.
July 8, 2012
Had the first flight of my HT-FPV based quad on Saturday. No tuning, just went with factory default PIDs. I installed the sonar under the frame - potentially too close to the power distribution, but it appears to be OK.
July 5, 2012
Got the last (yeah, right) order of parts in for the new quadcopter! As such I’ve finished assembly, up to the point where I’m ready to attach props and start the testing process (in these photos the props are just sitting on the adapters and not actually bolted on).
July 5, 2012
I received my APM2 Board Adapter boards last week, and have now attached them to my HT-FPV frame.
June 22, 2012
I forgot to attach photos to my last blog about the HT-FPV frame!