New Tricopter Delrin Kit

[Ant]

Nice flying Ant !

Btw, i got a Loc8tor Lite a couple of days ago for my tri. I will be flying in a large field and it will help me locate it if i crash. Finding a tri in a field with high vegetation would be a pain without anything to assist the searching.

It does not have a great range but it will help alot.
here is a pic, i mounted one locator tag on each leg facing different directions if that would make any difference.

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Nice work on the loc8tor. After my last episode I purchased a discovery alarm for my rebuilt tri. These hook up to a spare channel on the receiver and I can activate it through the TX.
I NEVER want to lose another craft again.

[copterdude]

Nice work on the loc8tor. After my last episode I purchased a discovery alarm for my rebuilt tri. These hook up to a spare channel on the receiver and I can activate it through the TX.
I NEVER want to lose another craft again.

Hmm, didnt know about those.. Need to get one of them too.
Where did you buy it ?

[Ant]

Hmm, didnt know about those.. Need to get one of them too.
Where did you buy it ?

I got mine through HK:http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...y_Buzzer_.html

It is pretty loud and can be heard from a fair distance.

[RootCanalGuy]

Sorry to hear about your troubles today... I had the same thing happen with the APM2 board on one of the QAV500 prototypes when I flipped into Loiter. There is a throttle setting that the board uses as the starting point for loiter -- which in my case was way too low. The motors almost stopped and the QAV500 prototype was destroyed. That was the last time I flew with the APM2... and I think I'll wait for the next FW release before trying again after reading your story from today.

Ouch !! you just missed the grass; QAV500 is a promising bird; are you considering wooden booms ? I am bankrupt from the Gaui 330xs's carbon fiber everything; and now I have to contemplate aluminum ! sounds expensive in repairs; I have learned multicopter crashes are a given...as it just happened to the best of us.

[nukkenfutz]

Hey Ant still at Kuramine beach. Can't fly as I have 4 FCs. & none work.

Hopefully will receive the KK2s by Wednesday & be up again.

[Ant]

Hey Ant still at Kuramine beach. Can't fly as I have 4 FCs. & none work.

Hopefully will receive the KK2s by Wednesday & be up again.

I wish you would have said so earlier. I have just arrived in Darwin and have a brand new KK2 at home in Maningrida. Bugger!!!

[nukkenfutz]

No worries, if you've got your usb/asp programmer with you I can get some of these working, mine will probably arrive tomorrow anyway.

I got a new KK from Tim but I think it's got the wrong FW on it.

[Ant]

Can't help you out there. I didn't bring mine with me. Kinda hard trying to work out what to pack and what to leave at home. I have spare booms and spare props....

[RootCanalGuy]

Rebuilt my Tri from 30 foot wild flip drop: crash damage = 60 cents ! Thanx Tim, this Delrin material held up rather well. My last multi copter crash was Gaui 330XS and cost me $600 in damage; we are talking about 1000 fold; nothing to laugh at, but certainly something to smile about...this time the wife had nothing to say.

[nukkenfutz]

While waiting for some new FCs to arrive (or my programmer) I was reading about the FeiYu line of stabilisers/controllers and frankly they sound impressive. I'm surprised I've not seen anyone mention them here, surely someone's tried them on a Tri?