Finally got the walk around and flight video of my new RCP Mig29 V4 NAMCV2 edited and uploaded. I apologize that during the walk around what I am talking about is below the field of view of the camera a couple times, hazards of being old and having to wear bifocal glasses... :/
Cheers,
Scott
Ya you'll have to keep your head down more lol but was able to see what you were taking about nice job. Love the no roll when using rudder I need this when I build mine was going to build it before Sunday but was in ER apparently for my first migraine headache but every 4 hours I have to take this pill ducks waking up from pain to take it. But enough with my issues. Great job on the paint. I can't get enough of the soundtrack probably why my stuffs so hot when it comes down lol I've been using my battery's til they fall out of the sky whoops now I got mad long charge times. Guess I'll learn from my mistakes lol and my wallet I need to get some more batteries and a audible voltage warning too. Again thanks for sharing your results. Blue sky's (skydiving thing) but it works for RC planes too lol
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DeleteThanks very much. I hope everything will be OK with your headaches, I've never had a migraine before, but my Mom used to get them and I remember they were crippling to her, so I'll keep a good thought for you. Thanks about the paint, it did work out pretty well, I'm happy with it, sun was a bit of a pain, that probably washed some of the paint scheme out at times.
Yes, the more vertical hinge and trailing edge on the rudder seems to work some kind of magic for sure in making rudder inputs so much cleaner and direct without causing rudder roll like I found with the angled rudders of the stock Mig29 V4. I wrote a post about my thoughts on rudders, maybe you already read it http://migsrus.blogspot.ca/2014/08/rudders-rudders-and-more-rudders.html Some planes it would be hard to do vertical rudders without taking away from the look of the plane, but with the Mig, it makes it look more like a more modern Mig29M or Mig35. Anyway, with four planes now with vertical hinged rudders, 3xRCP Mig29s and one FRC Su35 MK2, I am sold that for these types of planes, the vertical rudders are magic... :)
Do you have a countdown timer on your transmitter that can help you out for flight times? I know a guy at my field whose radio doesn't and he just uses one of those old kitchen timers that you turn the big dial to the time and it rings like an alarm clock when it winds down, whatever works... :) Personally I don't like to let my batteries run down to less than 3.7V per cell. Whenever I try a new motor I will just fly for about 5 minutes, then test the battery, I just use this little gadget I got from Hobby King, but any volt checker for lipo batteries will do http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__6589__Battery_Monitor_2_6S.html It just allows me to monitor my batteries and how they are doing. Sometimes as batteries get older, the cells discharge at different rates also. After I test it for 5 minute flights, I'll check the voltages and adjust my time from there. Hotter or colder weather also affects how my batteries discharge, I find if the temperature is below 40 degrees F or above 80 F, I reduce my flying time by about 30 seconds as the temperature hot or cold is harder on my batteries.
From what I have read, lipos should not normally be run below 80% which is about 3.3 to 3.4 V per cell which is why most ESCs have the low voltage cutoff (where you can start to really feel you are losing power) set at 3.3V. Like I mentioned, I run mine down to about 3.7V, I think I researched that for long battery life this is about the best.
Much of it depends on the brand of battery also, I have had terrible luck with the Nano Tech batteries from HK, but great luck with the cheaper Zippy Flightmax, so go figure... :/
Anyway, enough rambling about batteries, thanks as always for your kind words and support and I hope the migraines don't slow you down too much... :)
Next up I'm building another FRC Su35 MK2 and hope to put together a build video discussing some of the different build techniques required for the FRC planes compared to the RCP planes.
Cheers,
Scott
What you call rambling I call knowledge lol thanks for your input. I have a timer on my radio but I have it set to high now lol. But with new batteries I'm going to be more strict on the diet lol.
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Hey thanks, Rob, guess when I am watching the video to do the editing I get tired of listening to my own voice...maybe that is a good thing, it will prevent me from talking to myself as I approach my "golden years"...lol.
DeleteGood luck with managing the batteries, I like to take it a little easier on new batteries for the first few flights until they get a couple cycles run through them. Kind of a "breaking in" period til they get stabilized. You don't necessarily have to do a balance charge on them every time, but I think I read somewhere doing a good balance charge about once in every ten charges is good for the long term health of the battery if your charger is capable of doing that.
Also, now as we are approaching the cooler weather again, I have found it a good idea to shorten my flights by about 30 seconds when the temperature got down to 40 Fahrenheit or lower. I try to keep my unused batteries warm by keeping them in my pocket til I'm ready to use them, that seems to help their performance in cooler weather also.
Good luck!
Cheers,
Scott
Thanks for the info I'll be gentle hehe on the next set of batteries. Not looking forward to cold weather but cooler then lately is welcome.
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