After over a week of building and frustration i finally took my maiden FPV flight on the Tricopter today. It was a perfect flying day except for some wind at altitude. On the ground we had only a slight breeze but about 20 feet up it was a bit more windy. Wind was fairly strong out of the west today.
Originally i was trying to setup the tri with a FlyCam Blackboard (from kkmulticopter.kr, it is a version of the kkmulticopter board). I spent two days trying to work things out and get stable flight/hover from this board and gave up for now. I had an extra ArduPilot Mega so installed that instead. Im glad i did, the tri flies very stable with this board. Its also nice to have the option for RTL, Waypoints, etc.
The Tricopter Specs
-Jakubs Foldable Tricopter Frame
-AC2830-358, 850Kv brushless motors
-20 amp ESC's
-HXT900 9g Tail Servo (digital hitec on the way)
-ArduPilot Mega , AdruPilot Mega Shield, 3 Axis Compass, GPS (stabilization and navigation)
-Eagle Tree OSD Pro
-Lawmate 1000mw 1.3ghz video tx
-RMRC-540 FPV camera
-Cloverleaf CP TX Antenna
-Futaba 2.4ghz R617FS Receiver
Base Station
-Futaba 10CHP 2,.4ghz TX
-2 1.3ghz Lawmate Pro video rx
-1 CP Skew-Planar Wheel Antenna
-1 CP 7dBi Helical Antenna
- Eagle Tree Eagle Eyes (broke at moment)
On hand but for later use
-LRS Dragon Link System
