I have now done a full AOA calibration and during the last flight I tried a GPS assisted NDB-NDB apch.
3/29/20
Flight 17&18 AOA and apch
Two more flights done, the spring weather has been much better so far, compared to the lousy fall and winter weather.
I have now done a full AOA calibration and during the last flight I tried a GPS assisted NDB-NDB apch.
I have now done a full AOA calibration and during the last flight I tried a GPS assisted NDB-NDB apch.
3/22/20
Flight 16, a "Q-moment"
Did flight 16 today in an amazing blue sky with light winds. Some minor turbulence but all in all a very enjoyable flight.
There was some spice in the beginning. I used the heating pads to give the oil a better starting point, in was about -6c when I arrived at the airport, +4 when I left. After a normal preflight, start and all the normal taxi, run-up and take-off, I leveled out at 1500 (1400agl) and quickly accelerated, the stick force got heavier and heavier until I realized the trim acted in the opposite way.
Only thing done since last flight is installing the pitch autopilot servo. So be aware that when installing the autopilot servo, the trim might reverse. (the trim commands goes thru the AP-servo)
In the cozy3 that I am a part owner in, we actually have the trim set opposite to normal so adjusting to having the pitch trim going against the stick movement was no problem at all.
I had forgotten that I had the gopro set in pro-mode with iso min-max set for low light mode, all footage outside of the hangar was completely washed out.
There was some spice in the beginning. I used the heating pads to give the oil a better starting point, in was about -6c when I arrived at the airport, +4 when I left. After a normal preflight, start and all the normal taxi, run-up and take-off, I leveled out at 1500 (1400agl) and quickly accelerated, the stick force got heavier and heavier until I realized the trim acted in the opposite way.
Only thing done since last flight is installing the pitch autopilot servo. So be aware that when installing the autopilot servo, the trim might reverse. (the trim commands goes thru the AP-servo)
In the cozy3 that I am a part owner in, we actually have the trim set opposite to normal so adjusting to having the pitch trim going against the stick movement was no problem at all.
I had forgotten that I had the gopro set in pro-mode with iso min-max set for low light mode, all footage outside of the hangar was completely washed out.
3/8/20
Tail cover in place again
None of the servos have their wiring done. I have not decided on how to do the can-bus connection. One alternative I am thinking about is to have one end of the chain start at the pitch servo i the tail, going to the Magnetometer in the left wing, from there to all the LRUs in the panel and then ending at the roll servo in the right wing. Another is to keep one end being at the Magnetometer, going to the panel LRUs, from there to the roll servo and from there to the pitch servo.
3/7/20
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