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Operations => CAP sUAS Discussions => Topic started by: Eclipse on May 21, 2020, 11:33:16 PM

Title: eClipse Drinks the Kool-Aid, Launches UAV!!!
Post by: Eclipse on May 21, 2020, 11:33:16 PM
17:30

(https://i.postimg.cc/K8gpKVYh/launch.jpg)
Title: Re: eClipse Drinks the Kool-Aid, Launch UAV!!!
Post by: Eclipse on May 21, 2020, 11:34:27 PM
17:31:30

(https://i.postimg.cc/BnGwd337/ofcourse.jpg)

(https://i.postimg.cc/8CZKJr6x/jack.gif)
Title: Re: eClipse Drinks the Kool-Aid, Launches UAV!!!
Post by: GZCP31 on May 22, 2020, 12:00:26 AM
Hope it was not a corporate one  ::)
What brand and model was this? I want to know because the "Kite eating Tree" has expanded it's diet.
Title: Re: eClipse Drinks the Kool-Aid, Launches UAV!!!
Post by: Eclipse on May 22, 2020, 12:07:38 AM
It's a Sky Viper 2450 HD/FPV

I got it on a lark like 2+ years ago for about 1/2 price when Toys R Us went out of business.
At that time I got it all set up, goggles included, and promptly flew it directly into my face.

It's been on the shelf since, but my boredom level hit "Drone" today, so I dug it out.

I got it trimmed up pretty well, and the winds are pretty dead today, however apparently
this particular model tends to over fly its controls, and I think that's what happened.

I fished it down and will probably play with it more tonight when I can see the pretty lights.

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71oPkEvVTBL._AC_SL1500_.jpg)

https://support.skyrocketon.com/hc/en-us/sections/115002383027-STREAMING-VIDEO-DRONE-V2400HD-FPV
Title: Re: eClipse Drinks the Kool-Aid, Launches UAV!!!
Post by: NIN on May 22, 2020, 01:05:53 AM
Mistakes were made.
Title: Re: eClipse Drinks the Kool-Aid, Launches UAV!!!
Post by: etodd on May 22, 2020, 01:16:28 AM
If you can master flying that one, you can fly anything. You'll be three steps ahead.  Then fly a DJI and you'll think its too easy, since the DJI practically flies itself.
Title: Re: eClipse Drinks the Kool-Aid, Launches UAV!!!
Post by: JohhnyD on May 22, 2020, 01:35:54 AM
What's next, a Facebook page? A twitter handle? Yikes!
Title: Re: eClipse Drinks the Kool-Aid, Launches UAV!!!
Post by: Capt Thompson on May 22, 2020, 12:52:42 PM
Most drones will take very wide corners, think of a car drifting vs a plane banking into a tight turn. If you want tighter turns, try using both sticks to turn, rather than keeping the right stick in the forward position. It will still drift a little but the turn will be much tighter and you will be less likely to overfly the turn into a tree.