Wind Sock - 3 quads wrecked in 1 session #JustFly #BeKind
Channel: Piig
Date: 2020-03-14

That must have gone down as one of my worst session for flying in 2 years. Great meeting up with the boys, Rich, Chris, & Corey. But my kit let me down, or should I say, I let my kit down.

I'd had a dozen failsafes by cramming the new Matek mini with Foxeer lollipop 3 right next to the receiver, so swapped the Lollipop out for a softer cabled triumph pro, so could mount the vtx better. It worked well until I tried to powerloop the trees and smashed it into it's sticky branches. Must have got the Fflight controller wet, as it wouldn't sync the ESC or show video - 1 quad down.

I've been having trouble with Rocky's video feed from the camera since day 1, I can usually get it working by power cycling the quad, and sometimes the goggles. Wouldn't behave at all today - 2 quads down.

I'd had a couple of failsafes with Emma last weekend, and had a couple today. Landing in wet grass got moist stuff on the FC and when I tried to set off, it just spazzed out and I called it a day.

Before Emma fell from the sky, I did manage to try the wind sock, strapped to the back of a long plastic stick. I thought it would be a laugh and asked Corey to record some footage on my iPhone, but it didn't come out. So you'll have to use you imagination, but you can see the affect it had on the quad in first person view....... Such a laugh was had by all.......
We've all agreed that I need to cut piggy windsock a new arsehole to allow more air through! 

So, a great meet up, but a crap flying session, not even warmed up and out for the count. So today's video is just for fun, no cinematic heaven today. 

Anyway, all quads are now repaired, Roy is okay now he's dried out. Rocky has had his OSD bypassed and i'm using the VBAT cable to the fpv camera and added a switch on the Taranis to shout out RSSI value, all is good. Emma has had all her wires checked and her receiver connectors hot glued up.........

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My Kit:
Roy the Rooster
Armattan Rooster frame
Matek F711 SE F7 flight controller
Matek Mini vtx
Runcam Predator 4 fpv camera
TBS Triumph Pro circular polarised fpv antenna
iFlight Xing 2207 2450kv motors
HAKRC BLHeli32 ESCs
ViFly Finder 2 lost model buzzer
FrSky R9Slim+ receiver with T antennas in 3D printed mount
DAL T5047C Cyclone Propellers 

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Rocky the Rooster
Armattan Rooster frame
Matek F711 SE F7 flight controller
Matek HV 38channel vtx
Foxeer Preditor 4 fpv cam
Foxeer Lolipop 3 circular polarised fpv antenna
Hypetrain Rotor Riot Freestyle 2450kv motors
HAKRC BLHeli32 ESCs
ViFly Finder 2 lost model buzzer
FrSky R9Slim+ receiver with T antennas in 3D printed mount
DAL T5047C Cyclone Propellers 

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Emma the Emu
Slammed TBS Source One v0.2 frame - 25mm stand-offs
Matek F722SE F7 flight controller
Matek HV vtx with TBS Triumph pro antena
Foxeer predator 4 fpv camera 18mm lens
Hypetrain Rotor Riot Freestyle edition 2450 Kv motors
Color Raptor 35amp ESCs
Matek 92db buzzer
DAL T5047C Cyclone Propellers - Lime
FrSky R9slim+ with twin T antennas
Matek M8Q gps and compass module

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PorkPie 
iFlight MegaBee 152mm Whoop frame
GEPRC 1408 3500KV motors
iFlight Succex Stack - ESC \ FC \ VTX
Foxeer Preditor 4 micro FPV camera
FrSky R9mm receiver
Dalprop T3045 Bullnose props

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Common:
RJX Hobby battery straps x 2 
ACEHE 4s 1650mAh HV lipos x 8
Tattoo 4s FunFly 1550mAh 100c lipos
CNHL 4s 1550mAh 100c lipos
Flysky Nirvana NV14 radio 
FrSky Taranis X9D - plus SE carbon
FrSky R9m TX
Fatshark HDO with RapidFire
TBS Triumph circular polarised fpv antenna
Foxeer patch antenna

GoPro hero session 5 HD cam - 2.7K \ 30 \ superwide
3D printed GoPro mount in TPU
GoPro Hero 7 Black - 2.7K \ 60 \ Superwide \ Hypersmooth
3D printed GoPro mount in TPU

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Recommended shops:
HobbyRC.co.uk
Quadcopters.co.uk
t9hobbysport.com