Beginner wing build

not much more to buy .got my battery very tight fit . will use was going buy another .need to change plug on flight controller to a xt 90 .then just the camera system and charger.

yeah, mine was a tight fit too but that was good because it stopped the battery moving about :+1:t2:

the shrink wrap round the battery was overhanging so trimmed back now fits snug.

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My battery is snug as well which is no bad thing.

After @DeanoG60 loss I’ve made mine quite conspicuous with my own set of hi Viz decals
Plus hi Viz wing edges

I can do you a set in orange, yellow or pink if you are interested.

Did my first attempt at a maiden today.

I didn’t know you shouldn’t use autolaunch on the maiden. Apparently it’s recommended that a manual launch is done and auto tune to make sure the wing fly’s well before you use autolaunch.

I used auto launch on my maiden… oops lol

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Much damage?

Mines glued back together, ready for a send try. May try and overhead autolaunch rather than a wing throw. I’d rather have someone help but I’m too impatient :rofl: to wait till I’m with someone who can. So another trip to the beach in the morning if it’s calm.

Not much pulled the bit of wood the wing slots into out. Which ripped a bit of the polystyrene but glued back now.

I used auto launch on maiden of T1… Meh. Yommthoufh you should wait stevesb!

Yeah I agree with @GunjaFPV looking at the video, something is wrong with the setup as that was a hard roll as soon as you let go.

did you do your high 5 check before taking off?

Yes and no. Yes I checked but no I didn’t get it right. I have I arse about face, I just checked.
:person_facepalming::person_facepalming:

At least you’ve found it now before trying again :+1:t2: :ok_hand:t2:

So came into the shed this morning, fuck knows what I have done . Tested it and yes my elevons were the wrong way for movement i.e. stick to right, left elevon up. Etc. plus push forward both went down.
Go into Inav and and reverse the servos, solved the roll issue but caused an issue with pitch.
Ok un reverse the servos and physically swap the plugs over. Now this is where I fried my brain completely, the servos behaved in exactly the same way, stick to the right, left elevon up. I tried this three or four times, to the point I said fuck this I’m going to film it and get an expert like Deano or Martin to point me in the right direction. I go into the house, get the go pro, connect to I nav, start filming and get to the point where I swap the leads round, and low and behold everything is moving as it should.
I didn’t do anything different to what I did the other times I swapped the leads round but this time it worked. I just hope it flies now. But I still don’t know why the servos acted like that when I swapped the leads round the other times.

Could be a save and reboot issue? Also make sure you’re doing all the testing in Manual mode :+1:t2:

Though not the maiden lol

Going back to whether you should use auto launch on a maiden… Hmmm probably not (I did with the T1, but took me a long time.to setup AL on my wing, as others just didn’t trust it). But I was a lot more experienced with them by then and watched painless 360 over and over and also spent a lot of time with people who had experience with it. I just got frustrated waiting for "Karl* or someone to be there to throw it for me… I trust my two planes very much so now, but I have flown them for hours. A new plane… I’d still like someone else who has experience double check things before a maiden and say "have you checked this and that…*

I think I will AL on whatever my next wing/plane is, but would also just be with someone who knows about wings so they can say ā€œdid you check this that and the otherā€

Good luck with second go!

still got the mind fuck going on. servos work as should even when i swap the plugs round.

@DeanoG60 @GunjaFPV @Steviegeek @SparkyFPV

Bring it to chelford this arvo lol.

Won’t get down in time as got to sort Sacha out and still trying to configure his mobula 6.

Configure? Can do that too lol. Shame as would have been easier in person. Running around packing. Sure someone here will help you but will watch video later when have some time mate. Good luck