So this last Saturday, I was out at the flying field playing with the Wizard. I thought I had the Follow me/ Watch me thing all figured out. So I decided to put the wizard on top of the wings to my Apprentice fixed wing and see how well the H could keep up.
First flight was just with the Wizard to see how well the Apprentice would do. The Apprentice is a high wing trainer type aircraft, not overly fast, can do mild acrobatics. She flew like the Wizard wasn't even there.
Second flight, used the Wizard to launch the H, had her about 20 feet in the air, and about 50 feet away.
Put the Wizard on top of the Apprentice checked I had watch me/ follow me turned on with altitude tracking. Took off and the H followed right along, that is until I climbed up to about 100' and made a down wind turn. The H was keeping right up with the Apprentice, and on the down wind leg we both were picking up a lot of speed. But I also noticed the H never climbed up with the apprentice. Before I could make another turn away from the tree line I was flying over, I heard that gut wrenching sound of crack, crack, THUD. Yup just like that the H flew full throttle right into the tree line. I was actually amazed at how fast she was going.
Have a look.
Good news she is repairable, soon as I find someone who has all the parts in stock. I don't want to order from multiple vendors.
Broken parts are:
1) "A" motor arm snapped in half
2) "B" motor arm broken that the hinge point (will replace anyway)
3) One landing gear torn off and not recovered, my spotter thinks I lost it when I hit the first tree.
4) One landing gear leg very loose in mount, will fix or replace.
5) One of the CGO3+ mounting pins is lost, rest of the camera is intact (YEAH)
6) Filter on front of the camera scratched.
I was lucky. 10 more feet and it would have been in the creek. Once I get it repaired, I will figure out why the altitude follow did not work. I was also surprised at how fast the H will go in a follow me mode.
Going to mount the wizard on a 20' pole to raise and lower, figure out the button presses from there. For the short duration of the flight, I can say the H is pretty capable of keeping up and following turns, and become a speed demon.
First flight was just with the Wizard to see how well the Apprentice would do. The Apprentice is a high wing trainer type aircraft, not overly fast, can do mild acrobatics. She flew like the Wizard wasn't even there.
Second flight, used the Wizard to launch the H, had her about 20 feet in the air, and about 50 feet away.
Put the Wizard on top of the Apprentice checked I had watch me/ follow me turned on with altitude tracking. Took off and the H followed right along, that is until I climbed up to about 100' and made a down wind turn. The H was keeping right up with the Apprentice, and on the down wind leg we both were picking up a lot of speed. But I also noticed the H never climbed up with the apprentice. Before I could make another turn away from the tree line I was flying over, I heard that gut wrenching sound of crack, crack, THUD. Yup just like that the H flew full throttle right into the tree line. I was actually amazed at how fast she was going.
Have a look.
Good news she is repairable, soon as I find someone who has all the parts in stock. I don't want to order from multiple vendors.
Broken parts are:
1) "A" motor arm snapped in half
2) "B" motor arm broken that the hinge point (will replace anyway)
3) One landing gear torn off and not recovered, my spotter thinks I lost it when I hit the first tree.
4) One landing gear leg very loose in mount, will fix or replace.
5) One of the CGO3+ mounting pins is lost, rest of the camera is intact (YEAH)
6) Filter on front of the camera scratched.
I was lucky. 10 more feet and it would have been in the creek. Once I get it repaired, I will figure out why the altitude follow did not work. I was also surprised at how fast the H will go in a follow me mode.
Going to mount the wizard on a 20' pole to raise and lower, figure out the button presses from there. For the short duration of the flight, I can say the H is pretty capable of keeping up and following turns, and become a speed demon.