Second Flight Questions

[donal]

Hi All
I have owned a H for some time but only getting it up and flying now
First flight went grand
Second flight started grand and ended grand but went a bit strange in flight

My objective was to practice takeoff and landings with short, low, slow flights
All went well at first then the H seemed to react faster and climb when signalled to descend
This probably all down to my inexperience but I would like to analyze the flight data files to see if there is a problem
All ended well with RTH and a hand catch two feet out from the riverbank, next flight will be back in the big field

If I look in the ST16, File Manager I find a number of files which ones are relevant
Logs, Flight Logs, FlightEncrypt Log, OTA LOG,

I found the flight video in Flight Mode, Media_Data

Is there a software package available that analyzes the flight data ?

 

[donal]

Tried to post the Flight Data File but the forum software does not like a CSV extension file ??

 

[Dr Delta]

change extention in .txt

 

[donal]

Ok that worked many thanks
Is there a trick for uploading a short video the forum software says the file is too large

 

[PatR]

Post the video to Vimeo or YouTube and provide a link to the video here.

 

[donal]

This should be the video fingers crossed

 

[Dilly Joat]

Have a look at web page http://h-elsner.mooo.com/mydat/Q500log2kml_en.pdf which shows what is in telemetry files. The f-mode column is a good indicator of what the pilot does.

 

[donal]

Many thanks to all that helped me here
Dilly Joat you were spot on, analysis of the data files shows that I hit the flight mode switch accidently during the flight (as best I can figure)

Many thanks to all

 

[Dilly Joat]

Many thanks to all that helped me here
Dilly Joat you were spot on, analysis of the data files shows that I hit the flight mode switch accidently during the flight (as best I can figure)

Many thanks to all

Glad that helped you trying to understand what happened. It is easily done I have done it myself and watched my H seemingly out of control before I noticed I had knocked the switch into Smart mode. I was lucky - my H was well above the trees at the time!

 

[Bullseyeman]

Glad that helped you trying to understand what happened. It is easily done I have done it myself and watched my H seemingly out of control before I noticed I had knocked the switch into Smart mode. I was lucky - my H was well above the trees at the time!

Why I am not a fan of toggle switches!

 

[John Helbling]

That's a lot of water for a first flight!!

 

[donal]

You are correct John it is a lot of water, but I live on the river Shannon so it it is hard to get away from it
All is well that ends well
I will post the finished video salvaged from the experience

 

[Rubik]

Why I am not a fan of toggle switches!

Since I have no use for "Smart" mode, I fabricated a tiny eccentric rubber donut that fits over the switch right down at the base of the lever. It prevents the switch from moving into "Smart" mode unless I press very hard. I understand, there is also a way to do this in Channel Settings by changing A02 (S4). I have not tried this. If anyone has, please chime in here.