Thinking of Buying a 920
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Oh... the thoughts of witty replies plenty...
I exercise my Wise Grandpa's statement... Boy... If ya have nothing positive to contribute, just keep 'yer **** mouth shut!
He was right many times, so I'll heed his advice!
That is a great idea!
I’m not familiar, foam safe paint. Does it lay down and adhere good or does it rub off with ground contact or hands peel it off? Is it like a rubberized latex? Just pondering if after applied after a short time it becomes more mess if a you’re a bit anal to craft’s appearance.
Speaking of appearance, I didn’t realize until after receiving the H920 that the bottom tub wasn’t carbon, but plastic masked as carbon. I originally thought the whole bird was carbon... minor, but small disappointment.
Thought a full carbon bird was pretty cool of the manufacture. Other than cost, I wonder why they didn’t use carbon tub.
Latex base paints are usually foam safe but as you surmised will flake off over time due to flexing of the foam. Another way to obtain contrasting foam color is buying colored “pool noodles” in the kid’s toy section at WallyWorld. Same stuff but in colors like pink, blue, and yellow.
An additional use for that foam would be to make pieces of it long enough to expand the foot print of the landing gear an inch or two on each foot. That would prolly require a couple zip ties be used to keep it in place but those worried about ground stability would have a means of increasing their confidence level.
That bottom tub? The way I see things is everything businesses do is about money. Spend less, make more, retain as much as possible. We all try to do pretty much the same thing but get diverted a lot. Plastic costs less than carbon. It’s the only reason I can think of.
An additional use for that foam would be to make pieces of it long enough to expand the foot print of the landing gear an inch or two on each foot. That would prolly require a couple zip ties be used to keep it in place but those worried about ground stability would have a means of increasing their confidence level.
That bottom tub? The way I see things is everything businesses do is about money. Spend less, make more, retain as much as possible. We all try to do pretty much the same thing but get diverted a lot. Plastic costs less than carbon. It’s the only reason I can think of.
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Does Wally world still have John Candy and all the fun rides?
I think putting pool noodles in the kids section is age discrimination.
Got more snow last night but going to fly hopefully today if winds aren't the usual 90 MPH
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So when one does a compass calibration where is this data stored? Is it combined with the satellite data and updated during flight? Once the initial calibration is completed does that data stay static?
Can you set the RTH height? If a wood chuck could chuck wood how much wood would a wood chuck chuck?
Can you set the RTH height? If a wood chuck could chuck wood how much wood would a wood chuck chuck?
Good RTH question. You can with the Plus but I didn't see anything in the 920 manual that suggested such is possible. The manual describes the same RTH altitude profiles that were used for the Chroma and early Typhoon H. Fortunately, the process description on maintaining an altitude higher that 33' if higher or climbing to 33' if below when RTH is triggered has been proven reliable. If RTH height cannot be adjusted just never allow anything higher than the aircraft to come between you and the aircraft. Since the 920 will fly a direct line RTH route it's easy to assure a safe route back.
Compass data remains static and is maintained in the aircraft FC. That's why performing a new compass cal when flying at locations considerably distant from the previous calibration location is a good idea. I use 100 miles as a break point for compass cals but the aircraft will tell you if it needs a new one. If it does not want to maintain a fairly stable hover or acts a little "loose" on the controls it's time to do another compass calibration.
I've got some great tales of UAV operators that flew their aircraft to the opposite side of mountains that were higher than the RTH altitude they programmed into aircraft prior to launch for use if they lost communications with the aircraft. Expensive oversights.
Compass data remains static and is maintained in the aircraft FC. That's why performing a new compass cal when flying at locations considerably distant from the previous calibration location is a good idea. I use 100 miles as a break point for compass cals but the aircraft will tell you if it needs a new one. If it does not want to maintain a fairly stable hover or acts a little "loose" on the controls it's time to do another compass calibration.
I've got some great tales of UAV operators that flew their aircraft to the opposite side of mountains that were higher than the RTH altitude they programmed into aircraft prior to launch for use if they lost communications with the aircraft. Expensive oversights.
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My timer has never started. I've noticed an error when I go into the timer that states that it wasn't saved. I've not really paid detailed attention to that error as I've been focused on not crashing the 920 after calibrating it. I've noticed an error when coming into the interface that I think is the same error as the timer/save error.
Now that I've got the 920 stable I'll have to pay more attention to the errors. My guess is that our version doesn't have the bugs worked out on the time.
Can you guys help me on the RC binding. If I've got the 920 bound to the cgo4 and the 920 I can't get the st24 to bind when I choose RC. Do you have to unbind to the cgo4 first? I'm sure it's a simple issue but I haven't worked on this yet and I figured you guys would have the answers.
I’m not familiar with the ST-24 binding process, only the ST-16. Perhaps Seabee or Dougcjohn can provide enlightenment.
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Lets get those bums to start replying instead of you carrying the whole forum!
Seabee is working on something that may turn out to be quite important for us. I have to leave it be until he completes his validation testing.
Lets get those bums to start replying instead of you carrying the whole forum!
Sorry... out of town this week on work... don't have my ST24 or H920 with me in Go-pack so a bit challenged to respond. Although, I'll agree the timer doesn't appear to be working even when I've played with the trigger percentage value of the Throttle to initiate. It appears there may be no interaction in the SW to initiate... is this due to FW version B94 or just a feature that was in the FW code that never got completed? I found no reference in B95 notes discuss the screen timer. In my experiments, I'm finding a few things... all minor... in FW that aren't fully functional or documented. That's probably due to the abandonment of the ST24 when the 920+ ST16 rolled out. Like the H480... Will need to resort to a velcro screen timer.... back to a major decision... color! Speaking of binding... attempted to bind the V18 to examine... camera worked but gimbal didn't level or react to hand tilting the 920. Although I noticed the CGO4 didn't fare well being re-binded after V18 and I resorted to resetting ST24. Multiple 920 and cameras in profile seem to logjam the bind. So for experiments, I'll reset the ST24 and try the V18 again. It was new in case so I don't think it's damaged, just not getting all the signal connections... physical or logical not sure yet
On the V18, attempted to contact several shops in USA (all the popular indicated on forum), and Yuneec USA... all had no offer of thought, all quickly stepped away from the V18 with various reasons. I would have thought some would have been interested... found that odd, but oh well.
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Oh sure now you pipe in. Had to listen to the other old fart forever!Hmmmm ... sounds interesting in deed!
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I think since everything 920 related is discontinued that no one is going to have the knowledge or interest to help. I think it's up to us and as usual by us I mean you guys. I hope Seabee has figured out a pipe into the firmware. Just like Christmas waiting for Seabee's presents!
Hardware, not firmware. That’s all I’m sayin[emoji849]
The ST-24 timer feature sounds like it works like the ST-16 histogram. The function name and display is present but no supporting software.
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