nooobs
Elite Veteran
Location: Toronto, Canada
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| How about taking advantage of the nice radios most of us have and jusst make different setup programs, and switch between the desired needs for each specific type assignment, one for work over water, once in open landscape, and one for tight areas with many obstructions.
Will you still be choosing just hover then?
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Exactly. CF cards are cheap these days... filler' up!
I'd set it to a hover if landings are hazardous.
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| Ross, if you program it to stay put over water, how do you expect it to come down again then?
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Reboot the TX. 
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| Okay, that aside, what are the most likely situations we can get into a failsafe?
Temp loss of tx signal, ok, no sweat.
Loss of power in tx or rx, what do you do to regain control, and how do you get it down/back again?
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Loss of power to TX? Your radio will be beeping like crazy before you lose total power which should give your senses a hint...
Loss of power to RX? That's why I run off from the main packs. Motor will die first before the RX.
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| Ros, how did you test the failsafe function you assigned before taking it up?
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You have to test it outside as you'll need the GPS signal.
You don't need to power up the motor.
Apply some cyclic and turn off the TX.
You should see the LEDs on the GPS indicate FACE home if you activated this in your failsafe settings.
You should see the tail rotor move as well for FACE home. This indicates the heli trying to spin around. So this means move away from the location you initialized the GPS from. |
