its a very nice boat I just bought the GRAND PRINCESS and its a foot longer and Im having it custom fit with port and starboard lights, working radar and much more with my friend Naveda08 who is a customer builder with TFL and its going to be awesome with all the updated servos and esc!! its going to be awesome!!
The Saluda Grade refers back to the days of the steam locomotives as the uphill climb up to Saluda NC was an 8% grade. I was told by a local at the Saluda Grade Cafe that it was the steepest narrow gauge ascent in the country in its day hence the name of the area became the "Saluda Grade" Here ends the history lesson enjoy!
no it doesn't suck mostly people fuck up prepping the quad for flight then you have a recipe for disaster ...vocal minority fuss about batteries way too much too. It won't stop working if you drain it a few times ffs...
why it shouldn't ? lipos don't fall apart if you drain them once I a while you know? people fuss about this WAY WAY too much. In practice it is much better. Slow climbs or moderate flying would fly this past 15minutes . My unmodified stock battery Blade 200qx flies 10mins and 20seconds exactly with moderate speed flight
Its strange now when watching your video, as few moths ago when i was deciding will i buy it or not, and now my princess is sitting near my desk finished :) You can check my channel for maiden testing. I do lot of necessary modifications in order to make build properly. Whoever think this is ARR unit be ready for not happy surprise on first runs. As for advices i will be short as i can. Cooling: as long as your cooling line is not clogged your cooling will be more than fine for that drive train. No need for additional water pickups for sure. As i installed central cooling system in mine and it keep temps in mild 40ish deg of Celsius, i think this is more than a proof that your will do fine on 2s without central cooling,since my setup is 3s. For central cooling system i mean that gear pump is pumping antifreeze trough heat exchanger and system and sea water is cooling antifreeze (like in real ships lol). Drive train: Be sure to check grommet of stuffing tube. Mine was broken and hole was bigger so i completely remove stuffing tube and its plywood holder and install new removable flange type plywood holder and new grommet type. All platform: Be sure to reinforce all platforms with 5minute epoxy glue and motor mount and/or servo mount with roving and epoxy resin as well! Outer decks must be additionally protected with varnish and silicone on the edges,otherwise will be destroyed. Rear compartment secure with some safeline and put hatch patch on it. For main hatch i used E gasket for doors and windows custom cuted. Your stainless steel fence IS stainless steel. Yes you can do a litle polishing. Okay i think thats it :) Happy build mate and enjoy your Princess
@@almendoza6198 yes of course. Though you need to wash internal cooling system with tap water (or destiled if you are perfectionist) and after all this you need to remove flexible shaft and stinger drive and clean it with wd40 and grease it before putting back. Flex shafts are sensitive on rusting so buy few and have it as spare. Also good idea is to have spare stinger drive axle. I still have first stinger axle. And i changed flex shaft few month ago.
@@zoxwolf2133 Thank you so much. I will thoroughly rinse the boat and ensure flex shaft is greased each time after running on salt water. Great advise.
when i fly this high i always use a spotter with binoculars. at high altitude is reached cut throttle until spotter sees the quad. power uo and float to the ground with plenty of battery left although something went wrong once with my spotter I think he was getting a beer) the quad fell into the neighbors yard an killed his cat. I am so sorry for his loss. I love cats but dogs better
Great video man, i love that you can laugh about the crash. Mine just rolled and fell out of the sky so your video is much appreciated to help me understand the insides. Cheers
One thing hobby pilots don't realize is that at 3000 ft you can have a wind speed difference of 30mph or more. The algorithms for the controller prioritize the GPS position hold to the descent so if you're experiencing high gusts the aircraft is throttling up to fight them and therefor cannot descend. Why didn't you take manual control to descend? At a lower altitude you probably would have encountered less wind and been able to come back even if a drift occurred during the descent.
I think a spiral diving decent would be fastest and controllable. You maintain forward speed, you benefit from decreased lift in pitch in two directions and no drift because you're moving.
you fly CONTOUR? good stuff, me too and I love it - crashed today due frigging prop failure on my 350QX and totally destroyed my Contour+2 and the QX of course
Good video, you convinced me to try the Graupner props. Try descending in Stablilty mode with throttle closed. It comes down much faster than RTH mode and with hands off will stay in the GPS Column.
***** Why would it be illegal? Just wondering, I have one myself and go pretty high. I live by a Flight school here in Pensacola Fl. I obviously don't fly near aircraft but they are around at times.
Rhys Keown Really shows your ignorance, most general aviation planes fly well below 10,000 feet many as low as 1000-2500 feet. BTW I am a flight instructor.
The reason it went full power at the end for 10-12 sec. is because it went into failsafe return home mode because it lost signal from the Tx. That's what it does to put itself on trajectory for return home.
I thought the FAA has a 400 feet ceiling limit by Law .. this is also for safety . doing things like this will end in tighter legislation and possible licence requirements … also you want that put that altimeter inside the body as the down draft will affect the reading …
on stock set up with FPV equipment on it I max out at 2230 feet. I would never fly out of sight with out FPV as RTH is too slow. You have to fly back the at least the same speed you left at. Surprised to see it did so well at a 200 foot drop.
the Blade does that too if it has the power to get too the ground. My buddy has the phantom, its ok, but bigger, less battery life and is no good for stunt flying like the blade, but is the good for a larger RTF quad for double the money.
YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN MINE FROM TWO HUNDRED OR MAY BE MORE ITS TOAST PROPS FAILED AN IT WAS COLD LIKE 5 BELOW WHEN I LIFTED OFF IN BLUE MODE ALSO HOPEU LOOKAT MY VIDEO ALSO
I BELIVE I HAVE BEEN TO THE TWO MILE MARKER BUT WITH OUT THE ALTITUDE THING YOU HAVE I CANT TELL BUT ON THE WAY BACK AT 300 OR SO FEET PROPS FAILED LOST TWO CANERAS FOUND THE GO PRO MAY BE U LOOK AT MY VIDEO AN TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK AN WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR ALTIMIDER WERE TO BUY AN HOW MUCH FREDDIEDAN@COMCAST.NET
I just learned this after the first 2 flights that rth is to slow and do not use. I learned now when its in site I just put it in agility mode, flip it completely upside down for a good couple seconds or just a second and flip it back on your own or flip to smart mode or rth mode and it will flip back on its own.. comes down quickly.. I seem to be the only one who man handels their 350 sometimes
you probably will. like i said i like to get the most out of my toys so i go all out... but its actually easy with the 350qx... try this go high enough that if you do mess up you have enough time for the qx to recover.. so put it in agility mode when your up high but can see it, and just move the right stick forward or back all the way while killing the throttle to do a fast flip. if you get scared just hurry and flip it to smart mode, mine flips itself back over and corrects itself.
Like GasserGlass said, free fall would work and in Stability Mode it would self correct when you punch the throttle. But how in the hell are you supposed to know your battery is going dead when you can barely see it let alone hear it at 500 feet? You should have pulled a Crazy Murdoch move like he did in the A-Team cut the engine to avoid the heat seekers and then restart before hitting the ground. Its OK tj, I crashed my QX first day I got it. On my 4th flight after 3 successful ones, it was taking a long time gaining GPS lock so I started it in Stability Mode and at about 20-25 feet up I, for some stupid ass reason, flipped it into Smart Mode. With no GPS reference for altitude, the motors spooled way down and my QX followed suit, busting the front passenger-side nacelle on the top half body section and the driver-side landing gear. The skid actually broke off the main spar, so structurally it still has integrity. Great video and awesome preparation! Way to go on the altitude achievement, you just put a Bullseye on your back. Everyone will be gunning for you now.
Small Parts CNC has the spinners to finish off their adapters. I ordered the complete kit containing both the adapters and spinners and they look sweet. I like the paint job and especially the props. I my self was going to try 3 bladed props for more lift.
why not fee fall for a a while to get down quick? ... thats how we do it when the battery is close to its end...FREE FALL and power up in the last few hundred feet....Props to you for the height...good job
the Blade does not let you free fall like you can on a kk2 board. You can put throttle to zero and it still comes down at a controlled decent, but 10x faster then RTH.
ummmmm, My Blade drops like a rock when I drop the throttle all the way....it may be controlled as you say and I'm thankful for that...But it drops like a rock!....... mine is in stability mode when I free fall ....Like A ROCK!
well maybe it is but when your over 2000 feet in the air i can not see it falling and looking through the fpv googles nothing to see to compare speed, but it still takes a few minutes to come down at 0 throttle
Hey could you please e-mail me the name and info on your altimeter I Ann looking to get a small one to move between quads that looks perfect. E-mail address is Zackthrills@yahoo.com thank you do much
I don't think your prop size was the issue... I do high attitude all the time and I can tell you from experience that your mistake was using the "return home mode"... you should have dropped the throttle to idle in stability mode... and she would have dropped like a rock... the motors would have only used enough power to maintain the quad upright. I do max throttle for 4.5 minutes with stock props. Then idle to just before the ground, recover, set down and still have 10.7v left over. In return home mode the algorithms are designed to bring it back home SLOWLY... This would include decent... and it's not expecting to be at 1000+ feet. :D The only way I can figure that the bigger props would make a difference on decent is that if the software is setting the idle speed of the motors based on a model the smaller props and you are getting more lift than the software is expecting. But I don't think it would have slowed you that much... I am convinced this is a result of return home.
