Ken, That looked pretty solid.. looks like your getting real close... is that all in ATTI mode.... how do you like the landing gear on the CS... not that its bad, it just "LOOKS" a little fragile... so far how do you feel about the CS pancake style vs the coaxial Y6 hexa feel???
Do you see any difference in stability... and how many rings are you using on the camera gimbal isolation mounting system
Later, thanks for the share
Dixter
Mostly ATTI mode, some in GPS mode where I went vertical with it and then came back down. The L/G might look fragile but far from it, it's quite solid, the whole frame is. I'm more used to the normal hex layout than I am the Y6, the WKM was my first experience with the Y layout. I did build an X8 coax using a Hoverfly Pro board but it didn't fly well which I'm sure was the controller more than the frame. It will take a bit before I get used to the size of the CS but it doesn't fly that much different than the Y6 did although I do think the standard hex is a bit more stable platform overall.
Right now I have 4 rings in the Iso's, it's starting to get cold here and rubber does funny things at low temps so the less used the better for now, plus I don't have a lot of weight hanging off them right now either, AV130 and Nex 5N don't amount to a lot of payload for a setup like this.
Nice Ken!
Looks like you are getting it dialed in nicely. Glad you like the vibration isolation system! I think you will find balancing props is a chore you don't need to worry about anymore
Tabb
Tabb, it's quite a machine you've put together, I don't know that I'm going to want to fly the Droidworx frame MK anymore after having this one in the air! That's the thing I like most about Graupner props they come already balanced so it just makes things that much smoother but even with the GoPro under the CS there wasn't even a hint of rolling shutter, nothing, and that I've never seen in all the time I've been flying them, there's always been at least a little bit here and there...
Ken, you've pretty much got it cracked now, video is looking superb. I hope I get similar results this weekend, but my GoPro is hard bolted to the undercarriage so not much chance of that!
Gunter.
If there isn't much wind you should get pretty decent video even hard mounted, just setup a flight mode with about 40% expo and be as smooth as you can on the sticks. I think you'll be surprised at how good of a job a GoPro can do without a mount.
My favorite part is how the neighbor just walks across the street as though he has seen this a thousand times.
Looks good. I really think the Sony Nex5n's image stabilization helps as well.
Ted is quite used to seeing all manner of flying things buzzing around my house. Just before he crossed the street we were joking that I had found a new way to get rid of the leaves in my yard, just fly around until they've all blown away! I think he's secretly happy that I've given up tuning nitro powered helis in the backyard in favor of electric motors
Wow, that is smooth. Any hit of wobbling in the wind?
-- Gary
It will still wobble in the wind just like the Y6 did, if you don't try to force it to sit perfectly still it's not bad. In GPS mode it still gets twitchy when the wind hits maybe a bit more than the Y6 did. I'm not sure how much of it is going to be able to be gotten rid of by adjusting the gains, the controller really isn't optimized for a frame of this size so unless they do more with the firmware it's close to as good as it's going to get. One thing I want to try is adding some weight in the wind to see what effect that has, if my thinking on how the WKM works is correct it should get smoother with additional weight and maybe some slight gain changes as well. I'll have to make some small ballast plates that I can add in various places to try it out, there's some steel stock out in the garage I can mill to size once I decide how I'm going to do it.
I did get a couple flights in early in the day before the wind came up and it's rock solid in calm air, I think the WKM will do well on this frame in the right conditions but it will never be perfect in all conditions, not sure any flight controller could.
Ken
P.S. if I were going to do this build again I think I'd go with some higher KV motors as long as there are no plans to carry anything heavier than the 5N, I think smaller props spinning faster would help the stability in windy conditions. One thing I may try is changing the firmware on the ESCs to something a little more multirotor friendly and see what that does.
