matwelli
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I ended up in a group selected to test this, i understand that my posting it may not be a popular decision, but the quad itself is worthy of a review (not minding the posturing and politics)
First flight of the T580
Assembly time was 10-15 minutes, very straight forward. (waited longer to charge the 3S 2650 lipo)
Propeller assembly - after reading many posts, complaining about the setup - it was very straight forward, and probably needs explaining.
Wind the prop onto the shaft, until it pushes the white plastic bushing onto the motor bearing.
Back the prop off 1/2 to 3/4 of a turn, to allow a small gap between the prop, black plastic washer and white spacer.
Firmly holding the motor bell in the palm of your hand, and prop between your thumb and fore fingers, wind down the prop nut, until it touches the prop.
While still firmly grasping the motor bell and prop (ensuring they don't move, keeping the running clearance) tighten the prop nut down onto the prop, to lock it in place.
Transmitter settings
65% travel, no expo on rudder/aileron/elevator. Rudder and Aileron needed to be reversed
Job done.
First flight
The motor start takes you buy supprise, each time, not very smooth, but once running, very quiet.
Lift off at about 45%, need a small amount of trim (due to the turnigy 9x not outputting exactly 1.5 ms pulses at neutral sticks).
Altitude hold works within +/- 600 mm height range,inside my dining room
total stick movement needed about 4mm in each direction. to keep it in the dining room.
Impressed, if the target audiance is a first time MR flyer, who wants to strap on a go-pro and take some photos.
Will get into proper testing this week, outside, wind, etc, also post some photos (we have snow up the mountain so will take it up
)
First flight of the T580
Assembly time was 10-15 minutes, very straight forward. (waited longer to charge the 3S 2650 lipo)
Propeller assembly - after reading many posts, complaining about the setup - it was very straight forward, and probably needs explaining.
Wind the prop onto the shaft, until it pushes the white plastic bushing onto the motor bearing.
Back the prop off 1/2 to 3/4 of a turn, to allow a small gap between the prop, black plastic washer and white spacer.
Firmly holding the motor bell in the palm of your hand, and prop between your thumb and fore fingers, wind down the prop nut, until it touches the prop.
While still firmly grasping the motor bell and prop (ensuring they don't move, keeping the running clearance) tighten the prop nut down onto the prop, to lock it in place.
Transmitter settings
65% travel, no expo on rudder/aileron/elevator. Rudder and Aileron needed to be reversed
Job done.
First flight
The motor start takes you buy supprise, each time, not very smooth, but once running, very quiet.
Lift off at about 45%, need a small amount of trim (due to the turnigy 9x not outputting exactly 1.5 ms pulses at neutral sticks).
Altitude hold works within +/- 600 mm height range,inside my dining room
total stick movement needed about 4mm in each direction. to keep it in the dining room.
Impressed, if the target audiance is a first time MR flyer, who wants to strap on a go-pro and take some photos.
Will get into proper testing this week, outside, wind, etc, also post some photos (we have snow up the mountain so will take it up
)
