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Old 06-13-2008, 04:29 PM   #1
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Well I made a camera mount for the Electra and set the Camera on top of the wings and pointing it forward (no mirrors) - Absolute no problems taking of and first part of the flight went smoth ( feeling no drag!)- however halfway tru the flight I noticed some glitching and loss of elevator control- and as you can see on the movie the result was fatal!- I was more concerned about my new camera, because the plane did not owe me anything ( bought it at a swap meet for 25 bucks 4years ago), but unbelieveable the Camera survived without a scratch!
I think a frozen elevator servo was the culprit!
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It would be very helpful if you could tell us what type of camera, if it was remote triggered, and what you think caused the problems. Some of us are just starting with new setups also.
Were you using HS -55 servos? or larger?
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It would be very helpful if you could tell us what type of camera, if it was remote triggered, and what you think caused the problems. Some of us are just starting with new setups also.
Were you using HS -55 servos? or larger?
Look at my previous post:"New Camera"--- on the Electra you have only two servos :Rud. and Elev.-- servo brand --Some very old Futabas!!-- No remote for Camera --runs continiously in movie mode
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Aahhh, ok thanks for clarifying that !
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Old 06-15-2008, 05:05 PM   #5
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You cut out the impact, that would be the best part!
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Re: How not to take Aerials!
crash videos are always so cool to watch! I should dig up mine somewhere, like to one I buried my FPV Easy Star into the trees. I should of filmed how I got it down.. with a compound bow LOL!
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Right..... Where's the crash part?
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awww wheres the crash scene...hate saying it but thats where i like to see, hear, feel how bad it was. Time to swap up some old servos out of some of my stuff i dont need that happenin :P
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