Flying through the world of aeronautics

Hobbyking Mini OSD So, let's get the parts list out of the way asap: HobbyKing OSD                 - $26 Upgrade GPS Module         - $9 USB TTL 6 Pin Adapter    - $5 usbASP Adapter                 - $3 You can find $1-$2 USB TTL adapters on ebay also. Make sure they're 6 pin. And here are the download links: U-Center U-OSD Direct Download Link Drivers you can find by googling if windows doesnt install it. Google Fu is an important skill. First, you have to take off the plastic surrounding the Mini OSD. Afterwards, flip it around and solder on some servo wires. I forgot to take pictures of mine so I will be using pictures from http://arxangelrc.blogspot.com/. Definitely check him out, he makes great content and designs aircraft too. Here's a picture that shows where the wires are supposed to go to from your Mini OSD to your usbASP with a 10 pin or a 6 pin layout. Fig 1 What I did was take a Y splitter cable, similar to this one  Cut off the en

The V1 of this aircraft is finally out. I have a planned V2 and V3 which will be released soon. Here are some stats: Top speed: 43 Km/h Ceiling: Above restricted ceiling - cannot test Turning radius: About 2 meters Stall speed: currently undetermined, but about 7-10 km/h Stall characteristics: Nose pitches down, recovers quickly.  AUW: Currently undetermined Propulsion: 10x4.5 propeller, 750 kV motor, 18A ESC, 5200 mAh Cruising speed: Currently undetermined, but about 15 km/h Cruising Amp Draw: 4.2 amps Amp Draw at Stall Speed: 3.6 amps Amp Draw at Full Throttle: 13 amps Aspect Ratio: About 2.6 Glide Slope (Post micro stall recovery): 7 meters Credit to Alexander Frigault for writing a stabilization code on an arduino board for this aircraft, he will release the code soon as well. The accelerometer is an ADXL345 board. The chevron wing extenders allow me to pull the main wing back to the point where it allows the aircraft to provide some pitch stability,