Checking out next flying site.

We were asked to be a part of a ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of the Iridescent Learning center in the Bronx. Below is a test flight in 20 mph gusts with lots of turbulence.

Big parking lot, Bronx, lots of wind and rotor

The violence in the air is much like a wave collapsing on the beach. Very random forces push the airplane left, right and down with very little up. The towel has a 1-1 thrust to weight ratio and it is struggling with gusts that are more than its maximum flight speed. Video of it flying below, and all I wanted was the smoothest
of circles as it gets knocked around.

Programming the Hobby King T6a radio

The radio on our parts list on the build overview is a real
hassle to program. The radio is an amazing value which is why we use it but it took a while for us to master it. Programming is necessary to get elevon mixing working.

Here are some links to resources for working with the radio.

• 3rd Party software and some instructions. People seem to like it.
• A thread on rcgroups about the radio and how to get it working
• A link to the configuration I use to program delta wings: HK_T6a_programming_for_Towel. It is a binary file so save it to disk and load it into the folder that the t6config tool stores configuration files in. The above software, Digital Radio, has an import feature for this file format as well. One notable feature is that the right hand switch is now a dual rate switch, back is for low rates, less throw or Granny Mode as we call it. Forward is full rates.

Please keep me up to date on the accuracy of the above information.

Breck

Elevons and Control Horn Instructions

The video instructions including clear steps for cutting, attaching and
connecting control horns are here.

Part 2 is here: