Walksnail HD Pro - Altus 270º Pan servo

[@alexcook4851]

beautiful flying spot !

[@AndrewNewton]

It really is!

[@AerialWaviator]

My favourite kind of pan setup, placing the camera just ahead of the wing leading edge, or inline with twin propellers. Provides a very real-pilot perspective. Very slick how the servo was integrated into the Altus, just like it was meant to be. A very scenic and relaxing demo flight.

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes, much tougher too

[@kartherton]

Thanks for the ride around the island Andrew. House and a helicopter pad, i am wishing. 👍 Keith. UK 🇬🇧

[@AndrewNewton]

It's a bit exposed but yes I would be in

[@kartherton]

@@AndrewNewton 👍

[@RavenRaven-se6lr]

Your dedication is unmatched thanks Andrew you’re inspirational and a Aero modeller to boo

[@AndrewNewton]

Many thanks

[@rjung_ch]

Cheers Andrew 👍💪✌

[@AndrewNewton]

:-)

[@stonesrcchannel]

Beautiful peaceful place to fly. My field is no longer and currently searching for a new area, I can only wish for space like that to fly.

[@AndrewNewton]

Sorry to hear that

[@kevinlancaster3200]

Great, looks better than the head tracking faf. Think I'll try it with 2 axis and use sliders on the side of my TX16s

[@AndrewNewton]

Yep that would work well

[@EnglishTurbines]

Nice and simple, just like my panning setup....Try servo slow Andrew for smooth panning....🤔... Lovely calm day, dull but I find the Avatar system works well on dull days, we have lots of dull days lately....😳😏😀🇬🇧

[@AndrewNewton]

I thought you would like the trip around West Island.

[@EnglishTurbines]

@@AndrewNewton You're right, I did. Been waiting for you to pop over to that little Island. The panning views certainly add to it all.....🤔😀😀😏🇬🇧

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

Bring that thing up this way on your hols sometime, mate. We could do with a search plane with some endurance to run a very large grid over the Taipan Country wherein the wind gusts and lowering white mists transported (1 of) my little LDARC TinyWing450s on Sunday. We did miraculously recover a crashed Drift from the slopes of Mt Hopeless once via a Phantom and room-end sized TV. But the little fellah, I fear, has gone to Boot Hill. 😭🙄

[@AndrewNewton]

We had a reedy swamp in Geelong that swallowed many models

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

@@AndrewNewton I wondered why you'd acquired that old pearling helmet! 😜🤣🤣

[@fritzstudios8571]

Great flight mate

[@AndrewNewton]

Thanks, it was a smooth one

[@tomascipriano6195]

If I buy the pnp version I can add some brushless 2210 since it seems that the ESC it comes with is oversized for the motors it comes with.

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes

[@Biscuit_The_Crazy]

hello how to set pan servo in ardupilot. i have tried setting pwm 800-2200 but can't reach 270" 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@AndrewNewton]

That's all I did in INAV Outputs page. Don't know about Ardupilot. Depends on the servo as well.

[@gleeloyd]

Hi Andrew, the link to "My 3D printed camera mount" is not working for me. I found your Thingiverse page, but I cannot find the pan camera mount.

[@AndrewNewton]

Thanks for the alert. Fixed the link but it's not a pan camera mount.

[@BrainDeadEngineering]

I agree, pan is all you really need when you think about it. Do you use a radio knob or a slider to actuate the pan. I just built my first ever cam pan, found some 350 servos. I'm excited to fly it!

[@AndrewNewton]

Slider plus switch to centre it

[@BrainDeadEngineering]

@@AndrewNewton May that's why the cam wiggles in the sliders center ! The detent is kinda sloppy. I will have to figure out . Chan>switch> mixer (slider) I;m kinda dumb ! lol

[@Sashalexandros]

A little bit offtopic question, when flying in misty weather or other kind of mild-wet atmosphere conditions, do you couat your fc/esc/vtx in conformal? And do you provide air to internals, trhough some hole in front of the fuselage?

[@AndrewNewton]

Very dry where I fly so I never think of coating. Yes internal airflow is important, but my cameras and VTx are always external

[@m3chanist]

Andrew I'm looking to buy a FPV foamy for a friend and his son, it's a toss up between the altus and the swordfish I think, however I own neither, I like my flying wings. Which of the two would you recommend? Dad had some experience with Balsa models back in the day but both he and the lad have been putting in the hours on a simulator so they aren't completely raw. Wadaya reckon?

[@AndrewNewton]

Hard to choose really. Altus is a bit tougher and easier to work on but the Swordfish is more efficient and handles the wind better. Just go for the cheapest or whichever is in stock.

[@m3chanist]

@@AndrewNewton Fair enough, both have points to recommend them then, I'd tend toward the robustness based on my own early "landings" but yes the cost difference could throw in a few extra props.. Cheers Andrew.

[@DidiWebster-n9b]

Hi Andrew, I also have the HD PRO KIT. I have noticed that the transmitter gets very warm after a short time. ( at 25 MW ). I use a Speedy Bee F405. ( 9V on the digital output ). I have also installed a plug so that I can only supply the transmitter with power shortly before starting. Do you have a solution to this problem? With kind regards. Didi

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes they all heat up a lot. Same as you, just power up the VTx when ready to launch

[@DidiWebster-n9b]

Hi Andrew, thanks for your reply. In my experience with electronic devices, this cannot be useful for lifetime. Many of my analogue transmitters also get warm, but not after such a short time. I hope Caddx is working on this problem, otherwise it will be expensive fun for many FPV pilots. Thanks for the nice videos and greetings from cold Switzerland. Didi

[@davidwatkin1484]

I have successfully put an analogue camera onto slip rings and a 360 degree servo. Unlimited panning in any direction. Haven’t got into digital yet, or kmow if the slip rings will pass digital signals. Has anyone tried it?

[@AndrewNewton]

That's clever!

[@m3chanist]

Depends on the slip ring re digital. I've used them to carry fieldbus and ethernet in an industrial setting, minature units but pretty $pendy. So it can work, very reliably I'd add but it really comes down to the quality of the slip ring, no harm trying. moog have a white paper on the topic you may want to take a look at.

[@hoagietime1]

I 'landed' upside down on my gimbal on a black top parking lot and it's totally fine! So maybe the gimbals aren't so fragile, or maybe I got very lucky

[@AndrewNewton]

Ouch, got away with that one.

[@EleanorPeterson]

I'm not into FPV or camera-tracking doobries (I'm mainly a glider nut, so... flaps, variable camber, etc.), but this kind of application should (hopefully) alert more radio manufacturers to the importance of providing a couple of good slider controls besides the usual battery of (cheap, largely useless) 2- and 3-position switches on their non-specialist transmitters.

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes transmitter for INAV and gliders share a lot of features.

[@AerialWaviator]

I second this request. A slider, or finger controlled roller on the side of the transmitter, with an indent or haptic feedback to mark centre position.