Hi everyone,
I want to share my latest project, Skywalker X8 Tiltrotor. It uses Arduplane 3.8.2 firmware. Tilting mechanism and integration parts were printed with a 3D printer. I made some transition tests a few weeks ago.
As a result, I made a third flight last week and I had a crash (Youtube video is on the way) After I check the log files and my configuration I will repair my plane and continue flights to perform full forward flight transition.
Looking good! this is the kind of quad plane that a lot of people want to fly so it’s good to get some experience from people like you who have already done it!
Thanks. I will share some logs for you and people who is interested in this setup. Unfortunately, I had a crash last week. One of the brushless or speed controller has broken down at hover. After I fix it, I will continue test flights. By the way thank you for this development and I really appreciate that ardupilot is a great open source tool which gives us opportunity to realize our dreams.
I want to know too I haven’t got a full flight experience yet. The hover time is between 15 to 20min. Forward flight time with minumum hover (just takeoff and transit to forward flight) should be 45 to 60 minutes.
I would love to see this aircraft transitioning to FW from Hover and back.
Also if you could share log files, I would be happy to analyze and give feedback, since I have constructed 4 different VTOL-FW designs and made over 200 sorties with them, including performance tests.
I haven’t got a full flight experience yet. The hover time is between 15 to 20min. Forward flight time with minumum hover (just takeoff and transit to forward flight) should be 45 to 60 minutes.
