![]() I fly at 35 degrees, sometimes 40, but never higher and I would have never thought about going up near 70 degrees. I have had an issue with bobbing up when I increase throttle and I have to compensate by pushing back down, trying to stay somewhat level on the path I am flying. When Jon described the bobbing up and down, for a minute I didn’t understand what he was talking about, until I realized that this is a major frustration I have struggled with and just learned to compensate for it over time. For the first time in my quad flying years, I can now fly and when I increase throttle it moves the quad forward instead of up. It all makes sense now and it’s so simple really, not complicated at all. After I read through it the second time, it clicked and the light went on above my head. I happened to stumble in here looking around and read this great read by Jon Escalante above. It’s life changing, as far as quad flying life goes. Flying around using one stick to turn, instead of a perfect combination of 2, can be much easier to fine control for some pilots used to playing video games. You are now flying using mechanics that are much closer to what you would play a video game with. I realized that in order to safely buzz the tower Maverick could only have been using single stick input, no way he was cross coordinating anything on that move. This is due to having single stick control over turning.įor me this was like stepping through a door to another dimension where things suddenly started to become more clear. Those mechanics also seem to get a little slower, similar effect to lowering your rates, it’s like you now have a little more fine control even though you are moving more quickly. Somewhere around an FPV camera angle of 60 degrees plus you start to be able to take turns, especially quick turns using only (or mostly depending on angle) roll. That dual stick cross coordination that needs to happen to turn starts to diminish. The higher you start to increase your camera angle, something starts to happen. If you have ever seen Joshua Bardwell’s videos where he talks about turning using cross coordination that when you turn to the left at a forward clip, you need to use a combination of yaw to the left on your left stick and roll to the left on your right stick (for mode 2 pilots). This means not just that you can fly faster, it means that you HAVE to fly faster to maintain a constant altitude at that angle. Now what else are you noticing as you increase this angle? The thrust that is pushing you up, is decreasing as the thrust pushing you forward increases. More thrust in this direction means you fly faster. As this angle increases, you have more thrust pushing you forward (fig2). ![]() When you pitch your quad forward, you are now adjusting that thrust to an angle that is between the angle of attack, (the angle you are moving), and the thrust vector which is still perpendicular to you. All your thrust is providing you with straight up lift. Because you have 4 motors all spinning in alternating rotations, your lift /thrust when hovering at a level angle is all angled in a straight up direction perpendicular to your quadcopter (fig1). Why does increasing your tilt allow you to fly faster? Well let’s take a moment to discuss the thrust and lift vectors of your quad copter.
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