Desert Flight 1#A Dual DVs

My 1#A Walkera RC Heli with a MUVI DV flyover near Catalina mountains. Now using a modified cutaway dampened canopy for a forward mounted DV. It's a work in progress. We used an iPhone4 for ground shots.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• HM
• 1#A
• Turbo
• Ace
• RC
• Helicopters
• DV
• Camera
• CP
• 3D

[Stevekauai]

I came up with a mount that's working pretty good, I cut a section of a cassette case (not the door side) to end up with a right angle bracket that I glued to the frame next to the back skid mount so my camera faces forward ,also I heated the cassette plastic with lighter to adjust a few degrees for better view.I'm using Velcro and a rubber band so it's removable and seems to be alot less distortion.I'll make video in a couple of days and post.Have fun!

[ultragroove1]

@Stevekauai Very nice. Look forward to seeing it,. Can you send me a pic of the cassette mount? It'd still be nice to have a forward facing view DV under the skid centered rather than from the canopy. Let me know how it works out for you. Also, what DV are you using?

[ultragroove1]

Apparently someone disliked my video lol.. dude it's a heli w a $40 dv and a hellava lot of fun.

[Stevekauai]

The flybarless head is from the 370d05,the three axis gyro is the rx2618 ,all bolt on!Head speed is around 3200 rpm.

[ultragroove1]

@Stevekauai Very cool. How does it handle compared to the orig stock set up? Did the change affect battery performance? are you using a 1200 or 1300 25C?

[Stevekauai]

Pretty cool, I'm still trying to smooth out my Hm1a so the camera doesn't roll so bad,but you look like you got it worked out good!

[ultragroove1]

@Stevekauai Thanks Steve! I posted my reply above. 1#As are about the most solid out of the box CP heli for the money out there. So many upgrades possible too. I am using a larger Turbo Ace motor (still only 2s) but planning on making it a 3S flyer. Anyhow keep up with trial and error and you'll get a good DV shot.

[Stevekauai]

The mount worked good for two flights ,then cracked at the corner so I'm still looking for a mount!I'm using the Turngy 800,9g video camera ,very cheap and you get what you pay for!

[Stevekauai]

I'm using 25c 1300 battery , but should probably be using a 30 to 40c battery on 2 cell.It handles very nice and allows me to fly when its windy, plus very adjustable so you can make it fly the way you like!I think I may have hit the dislike key when I went to hit send, sorry!The 370d05 head is much more crash resistant and comes with the swash ,main shaft,and links and can be had for $25, so it's cheaper than the stock head !

[Stevekauai]

I went flybarless with my Hm1a and put a hobbymate 2/3 cell motor and a17 tooth pinion, running on7.4 battery,got my camera mounted under the main shaft ,but that's kinda boring to watch,I'll try to post a video when I have something worthy!

[ultragroove1]

Thanks Steve! Funny you mention the roll. Since I mounted the MUVI face forward in a modded canopy window, it's just not consistent. It was pointed out that canopies absorb a lot of vibration. So the obvious mount point is under / between skids. But I can't get a forward lens position w that little DV. Still working on it. Rubber grommets- anything to absorb the harmonic vibration should help reduce roll ESP when the dv doesn't have image stabilization. Let me know when u get your 1#A flying w