HK EPP FPV Maiden Flight 808 Camera Forward Nose Hill March 17 2011.AVI

Here it is at last, the maiden flight of my EPP FPV from HobbyKing. This was my 3rd attempt at a maiden and it worked. The previous flights were stopped by equipment failure of one sort or another. This flight was a bit tricky, still think I have CG to far rear. The engine was a bit week, too for I will change that soon. The good news is I didn't crash. This was shot in Nose Hill Park in north Calgary on March 17 2011. I have a 808 #3 Camera on the nose of the plane, looking forward.

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• EPP FPV
• 808 Camera
• Calgary
• Nose Hill
• Flying
• HobbyKing
• Maiden
• plane
• rc

[RandyFPV]

I found out the problem why the plane was performing so poorly. It was a cheep battery, it sucks only 25A. I put in a Sky Lipo from Hobbypartz and I now see 45A and way less battery voltage drop. Will be flying with new battery real soon and posting video.

[RandyFPV]

Thanks for the comment, The motor was a Park400 1350KV and I am using a cheep battery from EBay 5000mAh. The CG was 115mm (I think) whatever the manual said. The plane was badly out of trim and the second flight was much better. But, I still think it flew like a brick :) I bought a Turnigy motor when I bought the plane and I have since put that motor back on, but have not flown since. Maybe I will think more of it once I fly again.

[FlyingMerf]

Randy, interesting video. What motor and battery did you use? Where was the CG?