Versawing maiden flight and review at LM

by Phatjax | February 27, 2014 | (0) Posted in Reviews

Hey everyone, here is my second Flite Test designed aircraft, scratch built and reviewed at Local Motors in Phoenix.

I used the beef kit from lazertoys, and am using a 3D printed firewall I found on thingiverse here.

 The big takeaways from building this thing are:

  1. Phoenix is tough on landing gear-less foamies, as there is no grass to land in.
  2. Always bind your reciever and center the servos before installing them, because cutting holes in the bottom of your new wing to remove and reinstall your servos is a PITA.

  3. Stock fatshark antennas are terrible.

Here is our blog video review, featuring some FPV footage flying around the Phoenix microfactory on the maiden flight.

For more, here is a link to the project thread on localmotors.com:

https://localmotors.com/profile/MattJackson/projects/first-lm-flite-test-versawing/430/#/discussion/topic/comments/50244/

COMMENTS

Jaxx on February 28, 2014
Great job with that build! I love that motor mount. Where would I be able to get one like that?
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Kurt0326 on February 28, 2014
That looks like the FliteTest simple firewall.
http://shop.flitetest.com/accessories/ft-elements-simple-firewall/
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Jaxx on February 28, 2014
I have the FT Elements firewall, but I really like the look of the one they used in the video.
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Phatjax on March 2, 2014
It was this one:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:175413

I made the holes in the firewall much smaller to allow for the much smaller motor mounting screws I was using.
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Jaxx on March 17, 2014
Thanks!
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Holski77 on March 1, 2014
The jiggly monsters are eating your video!!!
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Phatjax on March 2, 2014
Yep. Swapped over to 60FPS after the maiden.
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Fatherfox on March 26, 2014
trade ya my grim reaper for a rally fighter. ;P
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Versawing maiden flight and review at LM