[Canberrauav] Weekend Recap Stephen Dade stephen_dade at hotmail.com Sun Aug 26 22:12:07 EST 2012 Hi everyone, This weekend was more testing of the auto-takeoff and landing. Tridge's Pulse aircraft performed an auto takeoff and landing in a single flight. This was the first time we literally pushed a button and the APM did the takeoff, flew a mission and successfully landed all by itself. We also did a few takeoff runs with the Mugin (I wasn't able to stay for this bit, so I don't know how successful this was). I've also started making some sunshades for the laptops. I should have 2 ready in time for Sutton. -Stephen
[Canberrauav] Weekend Recap Jack Pittar jpittar at bigpond.net.au Sun Aug 26 22:55:42 EST 2012 Answer - we did some runs along the strip at a speed designed to be just under takeoff speed, with the intention of tuning the stability in holding direction. The exercise turned out to be too complex with the requirement to do the test while switching modes and throttle settings. The Mugin ran off the strip at speed and not only broke the nylon bolts, but also the fibreglass bracket that holds the nosewheel leg, This actually delaminated, showing how poorly it was originally manufactured. We do have a replacement, but I also plan to repair or replacwe the original. We hope to carry out the tests during the week so that we are ready for the tests at Sutton. However, I think the test is too difficult to do on the short CMAC strip. We may have to just do the automatic takeoff, and hope to manually overcome any instability problems on the way. Jack. -----Original Message----- From: canberrauav-bounces at canberrauav.com [mailto:canberrauav-bounces at canberrauav.com]On Behalf Of Stephen Dade Sent: Sunday, 26 August 2012 10:12 PM To: canberrauav Subject: [Canberrauav] Weekend Recap Hi everyone, This weekend was more testing of the auto-takeoff and landing. Tridge's Pulse aircraft performed an auto takeoff and landing in a single flight. This was the first time we literally pushed a button and the APM did the takeoff, flew a mission and successfully landed all by itself. We also did a few takeoff runs with the Mugin (I wasn't able to stay for this bit, so I don't know how successful this was). I've also started making some sunshades for the laptops. I should have 2 ready in time for Sutton. -Stephen
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