After assembling the LotusRC T580, I tried out the hovering in slightly blustery conditions.
I also discovered that it really does pay to check all the nuts and bolts are tightened from the factory — it seems torquing some of the screws isn’t part of that quality-control checklist that comes in the nice clear folder.
Next video I’ll examine the altitude hold and how maneuverable the T580 is.
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Beautiful, I can not wait for pricing, I want one big time, I watched the
unpacking and I love the look of the parts, machined metal looks so much
bettrer than extruded pllastic!! Any idea when they will announce the
price?? Love your vids to, I just picked up my first true smart phone
Motorola Atrix and when your vid comes in I watch it right then 🙂 Keep up
the great work!!
when you get the version 2 or the finished product it should be better
you can get one from HiModel for $395
@pottera00 that is expensive I will build my own when Hobby King will have
the electronics which is soon.
That looks really cool!..
Goodness, thats awful camerawork, even for you. 😉
@SvenOkonomi Yeah… hatcam consists of the keychain camera velcro’d to my
hat. What’s more, the keychain records at 30fps and my regular camera is
25fps so the video editing software has difficulty coping with two
different rates in the one project. Still, one day I’ll get a better camera
— and a camera-man!
@RCModelReviews Understood that the hat cam is going to be wobbly, but when
you are just filming a stationary object (e.g. during the first half of the
video where it is just pointing at the T580 on the ground), please just put
the camera down (ideally on a tripod) instead of swaying around which makes
the viewer feel a bit seasick. It also reduces compression quality. But
regardless of that, I am very interested in this review and will be looking
out for the next part! Thanks for sharing 🙂
yes fpv soon!
@RCModelReviews Ohh, 30fps & 25fps, it makes the hat cam look like it’s
interlaced. 🙁 Try rendering your project as 30 fps, so it adds frames to
the 25 instead of blending down the 30.
Howmdoes it Han
Handle the wind
Sorry for the last post how does it handle the wind?
@Raptor50aus It is a little over-stabilized for windy conditions. A gust of
wind can cause it to rock around quite bit. I understand they’re changing
this so as to make it less affected by windy conditions. I’ll post more
video next week.
@sdmacp yes, there is yaw control. When you input a rudder/yaw control, the
onboard computer automatically speeds up one set of motors while slowing
the other set. Because two turn clockwise and two turn counter-clockwise,
the model can yaw left or right, depending on which pair of motors are
given more power.
Hey Bruce, a bit off topic but I can’t think of someone more knowledgeable
to ask. I’ve been trying to find the most efficient power setup for my FPV
plane. My goal is about a .75:1 thrust to weight ratio with the longest
duration possible. I’m testing lots of props and graphing of watt:amp and
thrust:amp ratios. My question is: why are watts important and what are
they telling me? I realize its measure of the POTENTIAL power but isn’t the
thrust:amp ratio more important for my purposes?
I ran out of space before I could thank you for all the help your videos
have been over the past year, and thank you in advance for helping me with
the long-winded question below. I remember asking you about that ballistic
glider at the tail end of a recent “fly-in” video and you said it had about
1Kw in it. That’s really what lit the spark in the first place….help me
out here!
how was the RAW onboard footage from the cam on the t580 please? we didnt
get to see it in this video 🙁
hou is it are you going to give us the vidoe of the key kam ? looking every
day for it 🙂 thank for all the funn and intresting info Greetings from
Norway
@evilbobtheman The onboard key-chain camera footage is now posted to this
channel.
@sdmacp Thanks M8
like naza at start ^^
Well it proves that shaft mounting is unsuitable for multicopters. It also
bends and breaks too easily in those flight practice crashes. Bell mounting
is the way to go.
@ANZACRECON I have received an updated flight-controller board for the T580
and am still testing it. The original is okay for just hovering but some
people have reported unexpected flipping so I’m thoroughly testing the new
controller board to make sure it doesn’t do the same. Hope to have the
results in a week or two — so far so good.
Shut the fxxx up
It’s the bades, the propeller blades are crap you could see them flexing.
Great review. I am considering this quad copter but I have one question.
Since this isn’t offered in a RTF configuration. Being new to quad copters,
what would I have to do to bind and configure everything to get this thing
flying? I have a Walkera 2801 Pro radio system which has 8 channels and
would probably use it for this quad. I do have some coax experience so
flying the thing isn’t going to be a problem but I assume this doesn’t come
with a GPS for auto hover or intelligent orientation… The reason I ask
is, I know there is an after market for GPS systems but I’m not sure I have
the technical know how to get that set up.
Thanks in advance,
Eric