Higher kV motor and better FPV antenna placement. Forgot to mention, I ended up in a tree!
Top speed (in a dive and down wind) 264 kph or 164 mph
UPDATE: OK, myth busted. Could only get 179kph today. Must have been a GPS anomaly
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Tree magnetism! Lol
Wow 45A.
Mah counters are brilliant.
Wouldn’t fly electric without these days, to look after my lipo’s.
His Hardcore 44 is the same way. It just goes where you point it.
Hi Andrew, pretty sure something is amiss with GPS reception as 260kph or 160+MPH is unlikely on 4s with that motor/prop combo.
and the next video will be fast and close to the ground at the slope area?
Awesome Andrew but you could save 2 USD and buy this version of the motor (used in the Sonic Modell F-1) Same motor I think!
haha! great ending, that’s why I like fast wings! every good flight is a bonus.
I’m going to buy shares in a hot glue factory!!! great vid, thanks for sharing
Tree brakes.
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Nobody gets it until they fly one. Thankfully, you have a fan willing to give you that opportunity. I’ve had a large drak in the air for a year. Bought ext wings and boom for it so it’s getting a rebuild this winter. I’m a week from having an MD ext boomer ready to maiden. Been saying that for 3 weeks… Won’t be a speedster like yours. A 100 kmh loafer that can stay in the air for an hour and travel long range. Tempted to buy another MD kit to fly in its original form so I can scream around at 200 kmh plus. Gotta be a laugh.
What happened withvthe landing?!!?
Those trees though… Haha!
Luv the Draks!
I’ve got the Big Drak, a Mini, and 2 Nano’s, and they’re all amazing! They’re not cheap, but what is these days.
Looks like you got a keeper there Andrew.
Have fun and happy flying!
Rip Rip, Wood Chip, Turn it Into Paper!!!
Longer Antenni usually make the Ladies Behave!!
I still struggle with FPV but that was Fluid!! WasYa tongue hanging to the Left or Right!!~Bushranger??
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Regarding the “needs retesting”, it might have something to do with being nearly inverted, and then returning to upright while also changing direction, and changing from upwind to downwind, and starting a zesty dive, all at the same time. I doubt the GPS module itself would register 263km/h if that wasn’t actually the case, and being inverted doesn’t affect them all that much. My guess is iNav is running some kind of smoothing/extrapolation on that km/h number which got a bit confused. The GPS module will be reporting horizontal and vertical velocities as two separate numbers, perhaps iNav is also combining these to show the hypotenuse speed, which would make it higher. Anyway the sudden drop from 226 to 193 as it recovers makes me think that’s probably the real value. Still nothing to sneeze at !
Yeah, that 264kph is spurious…the speeds attained throughout the flight would also suggest the same….especially using just a 7 inch prop on such a large plane.
You should have a video on how to make your radio say, “I meant to do that.”
Damnnn. that motor can do 260! it’s gonna sold out!
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It was not 250kmh. Look – it was gps artefact…. sorry.
You have come a long way with rc Andrew. That thing would have terrified you 4 years back. lol