CX4 test success!

Well, the weather today was beckoning me out, so I answered the call, three hours on the allotment, licking it into shape, then I grabbed the CX4 and the kit & stuff and headed off to Dingley for a trepidatious test. truth be told, although I need to get back in the air after the 'crash', I was of course a little apprehensive, particularly as I could not be 100% certain of the root cause. Anyhow, the filed grass was a little long, but probably for the best to soak up a heavy landing. After everything was set up, I left her acquiring satelites, as I gave it a visual check over. The T-Motor ultra light carbon props are new to me, and altho they look superb, are an unknown as far as flight testing goes. So after the home lock had been registered, I applied the csc and eased the throttle up to 50%. The motors were a lot nicer now, after I'd recalibrated the esc's. At just over 50% she got lighter, and then lifted off, stable as you like.

The two lipo's I drained (4 cell 4000mAh) gave an easy 12 minutes each, taking them down to 20% remaining, or thereabouts, at just under 14v. All I did was to fly her around the field, gently at first, keeping a close eye out for any wobbling, or oscillations. All in all, it went well. I don't think there is actually any faults as such, I have come to the conclusion that my theories regarding combination of events is probably how it was. there are some osscilations present, but I think they are actually caused by the esc's, not being flashed with the Simon K. Of course all my esc's are now Afro's on my other two craft, and they give superbly stable results.

At aprox 60 ft (similar height to the crash) I reduced throttle heavily, and she lost height rapidly, with the charicteristic wobble that usually accompanies non Simon K ESC's. Appart from this, all was well, and the new goPro Black performed well too.

I look forward to getting some use out of my club membership fees!

AJW