Re: [Paparazzi-devel] My latest test flight

[David Conger]

Chris,

That is so cool. A lot of hard work ended with smiles I'm sure. You earned that 
great flight. Congratulations. 

Regards,
David 
On Jun 30, 2011, at 4:09 AM, Chris Efstathiou wrote:

> Hi.
> I just finished a test flight with my latest version of the Cessna 177.
> The plane has the following parts:
> Motor Kontronik Kira 600-16 +6.7 gearbox +14x10E APC propeller.
> battery 8 cell 10Ah 15c lipo.
> Autopilot TWOG 1 + Ppzuavimu+Paparazzi address@hidden
> Video address@hidden +pan+tilt+10x zoom camera.
> AUW 4800g.
> 
> The wind was 5-6 Beauforts, Temp was 30 degrees Celcius
> Total distance covered was 80Km (40Km roundtrip)
> Average consumption was 6A @~30v (~180w)
> Average Ground speed was ~85Km/h (~24m/sec) 
> 
> The plane behaved beautifully, the circles at standby were perfect circles 
> even with this high wind and drift from the center was almost
> zero.
> The Ppzuavimu and the related software worked perfect and the
> Kontronik motor is something else in efficiency.
> I must admit that the plane flew far better than the version with 
> thermopiles. 
> 
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