Ahhh, the rain...

Flew last night and last Monday (it was >30mph then). It was really green last night and I got a flight in at 7PM between rain storms, and pretty calm. I put a gyro on my roll to see if it would help stabilize some of the pitching (it works ok, but need to dial the gain a little). I think I’m exceeding my BEC for the receiver, with the gyro, all the servos and the OSD. I kept getting dropped throttle, then it would go into failsafe, and was only about 150 yards away…RTH saved my butt a couple times and powered up, then I got connection again. Happened Monday too. This eventually lead to a crash. Further research on this lead to this FAQ that points out that it is a low Rx battery warning...well, that answers that. Didn’t get video from Monday, but flew really low over the Falcon Creast GC. Kept the motor slow to not disturb the putts. Grin.

The video is NICE and clear, even low with the diversity switching. Unfortunately, I was about to bring it in because of the poor control signal, and lost all control. Dead. Too low for RTH to kick in. It didn’t damage much but the plane fuselage. I have a back up. But I’m beginning to think I want to go with a larger airframe (maybe a foam wing) to get better performance and spread things out a bit. Anyway, I need to get your goggles back to you and get my own. I’ve begun flying with a t-shirt just draped over my head to make it darker, and it helps a lot.

Got the new pitot tube in to tell airspeed, instead of the GPS. Works much better now (more stable and shows speed, even if wind is blowing me backward, plus shows speed even in a straight dive).