I know you alluded to it, but it might be a good idea to include a one time telemetry reset on your arming switch to ensure the altitude values are close to correct. If you're like me it's easy to forget to set that before take off.
This is a great idea. I'm going to try something similar in iNav for an FPV cruiser: enter ANGLE mode when below 20m (relative to takeoff altitude). I think I'll use a momentary switch as an override, in case I need authority to maneuver around obstacles.
Brilliant demo (8:20). Thinking a similar Altitude Safe Switch could be enabled in INAV by programming a Logic Condition tied to a transmitter switch. A useful feature should one loose orientation when flying LOS, or as a safety net for newer pilots.
Thanks Andrew for this setup, very nice. I believe even when at lower altitude and safe/auto level kicks in. The control stick had to be release/(in natural position) before the plane will level itself. I need to test that out to confirm.
Hi Andre YOU ARE THE MAN 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 this is exactly the function Im looking for thank you very much for the help and hope that there are others who can use that function Regards Palle
Great stuff Andrew.. I still use My S6 and S8 R's. Were cheaper than the X's back then. Works fine on a floater. Stick it in the Dragon talon (unmoded) and see if it works on that sucker.. Should be good for a laugh...
There is a very small chance that the sensor state will cause a control surface reaction that lets the plane straighten for a moment to pick up speed, but most likely the spin will just continue. At least that's my experience with fully fledged autopilots, so I doubt a simple auto-level would fare much better. Depends a lot on the plane type though - a feature like this would be mostly useful for beginners so I would hope they're not flying an easy to stall plane to begin with.
@@iforce2d You are quite correct as usual for the scenario where the Auto Level is Extant or Switched On at the moment that the stall occurs. The only saving grace with this is that the newchum pilot should be flying high enough for the plane to hopefully gain enough (forward) speed for the ailerons to be effective when the plane has fallen to the altitude where the Auto Level kicks in. If not "Banzai!!!" 😉
@@iforce2d Thanks for the relies... Was just curious if it could fix Tip Stalls.. I had a Bixler 3 that would always Tip Stall at very slow speeds. I fixed the problem by installing Vortex Generators on the wings. BYW.. I saw your new foam/fiberglass plane Chris. Waiting to see the maiden.
It's worth mentioning, that self level mode is NOT a way of maintaining altitude. I have a number of S6R receivers. Great RX, but it's not a FC. 😳😏😏😏🇬🇧
@@kevbarry7453 Well, the basic difference is the S6R is just a receiver with a built in giro. In self level mode, the plane will fly level according to where the giro has been calibrated as level. As the model flies, it has no idea if it's gaining or losing altitude, or if it's going upwind or downwind. Usually it results in a gradual, or not so gradual loss in height. A flight controller (FC).. is different, because it looks at altitude and will apply motor and or elevator input to maintain a fixed altitude... 😳😳😀😀🇬🇧
@@EnglishTurbines This reminds me of that TV program: “Air Crash Investigation: Who's Flying The Plane?” Showing that you can end up crashing a plane because the interface between Pilot and Auto-pilot is not understood well enough! Looks like this can also become a problem in RC- world?!
@@Johan-ex5yj Only a simpleton would imagine that Spectrums "Safe Mode" is foolproof. The FrSky setup in this video is no different. It's a sales gimmic for Spectrum...🤔😳🙄🇬🇧
Amazing !
Horizon-hobby with the AS3X Safe still have work !
This would make an excellent training aid.
This is absolutely cool! Thanks Andrew, I always enjoy your videos
Glad you enjoyed it!
I know you alluded to it, but it might be a good idea to include a one time telemetry reset on your arming switch to ensure the altitude values are close to correct. If you're like me it's easy to forget to set that before take off.
Yes that would be the right way to do it
This is a great idea. I'm going to try something similar in iNav for an FPV cruiser: enter ANGLE mode when below 20m (relative to takeoff altitude). I think I'll use a momentary switch as an override, in case I need authority to maneuver around obstacles.
Yes, great idea.
Brilliant demo (8:20).
Thinking a similar Altitude Safe Switch could be enabled in INAV by programming a Logic Condition tied to a transmitter switch. A useful feature should one loose orientation when flying LOS, or as a safety net for newer pilots.
Thanks Andrew for this setup, very nice.
I believe even when at lower altitude and safe/auto level kicks in. The control stick had to be release/(in natural position) before the plane will level itself. I need to test that out to confirm.
Correct Ken
Fantastic video. I will add this to the Tandem Resource manual.
Thanks Steve. A fun experiment.
Hi Andre
YOU ARE THE MAN 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
this is exactly the function Im looking for
thank you very much for the help
and hope that there are others who can use that function
Regards Palle
No problem. Good question thanks
Great stuff Sir Andrew! I’ve shared this in my FPV and INAV FB groups. I’ll try it in INAV programming 😊
It will be easier with an INAV FC
@@AndrewNewton Yeah, someone has pointed me in the direction of some instructions put together by Darren Lines and Marc Hoffman.
Great stuff Andrew.. I still use My S6 and S8 R's. Were cheaper than the X's back then.
Works fine on a floater. Stick it in the Dragon talon (unmoded) and see if it works on that sucker.. Should be good for a laugh...
Jet them fight it out in the air!
Bom dia meu amigo Andrew,Deus te abençoe sempre, você é muito bom no aeromodelismo!
very well explained
Glad you think so!
think it through, Andrew! You'll never be able to land
You can land in self-level mode.
Correct, and you can turn it off as well.
Will it level it's self if it is in a Tip Stall Spin ?
Only if it has fallen enough to gain enough speed to give sufficient airflow over the ailerons - as I'm sure you are aware.
There is a very small chance that the sensor state will cause a control surface reaction that lets the plane straighten for a moment to pick up speed, but most likely the spin will just continue. At least that's my experience with fully fledged autopilots, so I doubt a simple auto-level would fare much better. Depends a lot on the plane type though - a feature like this would be mostly useful for beginners so I would hope they're not flying an easy to stall plane to begin with.
@@iforce2d You are quite correct as usual for the scenario where the Auto Level is Extant or Switched On at the moment that the stall occurs. The only saving grace with this is that the newchum pilot should be flying high enough for the plane to hopefully gain enough (forward) speed for the ailerons to be effective when the plane has fallen to the altitude where the Auto Level kicks in. If not "Banzai!!!" 😉
@@iforce2d Thanks for the relies... Was just curious if it could fix Tip Stalls..
I had a Bixler 3 that would always Tip Stall at very slow speeds. I fixed the problem by installing Vortex Generators on the wings. BYW.. I saw your new foam/fiberglass plane Chris. Waiting to see the maiden.
It's worth mentioning, that self level mode is NOT a way of maintaining altitude. I have a number of S6R receivers. Great RX, but it's not a FC.
😳😏😏😏🇬🇧
Hi EnglishTurbines, can you explain FC for us beginners here. thanks.
@@kevbarry7453 Well, the basic difference is the S6R is just a receiver with a built in giro. In self level mode, the plane will fly level according to where the giro has been calibrated as level.
As the model flies, it has no idea if it's gaining or losing altitude, or if it's going upwind or downwind. Usually it results in a gradual, or not so gradual loss in height.
A flight controller (FC).. is different, because it looks at altitude and will apply motor and or elevator input to maintain a fixed altitude...
😳😳😀😀🇬🇧
@@EnglishTurbines This reminds me of that TV program: “Air Crash Investigation: Who's Flying The Plane?”
Showing that you can end up crashing a plane because the interface between Pilot and Auto-pilot is not understood well enough! Looks like this can also become a problem in RC- world?!
@@Johan-ex5yj Only a simpleton would imagine that Spectrums "Safe Mode" is foolproof. The FrSky setup in this video is no different. It's a sales gimmic for Spectrum...🤔😳🙄🇬🇧
@@EnglishTurbines Many thanks , that helps a lot. I should have taken this hobby up 50 yrs ago, not in retirement...ha!.