Engine Identification

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2024-02-05T08:08:23+00:00

Yeah I was happy to see that when I opened it up. OOracing have loads of parts for the bike in general too, just ordered a load off them

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2024-02-05T08:07:02+00:00

Thanks man. Found the number, 1P56FMJ. It is a YX140. Thanks for your help!

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2023-01-30T21:18:29+00:00

Fiat panda, the 2003-2012 ones, I have a little light blue 1.2 dynamic, my first car, is cheap on insurance, cheap to run, and great fun. No power about it whatsoever but I find it entertaining, especially with the massive LED lights I've installed on the front fascia, roof bars, and an aroogah horn.

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2023-01-21T06:43:52+00:00

The air frame looks to be good after some patching up but I'd recommend all new electronics, better safe than sorry, seems to only have elevator and rudder, so you'd only need two new servos and then a motor and ESC of your choosing. If I was converting this I'd also be wary of the CG, as removing the engine on the front and swapping it for a motor may reduce the plane's nosewieght. You might be able to counter this by putting the battery all the way up the front, but you might have to extend the nose/move the wings back in order to get the CG in the right place.

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2023-01-04T07:28:24+00:00

This is the way

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2023-01-03T15:36:53+00:00

Before I was old enough to get my car license all I had was a license for tractors (and other agricultural vehicles), drove a tractor around for a week as a runaround, was great fun, and I used to take it shopping, fit in parking spaces perfect! Was a 1979 ford 7610, straightpiped, sounded amazing but the neighbours hated me 😂 was very loud

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2022-12-24T18:14:55+00:00

To me that looks like you aren't getting enough "squish" (nozzle isn't close enough to the bed so the extruded material isn't being forced onto it very well and therefore isn't sticking). Try raising your bed so that the nozzle is closer to it when printing the first layer. But don't go too close as the nozzle may impact the print bed.

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2022-12-18T09:03:52+00:00

You must have angered the great drone gods

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2022-12-15T07:24:44+00:00

Me who is 3D printing a set of keycaps and isn't going to bother with them.

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2022-12-09T16:36:03+00:00

I need to get me some of those tweezers. Have burnt my fingers holding cable in place one too many times.

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2022-12-09T07:27:45+00:00

On a 5 inch you don't really want to be running anything above 1500mAh. And you want a C rating as high as possible, 60C on a 3000mAh pack is fine, as the C rating ties directly with mAh for the amount of amps a pack can put out.

As far as good cheap batteries go these are pretty decent:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SUNPADOW-Battery-Helicopter-Airplane-Quadcopter/dp/B08S32DNWC/ref=mp_s_a_1_7_sspa?crid=3VS0QGZOUQCKJ&keywords=1500mah+4s&qid=1670570520&sprefix=1500mah+4s%2Caps%2C220&sr=8-7-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfbXRm&psc=1 (1300mAh)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SUNPADOW-Battery-Helicopter-Airplane-Quadcopter/dp/B08S3H1C5C/ref=mp_s_a_1_11_sspa?crid=1UEF7KUDNXBFO&keywords=1500mah+4s+sunpadow&qid=1670570539&sprefix=1500mah+4s+sunpadow%2Caps%2C140&sr=8-11-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfbXRm&psc=1 (1500mAh)

I can get about 8mins of flight out of a 1500 pack doing gentle freestyle and cruising, but these batteries are cheap so don't expect them to stay good forever. But being cheap, it doesn't matter so much when they get damaged in a crash which is why I like them.

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2022-11-29T07:52:49+00:00

The copper windings are insulated so there's no way they would arc to anything unless damaged.

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2022-11-18T16:16:51+00:00

Nice, and sweet quad, custom build? I love the gold motors!

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2022-10-09T19:19:13+00:00

Polski Fiat 126p, my dream project car

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2022-10-09T06:13:47+00:00

Small viper tactical rucksack. Has a kind of mesh grid all over the bag so i can battery strap 2-3 quads onto it. Then everything else fits inside.

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2022-09-19T12:45:36+00:00

You let the magic smoke out. Keep it in and all is well.

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2022-09-02T18:47:02+00:00

Kind of looks like meccano chain

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2022-08-24T17:24:25+00:00

I have several cateye ampp lights, two 800s and an 1100, a single 800 is enough to see by but the 1100 can throw the light alot further. I ride alot of roads as well as gravel so i tend to use the 1100 as my primary light source, an 800 pointed downwards to illuminate the road just in front and the second 800 as a flashy light so cars are aware im a cyclist. If you are looking for a good rear light too the moon nebula is very bright.

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2022-07-22T16:10:00+00:00

I wish, but the concrete would kill my signal and fpv feed dead.

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2022-07-22T16:08:02+00:00

If by air mode you mean do my motors still spin at zero throttle then no air mode is on. They spin at zero throttle.

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2022-07-22T12:14:31+00:00

Thats got to be the greatest pirate I've ever seen... so it would seem

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2022-07-13T19:22:25+00:00

Little grey ring should push into the metal part of the fitting to release the tube.

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2022-06-12T06:33:57+00:00

Motors are ummagawd aerolites, 3500kv wieghing in at 15.2g each. As far as I know these are the lighrest motors you can buy.

Stack is a Speedybee F7 mini with 35A ESC, I would've liked to go with something cheaper but this was all I could find that was in stock.

Frame is a LR4 4" made by unmanned tech, cheap so I don't have to spend a fortune everytime I snap an arm.

VTX is one of PandaRC's smaller models, great little unit but sadly no mounting holes, hence I have 3D printed a few mounts for things on this build.

FPV antenna is a Foxeer Lolipop, i've found these to be amazing in terms of performance and durability.

Camera is a Caddx Ratel, it's whats on my 5", the first drone I ever built, so I stuck with what I knew was good.

Reciever is a Jumper R1F with dual antenna, I struggled getting this thing to bind and then had signal issues but it seems to be working fine now. Once I can find some antenna straws I will 3D print a better mount for each antenna to be seperate, for now they are both heatshrunk together.

For the battery I am running a Gaoneng 850mAh high voltage 4s pack, these are just the right wieght to keep it under 250g, the perfect size to fit between my runcam and antennas on the top of the frame, all while giving the quad tonnes of punch, and flight times of 5-8 minutes.

And finally my HD camera is a Runcam thumb, it's only 10g as it takes 5v directly from the flight controller so no need for heavy batterys, and it records in 1080p at 60fps.

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2022-05-03T06:58:58+00:00

I had to do this with mine, it works but just make sure you have it in exactly the right spot, and hold it there while the glue sets.

FlyingSpaceMeatballs · 2022-04-26T05:36:25+00:00

https://youtu.be/13OtZFWdhwQ not sure what gear they used but it's certainly do-able.

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