In this video I'm finally bringing my flying car / eVTOL outside and flying it! It still needs some tuning, but it definitely flies!
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~ ~ Final Flight Test Transcript ~ ~
K, I’m starting out with the motor test. And this is literally the first time that I am trying out these new propellers with these motors, so I have no idea how this is gonna go. Alright, testing motor A at 10% throttle, which is 50% of that because I’m running a 6s system, so it’s actually 5% throttle.
*6s = LiPo batteries w/ 6 cells in series. I built this to run on 12s, so since I’m currently using 6s, it has half the power.
That’s the right direction. Motor B. Motor C- oh, geez. That’s not great (it was wobbly). E- a little wobbly. G- (obviously wobbly).
K, all the motors were spinning in the right direction, but I’m not super confident because they looked pretty wobbly. So I’m just going to arm it, and we’ll see how it goes.
K, first arming test. It might be a quick one, depending on if it looks shaky. I’m a little nervous. Ok, I’m more than a little nervous. 3, 2, 1.
Oh my gosh, that looked amazing. Way better than I expected. Sometimes they just need enough throttle so they’re not shaky. Alright, well I guess it’s now or never. I’ll give it some throttle. Arming in 3, 2, 1.
Yeah, baby! That was like, maybe 10% throttle (technically 5% due to the 6s setup). I’m so excited. That was so much thrust.
So I re-centered it, and we’ll give it another go. Yeah, it definitely needs a little tuning. Probably not ready for me to hop on that thing.
I literally can’t believe that worked as well as it did. I gave it like- altogether, like 5% throttle. *That’s why it was so jumpy. Trust me, it flies better with weight- you’ll see ;) So it has so much freaking raw power. I guess the next test is- after I get it dialed in a little bit with the tuning, we’ll throw some weight on there, and see if it can lift my equivalent in weight.
Chapters:
0:00 Moving the Flying Car (eVTOL) Outside
1:11 Tying Down the Flying Car (eVTOL)
4:28 Flying Car (eVTOL) Flight Test with 3D Printed Propellers
6:29 Why Did the 3D Printed Propellers Explode?
6:56 Never Give Up
7:31 Building New Non- 3D Printed Propellers
8:42 Flying Car (eVTOL) Flight Test with New Propellers
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