Great build! Looking forward to these videos as I am wanting to do the same thing with this plane.

Excellent craftsmanship in your build! Love the 3D printed mount for your stack and VTx. Very clean!!

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man :)

Very detailed installed. Thanks learned a lot.

Looking forward to the next part. Couple things. This body will fit both these wings and the 1600 wings. Thats the only difference between them. The 1600 wings don't have flaps. With the flaps add in some down elevator in inav in the mix. Helps a lot. I had the 1600 a couple years ago. There are some parts on thingivers for the plane. There was a front canopy there as well. Make sure to print a couple extra wing clips. They do break from time to time. Right now I have the Phoenix 2400. I have a pan/tilt on the front canopy. I did use the foam that was there but I did laminate it and printed a plate for the bottom of it to give it some stiffness. For the servo I went over kill and have a big 32g servo I believe it is from my antenna tracker mounted for the pan and then a normal 9g for the tilt. That has a runcam hybrid in it. Up on the tail I have a runcam racer.

What a great build GIZ you never disappoint you're going to love the plastic fuselage it's a godsend and the what you can do to it also I like your idea with the wings connectors . I'm so looking forward to the maiden and some more of your mods take care

@gizfpv

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah the plastic is actually really good, I almost wish the wings were made of the same stuff lol

I'm not so sure you'd want that camera firmly screwed in, at that location. More than likely at some point it will be taking a hit when landing and you might be glad to have it just get knocked loose and fall back inside.

@spartan3299

2 жыл бұрын

Unless....it had a tricycle landing gear with it's nose gear on the front of the pho sailplane wheel. Then a pan/tilt could be attached on the flat area under the nose that might be protected from strikes by the shark nose and nose gear. A little draggy maybe.

@gizfpv

2 жыл бұрын

Very true, although my worry is the tape will give out in flight and the camera will fall inside the fuselage lol. Pretty unlikely I know. Won't be such a issue when I have the other cameras installed anyway, can just switch to a different one if something bad happens :)

Pretty nice build, dude! It seems like a fantastic platform! 😃 One idea would be to use a RunCam Hybrid in the pan and tilt thing. You know? FPV and HD recording. 😉 Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

@gizfpv

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, a Runcam Hybrid would be a ideal option. Just don't know if I want to pay for one lol

@MCsCreations

2 жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv Yeah... They're not cheap. 😬 I want to get 2 of them to use with my crawlers... One for me and another for my father. And I think about this since 2019 +/-... 😂

Been waiting for something like this. Mines been on the garage wall for a year and half. Brand New, never flown.

@gizfpv

2 жыл бұрын

Wow thats crazy lol. If I buy a aircraft it get's built pretty quick. Get yours built man lol

@k1ortia

2 жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv Tell me about it, I went through a faze of just buying everything. Iv still got 2 Zohd rebel gt,s, a Skyhunter 1800mm, 2 Mini talons, and spare Arwing pro. All in Thiers boxes in the attic. Think I need help, lol. But yes your right. I'm going to get the Ranger in the Air hopefully this weekend. Then work on all the rest..😉👍🏾

@gizfpv

2 жыл бұрын

@@k1ortia Haha wow, that's quite a collection. TBF I have a friend who is the same, his attic is loaded with aircraft and parts that have yet to be used too lol. Nice though, I reckon you'll enjoy the Ranger. Good luck :)

@k1ortia

2 жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv Yes it is to be fair. Iv only heard good things about the Ranger, and have flown a glider type, so went ahead and bought one. When I got it on Banggood, it was only £47 with UK shipping. Now the bloody thing is £200. Wtf like. But yeah. I can't wait to fly it. Planes will be for Li-ion packs. Long range gear. And just stay in the air for ever. I'll keep you posted mate.👍🏾

First. Love my Ranger. Nice build.

@gizfpv

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers man :)

What are your throws for the aileron elevator rudder and flaps on this beautiful bird?

Hey! I was wondering if you have or could possibly publush your nose camera mount? Ive been looking all over and cant seem to find anything that works right!

Nice plane, where do you place your rx antennas for the best range possible? I have an ELRS receiver on my fixed wing. Thanks.

@gizfpv

2 жыл бұрын

If you want the best possible range, stick the antenna far out on a wing. However, having the antenna on the side of the fuselage like I have should still get decent range with minimal losses

@nmrlab3807

2 жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv Thanks for your response. Should I install the T-antenna vertically or horizontally? Does it even matter?

Great job! Can you share the stl of crossfire antenna mount?

Weird question: would reccomend this as a trainer? (Not a first plane, but as a plane i just train on)

Great review. Please post 3D parts for FC and GPS. Thanks!

Can you tell something about the throws for Elevator and Ailerons?

did you separate the Aileron Servos? they come wired as a pair, and i'm not too sure how to set up the mixer for that on inav!

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

I did separate them, yes. All the servos are plugged into the FC individually, none are wired together. Just made the mixer stage easier

@GuGuHBmX

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv I feel like that's the move for setting it up, tho I'm not sure it has any advantages for the stabilization or control, the flying wings seem to all use it, my FC is the matek 411-WSE and it only has 4 servo outputs, so if separate them, I won't have a free Chanel for the flaps. Unless it can do softserial like beta flight

@GuGuHBmX

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv nonetheless thanks for the video it's really good having a comprehensive guide like that!

Is it standard practice to mount all your FCs on double sided tape?

@gizfpv

2 жыл бұрын

I can't speak for other pilots, but I've always mounted my fc's with double sided tape and it's always worked fine. The key is too use the super strong extra thick stuff

Could you please provide link for 3d printed parts?

Nice. Can't see more, as the bots are aggressive today.

@AerialWaviator

2 жыл бұрын

Take a look at Andrew Newtons video on setting up Crow Braking to have good landing flap configuration. Dip on launch is normal, as motor thrust angle needs to go through centre of mass; thus effectively increasing wing loading. You could counter it with elevator mix, or just be gentle on applying power, with steeper than typical launch throw.

@gizfpv

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I've seen other people launch their Ranger's and noticed the nose always dips on launch for them too. It's not a problem, just something to be wary of. I might enable launch mode for this aircraft, just to help it get in the air. Or alternatively might just try a belly launch

I mainly fly mine with the 1600mm wings for a more sporty flight. But the 2m was my FPV trainer using a Vector FC. It took a beating, but is still flying after ditching the FC for a R9Stab receiver. This plane showed the non fpv fans at our club what fun it is to "Fly the pattern." under goggle. I learned to take off of grass, fly a bit then shoot approaches and eventually "short finals and even touch and goes!, all under goggle. Adding a Insta360 go 2 next to the fpv camera on a simple pan made it a good camera plane. I really would like to add a low profile tricycle landing gear with it's nose gear on the front of the pho sailplane wheel. Then a pan/tilt could be attached on the flat area under the nose that might be protected from strikes by the shark nose and nose gear. A little draggy maybe? Here is mine with 1600mm wing kzread.info/dash/bejne/iHyDy9xmj5fcmc4.html

@gizfpv

2 жыл бұрын

That's a nice video. Can you buy just the wings for these things then? Would be nice to have the option to pick and choose which wings to use on any given day. And yeah, I wouldn't mind having wheels with a pan/tilt slung under the nose. There's a KZreadr called Visma that's done that on his Ranger EX and it looks awesome

@silver_steam

Жыл бұрын

Same here, for me Ranger 1600 is the best fpv platform period. So easy to fly, wanna make it light? No problem! Wanna make it LR? Just put 4s 5200mah or liion inside and fly forever, love it! insta 360 go2? Sure! Gopro? Sure! Pan and tilt? Sure! DJI HD system? Yeaaa:) btw Have you got any .stl for 3d printing of pan mount for fpv cam + insta?

Are your 3D prints available anywhere?

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

Not yet, once the build is finished I'll pop all the designs on thingiverse

When using flaps, use pitch for speed and throttle for altitude....... well that's what I had to learn when I was learning to fly a full size plane.

@gizfpv

2 жыл бұрын

TBF that makes sense. I'll learn it slowly with time lol

@k1ortia

2 жыл бұрын

What do you mean?

can use lion 4s2p 18650 ? thanks

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

I don't see why not :)

I’m afraid that build is just too neat and tidy for the rest of us. We need to see a ball of wires running everywhere to feel normal.

@gizfpv

2 жыл бұрын

Haha. I'm very sorry. Maybe you should go watch RCTestflight. His builds are disgusting 😂

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I put a 6 pin server connector for my main wings Never look back

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

How exactly have you done this? I've got male 6 pin connectors, but dont have female. Also cant find female versions anywhere online

@jack2holland

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv I got mine from Amazon under servo connectors

pelase long range test

@gizfpv

2 жыл бұрын

I will be, once the build is fully completed :)

Just a heads up .. stock servos are 💩💩💩💩💩 replace if you want this plane to live

@gizfpv

2 жыл бұрын

The stock electronics you mean? TBF I can't imagine the servos are gonna be the best

@matejbludsky8410

2 жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv servos

@k1ortia

2 жыл бұрын

Any preference? Or will Emax metal geared one be fine..🤔

@mpsaeris1855

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Giz, great video. As Matek said, I'd get rid of the servos. I would go even further and replace the stock motor and ESC.... Also the fuselage can take some good beating, but is susceptible to transfer any vibration (unlike foamy) - I'd pay extra attention properly balancing the prop and making sure the motor mount fits tight! You will love the plane?!!!!