Eagle380

Introduction:

I got this since it looked really fun and interesting. The idea is to have a short range craft that is silent and looks like a bird as to not arouse suspicion and to perhaps give a little payback to the Canadian geese at my local field. :)

Components:

• EPP eagle (Banggood)

• Fullspeed 1103 8000kv motors x2 (Gemfan 3018 props)

• 2x 3.7g servos

• Teeny 1s FC (powered off a BEC)

• Teeny pro ESC 1-2s (ESC 4 burnt - came off a quad -recycling parts)

• Beitian 180 GPS

• Frsky D8 receiver

Conclusion:

105g dry without FPV gear. There are hookups for a AIO camera though.

It flies fine, but I'm used to way more power than this. It cruises at around 60% throttle and needs to move at a swift pace. A bit more elevon authority would have helped, but it was difficult given a slight curvature in the wing which prevented using more of the wing as elevons. However, it is still capable of all the basic aerobatic maneuvers which includes rolls, loops, etc... Aerobatics do drain the battery more since these maneuvers will require close to full throttle to avoid stalls. I still need to wait for calmer conditions to test the navigation modes. I don't think this will be a daily favorite, but it is still a fun piece to have around just for kicks and giggles.

Update 9/5/20 - I finally got to test the gps at the large airfield. It was a windy day, so it was a really good test. The RTH loiter mode only works occassionally. It fails when the wind is too strong and it struggles to keep altitude and direction. Secondly, there seems to be an issue where it sometimes seems to lose altitude when switching to RTH mode and crashes. It almost seems as if the GPS altitude may not be correct. However, I'll need to hook up some FPV gear to work through the issues. At this point, since it's not a great flyer, I am not too inclined to spend the time. The main drawbacks are primarily just performance vs battery life.