With Open Tx you can do most things

[Andrias]

With Open Tx you can do most things
My old friend has built this one He is 88 years old and has put a lot of effort into programming the Radio

The man is built of 8 servos

 

[HENNY]

That is thinking way outside the box. What a great effort.

 

[sly]

Pretty cool.

 

[Wayne]

Wow- everyone here at Aloft is impressed.

With OpenTX I think he could automate the mixes and be able to point the sticks in the direction he would like to go. But I sort of like his radio setup..

 

[Andrias]

Open TX file
You can watch the program here

 

[Wayne]

OK - I have seen some crazy programming in OpenTX, but I do not know where to start when looking at this one. LOL Wow!

 

[Wayne]

You might need to share a little video of him explaining this one! I know I would love to see it and more details on the boat too. Really well done!

 

[Andrias]

The key factor behind the program of the radio is that we have bought Taranis X9D+ user Manual from Alfot and https://rc-soar.com/
and Painless360 vidio.



The boat is a Faroes rowing boat a scaled-down Viking ship that Ove Johnsen used to row from Faroe island to Denmark 1700 km took 41 days to row.

Ove Joensen - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

This model is built by Birgir Simonsen is 88-year-old and is still active Pilot
Birgir has quite a history in the Faeroes; In 1976 he founded the now 80-member Faeroe Islands R/C Tórshavnar Rcfela club; but even that far back he was already a modelling veteran, making his first model in 1946 and trying his first Futaba radio in 1967.

 

[Andrias]

Tórshavnar RC fela Rc club in Faroe Island

 

[HENNY]

Those Vikings rule the world. 88 is not that old????

 

[Scott Page]

That is so very cool. I didn't understand "the man is built of 6 servos" when I read it the first couple times -- but then the light went on and WOW. Just WOW.

 

[Andrias]

That is so very cool. I didn't understand "the man is built of 6 servos" when I read it the first couple times -- but then the light went on and WOW. Just WOW.

I'm wrong. they are 8 servos

 

[Andrias]

Some pictures of the man 8 servo everything is made by hand

 

[Andrias]

And some vidio

 

[Landru]

Wow!

 

[Konrad]

WOW!
I heard that Boston Dynamics was looking for a sailor!

Very well done!

All the best,
Konrad

 

[HENNY]

Those digital servos are certainly singing.

 

[Konrad]

Those digital servos are certainly singing.

Well most of mine do.
Most digital servos will buzz when hooked up to any surface/load, wether the load be the weight of the aircraft surface or the weight of other servos on the output spline. SInging servos is just an indication that there is some current flowing to hold position.

 

[Haoyang Wang]

Wow, so you propel the boat by stirring the two transmitter sticks!

Row, row, row your boat...

 

[Landru]

Well most of mine do.
Most digital servos will buzz when hooked up to any surface/load, wether the load be the weight of the aircraft surface or the weight of other servos on the output spline. SInging servos is just an indication that there is some current flowing to hold position.

When first starting to use digital servos a couple of years ago, I found the noise very troubling.

A little research showed that most pilots accept it as unavoidable in most cases. However, after noticing that some FrSky receivers, in some configurations eliminated the noise, I now have quiet digital servos except under considerable load. If the servo is programmable, widening its deadband can also greatly reduce or even eliminate noise.