What I Did Today: Feb 27, 2018

Adrenaline and R-Line battery testing. Two of each pack, so four packs total. Performed the 1C "capacity test" discharge. Performed the 10 and 20 amp discharge test.

Work on formatting blackbox volts/amps data from Evan Turner for import to battery test software.

Recorded video for the Crossfire flight test. This video is to examine whether the lower latency of Crossfire results in noticeable better flight feel, responsiveness, etc. 

Recorded an informal, non-scientific range test for Crossfire, where I basically walked all the way to the end of my neighborhood while watching how the Crossfire link parameters changed.

Started work on the BF 3.3 filters video. Flew three packs with three different filter settings, focusing on propwash performance and motor temperature. Recorded commentary in between packs.

Recorded, edited, and uploaded Drone Drop February unboxing.

Start the process of getting an Immersion RC LapRF 8-way lap timer to be used for SouthEastern Region MultiGP Qualifier. Hope to be doing a video with a local guy who built his own lap timer with Raspberry Pi and 5808 modules, but ultimately he ditched it because of technical difficulties. Compare/contrast the LapRF to the homebrew, show LapRF setup and use, etc.

Start the process of getting the not-yet-released 2nd-gen ImmersionRC RF power meter. The 1st-gen unit had the problem that its power resistor was not well calibrated, and so the power measurements were not accurate. The 2nd-gen unit will be factory calibrated for perfectly accurate measurements. I actually shot some video a few months ago testing the power output of five or six different video transmitters, but I wasn't able to make a video out of it because the meter was not accurate. It showed a 25 mW output as 100 mW, for example. It would have accurately showed how powerful each vTX was relative to each other, but not which vTX was putting out the CORRECT power level. So I had to scrap all the footage. I am hoping that the 2nd gen unit will allow me to repeat this testing with usable results.

Purchased an IRC Tramp for the eventual vTX testing.