Landing can really be a pain after a photography mission. While at university (over 30 years ago), I took some photos for a government wildlife agency. The photos were of "bear habitat" (no bears were seen or expected to be seen). The only access to the area was a dirt road. When landing, I'd have to bring the airplane down between trees. I was amazed I was able to land the airplane reasonable well in those conditions. The camera was a small 35mm film camera which was remotely triggered with the "gear" switch on my radio. The above mission was my semester project for a university course. The course was titled *Low Altitude Large Scale Aerial Photography.* The class was a lot of fun. We built our own radio controlled airplanes, learned to fly the airplanes and used them to take aerial photographs. It was as if the university had made a class just to satisfy my interests. The modern tech makes taking aerial photographs with a radio controlled airplane much easier than aiming blind and trying to guess if the target was framed correctly. Thanks for another fun and interesting video.
Wow, that's a big task! The mission grid was pretty intimidating, but the end results are impressive. It's interesting that, in addition to the automation and data transfer, it still takes a person to land the airplane. Fixed wing UAVs have some impressive attributes. Splendid!
It was big for sure! :) The plane can be programmed to land automatically... just not in that particular place! In the middle of nowhere you can program auto landing and it will be OK! A VTOL would be a lot more convenient.
@@ArxangelRC You didnt have any motionblur/vibration issues with that static camera mount? I'm trying to figure out the best way to mount a Sony A6000 in a Ranger 2000 and since the fuselage is quite narrow, I'm considering cutting a hole in the fuse and mounting the camera behind the "wheel" in portrait orientation, ie rotated 90 deg compared to your cameras. Another idea is to mount it under one of the wings, close to the fuse and then put a battery under the other wing as a counterweight, but I worry about drag. Any thoughts?
Hey Arxangel I'm flying the Phoenix 2400 with arudpiolt, I'm wondering is an antenna tracker nesserrary to get 5-10 km video transmission if so what antenna gain would work well. Cheers, Harry
5 to 10kms would be possible... easier on 1.2Ghz, a bit more tricky on 5.8Ghz, since you will have to turn your head more or less in the direction of the plane! The triple feed patch array is ideal, but the triple feed patch, the smaller one, should also work for the job!
@@ArxangelRC Just finished making a couple of helical antennas hopefully get a bit further. I was wondering how your able to fly so high without getting in trouble. Where I am their are stupid rules restricting me to a measly 400 feet. So are their no rules where you are or are you just a rebel!!!
finally a proper flying dragon video. :)) if you've been to ruse, you should pass the river and come to visit us. :) or give me a call to give a hand to the project. anyway, nice job!
Thanks! The project is done now, that was in Jan-Feb, and we didn't have much time outside of the flying because we would travel early in the morning from Sofia, fly, and then drive back to Sofia in the evening... weather did not permit to fly two days in a row sadly!
I've been interested in getting back into RC, I came from a 6ch heli background and flown a few crappy 2ch planes, but I'm also very much interested in fpv. Quads are cool but you just don't get the 2 hour flight times like you would with a plane this size. However, I have seen tricopter vtol planes and they're definitely pretty damn cool. You could lift quite a lot of mass with 3 gimbaled motors
Well, you could lift a lot more mass with 4 or more motors, and then they don't have to be gimballed, which removes a serious complication and failure point from the system!
Wow, stunning mission, a lot of work into this and a great result, as you know i am not a mapper but i did enjoy watching this production, a little tip for landing on roads consider gluing plasticard to base of fuselage, it really protects it, my Dragon 1200 is done so is my AR pro.....great video Nikola
Thank you! For the landing I taped the bottom of the plane with fibre tape, which is tough but quite slippery! It gets roughed up with a few landings so I replace it. Works well so far.
I land my Mini Talon mostly to paved road, and i use exchangable landing pads 3d printed from PLA. As PLA melts at very low temperature, friction when landing soften it and it become sticky, shortening landing distance considerably.
@@lassie995 Haha, neat idea, may try it sometime, but for now on this plane the fibre tape works well, and costs next to nothing... :) I always try to urge manufacturers to include plastic belly guards for the planes, but so far only X-UAV had a proper one for the Clouds! Its still on there and still in good shape all these years later.
@@eltio77556 Tell me about it! I've been yapping about this for years, and they always end up coming with some weird foam skids that fall off way too easy!
Very fascinating. Thanks for sharing details of setup and processes used in this project. This a very amazing accomplishment given the timeframe. Hopefully you proven your capability, and it leads to more professional (aka paid) flying. So many challenges beyond basic aspects of flight operations. Being January (seeing frost on the ground), cold weather mush have had an effect on the batteries given long flights. Also the short winter daylight, must have had an effect of the level of shadows across the mapped area. In addition to VTOL, it may be worth exploring STOL (Short Takeoff/Landing) planes. Steep approaches with flaps/spoilers and short landing with reverse thrust are possibility. A catapult, could help shorten launch distance. To reduce ground runs/skids, a hook and a bit of rope could create a arresting setup like landing on an aircraft carrier.
Thanks! Yes, it was quite cold, pretty much temperature throughout the day, most days, stayed at 0 or below 0 Celsius. I had taped shut every possible air inlet into the plane, which actually helped a lot. Autopilot stayed hot and the battery was able to maintain its temperature as well. In addition, while the batteries were charging I had them under the hood of the car, connected to the car battery. Since these are too large capacity I had to have the car running most of the time, so the batteries were quite well heated up prior to putting them in the plane, so basically from the stand point of the battery, it was as if flying in summer. They were a little warm at the end of the flight. As for the shadows, the guys from the company doing the rendering claim these are not an issue as their software is able to work around them! As for the STOL... the take offs really weren't an issue at all in either location, it were the landings. If I want to make flaps on any of these mapping platforms I will have to cut them out myself as none of them have them designed from the factory! Also, usually STOL aircraft have thicker wing profile, which adds to the STOL capability, but introduces more drag and reduces flight speed...
@@ArxangelRC For STOL, thicker wing is mostly for takeoff part of STOL For steeper landing approaches, just need method to increase drag, thus approach becomes steeper to maintain airspeed. Gliders/sailpanes use spoiler, or crow braking (ailerons up/flaps down). In cruise flight there would be minimal effect on performance. But as you noted, all require custom mods.
@@AerialWaviator Yeah, isn't that big of an issue really! Conditions will be evaluated based on the location and what are the options for landing strips. A VTOL would be ideal for in-city locations.
Hey Nikola, you did a great job considering the short time for planning and preparation as well as the material available. I am also into the application of drones for efficient (fast flight speed) and long endurance performance. I understood that you were flying at around 80km/h for that job. I would believe that even at 100 km/h cruise speed, the result should be sufficient, if the shutter time of the camera(s) permits. VTOL is definitely beneficial despite their weight issue, which in turn might provide additional stability in flight. Looking into the use of oblique angle camera missions, what was the reason for using two cameras at different angles? Additional accuracy of the 3D model?
Thank you! It was a challenge for sure. The cameras were setup to shoot at 1 frame per second, which would be enough even for 100km/h flight speed, if the plane can achieve it efficiently enough. As for the camera angles, 45 degrees is generally sufficient for a 3D model, however to get accurate corners and building shapes without deformation it is necessary to also have a camera at 90 degrees down, with a lens without distortions. 45 degrees needs a cross grid flight pattern so that you can get photos of the buildings from every angle, but the 90 degree one needs only 1 pass in any direction. This is done for best results of the 3D model. Since I was able to fit both cameras at the same time, we got twice as many 90 degree photos as we really needed, but also cut down on required flights by 33% since there was no need to do additional flights with the camera at 90 degrees separate from the 45 degree one.
Excellent vid! I really enjoy your vids and appreciate the knowledge you share. Coincidentally I'm working toward a career in aerial mapping. I'll get my drone certification soon and will get my birds in the air officially. I want to get a VTOL to add to my gear. Do you have one in mind that would work that doesn't cost an arm and a leg?
Thanks mate! Well... VTOLs for mapping are not very cheap in general. What do you consider an arm and a leg? Seems to me the more reliable it has to be, the more the price increases. There are just absolute minimal expenses that you can't get around, or... shouldn't... and even so the price is quite a bit over what a hobby plane will cost you
@@ArxangelRC Have you had an opportunity to fly a commercial grade VTOL? My DJI Inspire 2 with lenses, screens, batteries and accessories was over $7K. I don't want to spend that much on a VTOL.
@@rango_unchained Last year I flew a $20k VTOL, and that didn't include the payload! 😝 On a smaller scale, doing it properly it could very well end up costing at least $4k, without the mapping gear, so it would be reliable. Mapping gear could add anything between $300-$400 to tens of thousands.
Impressed with how well it launches. What mode are you launching in? Having difficulty getting a Believer to launch properly and they're pretty similar in size (I think you have one?).
This one is 2160mm wingspan, Believer is a bit smaller. I have "take off" programmed as part of the mission here, so I just flip "Auto", motors spin up and I throw it, thats it! Does take off quite well due to the wings being quite good, this plane does not stall! The Believer... I've been able to stall it without even trying... well iNav did actually, a while back. :) Don't have the plane anymore though.
Very cool! I've been meaning to try the terrain following function. Did you have to do any tuning with TECS or anything so that the plane doesn't go to 100% throttle when changing altitude when terrain following?
Thanks. Actually throttle will depend on how sudden is the change in altitude that needs to happen. If it has to to gain 50 meters up in 100 meters distance it will floor it for sure. If the incline is more gradual it will throttle up a bit to achieve the altitude gain. Have not done any tuning to the TECS.
@@ArxangelRC that’s awesome that it is smart enough to dynamically give it the throttle it needs. Here I was all along thinking it would just be gunning the throttle to gain a small amount of elevation! 😂
Very intersting! I'm sure there's a very good reason for doing this, but I was under the impression that all this aerial data is commercially available already.
The company that did the rendering did the syncing. It is something based on time stamps of the photos with the time stamps of the coordinates in the log. I did say this in the video.
a very interesting video but if you allow me some advice, I imagine that you will control the cameras through the multiport by relay in autopilot and you can power the cameras through usb by bridging d+ and d- in the usb
VTOL Redundancy? Its VTOL. I would love to hear a better solution. Also, how was the mapping rendered? What solution did you use? Your videos got me into LR flying.. Thx!
Glad to hear I've helped you! :) I just realize I forgot to leave the link to the company who's doing the rendering, it will be in the video description in a minute.
In landing try to build a square net with a large bands.. and try to lower the speed the maximum u can .. this trick isnso efficient so most army in world are using it.
Well... I didn't really think about those, and also I don't have them, we copied them on an HDD that went straight to the rendering company. In any case the end result is what is important, and that is the 3D model.
Landing can really be a pain after a photography mission.
While at university (over 30 years ago), I took some photos for a government wildlife agency. The photos were of "bear habitat" (no bears were seen or expected to be seen). The only access to the area was a dirt road. When landing, I'd have to bring the airplane down between trees. I was amazed I was able to land the airplane reasonable well in those conditions.
The camera was a small 35mm film camera which was remotely triggered with the "gear" switch on my radio.
The above mission was my semester project for a university course. The course was titled *Low Altitude Large Scale Aerial Photography.* The class was a lot of fun. We built our own radio controlled airplanes, learned to fly the airplanes and used them to take aerial photographs. It was as if the university had made a class just to satisfy my interests.
The modern tech makes taking aerial photographs with a radio controlled airplane much easier than aiming blind and trying to guess if the target was framed correctly.
Thanks for another fun and interesting video.
That is awesome! Aerial mapping with RC planes 30 years ago... and that's a course in a University? Lucky guy! Well done! :)
Very impressive! Love the plane, your flying skills, your work ethic, and your resourcefulness!
Looks like you had a busy January...That flight battery made me smile....lol....🤔😀🇬🇧
Yeah, it was busy! Parts of Feb as well! These batteries are pretty nice indeed! :)
Next time stop by in Bucharest ! Well within the range of this beast :D Loved to see the bridge and Danube. Great work :)
Thank you! I am planning a trip there, but by motorcycle, won't be able to take the plane with me. :)
Really impressive work and a great report. So much work & learning condensed into 14 minutes!
Thank you! Well... going into the nitty gritty details would be pointless here, plus I can do that when I update the blog post on it. :)
Wow, that's a big task! The mission grid was pretty intimidating, but the end results are impressive. It's interesting that, in addition to the automation and data transfer, it still takes a person to land the airplane. Fixed wing UAVs have some impressive attributes. Splendid!
It was big for sure! :) The plane can be programmed to land automatically... just not in that particular place! In the middle of nowhere you can program auto landing and it will be OK! A VTOL would be a lot more convenient.
Very inspirational - impressive work!
Thank you! :)
@@ArxangelRC You didnt have any motionblur/vibration issues with that static camera mount? I'm trying to figure out the best way to mount a Sony A6000 in a Ranger 2000 and since the fuselage is quite narrow, I'm considering cutting a hole in the fuse and mounting the camera behind the "wheel" in portrait orientation, ie rotated 90 deg compared to your cameras. Another idea is to mount it under one of the wings, close to the fuse and then put a battery under the other wing as a counterweight, but I worry about drag. Any thoughts?
Bloody interesting video and great outcome! Excellent as usual.
Thank you! Glad you like it! :)
Thank you for sharing your very interresting project and your dedails of setup!
You are welcome mate! It was my pleasure!
the military aspect of this really is incredible. great work
Thanks. Yeah, there is potential!
Looks like fun! Great result.
Thanks! :)
Excellent video and great job with the mapping mission. Well done!
Thank you! 🙂
Nice one, you got a lot done in a very short time - I hope they paid you well
Thanks! Well... there was payment... could have been more, but as a first starter project it was OK, we ironed out a lot of things! :)
Wow,
what a great project and explanations.
Looks and feels like a great achievement
Thank you! :)
one of the best vtols out there
Thank you! :)
Very cool
Thanks! :)
Love it .. its grate work
Thank you! :)
Wow, awesome 👍👏
Thanks! :)
Hey Arxangel I'm flying the Phoenix 2400 with arudpiolt, I'm wondering is an antenna tracker nesserrary to get 5-10 km video transmission if so what antenna gain would work well. Cheers, Harry
@Pans Rocks I'm running a 600mw 5.8ghz. Do you think 2.4 is really worth the extra cost?
5 to 10kms would be possible... easier on 1.2Ghz, a bit more tricky on 5.8Ghz, since you will have to turn your head more or less in the direction of the plane! The triple feed patch array is ideal, but the triple feed patch, the smaller one, should also work for the job!
@@ArxangelRC Just finished making a couple of helical antennas hopefully get a bit further. I was wondering how your able to fly so high without getting in trouble. Where I am their are stupid rules restricting me to a measly 400 feet. So are their no rules where you are or are you just a rebel!!!
@@harryprendergast7499 Its more a case of nobody cares here... yet! Also, pretty much no air traffic under 10kms altitude!
Voces estao fazendo o projeto que sempre quiz fazer desde 2010 e que por falta de tempo nunca fiz. Parabens
I am sure you will get to it eventually!
finally a proper flying dragon video. :)) if you've been to ruse, you should pass the river and come to visit us. :) or give me a call to give a hand to the project. anyway, nice job!
Thanks! The project is done now, that was in Jan-Feb, and we didn't have much time outside of the flying because we would travel early in the morning from Sofia, fly, and then drive back to Sofia in the evening... weather did not permit to fly two days in a row sadly!
I've been interested in getting back into RC, I came from a 6ch heli background and flown a few crappy 2ch planes, but I'm also very much interested in fpv. Quads are cool but you just don't get the 2 hour flight times like you would with a plane this size. However, I have seen tricopter vtol planes and they're definitely pretty damn cool. You could lift quite a lot of mass with 3 gimbaled motors
Well, you could lift a lot more mass with 4 or more motors, and then they don't have to be gimballed, which removes a serious complication and failure point from the system!
impressive
Thanks! :)
Wow, stunning mission, a lot of work into this and a great result, as you know i am not a mapper but i did enjoy watching this production, a little tip for landing on roads consider gluing plasticard to base of fuselage, it really protects it, my Dragon 1200 is done so is my AR pro.....great video Nikola
Thank you! For the landing I taped the bottom of the plane with fibre tape, which is tough but quite slippery! It gets roughed up with a few landings so I replace it. Works well so far.
I land my Mini Talon mostly to paved road, and i use exchangable landing pads 3d printed from PLA. As PLA melts at very low temperature, friction when landing soften it and it become sticky, shortening landing distance considerably.
@@lassie995 Haha, neat idea, may try it sometime, but for now on this plane the fibre tape works well, and costs next to nothing... :) I always try to urge manufacturers to include plastic belly guards for the planes, but so far only X-UAV had a proper one for the Clouds! Its still on there and still in good shape all these years later.
We should encourage manufacturers to introduce a good plastic landing skid. It would help the life time
@@eltio77556 Tell me about it! I've been yapping about this for years, and they always end up coming with some weird foam skids that fall off way too easy!
That's a big ass battery...lol
It is! 6S6P 21700 LiIon - 24v 30Ah.
Great flight
What is the specifications of battery you used in volts and amperage. Thanks
Thanks, one is a 6S 30Ah pack made up of 21700 cells, the other is 6S 27Ah pack of 18650 cells.
@@ArxangelRC thanks for ur reply
@@willssam2390 You are welcome.
Nice
Thanks! :)
you need to send me details of how the camera batteries were modified...... i have 2 of those cameras and you just gave me a great idea lol
Hahaha, sure! Drop me a message on Facebook.
Very fascinating. Thanks for sharing details of setup and processes used in this project. This a very amazing accomplishment given the timeframe. Hopefully you proven your capability, and it leads to more professional (aka paid) flying.
So many challenges beyond basic aspects of flight operations.
Being January (seeing frost on the ground), cold weather mush have had an effect on the batteries given long flights. Also the short winter daylight, must have had an effect of the level of shadows across the mapped area.
In addition to VTOL, it may be worth exploring STOL (Short Takeoff/Landing) planes. Steep approaches with flaps/spoilers and short landing with reverse thrust are possibility. A catapult, could help shorten launch distance. To reduce ground runs/skids, a hook and a bit of rope could create a arresting setup like landing on an aircraft carrier.
Thanks! Yes, it was quite cold, pretty much temperature throughout the day, most days, stayed at 0 or below 0 Celsius. I had taped shut every possible air inlet into the plane, which actually helped a lot. Autopilot stayed hot and the battery was able to maintain its temperature as well. In addition, while the batteries were charging I had them under the hood of the car, connected to the car battery. Since these are too large capacity I had to have the car running most of the time, so the batteries were quite well heated up prior to putting them in the plane, so basically from the stand point of the battery, it was as if flying in summer. They were a little warm at the end of the flight. As for the shadows, the guys from the company doing the rendering claim these are not an issue as their software is able to work around them! As for the STOL... the take offs really weren't an issue at all in either location, it were the landings. If I want to make flaps on any of these mapping platforms I will have to cut them out myself as none of them have them designed from the factory! Also, usually STOL aircraft have thicker wing profile, which adds to the STOL capability, but introduces more drag and reduces flight speed...
@@ArxangelRC For STOL, thicker wing is mostly for takeoff part of STOL
For steeper landing approaches, just need method to increase drag, thus approach becomes steeper to maintain airspeed. Gliders/sailpanes use spoiler, or crow braking (ailerons up/flaps down).
In cruise flight there would be minimal effect on performance.
But as you noted, all require custom mods.
@@AerialWaviator Yeah, isn't that big of an issue really! Conditions will be evaluated based on the location and what are the options for landing strips. A VTOL would be ideal for in-city locations.
Hey Nikola, you did a great job considering the short time for planning and preparation as well as the material available. I am also into the application of drones for efficient (fast flight speed) and long endurance performance. I understood that you were flying at around 80km/h for that job. I would believe that even at 100 km/h cruise speed, the result should be sufficient, if the shutter time of the camera(s) permits.
VTOL is definitely beneficial despite their weight issue, which in turn might provide additional stability in flight. Looking into the use of oblique angle camera missions, what was the reason for using two cameras at different angles? Additional accuracy of the 3D model?
Thank you! It was a challenge for sure. The cameras were setup to shoot at 1 frame per second, which would be enough even for 100km/h flight speed, if the plane can achieve it efficiently enough. As for the camera angles, 45 degrees is generally sufficient for a 3D model, however to get accurate corners and building shapes without deformation it is necessary to also have a camera at 90 degrees down, with a lens without distortions. 45 degrees needs a cross grid flight pattern so that you can get photos of the buildings from every angle, but the 90 degree one needs only 1 pass in any direction. This is done for best results of the 3D model. Since I was able to fit both cameras at the same time, we got twice as many 90 degree photos as we really needed, but also cut down on required flights by 33% since there was no need to do additional flights with the camera at 90 degrees separate from the 45 degree one.
Excellent vid! I really enjoy your vids and appreciate the knowledge you share. Coincidentally I'm working toward a career in aerial mapping. I'll get my drone certification soon and will get my birds in the air officially. I want to get a VTOL to add to my gear. Do you have one in mind that would work that doesn't cost an arm and a leg?
Thanks mate! Well... VTOLs for mapping are not very cheap in general. What do you consider an arm and a leg? Seems to me the more reliable it has to be, the more the price increases. There are just absolute minimal expenses that you can't get around, or... shouldn't... and even so the price is quite a bit over what a hobby plane will cost you
@@ArxangelRC Have you had an opportunity to fly a commercial grade VTOL? My DJI Inspire 2 with lenses, screens, batteries and accessories was over $7K. I don't want to spend that much on a VTOL.
@@rango_unchained Last year I flew a $20k VTOL, and that didn't include the payload! 😝 On a smaller scale, doing it properly it could very well end up costing at least $4k, without the mapping gear, so it would be reliable. Mapping gear could add anything between $300-$400 to tens of thousands.
@@ArxangelRC Thank you very much for your answers. I'm doing research on the mapping gear now. I know it can be expensive too.
@@rango_unchained Good luck! :)
what is the total weight of this loaded plane?
Around 6.5-6.6kg with the two cameras and the battery for them.
Impressed with how well it launches. What mode are you launching in? Having difficulty getting a Believer to launch properly and they're pretty similar in size (I think you have one?).
This one is 2160mm wingspan, Believer is a bit smaller. I have "take off" programmed as part of the mission here, so I just flip "Auto", motors spin up and I throw it, thats it! Does take off quite well due to the wings being quite good, this plane does not stall! The Believer... I've been able to stall it without even trying... well iNav did actually, a while back. :) Don't have the plane anymore though.
Very cool! I've been meaning to try the terrain following function. Did you have to do any tuning with TECS or anything so that the plane doesn't go to 100% throttle when changing altitude when terrain following?
Thanks. Actually throttle will depend on how sudden is the change in altitude that needs to happen. If it has to to gain 50 meters up in 100 meters distance it will floor it for sure. If the incline is more gradual it will throttle up a bit to achieve the altitude gain. Have not done any tuning to the TECS.
@@ArxangelRC that’s awesome that it is smart enough to dynamically give it the throttle it needs. Here I was all along thinking it would just be gunning the throttle to gain a small amount of elevation! 😂
No! :) Hahahaha, it has never done that, at least as far as I can remember... and I've been using ArduPilot for probably over 7 years now.
Very intersting! I'm sure there's a very good reason for doing this, but I was under the impression that all this aerial data is commercially available already.
Really? Where?
How did you sync camera photos with flight log?
The company that did the rendering did the syncing. It is something based on time stamps of the photos with the time stamps of the coordinates in the log. I did say this in the video.
a very interesting video but if you allow me some advice, I imagine that you will control the cameras through the multiport by relay in autopilot and you can power the cameras through usb by bridging d+ and d- in the usb
Actually cameras are on self-shutter - 1fps.
VTOL Redundancy? Its VTOL. I would love to hear a better solution.
Also, how was the mapping rendered? What solution did you use?
Your videos got me into LR flying.. Thx!
Glad to hear I've helped you! :) I just realize I forgot to leave the link to the company who's doing the rendering, it will be in the video description in a minute.
Nice Intro. ;)
I know! 😁 Thanks again mate, really appreciate it!
what mapping software did you use to render your images also great video i do a little mapping myself for a hobby
Thanks! The link to the company that did the rendering is in the video description. :)
Amazing work.. i would love to do something like this..
Thank you! Its not that difficult, but you do need reliable gear!
seemed pretty easy until you showed the map GRID :X
Good job!
Haha, it definitely does look easy from the ground! :P took a fair deal of planning!
In landing try to build a square net with a large bands.. and try to lower the speed the maximum u can .. this trick isnso efficient so most army in world are using it.
Does not sound very practical for a lone person doing... whatever with a regular car.
Cmon man, why not show camera example photos and :(
Well... I didn't really think about those, and also I don't have them, we copied them on an HDD that went straight to the rendering company. In any case the end result is what is important, and that is the 3D model.
More videos = brain food.
Haha, glad you like it! :)
You still messing with the Siyi HM30 hd system
Should be on its way back to me soon with a brand new main board! :)