Personal Bests v2 [Archive] - FPVLAB - FPV Without The Interference

PilotKeeg

10th October 2011, 02:08 PM

Unfortunately, because Sentry had a little to much fun pushing the big red "delete" button on his desk, the first thread was lost :(

Distance (out and back)
1. Sentry ------------10.3 miles --------16.57 km
2. Danub ------------10.27 miles -------16.52 km
3. Chris R ------------7.55 miles --------12.16 km
4. man2000me ------7.5 miles ---------12.1 km
5. M'ck'y -------------7.4 miles ----------11.9 km
6. hugy --------------6.8 miles ----------11 km
7. Greedz ------------5.9 miles ----------9.5 km
8. IBCrazy -----------5.1 miles ----------8.2 km
9. Keith --------------3.8 miles -----------6.1 km
10. Pen ---------------3.6 miles ----------5.8 km.
10. Calidave ----------3.6 miles ---------5.8 km
12. kev.au ------------3.2 miles ----------5.2 km
13. iacei --------------3.1 miles ----------5 km
14. marcin.gala ------2.77 miles ---------4.5 km
15. aeryck ------------2.75 miles ---------4.4 km
16. Pilotkeeg ---------2.5 miles -----------4 km
17. Roberto -----------1.5 miles -----------2.4 km
18. h0tr0d ------------1 mile --------------1.6 km
19. durangoflyer -----.43 miles -----------.7 km (quad)
20. Blizzard1287 -----.22 miles -----------.36 km
21.
22.

Altitude (AGL)
1. Chris R ---------13,293ft ------4052m
2. Danub ----------10,748ft ------3275m
3. kev.au ----------9898ft --------3017m
4. Greedz ----------9400ft --------2865m
5. man2000me----9000ft --------2743m
6. marcin.gala ----6856ft --------2090m
7. Sentry ----------6700ft --------2042m
8. Pilotkeeg -------5000ft --------1524m
9. iacei ------------4921ft --------1500m
10. Pen ------------3145ft --------958m
11. Keith ----------3024ft --------921m
12. aeryck ---------1800ft --------548m
13. Calidave -------400ft... sure
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15.

Ground Vehicles
1. Calidave -----.58 miles -----.93 km
2.
3.

SENTRY

10th October 2011, 02:21 PM

Yeah --- sorry guys, too many mojitos. I'm in!

DISTANCE: 10.3 miles ALTITUDE: 6700feet (different video from D~Zee - will upload later)

10.3 MILES

http://vimeo.com/29586339

GregSilver

10th October 2011, 02:36 PM

sentry...why in the hell is your patch aiming DOWN?

SENTRY

10th October 2011, 02:43 PM

sentry...why in the hell is your patch aiming DOWN?

Scale 10.3 miles out from base. Then scale only 6000 feet up at that distance. Now add that to the vertical beam-width of a 14dBi patch (50 degrees). That's 50 degrees coming out of the patch ---- now - 10 miles from there how tall is that vertical beam? :) The further you are away - the more you can point the antenna at the ground w/ 0 change in reception. It does look weird though - LOL.

man2000me

10th October 2011, 03:59 PM

Man2000me:

Distance : 7.5miles
Altitude : 9000ft

GregSilver

10th October 2011, 04:35 PM

Sentry, you are essentially putting your Fresnel Zone into the ground. you would be better off with the reverse thought and aiming it 20Deg UP

SENTRY

10th October 2011, 04:47 PM

Sentry, you are essentially putting your Fresnel Zone into the ground. you would be better off with the reverse thought and aiming it 20Deg UP

Put your plane 5 miles out - let's say 2000 feet. Now grab your patch and point it as far down to the ground as you can w/out going 100% perpendicular. Then move it as far up as you can. Then tell me what the video image does. I'll need to know these 2 things...

1) @ what degree does video quality start to degrade on the way down?
2) @ what degree does it NOT get any better on the way up? ;)

GregSilver

10th October 2011, 05:08 PM

SENTRY

10th October 2011, 06:52 PM

I had direct LOS to my plane 10 miles out. Here is a picture for you.

LAUNCH ELEVATION: 906 ft
TARGET ELEVATION: 1001 ft
HIGHEST POINT BETWEEN LAUNCH and TARGET : 1131ft (ridge, 7.2miles out from launch)

DELTA: 225 FEET (IF MY PLANE WAS ON THE GROUND AT THE TARGET) But it was't - I was over 6k feet above launch at the distant end. :)

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u59/MUSIC_MAESTRO/10MILE.jpg

As you can see --- the highest point between my launch and my target is only 225feet higher than launch elevation. Imagine a patch w/ a 50 degree beam pointed PERFECTLY level with the ground, trying to hit a transmitter 10 miles out at 6000 feet. That is a TALL vertical beam. Even figuring in sidelobe losses, I am WELL inside the zone. :)

Picture the tx (which has direct LOS to the rx) tilted down (or up) - will it still have direct LOS? Yes. :)
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u59/MUSIC_MAESTRO/FRESNAL.png

It looks weird bc we (humans) only see the patch. We do not see the honking 50 degree beam coming out of it. Aesthetics aside, there is nothing to gain 10 miles out in this environment at the altitude I carried by changing the antennas position vertically.

Chris R

10th October 2011, 07:13 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No63RaVZkcE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD1aidNEJsc

marcin.gala

10th October 2011, 07:41 PM

my personal best for now:
altitude 2.090m 6.856' 3:17min video
distance "LOS 4.462m 14.639'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFc71wSaTXQ

aeryck

10th October 2011, 08:38 PM

My personal best was 14,500 feet distance to pilot (not counting altitude), and 1800ft altitude (not in same flight, however). I have video proof of the altitude ceiling, but I didn't have the recorder running today when I hit 2.75 miles. I can provide google earth references, however. =]

EasyStar platform
900MHz Video w/ 8dbi patch
TLRS RC link

FWIW I could have pushed further but wanted to make sure I had enough battery left for returning into a headwind. =]

roberto

10th October 2011, 09:00 PM

I have maxed out my new Corona RX range at about 100 meters LOS. Is that good or what?

Danub

10th October 2011, 09:55 PM

Silly Mojitos ;) Here's my stuff!!
10.2 miles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzn0mginQJ8

Altitude 10748 feet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8D5Y2qDWrY

Derek_S

10th October 2011, 09:56 PM

is this a "real world vs on paper" thing? Share your results... im too lazy to go test this and I havent flown 5 miles yet. I just want to add this though..... it goes against all writen logic about "aiming antennas" and Augustin-Jean Fresnel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin-Jean_Fresnel) would be very upset.

It is a "worked in real life despite logic" situation.

I was ground crew on that flight. This was one of the early flights with the tracker, and I too was confused why it pointed at what seemed below horizon. So, we played with it pointed all over the place, and couldn't see any appreciable increase in video fidelity or quality. So we just left it alone.

PilotKeeg

10th October 2011, 11:11 PM

Danub

11th October 2011, 12:01 AM

I just added a "Race" section.

I thought it might be fun to see who can fly 5 miles away and land the fastest.

Take off (start timer)
Fly 5 miles (8km) away
Land (stop timer)

This is a test of both your airframe and your equipment, and should be fun :)
That Sounds cool. . . .What about using the OSD's timer that most of us have. :)

PilotKeeg

11th October 2011, 12:55 AM

That Sounds cool. . . .What about using the OSD's timer that most of us have. :)

That would work :)

If it is recorded you could also just look at when you took off and landed

kev.au

11th October 2011, 02:43 AM

Height = 3017m

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgMoPyAIkWk

Distance = 5200m

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5NTLoKPtT8

Plan on pushing the balsa beast to 10km now that we have Helical/clover.

Cheers, Kev.

PilotKeeg

11th October 2011, 11:02 AM

Go for it! You should try the race too if you get rhe chance :)

Pen

11th October 2011, 11:53 AM

3.6 miles out and 3145 feet altitude.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHDnLiMtU28

Derek_S

11th October 2011, 12:13 PM

I think the race idea is awesome; Sentry and I have discussed it several times. Many people are hitting longer ranges now days, but in the name of 'more fun and interesting' I think doing it FAST seems like a nice twist to start with.

aeryck

11th October 2011, 12:27 PM

I like the race idea too but i think airframe should be considered in the results. Obviously a high speed wing can hit 5 miles a lot faster than an easystar. =]

Derek_S

11th October 2011, 12:32 PM

aeryck

11th October 2011, 12:35 PM

Well, I say a high speed anyting will beat a low speed anything else given there are no other conditions. I dont think airframe should be considered by the list, just time. If you can beat the times with a 140W 2s skywalker, so be it. Just tell us how...?!

True. Pick up a 30mph tailwind and thatll help. Of course, my E* is ridiculously overpowered, so it might hold its own anyway =]

BloomingtonFPV

11th October 2011, 01:08 PM

All speed records (most anyway) require an out-and-back to null any effects of wind.

I think another more important record would be lowest amps to maintain level flight for a 5 mile course (5 out and 5 back). Or you could do 5 out and 5 back with least amount of mAh consumed.

Derek_S

11th October 2011, 01:28 PM

So that would be a "Most Efficient Flight" test?

I like these ideas that exploit different avenues of friendly competition other than boring ol' long range.

airbagit13

11th October 2011, 02:32 PM

Distance: 5 miles for me... ran out of island... lol. Planning on some awesomeness soon though.

Love the race idea, will have a number for that next weekend.

Crash

11th October 2011, 02:36 PM

I think I have the record for the shortest flight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCeB7YtSUkM

Crash

11th October 2011, 02:37 PM

FPV plyon races would be awesome with some swift 2's

GregSilver

11th October 2011, 02:43 PM

If only Dragonlinks were known to work with each other without issue... airbagit and I would have already had some races done.

Danub

11th October 2011, 03:15 PM

FPV plyon races would be awesome with some swift 2's
Man, I'd build one and drive pretty far ;) to participate in something like that. If I can get away.
At least you didn't have a long "walk of shame" LOL

Crash

11th October 2011, 03:31 PM

It's on the agenda for the Huntsville fly-in whenever we host it. Basically any 36" flying wing, Stryker, etc as long as they all have the same power setup it should be a pretty fun and fair race.

airbagit13

11th October 2011, 03:32 PM

FPV plyon races would be awesome with some swift 2's

**** yes! :cool:

Chris R

11th October 2011, 03:34 PM

PilotKeeg, Your conversions to feet might be a little out!

1 metre = 3.2808399 feet

airbagit13

11th October 2011, 03:35 PM

If only Dragonlinks were known to work with each other without issue... airbagit and I would have already had some races done.

Sad but true.

PilotKeeg

11th October 2011, 04:19 PM

PilotKeeg, Your conversions to feet might be a little out!

1 metre = 3.2808399 feet

I watched the video, you only reached 4052m hence 13,293ft

still impressive none the less

Derek_S

11th October 2011, 04:56 PM

Sad but true.

Have you tried? Sentry is Dlink and I have TLRS, which are very similar I believe (both developed by Wee). We usually have no problems, except just that one time... but we will still fly together after a careful ground test.

M'ck'y

12th October 2011, 08:06 AM

Did 10kms today, could have gone more but I knew that the return leg was going to be in a 20kmh head wind with no brakes on the motor, prop does not fold yet. :D Chose to go North due to residential area. I will do more ks when the wind is more favorable. I still landed with 2200mah. :)

3594

3618

Danub

13th October 2011, 11:04 PM

Awesome M'ck'y!! I know when I first made 10km it absolutely gave me that "i got this FPV thing" feeling and since then there has been no stopping ;)

SENTRY

13th October 2011, 11:16 PM

Check out that Sentry-Style elevation profile!!! LOL

Blizzard1287

14th October 2011, 12:02 AM

congrats M'ck'y! I made 1/10th that today and if you feel 1/10 as accomplished as I feel then you must be on cloud 9 :)

M'ck'y

15th October 2011, 03:20 AM

woohoo, thanks for adding me to the list. cloud 9 indeed.

Keith

15th October 2011, 04:06 AM

I just noticed you put some of the old stats back up. If I remember right, mine was only 2.2 miles, not 2.4, so I edited accordingly. ;) It doesn't change much now, but it might later! :D

If everything goes as planned I'll have a better record at some point soon anyway! Once I get this wing done and the Dragon OSD working, I'll have some real data and a better platform to work with.

CaliDave

16th October 2011, 09:08 PM

Passed the the 3.6 mile mark today on my first run with the Guardian installed in my Twin Star. Worked great!

roberto

16th October 2011, 09:13 PM

I have a new PPM RC distance record. 1.3 Km .LOL.

airbagit13

16th October 2011, 10:17 PM

Passed the the 3.6 mile mark today on my first run with the Guardian installed in my Twin Star. Worked great!

ahhhhhhhh...... #drool. Guardian on a TS2. Freaking awesomeness stability. ;) I want.

durangoflyer

16th October 2011, 10:34 PM

I am working on getting to 1km with my quadcopter. I made it to .7km on Saturday at about 25ft up.

M'ck'y

17th October 2011, 06:39 AM

11, 905m :D

3674

iacei

17th October 2011, 09:43 AM

Yesterday 4km with omni solution: IBcrazys pentalobe + skew on 1280Mhz and video was perfect but as I was upon a town with factories etc... I thought it would'n't be the place to push the limit.

Otherwise 5km with Fastpatch and Vee.

Altitude 1km.

hugy

17th October 2011, 06:29 PM

http://vimeo.com/30686046

My first real range attempt, wanted to double my old range record of 5km. So did 11km the video and rc were still good but the easystar can't carry enough juice to travel any farther. So I'm looking for a new plane to go further.

Setup:

Easystar 2x 2200mah 3s
400mw 1.3ghz tx
Cloverleaf on tx and 6 turn helical on rx
pixim seawolf (need to change the settings)
ezosd
Long range tslrs receiver
Futaba ff9 with Thomas scherrer lrs
Trimersion goggles.

Special thanks to Remy, for building this plane and being my buddy for this flight.

Danub

17th October 2011, 11:32 PM

Nice Range run :) Your signal looked pretty good for that range for sure. What was the Yagi for on the ground station? (i'm guessing the TSLRS but i just dunno)

hugy

18th October 2011, 04:14 AM

No it was the ground station of my friend. I used the 6 turn helical for video and stock antenne on tslrs. Did the whole flight on 500mw without a glitch.

Keith

26th October 2011, 09:34 PM

New records for me. :)

2320ft. (707m)
3 miles (4.8km)

SENTRY

26th October 2011, 09:41 PM

OH SNAP SON!!!!!!!!!

PilotKeeg

26th October 2011, 09:43 PM

sweet Keith!

Damn I cant wait to get back in the air!!!!!!!!!!!

PilotKeeg

26th October 2011, 09:45 PM

nice osd btw... is that a dragon osd?

PilotKeeg

26th October 2011, 09:49 PM

If people want to post their records with multicopters or helicopters, I could make a separate category :D

Blizzard1287

26th October 2011, 09:53 PM

I just passed *cough* 1,200 feet today... lol

long way to go...

KMart

26th October 2011, 10:10 PM

Not range, but a personal accomplishment none-the-less:

http://fpvlab.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3822&d=1319681421
3822

PilotKeeg

26th October 2011, 10:55 PM

You're going under and over the lines there! Pretty pro.

M'ck'y

26th October 2011, 11:06 PM

are you finding height difficult to achieve? i find low altitude at distances is much harder, I can't clear the tree tops where I fly, so I follow the 1/10 height of the distance, or my videos goes bad. Location is definitely on my mind at the moment. I don't belong in a flying field no more lol.

KMart

26th October 2011, 11:34 PM

Me? What do you mean?

Not at all. I've been up to 8k feet AGL. Nothing hard about that! :D

Low altitude is relative. I live in the mountains, so I can be below ground level, but still 1k feet of altitude above where I launched from. ;)
-Kevin

Keegan- yup, 4 lines there. All high voltage power lines. One tap, and I'd have a popcorn Zephyr. :D

Blizzard1287

27th October 2011, 12:18 AM

yup, 4 lines there. All high voltage power lines. One tap, and I'd have a popcorn Zephyr. :D
wait for it.... wait for it.... yup and BOOM goes the dynamite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=KSsv2bt1fAo

Greedz

28th October 2011, 04:00 AM

....remove.

Greedz

29th October 2011, 04:52 AM

....remove

iacei

29th October 2011, 12:50 PM

this evening Altitude: 1.5km but the clouds were even further.... :(

Keith

30th October 2011, 10:01 PM

New records for me! :)

3024ft and 3.8 miles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omCwwSJdS7w

h0tr0d

30th October 2011, 10:01 PM

I just did 1 Mile with a Slow Stick and 72Mhz Corona RP8D1. I don't have an OSD or GPS, but will provide video proof. Hey, I've got to start somewhere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyqdsvgOQlU

Flying Field is Located at:
Latitude: 30° 7'24.28"N
Longitude: 96°18'23.99"W
Pond is located E-SE of flying field 1 mile away

CaliDave

2nd November 2011, 07:00 PM

Keith

2nd November 2011, 10:04 PM

I'm up for a ground run... ;) I don't currently have anything ready to go, but I've got plenty of vehicles, just need to slap on some gear and make a run for it!

PilotKeeg

2nd November 2011, 10:29 PM

Would you be into a small section for FPV ground vehicles distance? Then we could track the range of some of them. I'm actually shocked more people don't run ground vehicles FPV since it's so forgiving if there are video link issues unlike flying.

Maybe something like you have but adding the video link.

For instance my listing under Ground Vehicles would say:

10. Calidave ----------0.58 miles ---------0.93 km ----- 5.8gHz Video Link

I know there aren't a ton of folks running FPV on the ground, but maybe it would spur more to enjoy in the fun. No worries if not

I think that is a good idea, I'm curious about how many people do run ground fpv.

I think the reason its not to popular though is because it doesn't really allow you to do anything more than what you could do in a real car. Not too many people have real planes.

CaliDave

2nd November 2011, 11:27 PM

Taking scale into consideration, I can't really do this with my full size Jeep... I mean, I could, but I might be calling my insurance and need some roll bars!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L03KaiEoJo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Hbk9dPJ9s
Heheh... That's what I love about FPV ground vehicles... doing stuff I can't do in real life! Plus, when it's windy, no matter on the ground... and a few dirt mounds and a buddy and you're in the outback cutting it up!

But, yeah... there are enough exciting things in the air that one doesn't need to add ground vehicles. I'll tell you, compared to flying, it's WAY low stress with ground vehicles in FPV.

h0tr0d

11th December 2011, 08:24 PM

Went 2 miles with my new Bixler. Sorry for the crappy guesstimation with google earth again...I have a real OSD coming in the mail. BTW fellas, look how much battery I have left when I land. You're next on my list! :cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4OlchqvBKs

Ian Davidson

12th December 2011, 12:48 AM

Fantastic Dave - love it! You always manage to do something different! :D

Danub

12th December 2011, 01:40 AM

I just added a "Race" section.

I thought it might be fun to see who can fly 5 miles away and land the fastest.

Take off (start timer)
Fly 5 miles (8km) away
Land (stop timer)

This is a test of both your airframe and your equipment, and should be fun :)

I think in a couple of days I will have an entry for this section :cool:
I just gotta break some batteries in. LOL

LLD

12th December 2011, 09:43 AM

My first real attempt for some distance: 5km, most of it over water

Couldn't get any further as if forgot that my RVOSD had a vitual fence of 5000m and was activating RTH ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn7QcDpq0QQ

Keith

21st December 2011, 01:14 PM

Here's my latest improvements... ;) 5.1 miles and 3655ft.

http://vimeo.com/33897165

Scotttu

21st December 2011, 08:33 PM

Have any of you guys seen an airliner BELOW you in these vids? LOL

I have aircraft out of Seatac between 8000 and 14,000 above my house, but I figure when I go to the mountains I can can go higher.

Too many real aircraft in my area for that kind of altitude...

h0tr0d

28th December 2011, 03:17 PM

4.25 Miles, 1272ft in my Bixler now that I got my video issue sorted.
5502

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKoMGGTj04E

aeryck

6th February 2012, 11:19 AM

Bumping this one back up, since I set a new personal best on Saturday (and actually got it on video this time!). Should put me in 11th spot (or maybe 12th, as there's currently two #10's listed).

Anyway, my TinyII is currently configured in Metric, and my video shows a max range of 5.42km (which equates to ~3.36 miles).

Airframe specs:
50" scratch built EPS wing (2" blunt)
2200kv outrunner w/ APC 6x4E prop
2x 3S 2200 35C Voltz lipos (parallel configuration)
Skylark TinyII OSD
TLRS long-range Rx
910MHz 500mW vTx, 2dbi dipole, w/ LPF (to an 8dbi flat patch on ground)

I'll add a video when I have time to sit down and edit it. There's interference, but it's purely ESC noise from lack of an LC filter. Couldn't even see it under the goggles, but it shows up clear as day in the recorded video.

h0tr0d

6th February 2012, 11:22 AM

Good luck man...Keeg's asleep at the wheel. WAKE UP PILOTKEEG LMAO! :D

aeryck

6th February 2012, 11:25 AM

Good luck man...Keeg's asleep at the wheel. WAKE UP PILOTKEEG LMAO! :D

Yea, true, he still has Sentry listed at 10.x miles when we all know he's broken 16. Ahwell. What can ya do, except go fly and enjoy the view? =]

Reverand Blue Chip

6th February 2012, 11:36 AM

Ugh... I hate starting over.

1.2 miles.

CaliDave

11th February 2012, 01:58 AM

6832Well bumped the personal best bar up for me a few notches... went past my previous longest reaching about 3.7 miles out on my 5.8 600mw IRC video link. At that range it seems I'm using the TrueRC 7 turn helical and not the blubeam I have on diversity. It's nice because it's the longest with my Skywalker I've gone just beating my Twin Star record, and that previous best was on 1280mhz and I think matching that with 5.8 is a nice testate to 5.8... the most misunderstood frequency. ;-)

Exyator

13th February 2012, 03:41 PM

Mine:

http://vimeo.com/36719255

h0tr0d

13th February 2012, 04:50 PM

@PilotKeeg - If you're getting tired of this or don't feel like keeping up with it, I can start a new thread.

-Pat

Here is the recent info for you to copy and paste at the top:
I changed the font to one that will allow the decimal points to remain lined up.

Distance (out and back)
1. Sentry -----------10.3 miles --------16.57 km
2. Danub ------------10.27 miles -------16.52 km
3. Chris R -----------7.55 miles -------12.16 km
4. man2000me ---------7.5 miles --------12.1 km
5. M'ck'y ------------7.4 miles --------11.9 km
6. hugy --------------6.8 miles --------11.0 km
7. Greedz ------------5.9 miles ---------9.5 km
8. IBCrazy -----------5.1 miles ---------8.2 km
9. Keith -------------5.1 miles ---------8.2 km
10. h0tr0d -----------4.25 miles --------6.8 km
11. Pen --------------3.6 miles ---------5.8 km
12. Calidave ---------3.7 miles ---------6.0 km
13. aeryck -----------3.36 miles --------5.4 km
14. kev.au -----------3.2 miles ---------5.2 km
15. LLD --------------3.1 miles ---------5.0 km
16. iacei-------------3.1 miles ---------5.0 km
17. marcin.gala ------2.77 miles --------4.5 km
18. aeryck -----------2.75 miles --------4.4 km
19. Pilotkeeg --------2.5 miles ---------4.0 km
20. Exyator ----------2.2 miles ---------3.7 km
21. Roberto ----------1.5 miles ---------2.4 km
22. Blue Chip --------1.2 miles ---------1.9 km
23. durangoflyer ------.43 miles ---------.7 km (quad)
24. Blizzard1287 ------.22 miles ---------.36 km
25.

Tim

14th February 2012, 12:07 PM

Damn 20km?! Nice job!

Thank you, here is the video:

http://vimeo.com/22169241

CaliDave

12th March 2012, 01:40 AM

New personals for me.

Made a 41 minute flight, and 23 miles total distance flown on one battery using about 6400mAh in the SW. I think I can press that to about 50 minutes if I was flying managing power.

James got a cool shot before landing:
http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n586/CaliDave/FPV/FPV%20-%20Skywalker%20V4/DSC04056jpg.jpg

Hucker

12th March 2012, 01:55 AM

Really cool shot!

Chris R

17th March 2012, 02:19 PM

Just done 4931m altitude today. video to follow.

Blizzard1287

17th March 2012, 02:50 PM

Update, hit 2mi. 2,000AGL on stock whips woooooo!

h0tr0d

17th March 2012, 04:01 PM

Just done 4931m altitude today. video to follow.

Nice man! Saw you post that in the RL thread too. Can't wait to see some video. 18mph wind and lots of gusts meant no record attempts for me. :(

Chris R

18th March 2012, 02:45 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RdCiJ0StJ8

Twawsi2

21st March 2012, 02:45 PM

8.6 Km distance away from launch today. Yesterday was the first time I ventured out past 2km (skeered). 1st was 4km, 2nd was 5km, 3rd flight yesterday was 7.6 km and then today was 8.6. I dont think this compares to many on the site but a big accomplishment for me. Now I'm learning a lot more, but in the air. One thing that I did do was verify OSD data, versus Google Earth. I trust Google Earth more so these distances are based off of reference (turn back) points that I can see in my GoPro videos. No OSD videos because I have a Piano DVR and it finally went tits up. Hunk of crap to begin with.

I have a 20km flight planned but I need to learned throttle management a little better before that can happen. Once I make that one, most likely I will not do long distance anymore. Longest for me will probably be 5-7 k becasue of the area that Im in.
Overall, pretty happy with myself for accomplishing this with FPVLAB's help. Thanks all!