FPV PILOT TRAINING CENTER - YOUR ROAD TO FPV SUCCESS

[jgrueneheidt]

Well when I fist got into rc piloting I got a flysky 9x( Turnigy 9x) thinking that 2.4ghz what's superior to fm systems. What's this wrong?

[dbsanders]

FPV newbie here. I'm starting out with 1.3GHz 800mw Tx on a Bixler (hasn't arrived yet). Also in the market for a JR 10X radio or some similar 72MHz model.

I'm looking at all the choices for OSD, and of course there are a lot. Some have return to home (RTH) built in, which seems like almost a necessity if radio link is lost. Without this feature, how are people not losing their planes when finding/pushing the limits of their RC range? Is RSSI in the OSD a good substitute? RC receiver failsafe doesn't help much, as it wont land the plane!

I do like the EZOSD, but no RTH feature.

Educate me please!

[SENTRY]

FPV newbie here. I'm starting out with 1.3GHz 800mw Tx on a Bixler (hasn't arrived yet). Also in the market for a JR 10X radio or some similar 72MHz model.

I'm looking at all the choices for OSD, and of course there are a lot. Some have return to home (RTH) built in, which seems like almost a necessity if radio link is lost. Without this feature, how are people not losing their planes when finding/pushing the limits of their RC range? Is RSSI in the OSD a good substitute? RC receiver failsafe doesn't help much, as it wont land the plane!

I do like the EZOSD, but no RTH feature.

Educate me please!

You won't lose your plane if you do proper installations and testing. I have never used an AP or RTH systems and have flow out 17+ miles, and have flown 10 - 12 miles more times than I remember. You want to keep your first plane as simple as possible - plane, vtx, camera - and then control. Once you get some hours under belt then grow into the advanced features if you choose to do so.

Screw auto-pilots, nothing flies my planes but me.

A great simple OSD is the Tiny2 from the SkylarkFPV


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[dbsanders]

Thanks, very valuable input.

So how do you know when you've reached your RC range limit? Servo twitching? And then you turn around?

Bret

[SENTRY]

On 72 you will generally get glitching (control) or questionable video (video) - so you turn around. You can mod a Corona 72mHz rx for RSSI though - although RSSI is just a tool - not "the law". The simple thing is to just read (a lot) on here - ask questions, and keep it VERY simple starting out.

[IBCrazy]

Thanks, very valuable input.

So how do you know when you've reached your RC range limit? Servo twitching? And then you turn around?

Bret

I use pan or tilt on my airplanes. If it starts to shake, I turn around and come home. I make certain my failsafes are off before flight so I glitch instead of lock.

-Alex

[Juan]

Hi Guys,

Newbie here. I am flying a Sky Surfer with this fpv setup: http://www.readymaderc.com/store/ind...roducts_id=778
I am getting very short video range. I get interference almost at any distance, and I have tried three different flying places. I am mounting the video tx on the back of the cockpit, as many people do, and I am powering it with a separate lipo. I am doing circuits in front of me of about 100 meters diameter, and I am lucky if I get clear video on half a leg of the circuit. I know I'm not giving you a lot to go on, but can you guys think of anything that I may be missing? I'm not looking for a lot of range at the moment, just the ability to fly small circuits, but I can't get even that much.

Thanks!

Juan

[volto]

That definitely doesn't sound right, I would suspect either a damaged antenna or bad solder joint somewhere.

[Juan]

That definitely doesn't sound right, I would suspect either a damaged antenna or bad solder joint somewhere.

Thanks for the answer. I did have a crash where the antenna came apart from the tx, but I soldered it back on. The results are no worse than before the accident, and so I doubt that that is the problem. I will try with the regular antennas instead of the bluebeams.

[volto]

I know it sounds silly, but make sure the channel on your transmitter matches your receiver, sometimes it will still work if you are just on a nearby frequency. What part of the antenna did you solder? Have any pictures of your setup?