Jumped up a bit with a more powerful Vtx, better Tx antenna, better camera.
Mounted it in a Parkzone T-28. It's typically made for flying within a couple hundred yards. I have a slower plane that would be a better option except I removed it's receiver with self leveling ability and put it in this one. Give me a chance to flip a switch and pull the goggles if I were to lose video without worrying where the plane is crashing.
The antenna for the plane receiver isn't really in a good spot. Lots of metal push rods around it, not really an issue for the plane when flown in its normal radius of a couple hundred yards. The controller has plenty of power to get the signal through.
I set up the FPV with my primary goal of not causing the plane to fly funky and crash, and just get it set up so I could test the new camera. The video TX is only about an inch away from the planes Rx, blasting it with video signals. Not on the same frequency, but that close it still has an effect.
By any real standard this is a pretty terrible way to set things up. But I figured I could fine tune later.
I was able to fly out to around 1,000 yards. At that point I noticed control of the plane was starting to get a little glitchy. Flipped it to auto leveling mode to turn around so it wouldn't crash in during the short lapses in signal. The video was still clear. Once I got turned around I caught some static. It seems it was an issue when I was in the "shadow" created by the motor blocking the signal from the video Tx. Can reduce the effect by moving the Vtx further from the motor.
Brought it back and landed uneventfully.
With a few changes to the setup I should be able to easily get more range out of my Tx, as of now I can see further than I can fly. Will get on google earth later for a better estimate of the distance flow.
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Mounted it in a Parkzone T-28. It's typically made for flying within a couple hundred yards. I have a slower plane that would be a better option except I removed it's receiver with self leveling ability and put it in this one. Give me a chance to flip a switch and pull the goggles if I were to lose video without worrying where the plane is crashing.
The antenna for the plane receiver isn't really in a good spot. Lots of metal push rods around it, not really an issue for the plane when flown in its normal radius of a couple hundred yards. The controller has plenty of power to get the signal through.
I set up the FPV with my primary goal of not causing the plane to fly funky and crash, and just get it set up so I could test the new camera. The video TX is only about an inch away from the planes Rx, blasting it with video signals. Not on the same frequency, but that close it still has an effect.
By any real standard this is a pretty terrible way to set things up. But I figured I could fine tune later.
I was able to fly out to around 1,000 yards. At that point I noticed control of the plane was starting to get a little glitchy. Flipped it to auto leveling mode to turn around so it wouldn't crash in during the short lapses in signal. The video was still clear. Once I got turned around I caught some static. It seems it was an issue when I was in the "shadow" created by the motor blocking the signal from the video Tx. Can reduce the effect by moving the Vtx further from the motor.
Brought it back and landed uneventfully.
With a few changes to the setup I should be able to easily get more range out of my Tx, as of now I can see further than I can fly. Will get on google earth later for a better estimate of the distance flow.
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