My first FPV Experience

[liamm =D]

cheers pal its a really good frame loads of space to mount all the fpv stuff and can add the tbs for for an even neater set up only downside is you are limited to battery sive and weight to get cg i also ad to drill a couple of holes to mount the gimbal

and i have had to order some rit dye for the white dji legs lol as they are annoying me been white

[liamm =D]

get a proper undercarriage those ones are pants ....

i would but i don't have a clue what else there is to use i just knew about them so got them as they are cheap lol soon to be dyed black tho

[KnifeEdge]

here is my second FPV vid (nothing special just getting used to it). went a bit low at around 2:22 (was actually about 2ft off of ground).

[GIXERMAN]

Here you go.... (set res to HD if you can)

did E.T find home, or return to home activated.

[KnifeEdge]

lol, I clicked RTH on this flight

[Tim Procter]

Coolio, I need to learn all this stuff I think.

According to Jamie Renwick at Fastlads there is 6 times more stuff to learn with FPV than our regular pod n boom helicopters.

After having a ten minute explanation from him on the subject I have to agree.

[Supa Koopa]

Liam you tart! Black arms, what was wrong with the red and white you got from me....? lol

OSD is the TBS ezosd. It's very good as it's one of the few with a current sensor so giving you the mah used. Trouble is there is no barometric sensor so the height reading can vary from slightly out to ridiculous. It's usually a meter or two wrong but even that is not great. Other times it's said I'm 9 meters up when I've just landed. lol It's very easy to setup as it's immersion gear so just plugs in to the fat shark stuff and there's no soldering required. The current sensor has xt60 connectors which is what I use on the smaller batteries anyway.

The mini is good but there is no mah used. It uses the naza's sensors and explains why it's cheaper than the others. I fancy the IOSD MKii simply because it has the ability to switch between video sources although that will bring up more problems due to the voltage of my camera.

I'd say OSD is really useful to have, you can then also answer the old question of 'how fast does it go, how far can it go, how high can it go'. lol

[Made2Fade]

According to Jamie Renwick at Fastlads there is 6 times more stuff to learn with FPV than our regular pod n boom helicopters.

After having a ten minute explanation from him on the subject I have to agree.

Tim im actually finding setting these up far easier and quicker than a model helicopter. However Jamies definately right. When you start fitting OSDs and various other add-ons then the wiring can start to get pretty complicated. Just about to wire up the new VTX and OSD for my 2nd Disco :-)
Im using an iOSD in this one but also the current sensor and OSD from the core.

[panosg]

I fancy the IOSD MKii simply because it has the ability to switch between video sources although that will bring up more problems due to the voltage of my camera.

I'd say OSD is really useful to have, you can then also answer the old question of 'how fast does it go, how far can it go, how high can it go'. lol

I use the IOSD MKii on my disco and I find it better that the ezosd that died 3 weeks from new!!! The horizon bar is great on the Iosd ii if you fly on gimbal, something I found difficult with the ezosd due to not been aware of the quads angles.

Yes the mah reading is nice and I hope DJI will add it soon with a new firmware, but now using the timer on my Taranis 8 minutes count down and leaves me with 25% on my pack.

I love FPV

[dodeye]

Cracking vids you lads . Looks a great flying site you lot have canny jealous like .

[disho]

Mine Dji Deadcat quadcopter + Naza Light + ESC, Motors + Turnigy 4S 3300 Lipo, Running a separate lipo for camera system, FatShark Teleporter V3 RTF FPV Headset System with Pilot HD Camera


Dji Deadcat quadcopter + Naza Light + 4S 3300 Lipo, Pilot HD Camera - YouTube

[dillwhacker]

Cheers chaps, helpful stuff..
Made2fade, are you using two OSD systems then, an iOSD plus something else to give mAH used?
"the current sensor and OSD from the core." sorry, I didn't follow that..
That's what I'd like - the GPS & barometric altitude etc read back from the NAZA, but mAH from something else?
Cheers for any help

[KnifeEdge]

just got iOSD mini through the post today, along with the ground station and BTU. more gadgets to play with

[heli]

Popped my FPV cherry Monday. I'm flying a QAV 400 with Open Pilot CC3D and the Apache OSD . No RTH or position lock!

Flying FPV is definitelya lot of fun and it's weirdly more sociable thatn flying a heli!

We have great fun flying FPV

and if you ain't seen him yet checkout Juz

[David Drew]

Very good videos.

Got to wonder what would happen if you lose it and it happens to collide with a light aircraft at some point on the way home. I guess that's why it must be kept in sight if I recall the rules correctly.

Interesting stuff this fpv