RC-Hangout

Just got back from a sweet sesh on the beach.
Flew the Warp360. Trying to get my thumbs working again after basically a 6 month break
Flew the Glider.
Flew the mini quad.
Did a range test on the mini quad to see when i lost video signal.
Surprise was, while the video was still perfect about 400m out, I lost radio signal
It was a cheapy ORX with a dodgy antenna. As i was only a couple of feet of the ground, the motors cut and it landed perfectly.
A guy walking his dog picked it up and met me half way back
Great fun

Good stuff Lee, nice to hear your getting the webs off that warp... How's the Gobby doing?

Fun fun fun! Soo.. 400 meters is... Bout a quarter mile... Bout the same distance I lost signal with a Spektrum sat... Wasn't anyone walking to meet me with mine... I think mine must be in a tree... One of the reasons I want GPS & a buzzer on my next quad.

400m isn't that far really. Do you think the dodgy antenna has reduced the range?

cml001 wrote:Fun fun fun! Soo.. 400 meters is... Bout a quarter mile... Bout the same distance I lost signal with a Spektrum sat... Wasn't anyone walking to meet me with mine... I think mine must be in a tree... One of the reasons I want GPS & a buzzer on my next quad.

I have a beeper on all of my quads.
I always try and be aware of where I am when flying FPV as I would hate to lose my mini.
When I have had trouble finding it in the past the Taranis telemetry has helped me get close and the beeper gets me there.
I can't afford to build another at the moment.