dan's rcx 250 flight log LOS and FPV

Post by **danhampson** » Sun Dec 28, 2014 10:12 am

I ordered a mini quad from China and it arrived about 8 days later so over the Christmas period I've built the quad and started with some line of sight testing to sort out that gains and to get a general feel for how the quad reacts in flight http://youtu.be/4CH9GRhzpaw

Graham Lawrie · Post by **Graham Lawrie** » Sun Dec 28, 2014 10:28 am

Nice one Dan:)

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Sun Dec 28, 2014 12:39 pm

Awesome Dan, quads are just great things to fly..

KevG · Post by **KevG** » Sun Dec 28, 2014 5:08 pm

Nice and stable Dan, good job

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Sun Dec 28, 2014 5:19 pm

Looks good mate.
Did you stick with my settings, or make your own?

Post by **danhampson** » Sun Dec 28, 2014 9:04 pm

Lee wrote:Looks good mate.
Did you stick with my settings, or make your own?

I used your settings as a base and tweaked them a bit here and there.
I've tried flying it in attitude, ratitude, and acro modes and am finding that acro mode feels more natural, feels like a FBL heli. I'm hoping to have some FPV gear to put in it in about a week.

madphil · Post by **madphil** » Sun Dec 28, 2014 9:33 pm

Looks good Dan , What FPV gear are you getting ?

Stambo · Post by **Stambo** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 9:52 am

Looking good Dan, yard looks a bit small for FPV though.

I have a trampoline like that for my son.
My ZMR 250 fits under it quite well, most times.

Post by **danhampson** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 10:44 am

madphil wrote:Looks good Dan , What FPV gear are you getting ?

I think im going to go with the fat shark predator v2 Phil.

Stambo wrote:Looking good Dan, yard looks a bit small for FPV though.

I have a trampoline like that for my son.
My ZMR 250 fits under it quite well, most times.

Lol Ive got loads of open countryside within a 10 min drive.

Post by **danhampson** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 1:50 pm

I got the chance to do some more work on the acro mode gains today the video is footage of the results. It feels really locked in even in such strong winds (15mph gusting 25mph+) with zero oscillation. very impressed with this board.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syX1gYkwJcU

Stambo · Post by **Stambo** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 10:43 pm

After weaning myself off self level recently I strongly believe acro is the only way to fly.
I would suggest self level is probably the way to go while you are first learning FPV as sorting out level is a lot harder looking through a lens.
You can usually let go the right stick and give it some throttle to get you out of trouble. (As long as you are not under something

)
Once you get the hang of FPV you can switch back to acro.

I use a predator V2 and they are pretty good.
I have looked through a friends Skyzones and I am jealous but you get what you pay for.
I did upgrade the camera on my mini to a 600tvl from Surveilzone, made what I thought was already pretty good even better.
http://www.surveilzone.com/sony-super-h ... fpv-hs1171
At $35 US it wasn't too expensive and the difference, especially in low light is massive.
You can get better ones but much more expensive for a little better quality.

Post by **danhampson** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 8:37 pm

i took the mini quad to the field today for a little more LOS testing and to give me a little more room to stretch its legs.

please turn the volume down before you play the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqdyH90a0ZU

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 11:04 pm

Looks good Dan,
I bet you can't wait to get your FPV gear on it. I can't wait for mine.

Post by **danhampson** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 11:42 pm

Yeah can wait to get the fpv gear on it. I'm hoping to order it this coming Friday that way it should be with me for Monday. I will have to record my flights with my sj4000 strapped to the quad until I can get a mobius.

cml001 · Post by **cml001** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 12:13 am

Nice!

Stambo · Post by **Stambo** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 12:47 am

Once you have flown that thing FPV, I'll almost bet you will rarely fly it LOS.
FPV opens up a whole new world.
The only time I fly mine LOS now is if I have changed something that I want to test before flying FPV.

Post by **danhampson** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 1:49 am

I'm thinking that once I've flown fpv I won't want to fly anything line of sight. Lol I was pretty much sold on the idea when I strapped my sj4000 to my wot 4 foam - and watched the video back. Lol.

Stambo · Post by **Stambo** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 8:04 am

Once I had flown my mini quad FPV, I just had to strap the FPV gear to my AXN and have a go.
I loved it, totally different to the quad, much more relaxed.

Graham Lawrie · Post by **Graham Lawrie** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 8:20 pm

Very good Dan:) The idea for racing is now obvious:)

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 3:57 pm

Excellent Dan, can't wait to get my quad back...

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