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DeveloperPermalink Reply by Adam Rivera on October 5, 2011 at 12:26pm

Were you fully pitched while fighting the wind? you could use Acro mode to give yourself more control.

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Permalink Reply by Owen Booth on October 5, 2011 at 12:48pm

Hi Adam.

I was fully pitched forward, but in Stabilize mode. At the time of my last setup I couldn't see Acro as an option anymore, I'm probably mistaken. I'll check it out when I get home. cheers

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Permalink Reply by Grips on October 5, 2011 at 5:10pm

This is a good example of the  need to realize when to cut a flight short and get the airframe back to terrafirma whatever way you can. I don't need to say anything else obviously.

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Permalink Reply by Owen Booth on October 5, 2011 at 6:22pm

When wind is minimal at ground level, and then very strong just metres up and there is no authority or power to fight it, options are few. I do wish I'd turned in earlier to at least drift back down within the park. No real damage done, but a good lesson to learn. I'm happy to share my mistakes with the community :)

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Permalink Reply by James Roney on October 6, 2011 at 12:39am

What about a camcorder set to VCR mode?

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Permalink Reply by Owen Booth on October 6, 2011 at 1:00am

That's a bl**dy good idea, I did think of that but was unsure whether you could get camcorders with RCA video in?

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Permalink Reply by roger on October 6, 2011 at 4:32am

U can use an irecord (http://www.atpm.com/12.12/irecord.shtml) ... have an old version so not sure how the new ones work but I think it is what you're looking for (i.e., portable and dedicated video [even an audio] recorder) :)

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Permalink Reply by Owen Booth on October 6, 2011 at 12:55pm

Thanks for that Roger, much appreciated, I'll have a look-see

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Permalink Reply by Bart on October 6, 2011 at 1:07pm

Never used it, but saw this one. Might be of interest?

http://www.nghobbies.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&...

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Permalink Reply by Owen Booth on March 30, 2012 at 9:33pm

I've since purchased the MinimOSD, and a Mini SD Card DVR from jetviewcctv.com, so I can record the FPV video.

Then if I lose her again, I can simply play back the video, and get the last known lat/long position data!

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Cooper on March 30, 2012 at 11:26pm

Just curious to know, did you get your copter back?

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Permalink Reply by Owen Booth on March 31, 2012 at 12:08am

Hey Chris, yes I did thanks. Just two hours after it disappeared, I got a random email asking me to elaborate what "the reward consisted of ". As I'd put an "if found please contact(:blah blah email address), reward offered" label on her. Figuring it was going to cost me a fortune, I was surprised when the finder simply wanted Nz$20. Hell, I gave him $25, what a good bast**d, chuffed! The good ol' GoPro and APM 1 survived, check out my salvaged video of the hilarious events at:

http://youtu.be/wJ2pIYW0xqw

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