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Video: FIRST ADRENALINE

Posted by trappy on June 9, 2011 at 4:30am

I really enjoy making FPV videos. But recently we started producing and selling our aircraft to customers around the world, which has taken up so much time it's hard for us to produce enough videos to fit our weekly schedule. So it's very refreshing to see that at least our customers are having fun :) These are a couple of clips from two of our first customers doing their first ever FPV flights (zero prior FPV experience!). Enjoy!


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  • trappy June 13, 2011 at 12:36pm

    in this video both. When we visited them we used our ground station which is a tracked antenna on a diversity. but most of the clips they shot themselves with their 14dbi single patch rx system, the one I've been using for years prior to the tracking.

  • trappy June 10, 2011 at 11:34pm
    yes, stock TX antenna.
  • trappy June 10, 2011 at 7:54am

    yeah, they have plenty of R/C experience. Learning to fly it, and learning to fly it fast down the mountains is 2 different pairs of shoes obviously. I've learned R/C on a flying wing, it's much easier due to the "bank & yank" kind of flight. However, I suggest to start with something a little more docile like the Maxi Swift, or even a Zagi. There's also a handful of simulators out there that can help you get into R/C, which is essential before you move on to FPV. If you rush the R/C part, you'll never fully feel comfortable in FPV.

    The ground-antenna used is the 14dbi patch antenna available at most FPV hobby stores. It's pretty basic, cheap and a good beginner antenna.

    http://www.l-com.com/item.aspx?id=23181

  • trappy June 9, 2011 at 7:54am
    The OSD info is shown on screen "analog" and sent "digitally" down to the ground station. The iOS app is claled "iTelemetry", it's a free download and tied to the system we use (immersionRC EzOSD, EzUHF). You can also receive all other information such as RSSI, Voltage, mAh consumed, speed, etc. Same applies to the windows application, obviously. If you want you can pipe the live-feed to your laptop and receive all information there. But we don't like bringing laptops out to the field.
  • trappy June 9, 2011 at 7:47am
    yes, the current GPS coordinates are transferred via audio-link down the FPV stream. you can record that footage (we also sell a recorder) and then play it through an available windows application, which will give you the GPS coordinates. You can also connect an iPhone or iPad to the audio-stream and it will show you the plane position in real-time. this is even faster for recovery, as you can just grab the iPhone and start walking until the "Home" pin meets the "plane" pin :)
  • trappy June 9, 2011 at 7:25am
    ssozonoff, thanks! they have bought the EzUHF/EzOSD version and were using a 14dbi/7dbi lawmate and oracle ground station with Carl Zeiss Cinemizer goggles.
  • ssozonoff June 9, 2011 at 7:23am
    Mind me asking which "version" of your product is being used in these videos?
  • ssozonoff June 9, 2011 at 7:20am
    nice!
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