Stambo
Well-Known Member
My friend Rob and I have been toying with FPV for a while now but where I have the room to get out and just do it, he has a smallish yard that does not allow for any sort of freedom.
We both started at around the same time but things have conspired to keep him grounded.
First setback was with a Naza controlled quad.
It was flying quite well, RTH was doing what it should, what could go wrong.
Famous last words.
About a minute in to the flight, I was spotting he was FPV piloting, things went wrong.
The quad decided to head for China. The infamous Naza flyaway.
Nothing he did made the slightest difference.
RTH ineffective.
Finally in desperation he shut down the transmitter hoping failsafe would take over and bring it home.
It just kept going, we feared never to be seen again.
We headed off over farm land in the general direction it was last seen, meeting and talking to people on the way.
We found a couple of kids that said they had seen it head "that way".
We carried on looking, Rob hopped in his vehicle and drove around the roads in the direction we saw it heading.
Finally a beep from the Frsky module indicated that it was within RSSI range.
He picked me up and we carried on looking.
We were getting video flashes so new it had to be close.
Holding the transmitter close to his body and rotating until the signal was totally gone meant it was behind him.
Finally 2km away from where it took off, in amongst some trees we found a battered and broken quad.
To be continued.
We both started at around the same time but things have conspired to keep him grounded.
First setback was with a Naza controlled quad.
It was flying quite well, RTH was doing what it should, what could go wrong.
Famous last words.
About a minute in to the flight, I was spotting he was FPV piloting, things went wrong.
The quad decided to head for China. The infamous Naza flyaway.
Nothing he did made the slightest difference.
RTH ineffective.
Finally in desperation he shut down the transmitter hoping failsafe would take over and bring it home.
It just kept going, we feared never to be seen again.
We headed off over farm land in the general direction it was last seen, meeting and talking to people on the way.
We found a couple of kids that said they had seen it head "that way".
We carried on looking, Rob hopped in his vehicle and drove around the roads in the direction we saw it heading.
Finally a beep from the Frsky module indicated that it was within RSSI range.
He picked me up and we carried on looking.
We were getting video flashes so new it had to be close.
Holding the transmitter close to his body and rotating until the signal was totally gone meant it was behind him.
Finally 2km away from where it took off, in amongst some trees we found a battered and broken quad.
To be continued.
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