Just thought I'd update my journey with the FC40 after having it a while longer. Keep in mind this is my first Quad of any kind.
In my original post after my first weekend I said the camera isn't that great.
Well, I'm going to half retract that. The camera is much better than I thought. No, its not as good as my GoPro, but for the price and weight savings it is much better than it should be.
It also helps so much now that I have the FPV working with my Galaxy 3 phone (Thanks to Stony30 with the fix!) Its really surprising how far away it keeps connection for FPV...I was easily 100+ yards away today and it worked perfect.
The not so good about the camera: a gimbal with some kind of tilt control from the tx is really a must have, and some kind of sunshade for the phone would be nice.
The 9" vision props are nice. They add flight time but are twitchier then stock. Im getting used to them.
Lastly, I set up IOC and LOVE it. Cant imagine flying without it ever again! No more of that sinking feeling in my stomach when Im just a speck in the distance and trying helplessly to figure out which way the quad is facing and what lever to bring it towards me. Now just switch the S2 lever back to HL, pull the joystick straight back and it comes straight back to where I started. Perfect!!
In my original post after my first weekend I said the camera isn't that great.
Well, I'm going to half retract that. The camera is much better than I thought. No, its not as good as my GoPro, but for the price and weight savings it is much better than it should be.
It also helps so much now that I have the FPV working with my Galaxy 3 phone (Thanks to Stony30 with the fix!) Its really surprising how far away it keeps connection for FPV...I was easily 100+ yards away today and it worked perfect.
The not so good about the camera: a gimbal with some kind of tilt control from the tx is really a must have, and some kind of sunshade for the phone would be nice.
The 9" vision props are nice. They add flight time but are twitchier then stock. Im getting used to them.
Lastly, I set up IOC and LOVE it. Cant imagine flying without it ever again! No more of that sinking feeling in my stomach when Im just a speck in the distance and trying helplessly to figure out which way the quad is facing and what lever to bring it towards me. Now just switch the S2 lever back to HL, pull the joystick straight back and it comes straight back to where I started. Perfect!!