I finally got my first FPV flight completed un-edited. Sorry for the first minute of nothing, wanted to show I waited a good bit to make sure I had full GPS lock...if you have seen my other recent posts, my flyaway has me skeptical.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUk4C6SvxZU[/youtube]
Some things I have questions about:
Im powering the gimball and the Boscam 400mW TX off of the stock phantom battery. At most I'm getting 6 minutes of easy flying. Did I go overkill with the 400mW? Would going to 200 mW save me any sort of noticeable battery life/flight time? Perhaps I should get a small battery to power the gimball and the TX instead and save the main battery for flying? I know extra weight adds to things as well, just wanted to fly more!
The stock antennas really do not do well, and I have some skew planars set to arrive tomorrow. Will I notice a big impact? I have the diversity receiver with dual antennas. For now I'm going to put one skew on and leave the other as a stock antenna. What kind of range can i expect with the skews? Should I bother spending the money for a heliaxial? Based on my battery time, I'm not sure I can go farther than a couple hundred meters.
Thanks for the help!
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUk4C6SvxZU[/youtube]
Some things I have questions about:
Im powering the gimball and the Boscam 400mW TX off of the stock phantom battery. At most I'm getting 6 minutes of easy flying. Did I go overkill with the 400mW? Would going to 200 mW save me any sort of noticeable battery life/flight time? Perhaps I should get a small battery to power the gimball and the TX instead and save the main battery for flying? I know extra weight adds to things as well, just wanted to fly more!
The stock antennas really do not do well, and I have some skew planars set to arrive tomorrow. Will I notice a big impact? I have the diversity receiver with dual antennas. For now I'm going to put one skew on and leave the other as a stock antenna. What kind of range can i expect with the skews? Should I bother spending the money for a heliaxial? Based on my battery time, I'm not sure I can go farther than a couple hundred meters.
Thanks for the help!