So this weekend I was at my parent's house flying around. Of course, I showed off my new FPV setup. I mentioned that my next purchase would be a iOSD mini. It was getting dark, but I didn't care. I had like 6 flights under my belt that day alone.
I went over our house and boom! I lost sight of my poor phantom 1.1.1. Frantically I tried a few thrusts forward in little turns, but no luck. My battery was half way through (per my GoPro video timer that I judge my flight times with currently) so I decided to turn off my transmitter and see if it would return.
It did! Slowly the FPV monitor went from fuzzy to full video and in the distance I heard those beautiful motors churning away.
It landed about 5 feet from where I took off (I had to grab the legs and pull on it because it would have landed on their pool cover). The family erupted with applause.
Oh happy day.
No more out of sight FPV until I get the iOSD mini purchased and installed.
I went over our house and boom! I lost sight of my poor phantom 1.1.1. Frantically I tried a few thrusts forward in little turns, but no luck. My battery was half way through (per my GoPro video timer that I judge my flight times with currently) so I decided to turn off my transmitter and see if it would return.
It did! Slowly the FPV monitor went from fuzzy to full video and in the distance I heard those beautiful motors churning away.
It landed about 5 feet from where I took off (I had to grab the legs and pull on it because it would have landed on their pool cover). The family erupted with applause.
Oh happy day.
No more out of sight FPV until I get the iOSD mini purchased and installed.