Dom (Essential RC) Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 (edited) When fixed wing FPV flying no doubt for me that installing a Flight Controller is a must-have. If only for the 'return to home' feature which mitigates loss of the FPV video feed while you are flying BUT you get so much more including in googles telemetry data and other cool features such as assisted launch, auto trim, maintain altitude and loiter. This was my first flight with the Matek 765 with some very nice chase footage. Note on this flight I did get disoriented and lost...the on screen return to home vector arrow and 'return to home' feature my it zero stress. Edited August 19, 2021 by Dom (Essential RC) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Walsh Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 How could you have got lost, surely your VLOS spotter was keeping you informed of your distance and direction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lima Hotel Foxtrot Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 13 minutes ago, Shaun Walsh said: How could you have got lost, surely your VLOS spotter was keeping you informed of your distance and direction? THIS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Walsh Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Lima Hotel Foxtrot said: THIS! ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 "It's aeromodelling Jim, but not as we know it." Nothing better to do for a few moments while some glue sets, so I actually wasted ten minutes and several hundred heartbeats or so on this 'cool' video. I couldn't really care less, but was that sequence around 7.00 low and behind the tree line still within VLOS? I suppose it must have been to remain a legal flight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lima Hotel Foxtrot Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Shaun Walsh said: ??? I was concurring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 7 minutes ago, Cassandra said: It is as much aeromodelling as gluing bits of sliced tree together is. I was referring to the emphasis on getting the video footage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Disorientation can happen surprisingly close to home even when in total VLOS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom (Essential RC) Posted August 22, 2021 Author Share Posted August 22, 2021 On 19/08/2021 at 18:27, Ron Gray said: Disorientation can happen surprisingly close to home even when in total VLOS! Concurring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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