My First FPV Flights!
As of last weekend I have made my first FPV flights. It was really amazing, big grins all around and well worth the time and effort. Video below! This weekend was the first time I was able to fly in First-Person-View, also known as FPV. The basic premise if you haven’t read my other posts […]
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Reactor Biplane with FPV Hardware Flys
After going through a few different planes trying to find one that would be suitable for FPV (First Person View) flying I think I’ve finally settled on one. After the crash of the Reactor Bpe which tore the wing off and ripped the fuselage in half, I collected all the little bits and rebuilt it. […]
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Guan Li Catalina First FPV Flight (sorta)
Posted on April 19th, 2010 in FPV, Radio Control
I installed the FPV (First Person View) video and electronic gear in the Guan Li Catalina this weekend. It took a bit of time to install all the parts and then some friends and I took a quick test flight on Sunday evening. Here’s some of the stuff I installed in the Catalina, all the […]
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Replacing the SAW Filter in a 900Mhz A/V Receiver for FPV
I received some more components in the mail today. Most of them were base station equipment, all from DPCAV.COM. The items I received were the 900Mhz patch panel antenna, a dipole 900Mhz omnidirectional antenna, 2 900Mhz receivers, some Kapton tape, a bunch of batteries I ordered for my Aiptek 8800 digital camcorder and A/V input […]
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More Required Equipment for FPV Flying Has Arrived
Posted on April 16th, 2010 in FPV, Radio Control
The rest of the plane side FPV equipment arrived in the mail today. If you click on the picture below you can see each component of the airborne system with labels. Here are some more detailed descriptions of the hardware starting at the top left. HK = Hobby King.com DPCAV = Digital Products Company A/V […]
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