Tom O'Connell
Bixler FPV Mods Fantastic
hey chad i live up in the north about 300 miles away from london.....loads nicer up here as im sure anas will agree 
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ananas1301
Crazy flyer/crasher :D
hey chad i live up in the north about 300 miles away from london.....loads nicer up here as im sure anas will agree
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Ohhhh yeah! I have to agree! Deepdale is enough for some nice flying
Chad,
Perhaps this is just my perception but it seems there are a good number of Aussie RC Air enthusiasts. Do you have a ballpark percentage of how many FliteTest supporters there are from down under?
By the way, I am very enthused that there is such an international interest and collaboration as we see in this and other RC air community forums. Perhaps we should open an International Channel where those of us who are multilingual can make ourselves available to those others who would be otherwise disconnected.
—Jim
Perhaps this is just my perception but it seems there are a good number of Aussie RC Air enthusiasts. Do you have a ballpark percentage of how many FliteTest supporters there are from down under?
By the way, I am very enthused that there is such an international interest and collaboration as we see in this and other RC air community forums. Perhaps we should open an International Channel where those of us who are multilingual can make ourselves available to those others who would be otherwise disconnected.
—Jim
It's hard to say exactly, but about 22% of our audience is from Australia... according to YouTube.
Let's get the normal channels working efficiently before expanding internationally
I love the goggles but a monitor is cheaper and better to start with. My recommendation is a flying wing like the TekSumo or Swift II for your first FPV venture. Don't try to slap a GoPro on your first FPV plane. Work up to it. Have you seen this episode?...
http://flitetest.com/articles/simple-fpv/
It's a good primer for FPV.
I hope this helps!
elemental
Member
could a swift 2 even carry a gopro??lol
Hmmm, without the case, and with enough motor... I bet it could!
We're going to try the GoPro on the TekSumo this weekend.
Rcplaneguy
Minnesota Flyer
Hey Chad! Big fan of the show. Have you thought of doing a video about your camera planes and setups for camera planes? A simple response would be awesome! Thanks for taking your time to answer all of our questions to make Flite Test the best it can be!
Thanks,
~Rcplaneguy
Thanks,
~Rcplaneguy
ananas1301
Crazy flyer/crasher :D
Yeah I think the Teksumo is tha bigger one between the two: look here
The smaller one is around 50mm in width I think.
The big one is a very good plane for FPV as is it easy to fly (for most of us I think) and has quite good carrying ability. Often people put a Gopro on it as well, so a plus of at least 100-300g in my opinion should be fine, depending on how much power you have.
Go to the Articles section of the site, and type in FPV in the search bar, you'll find a lot of that info there.
That's a good idea. Maybe we'll get around to it eventually. Right now we have a full agenda for a couple of months. Have you seen this yet?...
http://flitetest.com/articles/fpv-twinstar-version-01/
Thats one of the articles I was looking for. That and the ground station one.
I was a bit rushed before, so I didn't add any links.
Friz
Fighting for more FLITE
Would the Twinstar make a good first fpv plane or should i stick with a tek sumo because i have no problem flying.
Below is the FPV gear i already have just need a plane to lift them maybe my scratch built plane below would work. The patch attenna is probably the only advanced thing shown below and maybe the camera
Edit the video below is the flight of my first scratch build which was built and flown last week end, the platform still needs some modifcation but its very stable and slow. This plane is without a doubt the most invicible plane i own
Below is the FPV gear i already have just need a plane to lift them maybe my scratch built plane below would work. The patch attenna is probably the only advanced thing shown below and maybe the camera
Edit the video below is the flight of my first scratch build which was built and flown last week end, the platform still needs some modifcation but its very stable and slow. This plane is without a doubt the most invicible plane i own
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Great scratch build! Throw the FPV gear on your scratch build to start. Just to get a feel for it. Slow is best. Once you get comfortable move up to something more refined.
