PsyBorg
Wake up! Time to fly!
After a few weeks of trying to tune my new RR5 Alien I finally had one of those moments.
In a car or on a dirt bike or in a race car you have a physical connection to that vehicle. You can feel what is happening as the forces of motion push against you making you react to that and not what your eyes see. With FPV on an RC aircraft you do not have that physical connection. (unless you are unlucky and bean yourself with the aircraft) Today I had a connection with my quad. It was just as amazing as going down a track well over 150 mph.
Despite the windy conditions and the nerves I had the amazing experience to actually feel what the quad was doing and where IT wanted to go. It was so strange to feel the wind physically pushing on me as I sat at the bench flying but perceptibly zero effect on the quad. I have had this feeling before when racing where you get that adrenaline rush and your hands shake and you legs get rubbery and tunnel vision sets in as your heart speeds up. That point where it all comes into focus and nothing around you exists except for what you are doing that very instant. THIS is what I was hoping to get from all this practice and effort.
These videos are by far not spectacular in comparison to a lot that are out there it was the feeling that made the flights special. See if you can catch a little of what I felt at all by watching them. All comments are welcome if you felt anything let me know. If you think I'm goofy you are welcome to say so as I have heard that many times. I just want to know if I am reaching that special part of what FPV flight is all about.
This one is a tad loud and there was that one "Oh crap" moment that ended in "How the @!#$ did I pull that off" type thing. I had to stop at that point as I did not want to tempt fate.
In a car or on a dirt bike or in a race car you have a physical connection to that vehicle. You can feel what is happening as the forces of motion push against you making you react to that and not what your eyes see. With FPV on an RC aircraft you do not have that physical connection. (unless you are unlucky and bean yourself with the aircraft) Today I had a connection with my quad. It was just as amazing as going down a track well over 150 mph.
Despite the windy conditions and the nerves I had the amazing experience to actually feel what the quad was doing and where IT wanted to go. It was so strange to feel the wind physically pushing on me as I sat at the bench flying but perceptibly zero effect on the quad. I have had this feeling before when racing where you get that adrenaline rush and your hands shake and you legs get rubbery and tunnel vision sets in as your heart speeds up. That point where it all comes into focus and nothing around you exists except for what you are doing that very instant. THIS is what I was hoping to get from all this practice and effort.
These videos are by far not spectacular in comparison to a lot that are out there it was the feeling that made the flights special. See if you can catch a little of what I felt at all by watching them. All comments are welcome if you felt anything let me know. If you think I'm goofy you are welcome to say so as I have heard that many times. I just want to know if I am reaching that special part of what FPV flight is all about.
This one is a tad loud and there was that one "Oh crap" moment that ended in "How the @!#$ did I pull that off" type thing. I had to stop at that point as I did not want to tempt fate.
