Yesterday my newly built Mk FPV quad got it's first outing at the flying field where I could actually fly it with the goggles rather than just hover it in my backyard in altitude hold and GPS position hold. Unfortunately by the time I got to the field and got everything setup the wind had come up and made for a bouncy ride. Still I was able to get at least one good test flight in, the Bluebeam antennas are a vast improvement over the plain stick setups that came with the video TX/RX. The only time I had any signal loss was when the quad was downrange with the TX antenna pointed directly away from the RX on the ground and partially blocked by the frame of the quad and even at that it was just a short period of interference. Before the next flights I'll reposition the antennas a little and that should fix the problem. This is the first time I've had this quality of signal for trhe duration of the flight and it makes a huge difference especially consiering I'm using a sub $100 200mW 5.8 combo for the video downlink, it will be interesting to see the improvement once I install the Immersion 600mW with OSD.
A few pics of the MKs at the field...
Video of the first flight recorded off the downlink at the ground station, prtty much the same exact view I had from the goggles...
Overall a very successful first outing even with the windy conditions pushing the quad all over the place...
Ken
A few pics of the MKs at the field...
Video of the first flight recorded off the downlink at the ground station, prtty much the same exact view I had from the goggles...
Overall a very successful first outing even with the windy conditions pushing the quad all over the place...
Ken
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