First FPV test flight

[kloner]

spot meter was off, whats that mean? pretty sure the one i sent in would be the river video above had it on..... assuming it worked cause the cam was broke

 

[DesJardins]

Spot meter is primarily for shooting from inside of a car or other dark space looking out into a brighter outside setting. Spot meter adjusts the exposure for the absolute center of the scene, for example the road ahead instead of the interior of the car.

I made sure it was off, when I flew directly into the sun view I still had a good ground view without the drastic dimming of everything around the predominant light.

Give it a try & let me know your impressions!
Center weighted average meter is best for normal outdoor and indoor lighting conditions.

 

[DesJardins]

Here was my 3rd flight of the day, we'll see if I need to ditch Spektrum and go Futaba 8F this weekend when I try to pass 2600 feet.

 

[skipper1]

It looks like to me that you're taking to this like a duck takes to water. I don't know how far you flew but it looked like it was a pretty good distance.
Now that you've had a chance to fly with the new motors, what are your thoughts?

 

[DesJardins]

It looks like to me that you're taking to this like a duck takes to water. I don't know how far you flew but it looked like it was a pretty good distance.
Now that you've had a chance to fly with the new motors, what are your thoughts?

Oh yea, I'm loving FPV & I have a feeling within no time I'll be flying around manual mode and seeing if I can post some fast vids like Kloner and MWR :fingers-crossed: the palm trees are just a hair over 1400 feet so tomorrow I'll be passing them and moving onto the next 1000
foot stretch to the end.

All I can say is T-motors are the best hands down... smooth, efficient, after flight they're barely warm and ready for more!

 

[kloner]

i wouldn't even worry about manual mode, as you get comftorable just fly a little lower. That's what makes the illusion of what were doing different. atti and the altitude hold is awesome for long flat stretches like you got.

 

[DesJardins]

Here was the quick 1/2 mile shake-down!

 

[irvan36mm]

Des- Awesome flight!!!
I see you're now using a Futaba 8FG Super...how are you liking yours?
-George

 

[skipper1]

OK, it's time for you to do a vacation somewhere other than the desert. It looked like you hooked up with Kloner, except no railroad. I think you're there. I noticed you now have the Futaba, it that working better for you?

 

[DesJardins]

Des- Awesome flight!!!
I see you're now using a Futaba 8FG Super...how are you liking yours?
-George

Hey George,
I actually used the DX8 on this flight! The Futaba hasn't arrived yet but I'm excited to give the 8FG a try

OK, it's time for you to do a vacation somewhere other than the desert. It looked like you hooked up with Kloner, except no railroad. I think you're there. I noticed you now have the Futaba, it that working better for you?

Hey Skip!
LOL, I haven't meet up with Kloner... Yet

I think it's time for me to take a little trip to the Sedona and get a lush scenery very soon. So far I'm digging this FPV stuff & look forward to some more interesting flight vids

 

[irvan36mm]

Hey George,
I actually used the DX8 on this flight! The Futaba hasn't arrived yet but I'm excited to give the 8FG a try ........

Cool! You'll like the 8FG-S.
Even though it has 14 available channels, the Naza only operates on 8 channels..S-Bus or not.
So you can only use 8 channels on the 8FG-S.
But, I've seen a video somewhere (youtube?) where someone w/ an 8FG-S used a 3-way switch
for the flight modes (Atti,GPS Atti & Manual) and used a mix function off of the 3-way switch to where he set-up a 2-way switch
for normal operation and Fail-Safe.
Kinda like a master "Oh **** " switch, in case he got into trouble. LOL
And it works in all 3 flight modes. I think he set the Fail-Safe for RTH??
He also rigged his 8FG-S to go into Fail-Safe RTH if he turned off the radio or if he lost signal,too.
I need to read into it in the manual & I'll try it out after I get my Disco up & running.
-George

 

[DesJardins]

Yup I'll be doing the same. That's exactly what I had the quad set-up to do with the DX8.

Manual/Att/GPS on the 3 position switch and the toggle behind that was emergency failsafe or "RTH"
As well if the DX8 is turned off simulating a loses signal it faulted into fail-safe (RTH)

Good emergency backup to have!

 

[kloner]

i like that direction alot better....... you got gobs of room out that way.

That slow oscillation it's doing most that flight is too low of ail/ele gain

Awesome though bro, your getting there

 

[irvan36mm]

Yup I'll be doing the same. That's exactly what I had the quad set-up to do with the DX8.

Manual/Att/GPS on the 3 position switch and the toggle behind that was emergency failsafe or "RTH"
As well if the DX8 is turned off simulating a loses signal it faulted into fail-safe (RTH)

Good emergency backup to have!

Oops! This guy had a Futaba 10c radio, but it setting a second 2-way
switch on an 8FG-S for Fail-Safe RTH should be somewhat similar.