Not my best FPV day......

FPVSteve · March 03, 2016, 10:51:57 PM

Golden rule .. it's ALWAYS further away than you thought :)

luvbus · March 03, 2016, 10:59:50 PM

Quote from: Dillwhacker on March 03, 2016, 10:46:36 PM
Get another quad out there with a good FPV cam and good video feed - it's amazing what you can find from above with a stable platform.
I've done it 3 times so far to locate two planes in crops and one quad in long grass.
T

Weather permitting I think I'll have a go at that tomorrow with one of the video quads.....

luvbus · March 03, 2016, 11:05:23 PM

Quote from: Steve W on March 03, 2016, 10:51:57 PM
Golden rule .. it's ALWAYS further away than you thought :)

Covered a good 3/4 of a mile downwind from the last bit of video that was recorded in the open fields.

My concern is it has headed upwind and ended up in woodland where it will be extremely difficult to find it :(

luvbus · March 06, 2016, 04:49:34 PM

Big thankyou to pk-surfing & coyote for coming out today to assist in the search for the missing Gravity race quad. :-*

Paul conducted a massive foot search of the local wilderness while Ian surveyed the area with his tricopter.

Whilst we did not come across it from the video downlink or ground search I am just working my way through the footage recorded today from the two multicopters in the hope of catching sight of it......

Cheers again guys,

Richie

pk-surfing · March 06, 2016, 05:59:20 PM

Great day Richie really enjoyed meeting up.

Super coffee, super bacon butties, super location what more could anyone ask for ;D

When we get a decent weather forecast and we're all up for it we should meet for a proper flying session (and I might do another few miles hiking through the uncharted woodland !)

PK :)

luvbus · April 18, 2016, 11:26:48 PM

Had a text from a local Farmer today...

'Is this yours?'

:o :overexcited: :overexcited: :ohyeah: :ohyeah:

Lola · April 19, 2016, 12:54:44 AM

Ah rated mate, nice one. So where did it end up?

FPVSteve · April 19, 2016, 01:18:25 AM

Woohoo, result!

luvbus · April 19, 2016, 07:20:59 AM

Was apparently in one of the fields we covered in the search. Was found by a guy doing some fencing for the farmer.
They are going hunting for the GoPro session that was on it today. I'm stuck on the ship so cannot go looking myself.....

pk-surfing · April 19, 2016, 07:39:50 AM

Blimey, all that walking around in the woods for miles looking for it and all the time it was close by !

Fingers crossed they find the camera.

PK :)

luvbus · April 19, 2016, 08:04:57 AM

Would be nice...

Will be interesting to plug it in and see how much of it works.

Coyote · April 19, 2016, 11:19:55 AM

I didn't think you would ever see that again, what a result :)