New Member Build - with Q's

[Sheldon Holy]

Oh it says Video for everything.

We can't even discuss hypothetically!

[Coyote]

You should be getting 100`s of meters of range with that setup

If you getting a picture, camera and transmitter are working.

That then leaves one of these :

1) Faulty rx

2) Antenna mis-match, ie the antennas connector doesnt match the rx`s or vtx`s

3) Burnt out vtx - Vtx left plugged in, either with no cold air passing over it for a few minutes or without an antenna connected or an antenna with wrong sma end ( female to female )

[Gundummy]

 :+

i will stick to the 550 size electric for FPV as there is less carbon and the heli is "more expendable" than my beloved nitro

Ok - update here, this is either good or bad karma but i switched from spektrum to futaba Tx and while setting up the 550 managed to spool up the heli in the workshop while setting fail safes of all things.  :o Tail boom and Carbon blades took the hit so i would say:

a: always disconnect the motor when tweaking settings .... this is the one time i didn't! :-X
b: i'm fine but the pride has been dented somewhat!

Now the good Karma .... my 550 has since ceased production, no spares. I just need a non-Carbon Fibre cheap helicopter to map all the electronics across and i'm back in the game  ^-^

Project on hold

I'll be back! 

(Try buying a basic non-bling Helicopter without carbon fibre! It's Ninja!)

[Coyote]

Oh dear, not to plan at all, ive done the same with my Blade 400 once, it fired up in idle up and mashed itself into the ceiling putting an end to setting up rather quickly :)