My FPV gear

[gtrick90]

Plane:
Arcus Sport by Robbe (stock config no flaps)
vTX BEVRC 800mW 1.2GHz
CloverLeaf
DP480 cam w/4mm f1.2 lens
DragonOSD+ V2 w/Baro & ArduImu
BEC 6V 5A
DC-DC converter (5A 12V fixed)
Lipo 3s2p 8000mAh TopFuel (6S 4000mAh)
ChainLink UHF LRS rx

GS:
10,5" LCD monitor
Diversity EagleTree
LawMate 1.2GHz rx w/Helical 7turns
BEVRC 1.2GHz rx w/CloverLeaf or Yagi 13db
Lipo 3Ss1p 5000mAh
DVR w/HD 250Gb
FatShark
ChainLink UHF LRS w/Diamond SG7500 dual-band antenna
Spektrum DX8 tx


my best LR flight w/above setup: 20km (44km round-trip)

Ciao

[g.collins]

Jeepers, your spotter has good Eyes, :o why don't you go for the channel crossing, I don't think its been don yet.
regards G

[gtrick90]

Jeepers, your spotter has good Eyes, :o why don't you go for the channel crossing, I don't think its been don yet.
regards G

The 20km LR attempt was made only to test some solutions (antennas and so on)

We're planning LR flights at 30km and 40km

:)

Ciao

Luca

[Coyote]

Have you got any photos to add to the post so we can see it :)

[electrotor]

Jeepers, your spotter has good Eyes, :o why don't you go for the channel crossing, I don't think its been don yet.
regards G

It's not been done by FPV yet, but Nigel Hawes and Brian Collins (BRC Hobbies) have done it accompanying the model in an inflatable. There used to be a link on the shop website. They used bog standard gear and a cheap Tx.
More recently it was done by a scale model Bleriot Monoplane.
Beng international I'm guessing the CAA and DGAC would have to give permission. The issue for the CAA certainly would be LOS unless the pilot and spotter were in a following boat. Sounds like a challenge though.

[Miles]

Yup, pics or it didn't happen :P
Mentioning that, i need to post my own pics :)
Badwolve1

[electrotor]

Some links. Proof enough Badwolve1?

http://www.modelflight.regheath.com/mf113/airspaceset.htm
http://www.propertelly.com/work.php?id=82
http://www.propertelly.com/news_item.php?id=52
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=541394&highlight=english+channel

[Miles]

Some links. Proof enough Badwolve1?

http://www.modelflight.regheath.com/mf113/airspaceset.htm
http://www.propertelly.com/work.php?id=82
http://www.propertelly.com/news_item.php?id=52
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=541394&highlight=english+channel

Soz, you misunderstood me, I was asking for pics of his setup
Only just seen your post, but that is awesome :) Didn't think it was possible to fly that far.
Thanks
BW

[gtrick90]

Have you got any photos to add to the post so we can see it :)

Check the videos

10Km
This is a password protected video on Vimeo
Password: best10

15Km
This is a password protected video on Vimeo
Password: best15


20Km
This is a password protected video on Vimeo
Password: best20


Ciao

Luca

[Coyote]

Nice achievements there, really good video :)

[g.collins]

amazing, good stuff.
G

[mark1975]

Well done ..on your missions mate..

[Miles]

Well done ..on your missions mate..

Yeah, Thats a fair distance :)

[gtrick90]

I've to optimize the plane setup (tx/rx/antennas/gps disposition) so I'll get better overall performance.

The 20Km flight was made in a place with very high RF pollution.

I think I can get better results (and distance too) in a place with less RF noise (with same vTx/UHF)

Ciao

Luca