25 mW new Personal best

[skyscraper]

Flying wings Falcon 2 km+ on 25mW 5.8GHz Vtx
Aircraft : Falcon DEVO
OSD : Quantracker Air OSD V2.1
Tracker : Quantracker DIY Antenna Tracker
RcRx : Frsky  old D4R-II
RcTx  FrSky old DHT module
Vtx Old Immersion 5.8 GHz 25 mW
Vrx Old Immersion Uno..

EDIT: Vrx Antenna is the exact one in the pic here http://www.zoomworks.org/fpv/helical_antenna/index.html

Vtx Antenna is a homemade skew planar

Could probably do better if I got this Dish antenna working.

[friesianflyer]

That's very impressive for 25mW!  :o

[skyscraper]

That's very impressive for 25mW!  :o

Yep..  In moving from my old MinimOSD to new Prototype OSD I removed a UBEC and also tidied up the wiring, putting a lot more wires in shielded cables. Also got rid of previous airborne unit.

When I went up yesterday everythig felt pretty good and found I could just keep on going!
I could have gone further on this run except for my fellow FPVer flying by with his power hungry Vtx :laugh:. On the vid there seems to be some correlation between the sound of his motor (indicating he is close to my GS and DVR) and my Video dropping out...  :D

regards
Andy

[Brucey]

Nice one Andy.
Who was buzzing you?

[skyscraper]

Nice one Andy.
Who was buzzing you?

Here is the culprit...
http://www.fpvhub.com/index.php/topic,36851.msg207944.html#msg207944  :laugh:

regards
Andy

[Brucey]

That looks like a great site!

[skyscraper]

That looks like a great site!

It is.. except that is going to become a housing estate and to get there (A3/M25 turnoff) on a weekday for 10 a.m from A1M/ M1... Well you can do the M25 Math  :laugh:

regards
Andy

[Lola]

Excellent job mate, well done. 25Mw that's impressive.