5.8 to 11.5kms

[drambuidhe]

Had a nice flight to a new PB of 11.5kms with the FX61 , Bignose Skew and tommyd 16 turn Helical.

[iwan_canobi]

Awesome, although it looks like you may have hit the limit there! Looks like a cracking night as well!

Any chance you could post a few pics of how your pan/tilt is mounted, and your internal arrangement? I'm getting on with my build now and starting to get close to mounting cameras. Cheers!

[drambuidhe]

Awesome, although it looks like you may have hit the limit there! Looks like a cracking night as well!

Any chance you could post a few pics of how your pan/tilt is mounted, and your internal arrangement? I'm getting on with my build now and starting to get close to mounting cameras. Cheers!

It certainly did look like that was the limit this time. It was pretty dark by then though which  didn't help. The 2.4 RC is still solid so may have to end up going 1.2 for video.
I'll post some pics ASAP if they help.😊

[Brucey]

Impressive for 2.4rc. But be warned, 1.2 video and 2.4 Rx don't play nice together

[Jake Bullit]

1.2 doesn`t normally play nicely with 2.4.

[Jake Bullit]

^^Snap  :laugh:

[drambuidhe]

Ok -well thats a bummer then.
I've just bought a Sunhans 2.4 wifi booster which should see me a lot further . What I can't get my head round is why they should "stomp" over others?
It runs from my Frsky so is frequency hopping , I fly right next to mates on 2.4 who have no issues and whats the difference between running from my TX as oppose to having it plugged in the house? It emits the same surely?
It also doesn't affect the wifi around the house or anything else indoors so why they are naughty to use for flying I don't know (?)
Got to find away to extend the 5.8 -more powerful vtx perhaps??

[BigT]

An old adage with radio hams was that it was better to have big ears than a loud mouth, meaning a better receiver set up than transmitter.


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[iwan_canobi]

The problem is that 1.2ghz is a sideband of 2.4ghz, which doesn't matter too much when you are close and the 2.4Ghz signal is strong, but when you are further out, the 2.4ghz transmitter is far away whereas the 1.2Ghz transmitter is on the craft and right next to your 2.4GHz receiver, so it can swamp it with a harmonic of the frequency it thinks it should be receiving. You can get low pass filters to go on the VTx, but I've heard mixed opinions of whether they work. I was going to try it but ended up just paying for UHF in the form of DTFUHF stuff. It's not too expensive and works pretty well.

[drambuidhe]

An old adage with radio hams was that it was better to have big ears than a loud mouth, meaning a better receiver set up than transmitter.


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Hi Big T, Well I've gone pretty far enlarging my "ears" with an FR632 diversity vrx with 16 turn Helical and Pepperbox/13dbi FS Patch etc. There's not much more I can think of on the listening side!
(?)

[Allen12580]

I think 5.8GHZ performance more stable........ :sparta: :P :-[ :'( :laugh: ;D :D

[English Turbines]

You could try using 1.2G Video alongside 2.4G.....with a LP Filter on the VTX to prevent it side banding up into the 2.4G band.

Seen it done with the L9R....if you restrict your VTX power to 400mw or less, and put maximum separation between both antennas,,,ie Video on one wingtip and 2.4 receiver on the other.
A directional 2.4G Patch on your TX will also help.

  Just make sure you have a reliable RSSI reading in your OSD and tread carefully...LOL......:)

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