Winter FPV Meet - Mad Dogs and Englishmen

[FPVSteve]

Some brilliant videos here guys, nice to see some fun being had :)

[FPVSteve]

Woah that was close :o

[CurryKitten]

Wow, the inboard footage looks way scarier than watching it happen :o

[Gav]

Corr blimey, yeah that was close.  I was still engrossed in my fatsharks but I heard Aitch say "OK is everyone ok if I try RTH?" 
Then a bit of commotion as it obviously wasn't going to plan lol.

Cheers
Gav

[Western]

Great vids! Did Gav get my Sky Surfer off into the unknown, it looks like it. Had no idea it was travelling that fast. No wonder it got out of range fast.
Anyway I have started replacing the lost gear. I bought an Easystar II and Hacker motor today and also ordered a new 100mw Fatshark vtx from Simon.
Thinking about the Sony super HAD 600tvl WDR camera from securitycamera2000. Unless you guys know better.
I'm down but not out.
Cheers, Mark

[Flyboysee]

Great vids! Did Gav get my Sky Surfer off into the unknown, it looks like it. Had no idea it was travelling that fast. No wonder it got out of range fast.
Anyway I have started replacing the lost gear. I bought an Easystar II and Hacker motor today and also ordered a new 100mw Fatshark vtx from Simon.
Thinking about the Sony super HAD 600tvl WDR camera from securitycamera2000. Unless you guys know better.
I'm down but not out.
Cheers, Mark

Hey Mark

I've put word out at the pub and the chairman knows the farmer who's fields your plane is likely to have gone down in, so let's hope it comes back.

Well done on an EZII - I can vouch for them - is the hacker motor 2200kv?

Also that 100mw vtx. Is that for the plane? I reckon you should be going for 600mw 5.8, or at the very least what I have on the Twin, a 200mw Foxtech.

Richard

[Flyboysee]

yes CK heres my foopar
stupid

no music as i am having real problems with power director
every time i enabled the music the video froze during production and the whole production froze at 32s ???

Aitch :laugh:

Aitch, that does look way worse than it was... I was a bit confused at the time because I thought the multi that was higher and hovering was yours and someone else was banking down... What saved you was your gentlemanly manners. I recall you telling everyone you were going to do a test and I guess that's why you had so many interested spotters. That Hex is a beaut!

Richard

[krikey]

Glad to hear youre back on the horse Mark. I know that Currykitten and Atarix777 were working with some lower powered VTx but using directional antenna instead. I believe Atarix was using a Helical and an omni of some sort.

Loving the videos of the day. I think that if CK and Atarix can work out the mechanisms to do FPV via the internet, this could gieva whole new meaning to a FPV meet.

[Western]

Had a 100 mw on the Surfer so went for another. Will get a more powerful one later and transfer the 100 to the quad and tri.
Will get back to you about the motor power.
Rich, thanks for putting the word out
Cheers, Mark

[Flyboysee]

Glad to hear youre back on the horse Mark. I know that Currykitten and Atarix777 were working with some lower powered VTx but using directional antenna instead. I believe Atarix was using a Helical and an omni of some sort.

Loving the videos of the day. I think that if CK and Atarix can work out the mechanisms to do FPV via the internet, this could gieva whole new meaning to a FPV meet.

That's all I need - Coyote or Steve W crashing my plane from 200 miles away :)

[CurryKitten]

Glad to hear youre back on the horse Mark. I know that Currykitten and Atarix777 were working with some lower powered VTx but using directional antenna instead. I believe Atarix was using a Helical and an omni of some sort.

Loving the videos of the day. I think that if CK and Atarix can work out the mechanisms to do FPV via the internet, this could gieva whole new meaning to a FPV meet.

Atarix wanting to be whiter than white, got a 25mw Nano Stinger VTX on his quad (which wasn't one I'd ever heard of before, but is Immersion/FatShark compatible).  He was getting great range, but it on diversity with a helical and SPW on the rx which is also placed up high and away from him.  So it's doable, but takes more effort.  For what it's worth, I always told him to get more power.  He had actually just bought a 600mw VTX, but that's destined for the car.  Long range flying *will* come at some point, we just need someone with enough stupidity vision to take part.

[krikey]

CK: I'll be following yours and Atarix tests as if you can get good range with less power, that surely has very positive connotations. Do you need to distance both antenna on the VRx?

[Coyote]

Glad to hear youre back on the horse Mark. I know that Currykitten and Atarix777 were working with some lower powered VTx but using directional antenna instead. I believe Atarix was using a Helical and an omni of some sort.

Loving the videos of the day. I think that if CK and Atarix can work out the mechanisms to do FPV via the internet, this could gieva whole new meaning to a FPV meet.

That's all I need - Coyote or Steve W crashing my plane from 200 miles away :)

:)

[Flyboysee]

Hi Guys!

Just thinking about this 'Video of the Month' competition. The rules say that the video must have been made on or after the 1st December. That means footage from the meet can be used. I'm thinking about how nice it would be to do a compilation video from 'Mad Dogs' and enter it. I'd be happy to do the editing.

If you're keen and would like to be in it please PM me your email address and I will invite you to a Dropbox folder. You then edit out your best clips (short one's of great action, awesome footage etc) with a lead in to the action of about 3 seconds, as well as a lead out time of same (to make editing my side quick and easy). Render them in 1080p / 720p for Go Pro, 720p for #16 and best you can for flight cam and upload your named clips.

You could still enter full videos to the competition in your own name.

This entry will be made as a collective (aka not Flyboysee) but rather Mad Dogs Meet. I will make sure every pilot is credited etc etc.

What do you guys think?

[krikey]

I dont have much footage of the day due to a dodgy formatted SD card :( Looking forward to a compilation though.