Easter Lake District Meet! DATES SET

[Brucey]

Sounds like you need air traffic control!

[MarkLincs]

Kinda sucks to have to separate into groups too considering we're all mates here! Would be nice to meet up with everyone.

ah thats the pub time!

[Flyn]

Think I'm gonna rob one of those ticket dispensers they have at the meat counter in the supermarket.

[Flyboysee]

The lesson learned from the Mad Dogs meet was that with most people on 5.8GHz some sort of frequency control or slot allocation is needed. It was very frustrating for some people who spent a long time waiting to fly.

At the minimum we need to identify those on 2.4GHz video and ensure at least 1 mile separation from those on 2.4GHz radio or a time slot system.

For those on 5.8GHz then as keukpa said then we need to spread the people across the frequencies available which is much easier to do on the bench than at the field - I tried to do this at Mad Dog as everybody was on the same default frequency, it was crazy.

Firstly, yes - I will get this in my calendar!

Mick is right, everyone being on 5.8 is dangerous to say the least... I for one will be moving to a less popular frequency and with Dragon Link, there should be no issues.

The last Mad Dogs meet had I think ten flyers and it was a long wait between flights, so a decent spread would be good, but as we found out, planning ahead was almost impossible. The previous meet had around 8 flyers and there was very little in the way of hassles. When we met at Hampshire recently there were four of us and no issues at all, so it's a numbers game.

Either way, that's a beautiful location and I will be there!

Richard

[Flyn]

1 flyn
2 coyote
3 keukpa (maybe)
4 steve w (maybe)
5 ginnerfpv
6 randall (maybe)
7 teamftp
8 aitch (maybe)
9 adrenalinjunki
10 mjc1970
11 loopdreams (maybe)
12 marklincs (maybe)
13 hase2
14 andy75
15 ratty (maybe)
16 andy66
17 electricmick (maybe)
18 flyboysee
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[Flyn]

I think if we can get 3-4 people up at once on 5.8 it would be good.

We'll prob need to launch LOS due to proximity vrx swamping then once airborn goggle up as the the distance between everyone's vtx's & VRX's etc will be ok.

Guess we'll have to nominate a pit boss to control stuff & have a 10-15min window per group of 3-4 pilots, all up then all down then move out for next lot. So no hogging the flight line.

Then have 30mins-1hr for 2.4 vid etc??

But if 20 pilots turn up we may need to do the 2 groups thing as everyone will only get 1 flight in the day!!!

[FPVSteve]

If they launched LoS, what happens if one person lands earlier than the others..... their video at distance would be wiped out by the guy who just landed, eek.

[Flyn]

That's why we need a good separation of the ground stations/VRX to minimise this, maybe designate a remote landing area with a non flying pilot to attend to landed models??

If possible...

[Flyn]

Or maybe we just suck it & see......?

[FPVSteve]

To be honest even if it takes hours to fly that's fine by me - I travelled to Bardney and didnt get to fly due to travelling around Lincolnshire with my head out of a van looking for an X8 :laugh: but it was still great to meet up and faff around with other folks' stuff and have a crack on - it's not like you sit shivvering bored out of your skull when you're not flying is it?

Game on I say, the more the merrier - just have to accept that it'll be busy but the trade off is, loads of FPVers in one location (just watch out for CAA/BMFA guided missiles TeamFTP video style - I suggest we stand 10 metres apart to protect against any air strikes).

Besides - when you're not flying, just tune in with your goggles and enjoy the view :)

Positive attitude! :D

[electricmick]

I think we can do this with a bit of organisation. Most of us use ImersionRC 5.8GHz vtx and they have the following frequencies and therefore using only alternate channels for better separation we can get 4 into the air at the same time for say a 30min slot.

5740MHz - A
5760MHz
5780MHz - B
5800MHz
5820MHz - C
5840MHz
5860MHz - D

Then do the same with those on Foxtech frequencies, if anybody is using them, are they?

Do we have any 2.4GHz video flyers attending?

Do we need to take a poll of what each of us use? I use Immersion vtx and am happy to switch to any frequency in advance.

God, I wish I had stuck to 1.3GHz.

Mick

[keukpa]

Yeah, a little forethought and PMA and we'll be reet.

Yeah I use ImmersionRC 5.8, and it's only gonna take 30 seconds to switch frequencies, so am happy to move about!

I'm also going to bring a 2.4GHz and DrangonLink system, so could fly that too. I think this will be fun no matter what to be honest. And lots of us have quads, so we can all do some LOS quad flying whilst waiting for our slot to FPV.

Keukpa

[Ratty]

I fly EZUHF and 2.4ghz, but will bring my 5.8gz aswell. I fly on 2.414 and 5.865 (antennas tuned to them freqs)

When we had bounce, someone made an online spread sheet that we all added our RC and video freqs too.

[keukpa]

ill only be in the air for a matter of seconds so dont worry about me lol :0) i will be happy just meeting up and watching you guys rule the skys!

Hahah, I'm with you AJ, I'm be up and back on the ground in a matter of seconds too! ;)

Keukpa

[Flyn]

I just want to go and meet guys....

   ......I want to see everyone's gear

Lol, I don't think it's gonna be that kind of meet mate ;)

Sorry couldnt resist.

It would be great if you could help out with the flight rota, & yes I do think it would be great to do one jumbo meet.