I decided to get involved with FPV flight so got rid of my 450 and few older planes to put together an Easy Star system. Under recommendations from a friend in FPv, I initially went with a 5.8 GHz video system and good Sony CCD camera on pan/tilt mechanism.

I recently retired my slug-O Easy Star and upgraded my FunJet for FPV flight. It comes in at 860g with 2200ma 30C 3-Cell lipo and Remzibi OSD, but the weight doesn't seem to effect the flight characteristics much, mainly just creates a faster than normal landing. I have a 60 AMP ESC and power to weight is still really good.

With IBCrazy fantastic Clover Leaf antennas I've taken this setup out to over a mile from base and altitude. I'm sure I can go further but need to look at ensuring my RC link at those ranges. I use a Futaba Super 7 UHF transmitter and receiver seteup....Continue Reading