I had a great session yesterday but I turfed it, no damage!

FPV Flight #80, Fun flight and crash... (2 min 36 sec)

This is why I FPV! Unbelievable ending!

I'm proud of this video, please comment!

FPV Flight #69 | This is why I FPV! Unbelievable ending! (3 min 52 sec)

I managed to get some stick time between rain yesterday, flew FPV at a new park, did my first dive over some trees, saw some geese.

Check it out!

FPV flight #66 | 27.05.2013 | Geese in the park (2 min 56 sec)

Yesterday I did my second day of proximity and I'm loving it! I may have gotten too close a couple times LOL

Tell me what you think.

FPV 18.05.2013 | More proximity training (tree trimming) in HD (4 min 10 sec)

Since I'm grounded because of the bad weather I've been working on downsizing my ground station.

I haven't tested it in the field yet.





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I just did a test using VirtualDub and Deshaker on some footage from a flight I had a couple days ago, interesting results. Still can't make up for shaky piloting though

VirtualDub Deshaker test (1 min 6 sec)

I haven't been able to fly in over a month because of the crappy weather here but I finally got out today and it was great!

This is my first HD FPV video and my 29th FPV flight

Nothing special, just a noob bouncing around

FPV 28.03.2013 | Session (2 min 51 sec)

The last couple weeks have been crazy cold and snowing, not to mention the record breaking 6.25 feet of snow we've had all year... Needless to say I haven't been able to fly much this winter and it shows, I've been a miserable bastard lately...

The forecast for the next couple days promises almost zero temperatures and by the weekend finally some positive numbers!

The quad is ready to go! I've made some changes based on some advice I've gotten, I moved my vtx as high as it'll go since before I had it lower on the side of the box which wasn't optimal. I also moved the GPS unit further away from the vtx out onto a rear arm like I had it before.

Here's how it looks now

There's been a lot of changes to my HT-FPV quadcopter, I've enclosed some of the equipment inside some small plastic project boxes, added an attopilot 90amp voltage and current sensor and I attached a HD Wing Camera II to capture my flights in high def!





Here's the first onboard test of the HD Wing Camera II onboard the quadcopter, I forgot to set dual rates/expo so the quadcopter was a little more twitchy than usual and my fingers were cold.

First onboard test of the HD Wing Camera II (2 min 27 sec)

HT-FPV frame (as of 08.03.2013)

Crius AIO Pro 1.0 | MegapirateNG 2.9 R5
Crius CN-06 v2.0 GPS unit
Skywalker Quattro 20Ax4 ESC
FrSky D8R-II+ Telemetry Rx
(4x) NTM Propdrive 28-26 1200 kv motors | 9×4.7 gemfan props
3DR Telemetry Radio (onboard only when needed)
Attopilot 90amp Voltage & Current Sensor (New)
3300 mah 3S LiPo battery

FPV Gear:

ImmersionRC 600mw 5.8 Ghz video Tx | Bluebeam whip antenna
600TVL SONY SUPER HAD CCD D-WDR FPV camera
MinimOSD | MinimOSD-Extra firmware (2.1.5 r462)
FrSky FLVS Lipo Voltage Sensor
Onboard microphone
370 mah 3S LiPo battery

Onboard High Definition video recorder:

HD Wing Camera II (New)

Ground Gear:

Turnigy 9x Radio | FrSky DJT module & FLD-02 Telemetry Screen.
8″ m800 FPV monitor
ImmersionRC Uno 5.8 Ghz video Rx | Bluebeam whip antenna
DV01 5.8 Ghz pocket DVR (used with A/V in from Immersion RC Uno)
Laptop with 3DR Telemetry Radio (only when needed).
FrSky FLVS Lipo Voltage Sensor
2200 mah 3S LiPo battery

Total flying weight including batteries, with 3DR radio ~3.25 lbs (1474 grams), without 3DR radio ~3.22 lbs (1460 grams).

Default PID MPNG 2.9 R5 (286)

For reference:

All systems check out

All systems check out and I’m hoping tomorrow I can do some FPV flying!

I’ve almost got my quadrotor back together and ready for the first flights of 2013. All the electronics check out, the 3DR radio downlink connects to the mission planner, flight mode switches work and the radio is calibrated. All I have to do now is hook up the motors and setup proper rotation, balance some propellers and re-install the video transmitter.

HT-FPV frame
Crius AIO Pro 1.0 Flight Controller flashed with Megapirate NG 2.7 R4
Crius CN-06 v2.0 GPS unit
Skywalker Quattro 20Ax4
FrSky D8R-II+
FrSky Telemetry Hub
FrSky FLVS Lipo Voltage Sensor
4x NTM Propdrive 28-26 1200 kv motors, with 9″ gemfans
3DR Telemetry Radio
3300 mah 3S LiPo battery

FPV Gear:
ImmersionRC 600 mw 5.8 Ghz Tx, with bluebeam whip antennas
600TVL SONY SUPER HAD CCD D-WDR
370 mah 3S LiPo battery

Stock Turnigy 9x Radio with FrSky DJT Telemetry module & FrSky FLD-02 Telemetry Screen.

Laptop running APM Planner with 3DR Radio for live telemetry and parameter tuning.

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Here's a quick reference to my current PID settings for my HT-FPV frame as of 24.10.2012

Quick reference picture of my Crius to FrSKY rx connections

I was told that the spinners I had on could cause vibrations so I replaced them.

I just discovered something cool about the FrSky FLVS lipo sensor.

I'm running independant batteries for the FPV gear and the quad with a FLVS sensor connected to each battery. I was thinking about the data in/out ports on the frsky and realized I could monitor both batteries with the FrSKY telemetry screen. Only problem is that the telemetry screen shows the data as a 6S battery, but it's the single cell voltage readout that matters.

1, 2 and 3 are from the Tx battery
4, 5 and 6 are the quad's battery

Here's some pictures of my ground station.

2200 Lipo, FrSky FLVS Lipo Voltage Sensor,
Foxtech M800 monitor
ImmersionRC Uno 5.8 Ghz Rx with Bluebeam Whip Antennas
DV01 Wireless Receiver DVR (AV in from Uno Rx)

Laptop running APM planner with 3DR radio.

HT-FPV frame
Crius AIO Pro 1.0 flashed with Megapirate NG 2.7 R4
Crius CN-06 GPS unit
Skywalker Quattro 20Ax4
FrSky D8R-II+
FrSky Telemetry Hub
FrSky FLVS Lipo Voltage Sensor
new 4x NTM Propdrive 28-26 1200 kv motors, with 9" gemfans
new 3DR Telemetry Radio
3S batteries

FPV Gear:
ImmersionRC 600 mw 5.8 Ghz Tx, with bluebeam whip antennas
600TVL SONY SUPER HAD CCD D-WDR

Stock Turnigy 9x Radio with FrSky DJT Telemetry module & FrSky FLD-02 Telemetry Screen.

Laptop running APM Planner with 3DR Radio

For reference: