I talk all about my long range FPV drone & gear. Including all the parts on the drone, goggles, antennas, li-ion batteries, a one of a kind 7" long range frame and more!
There are a few long range flight examples to start, lots of talking, long range gear information and a few freestyle clips at the end.
I design my own long range FPV frames, I have two very different 7" designs:
RAD Li-ion long range FPV frame @ CNCDrones: https://bit.ly/3MFoCdg
AOS Falcon 7 long range FPV frame @ CNCDrones: https://bit.ly/3jUiLUI
Video chapters:
0:00 - What this long range fpv setup can do
1:15 - 7" frame & props
2:00 - The drone and electronics
3:44 - Control link (crossfire)
4:00 - Diversity Rx antenna setup
4:20 - Transmitter & Tx module
5:10 - Li-ion batteries
6:05 - Motors, battery sag, amp draw and ESC?
6:45 - Lipo comparison
7:20 - FPV goggles and antennas
8:18 - 2 x high gain antennas w/ rapidfire
8:40 - Long range FPV frame that I'm working on
9:30 - New long range build
10:30 - My next batch of 4s li-ion batteries
11:45 - Some warmup / freestyle flying
14:07 - Ending / video suggestions
I'm often asked about how I get such good video and transmitter range. The biggest improvement for most will be from upgrading their antennas. I use these ones (Airblade UAV affiliate links):
Goggles TrueRC - X2-AIR: http://bit.ly/3hKcXeS
VTX TrueRC - Singularity: http://bit.ly/2L2YONN
Crossfire Receiver TrueRC - Bardpole: http://bit.ly/38eIhzm
Quad & Gear used (Airblade UAV affiliate links):
Frame - RAD Li-ion 7" Long Range
Goggles - Orqa FPV.One (Amazing Goggles!)
Goggle antennas -
- TrueRC X2-AIR: http://bit.ly/3hKcXeS
- DIY 7 turn helical (thingyverse link): https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:367500
HD Camera - GoPro Hero 6 Black
Camera Butter ND filter: http://bit.ly/3rXd0IM
Transmitter - taranis X9D
Tx - TBS crossfire micro Tx at 250mw: http://bit.ly/395NrwR
Rx - TBS crossfire nano diversity: http://bit.ly/3rSWny0
Rx Antennas -
- Back/Vertical - True RC Bardpole: http://bit.ly/38eIhzm
- Front/ horizontal - TBS extra extended immortal T: http://bit.ly/2MvtyaF
Flight controller - DYS F4 Pro V2
ESC - Diatone 40amp from MK2 stack, DO NOT use the F405MK2 FC with BF 4.1, I find it to provide unreliable GPS function. (4.2 seems ok)
Motors - Brother Hobby Avenger 2806.5 1300kv: http://bit.ly/2XaTSZN
Props - Gemfan 7040: http://bit.ly/38YDf9j
Fpv cam - Runcam Phoenix V2: http://bit.ly/2XcHyIs
GPS - BrainFPV GPS: http://bit.ly/38WOiQe
VTX - Tank Ultimate Plus: http://bit.ly/2L33UcT
VTX antenna - True RC singularity: http://bit.ly/2L2YONN
Comments? Questions? Leave them in the comment section below. I'll do my best to answer.
This flight was done with 2 x 2600 mah 6s li-ion packs in parallel, one on top, one underneath.
Post process:
-ReelSteady Go for stabilization
-Adobe Premiere Pro for editing, color correction etc...
-Recorded at 2.7k 60 fps and exported at 4k 60 fps
Music all from youtube audio library.