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❗️DVR OSD in Miles, not Km❗️With only two long range flights with a max distance of 5 Km/3 miles under my belt, I needed to build confidence in my ability to hit some farther steep narly terrain views this spring & Summer. What better way to shrink your world than an 8-kilometer/5-mile flight? After searching for a Li-ion battery and a mountain line on Google Earth that would fit the bill, I packed my bags and made the long journey there. Before sending it, I had to walk 3 km/2 miles through the cactus field to get the best LOS for the lines I was looking at.
I sent a test pack to see how the wind was and RX/TX. Surprisingly, my Video TX was very poor only a mile out. However, the signal was consistent, and I had already walked 3 km/2 miles through the snake pit without water and wasn't returning. This was one of the most nerve-racking flights of my life. As I approached the summit, my video feed dropped to 3-4mbps and was hanging on by a thread. If you go back and pause the video as I start the initial dive, you can see I was at 1mbps. On the way back, I lost the video twice due to losing LOS by mistake.
After landing, my world instantly shrunk, and 3km became a fart in the wind; the feeling was incredible! After getting back and inspecting my SMA-U.FL adapter to the air unit was slightly bent, leaving me to believe this was the cause of my poor video. I’ve flown out past 3 miles since replacing the adapter with nominal Video TX operation. BTW, my Betaflight, the battery voltage warning was set to Lipo, not lithium-ion, from previous flights, hence the premature warnings; however, my heart was still pounding, trying to race back home across the desert floor under 3.2 V.
I recently won $20 on a "long-range challenge" to fly 1.5 km/1 mile away at a meet-up. But that was before they saw this video, LOL.
🎮 Gear:
Frame: Foxeer Mega 7
Motors: XNova 2806.5 1300KV
Stack: Speedybee F7 (betaflight 4.4)
VTX: O3 Air unit
RX: Crossfire Diversity
Goggles: DJi G2's (Locked at 20mbps ch 7.)
Antenna: Lumeneir XII Pro 2, CRXF Bardpole, CRXF Immortal T
Props: Gemfan 7'' Tri-Blade 7X3.5
Power: Upgrade Energy 9000Mah Dark Lithium (RED) 6S Lithium Ion
Camera: Hero 11 Mini
Radio: Boxer Max
Module: TBS Crossfire micro TX module V2 (1 Watt)
🎥 Vlog Setup:
Canon R5
Canon RF 24-70L
iPhone 15 Pro Max
Seinheizer MHK 600
📀 Editing Software:
Davinci Resolve (edit & color)
After Effects (motion graphics)
ReelSteady (stabilization)
Upcoming: I have a pair of 6 Turn Helical Antennas coming, which I'll compare to my TrueRC Patch antennas on my goggles 2 in an upcoming video! Stay tuned!
Ask me any questions in the Comments and I'll be sure to answer each one!
🍩 Love: Gemfan & iFlight! Love to my Subscribers!!! And my spotter, Jesus.
Shout out to @VISMAFPV and @FalconRadFPV! Who's long-range channels I recently discovered. Their videos inspired my build and pushed me to break 8km only a month into my long-range journey!