Long Range FPV : What's The Worst That Could Happen?

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Over the last few years I've completed hundreds of flights, and of course they haven't all gone as expected. I've assembled a compilation of the most difficult and unexpected situations that I've had to face while flying long range FPV out in the wilderness.
My Long Range FPV frame designs:
-Falcon RPM 7.5" Cinematic / Long Range @ AddictiveRC - bit.ly/Falcon_RPM_AddictiveRC
-Falcon RPM 7.5" Cinematic / Long Range @ CNCDrones - bit.ly/FalconRPM
- RAD Li-ion 7" Long Range - bit.ly/3MFoCdg
- RAD Scout 7" Xtra Long Range - bit.ly/3kyvPDy
- AOS Falcon 7 Cinematic Long Range - bit.ly/3jUiLUI
Parts list and affiliate links for 6s long range build - (great reliability and balance between power and efficiency)
T-Motor F7 Pro flight controller - bit.ly/3xtW1mE
T-Motor F55 Pro II ESC (4in1) - bit.ly/3uITNOF
Motors for 7" props: T Motor F90 2806.5 1300kv - bit.ly/3M4fjDg
Motors for 7.5" props: T-Motor Velox 3008 1500kv - bit.ly/3QJ8Gcf
Camera Butter ND Filters - bit.ly/3WZmSQR
7" props for RAD Scout - Gemfan 7035 (tri-blade) - bit.ly/3vdSzKu
7" props for RAD Li-ion - Gemfan 7037 (tri-blade) - bit.ly/3rvCz5f
7" props for Falcon 7 - Gemfan 7040 (tri-blades) - bit.ly/3YaxFrZ
7.5" props for Falcon RPM Gemfan 7535 (tri-blades) - bit.ly/3vdSzKu
VTX antenna TrueRC Singularity - bit.ly/3xvXFEg
VTX - bit.ly/3JHWW5l
Receiver - bit.ly/3xuMGv8
FPV camera (analog) - bit.ly/3JL88OT
GPS - bit.ly/3uJjRci
Receiver antenna - bit.ly/3jG7o2L
Video Chapters:
00:00 - Antenna issues...
01:55 - I lost half my gear!
02:56 - Losing video is scary, even when you're expecting it.
04:08 - Battery ran out & lost my drone
06:15 - Intense mountain top wind speeds
08:42 - Amazing dive recovery!
09:54 - Epic fail of incredible mountain dive
Consider supporting the channel on Patreon:
www.patreon.com/user?u=48131636
Check out my frame design page @ CNCDrones: bit.ly/3vvRrD7
Use this link for the purchase of anything from GetFPV with no extra cost to you, but it helps the channel out: bit.ly/3roKZui

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@meirdeaph 4 ай бұрын

Cant thank you enough for bringing me up to all these incredible places for so many years ❤💯🙌😃🙏

@FalconRadFPV 4 ай бұрын

thank you for all of your comments! More videos to come.

@Sir_Hubris 4 ай бұрын

I missed the one when you went under that gap on the glacier when going up that mountain, thx for chring those heart attacks ♥ hahaha ¶ ; - )

@mlentsch 4 ай бұрын

I love good people!

@NaterFPV 4 ай бұрын

I loved this! Long Range is the big wall free soloing of FPV, except failure doesn’t mean certain death, but almost certain loss.

@Carguyforlife 4 ай бұрын

The saves were epic, and the lost drone was heartbreaking. Definitely very good video to learn from as someone who wants to get into long range FPV

@FalconRadFPV 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@mlentsch 4 ай бұрын

That wind had me on the edge of my seat... Those peaks are beautiful - amazing footage.

@FalconRadFPV 4 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

@eparustefan 4 ай бұрын

Nice. I lost my drone 3 times in a scenario with simetrical landscape luckly i found it every time . I have a lua script that saves the last 50 coordonates on the remote and also for the last mile the buzzer its a lifesaver, its a pain in the ass when you plug unplug the battery. The gps coordonates bring you close but simetimes its very hard to spot the drone.

@tacticalFPV 4 ай бұрын

Funny how the worst moments make for the best stories

@AntiSocialFPV 4 ай бұрын

the anxiety level watching this is bongkers!! damn! thank you for sharing

@MCsCreations 4 ай бұрын

Man... I'd have a heart attack if that happened to me. 😬 But fantastic flying as always!!! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

@gokuhs 4 ай бұрын

I have felt the anguish that I sometimes get with my quads in your video, thank you for sharing these moments of tension :)

@KittFPV 4 ай бұрын

and now my hearts racing :D such epic flights, thanks for sharing the scary times (and that was so cool how u got ur cases back!!)

@FalconRadFPV 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment! Glad you enjoyed!

@spartan3299 4 ай бұрын

As a pilot, I can't help but feel the anxiety watching some of these!

@Nerijus_Monkus 4 ай бұрын

You have balls of steel😀🏔🍻

@baggszilla 4 ай бұрын

WOW! These are all crazy moments! I bet you could have started an avalanche from your heart beating 1000mph! Good stuff good stuff!

@FalconRadFPV 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@BartManDude 4 ай бұрын

dang man, I felt like I gained years of experience just watching you handle all that adversity. That cliff dive was freaking awesome 🔥 Thank you for sharing this. 👍👍

@FalconRadFPV 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the comment!

@CaptainKazi 4 ай бұрын

Great Lessons for Long Range in this video... I alwaysforget to power up my Vifly self-powered beeper, I wish it had a solder option.

@Sonic_Ox 4 ай бұрын

I have the ViFly Finder 2. It solders to the FC which charges up it's little 1s. Mine saved my bacon a couple weeks ago when my 7" went down in a huge field about a mile out. I didn't have GPS coordinates saved and my OSD didn't record. About 3 hours of foot searching with two people and a dog produced nothing. I finally found the quad by walking the heading line it was on after dark and seeing the flashing beacon on the Finder 2. I couldn't hear the beeper very well even when I got close but the flasher worked GREAT! All of my builds now contain the ViFly Finder 2. Cheap insurance in my opinion.

@nightowl_fpv 4 ай бұрын

Thx Rad your video gave me long range flying anxiety… 😂 it is weird to still feel what you might feel despite just watching past events with 0 consequences for me 😂

@djhex Ай бұрын

Ohhh weeee come bad luck and close calls!

@gregdavidd 4 ай бұрын

Wow that last one was sooo close to that rock!!!

@Phoenix.- 3 ай бұрын

Oh man! 04:08 The pain of sudden realisation when there is nothing you can do. We probably need an auto-landing feature in Betaflight. Thanks for sharing!

@FalconRadFPV 3 ай бұрын

They have a decent autol anding feature in the new betaflight 4.5!

@Phoenix.- 3 ай бұрын

@@FalconRadFPV Good to know. Thanks! I am still on 4.4. Have you tested it yet, is it any good?

@CloneTechDrones-619 4 ай бұрын

Thank You for sharing this thrilling content, long range is scary but a lot of fun.

@taytayfpv 4 ай бұрын

Always excited to see ur videos🔥🔥👌

@mr_batch 4 ай бұрын

Cool Dude! Thx for these amazing Content!

@FalconRadFPV 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

@Lrassen 4 ай бұрын

That's the craziest video yet. Great compilation!

@struggle375 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@bobbylefebvre6298 3 ай бұрын

Great footage

@I77AGIC 4 ай бұрын

thanks a ton for sharing. I am trying to get into long range and seeing fail cases helps a lot

@themoggidriver 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing this video ! It shows, how much effort and risk you take to provide us with this fantastic footage ✊.

@FalconRadFPV 4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@AsgardStudios 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing that stuff. Its nice to see what CAN go wrong.

@FalconRadFPV 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@kevinglenister6520 4 ай бұрын

Awesome video, just doing a 7 inch build, hoping my walksnail system will not be the weak link. We shall see what kind of distance it will give me.

@FalconRadFPV 4 ай бұрын

Good luck, I hope it goes well.

@FlorianT. 4 ай бұрын

I don't know if i'll ever be able to fly long range like this one day, but this looks so cool. The sensations, the tension and of course the landscape. Incredible 👏

@danzillatheterrible 4 ай бұрын

This is great!

@FalconRadFPV 4 ай бұрын

Thanks buddy!

@MindRiderFPV 4 ай бұрын

Great adventures Falcon. 🤘🔥

@FalconRadFPV 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! 😁

@skysailorfpv 4 ай бұрын

Well, my old A** heart was pounding hard you do good under pressure that's why you were able to fly blind and save the drone plus you have put some time into long range and you know your gear thanks for sharing

@kardady 4 ай бұрын

adrenalin, my man! you are a great pilot, respect 🙏🙏

@FalconRadFPV 4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙌

@kardady 4 ай бұрын

@@FalconRadFPV big thanks to you 🙏🙏

@trevorbowman351 4 ай бұрын

Another good video brother!

@FalconRadFPV 4 ай бұрын

Much appreciated

@ClarkDroneFilms 4 ай бұрын

Hey man, I just finished a week trip in Switzerland doing my first ever long range flights, first time flying Li-ions and first time flying 7" extensively Just wanted to say thanks for your videos, I watched loads and learned lots in the run up to the trip Happy to report no drone loss and my best shots ever and I can't wait to do more LR

@FalconRadFPV 4 ай бұрын

Oh awesome, glad to hear it. Nice to know my videos have helped you along the way. Gee, Switzerland, I'm a little jealous!

@ghostdogfpv 4 ай бұрын

@RadFPV hey man i am from Switzerland and if you ever want to take a trip here let me know, i am just finishing a new build with tbs source x frame, tmotor mn 5006 300kv and mamba h743 stack, video link is o3 and radio is diversity. i have some friends that fly long range too and the peaks are white XD cheers.

@ClarkDroneFilms 4 ай бұрын

@@FalconRadFPV thanks! I will share some videos in this thread when I finish them

@ClarkDroneFilms 4 ай бұрын

@@ghostdogfpv nice! I'd love to be back sometime but it's pretty expensive, I'm thinking of Italy or maybe Austria next

@ghostdogfpv 4 ай бұрын

@@ClarkDroneFilms i am in the swiss part near italy, let me know if you come around ;)

@Catboy-hr2qp 2 ай бұрын

Cant wait to get my long range drone finished to start flying the mountians here. Its 10 inch 1.5kg auw with a 6500mah lipo not li-ion so i have more oomph for sketchy situations like in this video lol

@RickJamesFPV 4 ай бұрын

🔥🔥🔥🔥

@Birbal2001 4 ай бұрын

I have got the Vifly Finder V2 in all my quads and it got me out of trouble on few occasions. GPS coordinates in the OSD and in telemetry also helps a lot.

@FalconRadFPV 4 ай бұрын

Ya I learned to put the gps on the transmitter a bit to late for that one quad.

@CRAGLORD 3 ай бұрын

I wish my friend had the patience to watch this to better understand the perils of long range FPV! Beautiful spots and flying too! Come up to Alaska, Im pretty sure im the only fpv guy here and its lonely haha.

@FalconRadFPV 3 ай бұрын

I've thought about a trip up to alaska. I'm in BC so it's not too far!

@CRAGLORD 3 ай бұрын

I know! I wanna come down you're way too. You have some sweet peaks too

@chrisbee5481 4 ай бұрын

Wow! I really felt that mountain wind too. Also that dive you caught 😅. When you say your max speed is 120kph, is that with Li Ion concidering the rated max current draw? Sure you can do 150kph with a lipo

@FalconRadFPV 4 ай бұрын

That older quad could do short bursts of 120kph with a li-ion pack. Probably more like 100kph sustained. Not sure if I ever flew that one with a lipo battery.

@ivanpopovic1266 3 ай бұрын

I started putting galaxy smart tag on my drones. Weighs next to nothing. Battery lasts a year or more. Can interact with phone up to 150m. Worst case scenario, have to fly a cellphone across area to mark location of drone. Has beeping alarm, quiet though. Haven't needed to use it yet.

@k4x4map46 4 ай бұрын

the almost whoops lessons for all...but

@JPspinFPV 4 ай бұрын

That was a pretty exciting reel

@lancesmith6724 4 ай бұрын

One thing you never do is power up your drone or a video transmitter without antennas or a antenna it will damage it i have been flying FPV since 2015!

@FalconRadFPV 4 ай бұрын

Oh I know all about that. I didn't do it intentionally! I prefer to fly WITH antennas, works better for long range.

@marinehm 4 ай бұрын

I just transitioned to Walksnail video system. Would you happen to know if this is possible with walksnail VTX? Subbed!

@FalconRadFPV 4 ай бұрын

I can do it with my dji 03 VTX so I assume walksnail should have comparable results. A lot of it is about using good antennas. Years ago, I made it 5.5km out using a $25 eachine VTX (and good antennas).

@RESISTAGE 4 ай бұрын

you making me take a lot of heart pills .

@PinkeySuavo 3 ай бұрын

6:13 it will be fun if someone finds it lol. How much was it worth it? Isn't it worth to montage some kind of GPS tracker?

@FalconRadFPV 2 ай бұрын

maybe $1200 with the gopro. Sometimes mountainous terrain is just too tough to search well.

@triicus9009 4 ай бұрын

I suggest you, sir, to be more careful when storing things in your car. For the person who finds the item, may God reward him well.

@monacocross4241 4 ай бұрын

add extra gps signal , never no lost drone ,

@BartleyNorman 4 ай бұрын

Hummm need to do a Checklist Bro. That will make you a Pro! I am sure your Quad would love you. It was YELLING>> BRO NO RECEPTION< NO RECEPTION>> CRAP GPS AGAIN?