That is dang cool PHD
... what equipment is it ?
I may regret this but...
Flying-Monkey's blog - RC Groups
I have my equipment (or most of it for this particular plane on these flights) listed in those blog postings.
I have a hard time settling on the right platform, and equipment.
I moved the stuff to a different plane, but the way I had to set up the wiring, transmitter, GPS, etc, I was getting glitches, and lost signal on my last flight for a few nerve wracking moments. What ended up happening, is unlike when I am flying my airplanes right in front of me, I reposition my body, and with it, the antenna on the transmitter in my hands, to follow the plane. When I am flying by goggles, or in this case, a tv screen, I am sitting in a fixed position, and the plane moves around. Well, I ended up flying into a dead zone for my transmitter antenna, and lost connection with the plane. When I stood up to look for the plane (While I had video still, and gps telling me where it was, I still resorted to looking for it with my eyes to see where it might end up going down) I repositioned the antenna in my hands, and I regained control.
Now, I do have more equipment, that will be going on the next plane, or the one after that will take over control of the plane, in the event I lose contact with it, and it will fly the plane back to the place it took off, and circle at a fixed height, until it loses motor power, it will retain the reserve power to control the flight surfaces, then it will circle to the ground. That gear is sitting on the work bench at this very moment. But I haven't found the plane I want to use it on yet.
They no not what they ask..
