This is a good way to give RC a serious black eye. Car crash or worse caused by RC plane flown at night with on board video. All the grumpy white haired women unite to convince politicians to ban all RC flying in the U.S. The politicians could conceivably comply. Don't fly over residential areas. Keep them within the confines of the park or get out of town where you have some open space.
@helirious I was on an instrument approach a couple summers ago in pretty poor weather and hit an r/c plane with my fullscale plane.The FAA investigated the incident and eventually found the person flying the r/c plane,I am not sure what happened to them, but as a life long r/cer myself I was pretty unhappy with them being so careless..not to mention the $1800.00 repair bill to my Arrow....
@kreepark1 Yes, you're right and people flying these things should be very carefull and responsible. But just ban the whole hobby together in stead of trying to catch the stupid irresponsible few? Compare that to the laws on weaponry, whouldn't it be better to ban al those as wel? Just some (other) attempts to be anoying :-D > A. 1800 isn't that bad actually? What got damaged? And B. So the weather was to poor for you to fly in first person, but the r/c guy could? :-)) Good you came out alive.
@helirious I can fly in the clouds IFR ,Sorry I was not more clear, I do not wish to ban anything, I am a life long r/c er myself. all i am saying is guys need to think about who else could be in the clouds with their r/c planes.
i had to have a dent in the leading edge repaired and the wing tip repainted.Oh and needed a new pair of shorts as I nearly soiled mine when i was bumping down the glideslope and all of a sudden BAM off the right wing tip...
hey im just getting into fpv and i have everything except a viewing device. it looks like u r using ur laptop? how did u hook it up or what did u use.
That is really cool, you have a lot of balls to fly that at night!
projectcyclopsrpv 1 month ago
WHAT RX & TX RC CONTROL WHERE YOU USING .
BankheadRC 3 months ago
Looks like you were less than a mile away from the Van Nuys airport. Careful!
kidovate 3 months ago
2,4 ghz rc link over populated area = megafail
masterfistlord 5 months ago
This is a good way to give RC a serious black eye. Car crash or worse caused by RC plane flown at night with on board video. All the grumpy white haired women unite to convince politicians to ban all RC flying in the U.S. The politicians could conceivably comply. Don't fly over residential areas. Keep them within the confines of the park or get out of town where you have some open space.
Kricnit 9 months ago
@Kricnit Let the grumpy old men try to convince the politicians to ban al weapons in the US first. They do more damage..
helirious 5 months ago
@helirious I was on an instrument approach a couple summers ago in pretty poor weather and hit an r/c plane with my fullscale plane.The FAA investigated the incident and eventually found the person flying the r/c plane,I am not sure what happened to them, but as a life long r/cer myself I was pretty unhappy with them being so careless..not to mention the $1800.00 repair bill to my Arrow....
kreepark1 4 months ago
@kreepark1 Yes, you're right and people flying these things should be very carefull and responsible. But just ban the whole hobby together in stead of trying to catch the stupid irresponsible few? Compare that to the laws on weaponry, whouldn't it be better to ban al those as wel? Just some (other) attempts to be anoying :-D > A. 1800 isn't that bad actually? What got damaged? And B. So the weather was to poor for you to fly in first person, but the r/c guy could? :-)) Good you came out alive.
helirious 4 months ago
@helirious I can fly in the clouds IFR ,Sorry I was not more clear, I do not wish to ban anything, I am a life long r/c er myself. all i am saying is guys need to think about who else could be in the clouds with their r/c planes.
i had to have a dent in the leading edge repaired and the wing tip repainted.Oh and needed a new pair of shorts as I nearly soiled mine when i was bumping down the glideslope and all of a sudden BAM off the right wing tip...
kreepark1 4 months ago
1.22 Km !
Kricnit 9 months ago
I learn not to use RC in 2.4Ghz more than 1 Km
dramida 10 months ago
Wow you were doing this on 2.4?
LIPOPILOT 11 months ago
Coolness!
mrmitee 1 year ago
Close call bro well done!
vegasflyboydotcom 1 year ago
hey im just getting into fpv and i have everything except a viewing device. it looks like u r using ur laptop? how did u hook it up or what did u use.
thanks, michael
magicmike1122 1 year ago
@magicmike1122 You can also get goggles which are alot cheaper than most laptops. Check out the newer R-vision sets.
Master7770 1 year ago
Very cool!
m4ur0xx 2 years ago
Awesome!
AparoidX 2 years ago
Very nice, for night flights i think i would go with a red Hud to protect your vision. nice save.
cmreel 2 years ago