US Air Force UAV RQ-11 Raven Basic Combat Training ;-) FPV RC Multiplex Easy Star Fat Shark OSD

[locouk]

These videos are amazing, congratulations!

One question, how can you tell if the aircraft is going out of range when you don't look at it but look through it's perspective?

[muni86]

@locouk It's out of range if I can't control it anymore or the video link got lost

There is also the distance to the base station on the screen

[locouk]

@muni86 I mean, how do you know if it about to go out of range? You fly it a long distance from you.

I'd be worried about loosing it. :)

[tapper45]

looks like it is time to step up to hobby wireless and buy a 1.2, 1.3, 2.4 or 5.8.

you need more range, a diversity receiver and controller, more power and definitely a tighter camera lens.

don't buy a cmos camer again either.

at least your initial purchase wasn't much.

[muni86]

@tapper45 watch my new videos ;-)

[tapper45]

@muni86

i just watched your

"World's Best FPV RC Helicopter Video Of The First Flight Hour, Failed Fail Compilation October 2010"

your horizon flattened out a little bit but you still have a lot of "artifacting" in your resolution.

i have used that sony cam before with better results (not perfect though).

i use it for fpv downlink so i can fly but for recorded video i have a sony hdr cx7 handy cam.

it weighs a pound but my airframe is a 12' tele so i have lots of payload.capacity.

[muni86]

@tapper45 horizon flattened out: yes this happens when the rotor rotates, I don't know why

I have powered the FPV system with the flight battery but I think that's not the reason. Immediately after switching off the motor the effect increases!!! Please watch the landing of "Best Wind Turbine Building Video"

Do you use the factory settings of the WDR700 camera?

artifacting: That's caused by the Youtube Converter or too less video range, or do you have a video how it should look like?

[tapper45]

@muni86

that's strange.

i don't have anything here right now that i could try to replicate that effect.

i have experimented with different lenses to minimize focal distortion of the horizon but never experienced focal distortion from the prop.

120 deg of view is about the best middle ground i have found for reasonably wide view without too much focal plane distortion.

i use a sony sn777.

yt conv comresses some people's vids horribly but not others.

[tapper45]

@muni86

i think the (artifacting) has a lot to do with the way the original video was rendered (compressed) before dl'ing to youtube.

what program and settings do you use to edit, render and produce your videos?

i use sony vegas pro 8 to make my more pro looking hd stuff but i have made short clips with the free windows movie maker that people think were professionally produced.

some people spend a lot of money on pro editing software but don't use it correctly and get substandard results

[muni86]

@tapper45 recorded with Canon MVX200i MiniDV Camcorder

Alparysoft Deinterlace used with Virtual Dub, saved to AVI Mini DV codec (Cedocida Mini DV Codec)

Ulead Video Studio 11: edited video saved as AVI, XVid Mpeg4 codec, best settings according to a tutorial website, quantizer 2

I see no quality loss at my footage, even a better quality than the recorded one because of deinterlacing

A Mini DV Camcorder should be the best recorder of all, because of the big file sizes/ almost no compression

[tapper45]

@muni86

sounds like you have a more than capable nle setup.

my guess is that the youtube compression/converter does not like what it sees and/or is just not capable of delivering a good result.

[muni86]

@tapper45 maybe the increase of brightness at the helicopter video is caused by vibrations or the shadow of the rotor???

[paintball9621]

what song is this?

[muni86]

@paintball9621 At the end of the video

[paintball9621]

what is up with the sun

[muni86]

@paintball9621 It is a CMOS camera, the brightness of every pixel gets adjusted separately

[peppeworld]

Im getting this for my plane :D ... where do i get it? cost?

[muni86]

@peppeworld fpvsystems,com or bevrc,com

[Alimbosa]

What song is this?

[fireworkstube]

@Alimbosa It's Muse for sure, and I think it's New Born.

[Alimbosa]

@fireworkstube Muse is the shit

[420choky]

just got a fatshark .. cant wait to test it

[buckod]

great build up... not a raven but this is still effective for use. I'd love to have the OSD in a Raven = next level.

[ManiacMitchUK]

can i have one?

[sshukri0]

I dont know too much about these OSD systems, but would you say the OSD provides accurate data?

[muni86]

@sshukri0 The OSD is working with GPS, very accurate except the altitude

There is a lag of 1-2 sec due to GPS

[cavking1]

What has this got to do with the US air force?

[muni86]

@cavking1 Training platform for RQ-11 Raven UAV pilots at home :-)

[mrrsmurf]

@cavking1 they use it

[Shakzpvp]

Try to buy the Hawksky rc plane. Its rly good, and it's good for beginners. Not so expensive. 100 $

[jonshark1]

gr8 video an buying this plane friday for a uav aswell as a predator what brushless mototr are you using the multiplex speed upgrade pack? Thanks

[muni86]

No, I got the plane second hand and there was a Turnigy motor with 7x6 propeller mounted. For details look at the video info box.

Remember: bigger airscrew with less rpm is more efficient than a small airscrew at high rpm

The size of the airscrew is limited by the EZ* fuselage

[jonshark1]

Gr8 video am buying this plane friday for a uav aswell and a predator what brushless motor are you using the multiplex brushless speed up grade? Thanks

[hogaloo]

They are selling the fast shark equip here in sweden, but any suggestions about what plane to buy. In middle-cheap class...

Thnx.

Fantastic videos btw.

[muni86]

Multiplex EasyStar

I'm uploading a new video currently- VERY GOOD, really :-D

[MrFlench]

What kind of rang you getting on that set up ?

[muni86]

Video range approx. 1,5- 2 km at high altitude (>150m)

But I was only 1,2 km away

[MrFlench]

Thanks

[FamousTrickster]

Speechless. Waaay too much to say actually.

[Daisycutt3r]

wow

[michaelrc1]

that is amazing and your choice of music what can i say only perfect

[BrawlBroMario]

where can i buy that airplane

[muni86]

in every rc store, it's a beginner's plane

[deenualhaq]

seems the weather is windy, hard control

[muni86]

no only 2 Beaufort, just right for hand launch

[8RR8R8]

Terrain terrain, pull up! Haha :) was this the Airbuss voice?

[muni86]

Yes, the other one is from the F-16, the attack is an A-10 :-)

The jerky picture is caused by the Notebook, forgot to defragment the hard disk. I'm recording with uncompressed AVI- 30 MB/s. But if I am compressing simultaneously it is a huge effort for the processor. At my latest video the Notebook got overheated (maybe) because of the sun, didn't record the first bridge pass (only 1 fps).

I don't think there are problems like this with an external multimedia hard disk like an Archos.

[8RR8R8]

Oh, the F-16 is such a cool and detailed simulator! Despite the graphycs the systems are so nicely reproduced :D! Once i learned all the radar modes and timings and tasks and it's great fun but i forget them later each time haha. Archos should be fine but i suspect only 320-half-size max resolution capture. I think i will follow the site you mention to buy 1.2 tx/rx( my rc tx is 2.4). I hesitate between it and the hobbywireless site but will prefere europe shipping.still building the plane :)

[muni86]

The sound is a real F-16, but I have played Falcon 4.0 of course :-) Needed 2 months to learn how to play in realistic mode.....

[8RR8R8]

The notebook--i think the heat should be normal because the Acer thing we have here (looks similar to size of your notebook) heats terribly on the back side even when not processing anything. Fragment disk probably good idea for smoother processing. *thumbs up* for the good idea about keeping the image in the shadow while having the machine aired :D

Another solution for recording may be one of these databank "movie-cubes" they sell nowadays with A/V recording function.though costly still.

[muni86]

Try to ask "nastycop420" or "chrijj" because of the multimedia hard disks, they are using them for recording.

But you need to build an external power supply with a LiPo Accu, I think "chrijj" takes the cigarette plug of his car.

[8RR8R8]

Thanks for the links!

...checking the vid with nastycop's FPV setup.

[NGC1433]

N I C E !!!

[bnrusso]

LOVE it. Just love it.