FPV at Lake Moogerah, Rural Queensland, Australia

Went out to Lake Moogerah with a couple of mates to have some fun flying planes FPV.
Moogerah is about 1.5 hours drive from Brisbane.

In the video are:
- Max's E-Flight Apprentice and Multiplex Fox (RC and FPV conversion!!)
- Kim's Boomerang and Multiplex Funjet
- My Hangar 9 Tango and Multiplex Easystar

FPV stands for First Person View, and is where the pilot flies the model aircraft from a First-Person perspective. This is done via the use of a wireless video camera onboard the aircraft, which transmits video live to the ground. The pilot views the video using 'video goggles' which put a display right in front of their eyes, giving a sense of immersion.

Sorry about the glitching during the fade transition between clips - the graphics card in my laptop isn't really up to the job of rendering HD video...

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[izzy999962]

nice vid! what gear have you got running on the fpv, like osd, transmitter and all that.

thanks

[beep684]

@izzy999962 hey izzy, we had quite a range of gear between the different aircraft, and most weren't mine so I'm no able to list it all off the top of my head, but if you're interested in a particular setup just give me the time it appears during the video and I'll find out for you! :)

[lvsupertech]

Looks like one of the planes a Tango? Beautiful there!

[beep684]

@lvsupertech yes! That is indeed a Hangar 9 Tango, good spotto :P

[clarklidbury]

Hey I am looking at getting into FPV rc flying. Where abouts did you purchase your fpv gear from in Australia?

[beep684]

@clarklidbury Most/all of this gear was bought online and shipped into the country. It's just cheaper and there is a much greater range of products than what was available in Australia at the time.

[mungbean34]

Please, tell me what frequency are the video transmitters and receivers that you and your mates are using here? I'm looking at installing FPV gear on my plane but I'm not sure which band (900MHz, 1.3GHz, 2.4GHz or 5.8Ghz) works best (without interference) in Australia. I'm also in QLD. Thanks!

[muffdriver69]

Is this legal to fly around in Melbourne?

[tjtg]

Very Nice Work Guys. Where did you purchase your FPV equipment ??

[beep684]

Well it's completely up to the modeler. These are hobby aircraft modified for the purposes of remote flight and aerial photography. The planes in this video were only set up with standard res video equipment, but they could definitely support a still camera.

There are people who have gone as far as to mount HD Video cameras or even DSLR's onboard model aircraft similar to these - just do a search on youtube for "HD RC Aerial Photography" or something like that...

Anything can be mounted!