Today the EZG went out of its way literally .
The past 2 weekends the EZG has been pushing the distance envelope but always within visual range .
We had been fine tuning the AV equipment to push beyond visual range .
The input Video transmission is fed into Saju's digital Photo frame from which I tried an AV Input into my laptop through the easy Cap but due to a clash between systems it does not seem to function as the output is in NTSC .Could not get a Video due to non performance of this recording option .
I forgot to take a simple AV RCA cable hence could not connect the out put from my patch antenna splitter to the laptop
But apart from the recording bit the FPV flight was amazing and the EZG pushed beyond the 350-400 m visual range .
We flew to :
Max Distance from home : 834 meters
Max altitude : 401 meters These were recorded by the REMZIBI OSD .
Lessons for the day :
1) Distance of 500 mtrs is really far by RC standards and I don't think any one flying any RC plane how ever large exceeds 200 - 300 mtrs as beyond that even a 2 mtr glider was a dot so you really did not know if it was going or coming.
2) The lack of sound can be quite scary for the onlooker as you know you got an RC Plane out there somewhere but really don't know where it is only the pilot who can see thru it is aware of its location
3) Having a binocular with some one tracking the plane helps as in the event of a loss of signal the person with the Binocs can atleast guide the pilot back using landmarks ( we did not loose transmission at any time but helps as a precaution ).
4) Transmission of video is clearer at higher altitude .
On the whole a great day of FPV flying .
Sai
PS got a snap shot from my mobile camera of the OSD showing the max distance from home and max altitude though the altitude is not very visible sorry for the crappy photo but this is the best I could get of this flight . These readings are based on GPS