--The Story--
Well today I decided to rig up an old and quite large UHF transmitter to my Tek Sumo wing with a cheap camera, basically just parts I had lying around. Well here's the low-down on my Tek Sumo, when I built it I did a crappy job and ever since I've been having problems with it :/ Well recently I've got it to fly alright (well enough for my liking) so I stuck ye oldie transmitter on such plane. Slight problem when I got ready to launch I kinda forget that the motor has a lot of noise coming from it, basically when I applied throttle the screen on my pocket Casio went white D: But it was in my blood, I couldn't wait any longer for bruces FPV kits to be finished & shipped. So I did what anyone would, I flew the wing as high as I could and glided down where my vision would (hopefully) be restored. But the incredible load made it almost impossible to fly, The quite large dt750 motor pushed with all its might and the plane slowly gained altitude. Until finally it was high enough for my liking and I cut the motor, surely enough vision was restored and I glided down with the wondrous power of FPV. I was amazed, I knew then and there that I had to fly FPV!!! Then the plane hit the ground, the Tek Sumo doesn't glide well so it hit the ground sooner then I expected. Putting down the pocket TV I looked up, on the screen was a picture of some green grass. I suddenly realised that all of the grass was green and the plane was no where to be found. So I asked my spotter 'where did you see the plane land?' he replied 'I was watching the TV screen, I don't know' I then thought 'Oh crap we're screwed, planes gone' After searching for ten minutes we eventually found it laying on one end of the park, all in one piece. So did we leave it there? NO, I tried my luck again, but after two more attempts the plane was just too heavy to fly successively more then once it appeared, and on the second shot the motor got torn of its mount. I don't think I'm going to be flying that plane for a while
--My Problem--
After flying for that sort period I knew I NEEDED to fly FPV again, so I ask what should I do? Wait for bruces kit or spend a little more for pre-done stuff from china? I'm thinking of using the Cyclops Storm OSD, 5.8G 200mW TX & RX video system, A cloverleaf antenna and a Sony 600 TVL Camera (the one bruce uses) So do I wait or do I jump for the stuff from china? I could always sell the RX&TX once bruce gets his stuff done. I guess my broken Tek Sumo means I need a new plane too, any suggestions? Also Christmas is coming up, so spending a bit more is O.K.
Cheers,
Bio Hazzard