Hi everyone.
Just wanted to introduce myself, say hi and write what I am doing here and what I plan to do in the world of RC planes etc.
My friend call me “Fury” which is my name here and on the forums. My youtube and donation name is proudman71
Just so you know that is me who throws some small amounts of change to RCmodelreviews from time to time.
Well I’m basically a Harley-Davidson enthusiast who has always been interested in aviation of some sort since I was a kid, many, many years ago. So the plan is to take on RC as a new hobby when I’m not riding my beloved Bike. I live just outside Melbourne, Vic, Australia and ride through some amazing landscapes here. So with that in mind I would like to get views from the air of this area. Hence I am interested in FPV. Also I have years and years of Flight Sim experience and feel that FPV is the next and ultimate step for me.
When I was much younger I flew real scale gliders up in Queensland, so I know that general physics of flight. Did I mention I was an Air Cadet, oh how things change!! Wonder what happen to all that discipline and how I turned into the unsavory type I am now
Now in saying that I have no idea at all when it comes to electronics and the mechanics of these toys, so here I am looking for help and advice.
Being me I did rush in and purchase of few items without proper research which I might regret, or at least have thrown some money away, but I will see how I go.
I purchased the Blitz Sky Surfer from BananaHobby, which hasn’t arrived yet, but should do in a week or two. Now this doesn’t seem like a FPV plane, (I realize now), however it does look similar to the AXN Floater. So I might be lucky enough to fit some FPV stuff in it. Let you know how I go.
I also ordered a 5.8G 200Mw Video TX and RX on ebay, which looks like it will be ok after watching Bruce’s reviews.
My first step now is going out to the park and seeing if I can try fly this plane when I get it. I’m not really confident in flight a plane from the ground as my sight can be a bit funny at times, hence another reason form my interest in FPV.
But I will give it a whirl. I did also order a flight simulator (Real Flight) to do a bit of practice. So hopefully that will arrive soon. I choose Real Flight because I read somewhere it has FPV view as an option, which could be beneficial to me.
Getting use to the radio sticks might be a challenge, as I’m used to a joystick and the proper yoke. Should be fun thou.
Next step will be looking for the other items, like camera, osd, stabilization and auto-pilot, which looks a whole lot more complicated, so I will do some homework on those and go through Bruce’s reviews again to make a good decision.
I am very interested in the visor project Bruce has talked about. So I will wait to see how he goes with that before I splash out on some goggles.
Anyway, sorry for the rambling, but just wanted to introduce myself and share where I’m at and add some more bits as I go along. The idea of this is if anyone will have difficulties in putting together a FPV system and screwing it up, it will be me. Hopefully someone will learn from my mistakes and also I will get great advice here.
Also a quick thanks to Bruce for all his reviews as it as helped me from knowing nothing to a little bit. Not bad for a Kiwi mate.
Cheers
Fury