Blind landing!

by Zatoichi | December 14, 2012 | (10) Posted in Just Fun

                    Under the hood from takeoff to landing!
 

                        

    Filming a Popwing(900mm) maiden flight from an A.X.N.
 A lose wire or (more likely)water on my Vtx antenna cause a lack of vision, forcing me to land prematurely.

I did not whip off my goggles,as I wear glasses and could not have seen it anyway...

 With a stock motor and a 30 amp esc. 6/4 prop
 We are flying a 9X radio with the frsky diy mod. 
 Video RX: Boscam RC305 5.8GHz with Helical Antenna
 Video RX: Boscam RC305 5.8GHz with Skew planar wheel antenna
 Video TX: Boscam 200mw 5.8 GHz with Cloverleaf Antenna 
 3 lobe cloverleaf on the bird and a 7 turn helical and skew planar wheel antenna on the ground











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COMMENTS

casehatter on December 14, 2012
Hey Good recovery, see wasn't that bad you were fine after ya cleaned ya pants...LOL Good job Do ya like the pop wing??
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Zatoichi on December 14, 2012
Popwing is no joke! Bang for your $$! Lots o fun and so quick to build.Set up the new 900 MHz 200mw Tx with a diy dipole and was loving the low clouds today! =)
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lonewolf7717 on December 18, 2012
Just like your namesake, landing a plane blind....of course he could have done so all whilst giving chuck norris a proper smack down. Try making a radome out of a ping pong ball to cover tx antenna. water build up will still attenuate signal some but in my case it has mitigated all out video failure such as yours.
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Zatoichi on December 21, 2012
Good tip with the ping pong radome ,lonewolf!I guess plastidip ain't gonna cut it.
Nice to know you like Mr Katsu's work com padre. I'll let you know how I fare with the radome.
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lonewolf7717 on December 22, 2012
Yeah I would try to keep away from the plastidip for several reasons that are a bit to lengthy to lay out right now. Trust me I speak the truth. Would rather see a bare DIY antenna, ugly solder joints and all (at least in my case) lol.
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Zatoichi on December 22, 2012
I think I have only taken that antenna out to 8 or 900m since we dipped it. Luckily it worked just fine. Do you see a problem using it close range? What about lacquer for sealing?

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Benn Gunn on December 15, 2012
cool as always nice airmanship
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Zatoichi on December 16, 2012
Dankeschön Benn!
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Blind landing!