Last year I moaned about how little I flew in 2015. Although I didn't do a lot more flying in 2016, I consider it to be a good FPV year for me. Quality over quantity: not a lot of airtime, but those days that I managed to do some flights were just great.
It started great in early January 2015 when I did a weekend trip to the Bavarian Alps to do some nice flights above the snow covered mountains.
Over the year I got visited by several FPV friends from around Germany and we did some flights in my neck of the woods: the Black Forrest.
We also did a short day trip to France to fly near the village “Neuf Brisach”. The hexagonal village with it's star shaped town walls is a very distinct sight.
Another nice day trip was to the upper Danube with it's unique canyon.
But my highlight in 2016 definitely was the three day trip to Switzerland. An awesome landscape, a handful of friends, camping and FPV from dawn till dusk – those are the days to live for.
If 2017 comes even close to 2016, I'm happy :-)
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http://flitetest.com/articles/autumn-sun-z2-vs-z3-comparison
Hope that helps. Should that not answer your question don't hesitate to ask.
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Thank you for your comment. My setup is still the same as last year:
On the wing I use the following setup: Ritewing midi MG servos, OS OMA 3820 1.200kV, 10x6", YEP 80A, EZOSD, EZUHF, Boscam 2.4 VTx (stock antenna), Sony HAD2 600 TVL, GoPro 3 black, 4s6.600mAh
On the ground: Lawmate 2.4 VRx, high gain (11dbi) yagi antenna, Fatshark Dominator V1, 7" monitor as a back up to the goggles
I prefere to fly without a flight controller. No autopilot, no stabilization. A simpler setup is a safer setup. With a flight controller the complexity is increased dramaticaly and also with that the amount of possible failure points. I'm actually thinking about writing an article about that topic. Would you be interested in such an article?
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Flying long-range FPV really excites me to imagine all the places you can go with out being there.
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