Wind Turbine FPV Flight

I have been on FliteTest since the beginning of this year and this is my first time to write an article here.  I have always enjoyed watching other members FPV videos and I am starting to fly FPV more and more, so I thought I would post my most recent flight.  First I will show you what I am flying.  :)

This is my pride and joy that I created last winter from David's Tricopter V2.5 plans.  I followed his instructions almost to the dot except I have a friend who has a 3D printer and we were able to print out some motor mounts and I modified the original frame design a little to give it more edges and hopefully increase the strength of the plastic.  Here are some more photos of the actual tricopter.  (the green is VERY bright...you don't have trouble seeing it in the air.)

SAFEST way to hold your GoPro on during a FPV flight......................maybe not.

The green REALLY sticks out.  The Mini-T wheels work awesome for my landing gear as well.  Just the right amount of bounce.

KK2 board with AR600.  You can see the edges and circle cutouts I was talking about.  I really like how it looks too.  It wasn't ALL about the function.  :)

I really went out to shoot some video of the corn being harvested, but it has rained the past few days so I thought I would just shoot the wind turbines.  So in this photo you can see a partially harvested circle of corn in the background.  It was good practice though.

I have always enjoyed photography and now with the GoPro being everywhere I have been doing more and more video.  I am still working on my video stability and editing, but feel like I get better and better everytime I go out and shoot.  Here is a sneak preview of what is in the works for me this winter when farming slows down.

The same friend that has the 3D printer also has a laser cutter and I had already ordered the Anycopter, but was wanting a few more pieces for mounting electronics.  We thought that there was no better way to pay homage to FliteTest than to burn the logo into the top plate of my hex.  (The APM 2.5 will cover most of it, but we were pretty impressed with the way it turned out.)

Here you can see the placement of the battery and APM are above the frame and I am thinking about leaving the underneath portion of the hex to mout my RC Timer brushless gimbal.  (That thing is AMAZING and I cannot wait to get it out and use it.)

Above you can see the entire hex.  I wasn't able to get the recommended KV of motors, these are 1080KV and hopefully they will be fine for this rig.  I am going to be using the APM 2.5 and my ESC's are the new Afro 30amp.  (Maybe a bit overkill....)  Hopfully this winter I will get it finished and ready to shoot for wheat harvest.  :)

Now for the reason many of you have clicked on this link.  FPV!!!!!!  Remember to "Keep Calm with Goggles On" and watch out for spinning turbine blades.....

Thanks everyone for reading my babble and checking out my video.  Hopefully I will have many more in the future.  I would also like to thank everyone else that flies FPV and shares their videos.  Each one is truly an inspiration to go out and try something new.  :)