FPV (first person view) flying my home-built RC plane. My first experiment with extensive use of 3D printed parts combined with common foam-built RC plane techniques (FliteTest, Experimental Airlines, etc). Printed parts include landing skis, motor mount, boom supports, etc. Takes a hard licking and keep on ticking.
Note: most drone or rc plane videos you may see on youtube are from high-resolution go-pro like cameras, not the poor quality actual video the pilots see while flying. FPV video is transmitted real-time from the plane using old-school analog transmitting technology (just highly miniaturized).
Tried flying on a windier day than I`m used to (8-10mph), allowed for a 13 minute flights on a 1800mAh battery.
This article describes my building plan and steps. I've got many requests to declare the PDF Plan after sharing my images. I have made 2 units of this design and the first one flew good. ...
