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 video may earn me no friends amongst the 80K+ UK drone and RC plane flyers who chose not to put up a fight against sweeping new regulations that not only exclude kids from owning RC planes but...
