@truglodite its not defective nor damaged. I had one given to me some years ago back when the zohd drift came out. I thought that one might have been defective... But buying this new one proves it. It's crap. I have been flying fpv before fatshark came out. All we had back then was a 7" monitor and a 200mw vtx that was the size of a pack of cigarettes.. Lmbo 😂 But I appreciate your input. I never thought I would need a transmission tester or antenna tester. I will just stick to what I am used to. The old school blue top madmushroom and airscrew. They are Awesome!

You can see my first minion pro from 4 years ago in this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmGxhGmmlqebkKcsi=awHPpjXqXcVCkC95

@@JD_1 Yeah I have to agree if I had those results I'd feel the same way about those antennas. Looking in to them they have an elevated gain compared to a typical omni, which can be hard to work with for some FPV applications. They might be good for a rover or similar though.

@truglodite probably better at being a rx antenna

@@JD_1 Ah yes I remember the those giant VTx's (Lawmate were especially gigantic!). Lots of my older stuff has been relegated to the bone yard, but I did recently repurpose an old boscam ts351, Aomway SPW, and an APM 2.5 for a rover side project. For new builds and replacements though, I found axII, triumph pro, and singularity are my top performers on the vtx side. I usually have a VAS x-hair xtreme and an axII on my goggles.

Yes. Should be a standard omni directional antenna according to the specs. But it performed badly. Never would have thought a flywoo antenna would out perform a VAS.

@@JD_1 I've done a few little comparisons with vtx antenna too, to I was surprised how well the cheap simple ones performed as good or better sometimes

@aerialcombat it's been some years since I did some comparison test. When I tested vas years ago. I fell in love. And still today... Nothing seems to compare with the performance of the old school blue top madmushroom and airscrew. The ground station vas antennas out perform most on the market as well. But honestly the last I bought ( minion pro and ion ) sucked. I tried the ion on my mars fpv last weekend. And for some reason using it... My video feed would go black n white. I switched back to the blue top madmushroom... And video feed is rock soild again

@shmodiddly8560 That's Awesome

@@DreamWorks-ij1iz yes you can

@@Videolinquency That was a bit of a fumble from atomrc. Nothing major though

@timtheplaneman Yes sir. That storm rolled in quickly. But this was the soonest opportunity for me to try this 🙂

@@designaddict101 😎

@@MichaelPipes101 Close. But no.

@@MrCottonmouth I believe so too

@joki6395 you can find people selling DL in forums and on the Dragonlink Facebook Page.

Awesome! Thanks for sharing your experience

Yes sir! FPV for Life

Totally agree. 4s is so much better. Just have to be careful with the amount of throttle on launch. 🙂

Thank you sir 😊

Thanks! Will do!

Inav 7.1 for ya 😉

Thanks! I like to think it is too

All you need is loiter mode. And set the radius in advance settings in inav. The default settings are okay.

Try using close captions

Yep I agree. I tried one hole on my ammo belt starting at (uk 4mm) and it didn't really do anything. Tried 4.5mm and it started to take the flanges slightly. The 4.8mm (which is near as damn it a 3/16) smoothed the hole out perfectly BUT the pellet moves in the belt hole and can fall out. I also checked the claim that the flanges damage the pellet - 100% they do - I pushed a pellet through and there were 4 clear marks on the head and dome of an excite .177 pellet. I did it again on the same pellet reoriented and there were 4 more.

My setup wasn't stock. I ran 4s on mines. See my channel to find the setup video for this plane

Ok sure thing. Thanks

All depends on the auw and how you lay the components out across the frame. I'm not a low voltage guy and mah guy. So I went with a custom made 3s li-ion. Which isn't ideal for most. So I would have to refer you to what zohd recommended for this plane in the specs.

No

Yes sir. It looks totally different today

I would have to see what yours looks like in action to know the difference 🤔

Your issue could be the wind bouncing off all those houses. You should try going out to an open field to fly.

@@JD_1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGTSe6p8hdSdqdkfeature=shared What do you think?

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHnVl3eirt9rjZofeature=shared I fixed the OSD on this one @@JD_1

Cool. Thanks for the insight 😎

No unfortunately. Sorry

Nice! Retracts 🤔 That would actually be pretty cool. I will have to consider that. Since it will be a lot lighter with the new components. Thanks

It will be a lot lighter for sure. Just by changing out the motor and prop. It's 900 something grams now without the battery. I believe I can shave off close to 200 maybe 250 grams just by changing out the components. Will be very nice. But this plane likes alot of nose weight. So i will have fun designing a p&t for it. May do a retract landing gear of some type on it 🤔

Grand ideal. Thank you! I'm honestly hoping that inav will work now with streaming telemetry thru Dragonlink. But telemetry is honestly not high on my list, considering i only use it today for audible information coming from radio. So we will see. I'm hoping for the best. I'm still debating on the role of this setup. It's more of a sentimental and collection piece for me. But I for sure want it to be fast and efficient. Probably more on the higher cruise speed side of the house. So I know I asked you this before... But when are you going to share some footage 🤔 I know you are very knowledgeable, and you comment on all the known people in the hobby videos... This must be like your 2nd account huh 🤔😂 I would never tell your secert... Who are you?

No. A vtx at full transmitting power will always run hot. Which is normal. Airflow is the key to success. And pit mode or low transmitting power while sitting disarmed. Thank God for smart audio 😂 Back in the day, we would have to manually switch from low power to high before launch. While we waited for gps count to rise and preflight checks. Many flights started out at lower power and had to turn around immediately to land to change to full power 🤦🏾‍♂️🤣

@@JD_1 Cool! thanks for that man👍 I'm gonna give going straight to vbat on analog next time it actually stops raining here, 💯on the smart audio, yeah I turn it up as needed so I can squeeze every last watt out of the battery. I got a walksnail setup over xmas, and I have to keep the vtx unplugged while I get a GPS fix (on a f405-wmn as no user switch) - even in standby it starts getting real hot, real quick, so in kind of a step backwards. I don't think I'll be replacing my analog stuff anytime soon though, WS is a bit pricey and I like the very visual warning you get with analog when your signals getting low, also 2 separate receivers no problem, I always fly with goggles and a spare receiver/screen just in case the goggles decide to die on me - cheers dude!

It takes times to learn your gear and the do and don't. That what makes this hobby fun. Keep at it. Don't give up. Finding a good open location to fly is key as well. Ask questions, and I will try to help.

@JD_1 ...thank you sir I've been flying many years but never really fpv, flying a mavic pro is the closest. I have several different platforms and also built a ground station. I originally started with crossfire equipment but could never get mavlink over bluetooth or wifi to really work. So I built two planes using pixhawk cube fc, had everything communicating fine, fpv worked great, but no mavlink. So now I have dragonlink and I'm having trouble understanding how to wire it correctly, there's no diagram or youtube to illustrate...so I've been stuck

@theroc495 it's funny you say that. Cause I found it easy to set up mavlink with crossfire. But it was very difficult with Dragonlink. And I flew with Dragonlink for years before I switched. Lmbo The only issue I had setting up Dragonlink with mavlink is the fact I used inav and not ardupilot. Dragonlink was based off of ardupilot. Crossfire was made with inav in mind. So if you need help setting up Dragonlink, you will have to dig around the internet for instructions. Search through old videos on KZbin or go to the rcgroup page for Dragonlink. That's is where the real answer is. Great community there. The owner of DL will usually respond to your questions. I'm honestly behind time with Dragonlink. Despite being a tester of the gear in the past. I just flew it without mavlink. And it's still my choice pick for my longer range missions. With crossfire at distance, the mavlink is hit and miss. But I have seen Dragonlink using mavlink working 💪🏾 at some serious range. Today I just rely on the osd feed. I use to setup antenna trackers and extra.. But I learned how to fly within the ground station point of view.

@JD_1 ...wow...I did get in touch with the guys from dl but I really didn't get what I needed...I asked bonefied pirate (Keith) since he uses dragonlink and he gave me some info for wiring up matek fc, but not pixhawk...so here's the deal my brother JD, I don't think I can fly with my goggles, I think I'll get motion sickness quick, so my goal was to fly with mission planner and use the live map and my video feed to my PC. Ardupilot is so advanced, I haven't flown to confirm, but that's all I hear. So I'd have to fly with monitors once out of sight (I can feel my self clench up just typing that:)...I'm 64, flown forever, but just haven't done those fov flights...LIKE YOURS, IM JEALOUS !!!

@theroc495 Aww, Bless your heart. What state are you in?

Thanks

Thanks! I do not have a camera person to do it. And honestly... it's so fast, the camera person would not be able to keep up. 😂 This is a small wing.

Still a great video. Actually, just ordered this Delta from Motion RC. Can't wait. THANKS. @@JD_1

I cut it cause the rest of the footage was too dark to make out anything. The Dragon 🐉 is on the bench. It's coming

What's your plans for it? What gear will you use 🤔

I have the pnp was thinking about trying my 2s 3400 lipo on it for now but I’m gonna end up with 3s on it

@@dronepilot260rc why 2s?

@@JD_1 2s is working really well for me on the Dart 250g so figured I could use that same pack to fly both birds. I’m challenging myself to make more 2s build since 90% of my builds are 4s . 2s has it’s limitations but on a small aircraft like this, I feel like it would pair up well with the stock motor and esc. I had the 6s Diatone Ripper R690 which was fun , fast, and efficient but 2s just has a different feel to it

​@dronepilot260rc 2s on the Baby AR Wing Pro Pnp would probably not even launch. 3s is barely enough. And the recommendations from Sonicmodell is 3s. And besides that... The amount of dead weight you would have to add using 2s would be nuts. But Hey, do you, lmbo. We Live and Learn 😂 🤔 you might could change out the stock prop. To make 2s work... Just saying.

Over a hour easily now since I upgraded the motor.

Oh noooo. I do not fly through smoke. I learned that lesson years ago. The aircraft can carry the smell back with it. Not to mention ashes as well. We still fly a lot together. I do not upload ever flight I do. Glad you enjoyed. God Bless You and Your Family 😊

Most definitely plausible. Me and my co-pilot was discussing this after the flight. Or Space wars going on that are not mentioned 🙄 😂

😂 ... There have been a couple of x-class flares in last few days. Hopefully no karens with EW jammers. (EW is a growing military concern)

Stay tuned. Still debating on what to do... 🤔 It was pretty efficient as is. And flew very smooth. Setting it up on 6s would be nuts!

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHOcl4Kvr9-ifrssi=9ybM3Cr38_TaObbX

16.8v 🫣😂

Yes indeed. I've gotten pretty good at picking out efficient motor prop combos. Glory to God 🙌🏾 for the wisdom 🙂

@@JD_1 I just ordered a pnp version of this. I have the dart 250g which is efficient but I’ll add this one as well. I like these compact ones that I can take everywhere

@@dronepilot260rc Awesome