Long Range FPV : What's The Worst That Could Happen?

[@NaterFPV]

I loved this! Long Range is the big wall free soloing of FPV, except failure doesn’t mean certain death, but almost certain loss.

[@meirdeaph]

Cant thank you enough for bringing me up to all these incredible places for so many years ❤💯🙌😃🙏

[@FalconRadFPV]

thank you for all of your comments! More videos to come.

[@KittFPV]

and now my hearts racing :D such epic flights, thanks for sharing the scary times (and that was so cool how u got ur cases back!!)

[@FalconRadFPV]

Thanks for the comment! Glad you enjoyed!

[@mlentsch]

That wind had me on the edge of my seat... Those peaks are beautiful - amazing footage.

[@FalconRadFPV]

Many thanks!

[@Sir_Hubris]

I missed the one when you went under that gap on the glacier when going up that mountain, thx for chring those heart attacks ♥ hahaha ¶ ; - )

[@gokuhs]

I have felt the anguish that I sometimes get with my quads in your video, thank you for sharing these moments of tension :)

[@BartManDude]

dang man, I felt like I gained years of experience just watching you handle all that adversity. That cliff dive was freaking awesome 🔥 Thank you for sharing this. 👍👍

[@FalconRadFPV]

Thanks so much for the comment!

[@MCsCreations]

Man... I'd have a heart attack if that happened to me. 😬 But fantastic flying as always!!! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@ClarkDroneFilms]

Hey man, I just finished a week trip in Switzerland doing my first ever long range flights, first time flying Li-ions and first time flying 7" extensively Just wanted to say thanks for your videos, I watched loads and learned lots in the run up to the trip Happy to report no drone loss and my best shots ever and I can't wait to do more LR

[@FalconRadFPV]

Oh awesome, glad to hear it. Nice to know my videos have helped you along the way. Gee, Switzerland, I'm a little jealous!

[@ghostdogfpv]

@RadFPV hey man i am from Switzerland and if you ever want to take a trip here let me know, i am just finishing a new build with tbs source x frame, tmotor mn 5006 300kv and mamba h743 stack, video link is o3 and radio is diversity. i have some friends that fly long range too and the peaks are white XD cheers.

[@ClarkDroneFilms]

@@FalconRadFPV thanks! I will share some videos in this thread when I finish them

[@ClarkDroneFilms]

@@ghostdogfpv nice! I'd love to be back sometime but it's pretty expensive, I'm thinking of Italy or maybe Austria next

[@ghostdogfpv]

@@ClarkDroneFilms i am in the swiss part near italy, let me know if you come around ;)

[@eparustefan]

Nice. I lost my drone 3 times in a scenario with simetrical landscape luckly i found it every time . I have a lua script that saves the last 50 coordonates on the remote and also for the last mile the buzzer its a lifesaver, its a pain in the ass when you plug unplug the battery. The gps coordonates bring you close but simetimes its very hard to spot the drone.

[@CloneTechDrones-619]

Thank You for sharing this thrilling content, long range is scary but a lot of fun.

[@mr_batch]

Cool Dude! Thx for these amazing Content!

[@FalconRadFPV]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@mlentsch]

I love good people!

[@spartan3299]

As a pilot, I can't help but feel the anxiety watching some of these!

[@struggle375]

Thanks for sharing

[@Lrassen]

That's the craziest video yet. Great compilation!

[@djhex]

Ohhh weeee come bad luck and close calls!

[@CaptainKazi]

Great Lessons for Long Range in this video... I alwaysforget to power up my Vifly self-powered beeper, I wish it had a solder option.

[@Sonic_Ox]

I have the ViFly Finder 2. It solders to the FC which charges up it's little 1s. Mine saved my bacon a couple weeks ago when my 7" went down in a huge field about a mile out. I didn't have GPS coordinates saved and my OSD didn't record. About 3 hours of foot searching with two people and a dog produced nothing. I finally found the quad by walking the heading line it was on after dark and seeing the flashing beacon on the Finder 2. I couldn't hear the beeper very well even when I got close but the flasher worked GREAT! All of my builds now contain the ViFly Finder 2. Cheap insurance in my opinion.

[@Michelsen3K]

​​@@Sonic_Ox i agree the vifly is a must on each quad. I lost one in a cornfield. The buzzer was so crazy loud there's no need for gps (at mid range) while dvr is recording where the quad has landed.

[@Sonic_Ox]

@@Michelsen3K 🤠👍

[@kevinglenister6520]

Awesome video, just doing a 7 inch build, hoping my walksnail system will not be the weak link. We shall see what kind of distance it will give me.

[@FalconRadFPV]

Good luck, I hope it goes well.

[@AsgardStudios]

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing that stuff. Its nice to see what CAN go wrong.

[@FalconRadFPV]

Thanks for watching!

[@mog59]

Thanks so much for sharing this video ! It shows, how much effort and risk you take to provide us with this fantastic footage ✊.

[@FalconRadFPV]

Thank you very much!

[@FlorianT.]

I don't know if i'll ever be able to fly long range like this one day, but this looks so cool. The sensations, the tension and of course the landscape. Incredible 👏

[@bobbylefebvre6298]

Great footage

[@Sleeperknot]

As someone who has already lost a 5 inch FPV quad to a stupid mistake, I can totally relate to some of the incidents you show in this video. How I lost my drone - I was doing some freestyle flying near by home and I went totally crazy, one stunt after another. I didn't realize that I was almost 300 meters away from home then. The adrenalin rush caused my feet to start shaking. I wanted to adjust my seating position and I did so, and in that process, my left index finger accidentally flicked the disarm switch. I could see the quad falling down, but then I lost video too, because I had set "low power disarm" on my vtx settings page. I tried to arm it again but arming angle limit didn't allow me to do that. So the quad fell somewhere in the middle of extremely thick tropical vegetation. I gathered a rough idea about where it fell, from the DVR video footage, and we searched for 6 hours spanning 2 days but we never found it. Cheers form Kerala, India.

[@Michelsen3K]

Aw no 😢 similar happened to me. I accidentely pressed the disarm button. My quad fell from the sky (30-40m) and landed on a brand new lipo, which dampened the impact. Lot of damaged parts, torn wires etc. Gps broken, vtx. But it's already back in the air ❤ happy flying!

[@FalconRadFPV]

oh man, it sucks that you looked for so long and still never found it!

[@Birbal2001]

I have got the Vifly Finder V2 in all my quads and it got me out of trouble on few occasions. GPS coordinates in the OSD and in telemetry also helps a lot.

[@FalconRadFPV]

Ya I learned to put the gps on the transmitter a bit to late for that one quad.

[@kardady]

adrenalin, my man! you are a great pilot, respect 🙏🙏

[@FalconRadFPV]

Thank you 🙌

[@kardady]

@@FalconRadFPV big thanks to you 🙏🙏

[@taytayfpv]

Always excited to see ur videos🔥🔥👌

[@Nerijus_Monkus]

You have balls of steel😀🏔🍻

[@gregdavidd]

Wow that last one was sooo close to that rock!!!

[@AntiSocialFPV]

the anxiety level watching this is bongkers!! damn! thank you for sharing

[@Phoenix.-]

Oh man! 04:08 The pain of sudden realisation when there is nothing you can do. We probably need an auto-landing feature in Betaflight. Thanks for sharing!

[@FalconRadFPV]

They have a decent autol anding feature in the new betaflight 4.5!

[@Phoenix.-]

@@FalconRadFPV Good to know. Thanks! I am still on 4.4. Have you tested it yet, is it any good?

[@danzillatheterrible]

This is great!

[@FalconRadFPV]

Thanks buddy!

[@MindRiderFPV]

Great adventures Falcon. 🤘🔥

[@FalconRadFPV]

Thanks! 😁

[@BabaYagaFPV]

Funny how the worst moments make for the best stories

[@I77AGIC]

thanks a ton for sharing. I am trying to get into long range and seeing fail cases helps a lot

[@trevorbowman351]

Another good video brother!

[@FalconRadFPV]

Much appreciated

[@baggszilla]

WOW! These are all crazy moments! I bet you could have started an avalanche from your heart beating 1000mph! Good stuff good stuff!

[@FalconRadFPV]

Thank you!

[@ivanpopovic1266]

I started putting galaxy smart tag on my drones. Weighs next to nothing. Battery lasts a year or more. Can interact with phone up to 150m. Worst case scenario, have to fly a cellphone across area to mark location of drone. Has beeping alarm, quiet though. Haven't needed to use it yet.

[@Carguyforlife]

The saves were epic, and the lost drone was heartbreaking. Definitely very good video to learn from as someone who wants to get into long range FPV

[@FalconRadFPV]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@nightowl_fpv]

Thx Rad your video gave me long range flying anxiety… 😂 it is weird to still feel what you might feel despite just watching past events with 0 consequences for me 😂

[@Michelsen3K]

Wow that's a very impressive range with a 5.8ghz vtx at 1w. My walksnail digital (with trueRC antennas) setup already struggles at 2km range 😂 thanks for the video!

[@skysailorfpv]

Well, my old A** heart was pounding hard you do good under pressure that's why you were able to fly blind and save the drone plus you have put some time into long range and you know your gear thanks for sharing

[@FPV-FlyWithMe]

First one is epic 🙂 but yeah, these things can happen...

[@Tsukuu_]

hit that like button for the people that returned the boxes :D

[@CRAGLORD]

I wish my friend had the patience to watch this to better understand the perils of long range FPV! Beautiful spots and flying too! Come up to Alaska, Im pretty sure im the only fpv guy here and its lonely haha.

[@FalconRadFPV]

I've thought about a trip up to alaska. I'm in BC so it's not too far!

[@CRAGLORD]

I know! I wanna come down you're way too. You have some sweet peaks too

[@Catboy-hr2qp]

Cant wait to get my long range drone finished to start flying the mountians here. Its 10 inch 1.5kg auw with a 6500mah lipo not li-ion so i have more oomph for sketchy situations like in this video lol

[@chrisbee5481]

Wow! I really felt that mountain wind too. Also that dive you caught 😅. When you say your max speed is 120kph, is that with Li Ion concidering the rated max current draw? Sure you can do 150kph with a lipo

[@FalconRadFPV]

That older quad could do short bursts of 120kph with a li-ion pack. Probably more like 100kph sustained. Not sure if I ever flew that one with a lipo battery.

[@saptarsibhowmick5870]

Hello, may I know the max transmitter power output that you normally set while doing long range? In other words, is 1 watt really needed for long range?

[@JPspinFPV]

That was a pretty exciting reel

[@marinehm]

I just transitioned to Walksnail video system. Would you happen to know if this is possible with walksnail VTX? Subbed!

[@FalconRadFPV]

I can do it with my dji 03 VTX so I assume walksnail should have comparable results. A lot of it is about using good antennas. Years ago, I made it 5.5km out using a $25 eachine VTX (and good antennas).

[@RickJamesFPV]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@PinkeySuavo]

6:13 it will be fun if someone finds it lol. How much was it worth it? Isn't it worth to montage some kind of GPS tracker?

[@FalconRadFPV]

maybe $1200 with the gopro. Sometimes mountainous terrain is just too tough to search well.

[@k4x4map46]

the almost whoops lessons for all...but

[@вечная_мерзлота]

you making me take a lot of heart pills .

[@mikleach]

at 1:50 could you fly sideways to maintain video?

[@FalconRadFPV]

haha, interesting idea, it might have helped.

[@lancesmith6724]

One thing you never do is power up your drone or a video transmitter without antennas or a antenna it will damage it i have been flying FPV since 2015!

[@FalconRadFPV]

Oh I know all about that. I didn't do it intentionally! I prefer to fly WITH antennas, works better for long range.

[@triicus9009]

I suggest you, sir, to be more careful when storing things in your car. For the person who finds the item, may God reward him well.

[@monacocross4241]

add extra gps signal , never no lost drone ,

[@BartleyNorman]

Hummm need to do a Checklist Bro. That will make you a Pro! I am sure your Quad would love you. It was YELLING>> BRO NO RECEPTION< NO RECEPTION>> CRAP GPS AGAIN?

[@bobbylefebvre6298]

Sorry you lost your drone

[@lindaholt7596]

Thanks for sharing