GoPro Nitro FPV 1100m (Over 3600ft) Altitude Through Clouds Got Scared and Came Down Fast!

There were some dark stormy looking rain clouds within reach today, so I reached them! Firt time through a cloud! The airplane doesn't have any problem climbing, my main issue was with the video feed cutting out and going staticky on me :( Need to hook up my higher gain antenna and point it straight up next time!
My plane has Auto-stabilization, Return To Launch, and Failsafe settings along with complete OSD info display, so I wasn't too worried about losing my bearings if I poked through a cloud. It still is kinda spooky, though. I mean, IFR with an RC Plane? Yikes!
If things ever get bad, I would just flip it to Auto-Circle mode and cut the throttle and it would have no choice but to circle back down to me. I can hear full-sized planes anytime they get within a mile, so that wasn't an issue... Just trying to be as cautious as possible.

[@Gopferteckel]

There’s a sense of flying a real full scale plane here.

[@ydrts_915]

Great vid! You gotta love how someone uploads something 12yrs ago and the comments/questions are continuing like it was published last week:) (probably a testament to the evergreen nature and quality of the content)

[@MessengerOfDestruction]

You sir have inspired me to take up yet another hobby. Sincerely, appreciated.

[@youremostwelcome]

How’d you go?

[@glassdogangle]

Woo hoo! Can't have too many subscribers! Working on another video for your viewing pleasure...

[@MasboyRC]

Nice take off, maintaining, approaching and landing dude, it's awesome.

[@deankinch6328]

i fly 450 size Helis and have just began my quest into FPV after a year as a beginner getting my skills up to scratch. I really enjoyed this video. Thanks. Cant wait to see some, and hopefully soon above those clouds :-)

[@FlyersDistrict]

I've done 2.1 miles on 72. There are also amplifiers that will increase your range tremendously! - If you start getting glitches, just raise your tx - stand on a chair or a table, that should give you a couple thousand feet more, or at least enough to turn around.

[@marcelofrivas]

wow excellent flight and especially very good landing! Congratulations!

[@glassdogangle]

22 minutes at full throttle (oversized tank)

[@thercchannel7301]

Haha

[@glassdogangle]

No. There is no delay or lag in the video signal (actually, there is, technically because of the speed of light and radio waves, but it is absolutely undetectable to a human).

[@GatisKandis]

Loved the nose dive!!! Reminded me when I was in a glider and pilot did this. Incredible feeling! Make more! Do you know what was the maximum speed of it when it was coming down?

[@glassdogangle]

Not sure of the maximum airspeed in the dive. I only had GPS groundspeed data on the OSD. Came down pretty fast, though...

[@HyperJoe]

That Dive was a Crazy fast desent, I'm amazed the wings didn't fold up...lol

[@powernicky]

Well if he went from 3600 feet to ~100 feet in 37 seconds (going by running time on video), that's a dive speed of 64MPH... lucky those wings stayed in one piece!!! Great vid!

[@midwestsirens]

+Gatis Kandis Never thought I'd see you here! I bet that wing came close to flying off.

[@Aluminata]

It's a good look -not too much view blocked -just enough for perspective. The brave little engine and growling prop milling thought the wild blue.

[@sergeywallace1798]

I would love to do aerial reconnaissance from FPV rc planes like yours!

[@oscarestrella3512]

Miss Nitro so much !

[@Thenormalguy_real_one]

I love the rolling shutter

[@rcenvyyt]

Gonna FPV my .61 P51 this is to awesome, I thought electric was cool but this is realistic to the core

[@glassdogangle]

No, Oregon, USA

[@predatorx1x]

Well done mate ! Carry on and don't ever chicken out ever

[@richardwallinger1683]

what engine mounts are you using .. I was advised against using a nitro engine told to go electric with everything balanced.

[@burkenator258]

How did you get the GoPro to send live video feed to the onboard transmitter? I have the ts-352 transmitter connected to a GoPro Hero 3 Black but can't get any picture..

[@glassdogangle]

Just set it a little rich before takeoff. Been as high as 13,00 ft. Check my other videos...

[@Paolone1963]

Hello,nice flight! Could you tell me more about specs of your plane? Engine,displacement,tank,fuel…etc? Thank you very much,greetings from Italy 😊

[@ChrisFredriksson]

You just got yourself another subscriber! :)

[@onemanslonelyjourney3805]

beautiful job. very thrilling

[@johndoe528]

Really too bad the FAA has made this kind of flight impossible for the average hobbyist.

[@mrsouthcentral42021]

This is dope.

[@glassdogangle]

So I should stay within 4km or so for safety. As far as turning around, hopefully my FY31-AP RTL will kick in as usual and the plane will turn around and head home by itself. When I got out to 4km yesterday, I manually turned on RTL and it turned around and flew home by itself. I test my RTL constantly to make sure it is working properly!

[@glassdogangle]

That would do it probably. Hey, if I have fresh batteries in my 72mHz Futaba transmitter and receiver, how much range do you think I can get? I got out to 4km easy yesterday with no failsafe glitches at all...

[@TNT_FPV]

sweet i need me some nitro in my life

[@dukecorso80]

Hey incredible nose dive. Be carefull wit those cuz ure wing can break in half. Awesome fpv... I want to do the same. I have the plane the gopro. All im missing is the FPV stuff. What do i need. Please do avid and send me it thanks. If u want

[@OLEG69M]

Good flight. I also want to try FPV with nitro engine. Risky, but interesting. Good luck.

[@achilles22382]

you rock man, really. your videos are the best. i think because you live in such a pretty area. and, not alot of guys fly FPV nitro, i dont think. well maybe they do and i just am ignorant its happened before. anyway, keep up the awesome work

[@FlyersDistrict]

My first FPV flights were with Nitro....I miss it so I am going back to it for an attempt at 15 miles

[@BrianClarkpharmd]

Great flying

[@naimelshakshuki1754]

Thanks for sharing, I wasn't sure if I could run fpv on my gas plane, now I know that there is a way, thumbs up

[@robbiem8247]

look good till the end, looks like you're missing some screws in the motor mount.

[@glassdogangle]

Absolutely not. No screws missing. I use a rubber grommet mounting system that was engineered in the late 80's for nitro engines to prevent the airframe from being shaken to death by the vibrations of an otherwise hard-mounted engine. The engine mount on this aircraft is connected to the firewall with 3 rubber dampeners, so the engine shakes a bit when idling. Just like how a car has rubberized engine mounts, so does this aircraft.

[@FlyersDistrict]

There is also a mod you can do to your 72mhz rx to get RSSI reading.

[@mikeschneider9049]

dude that was awesome!!

[@glassdogangle]

Nice! I must see the resulting video, and what equipment you use when you do this!

[@BruhBronxy]

Nine years later and first to respond

[@ScoutingwithDigger]

When diving from that hight do you have to worry about thermal shock or icing? Cool video

[@user-ug4jf4si2h]

In Korea, it is a violation of aviation law

[@glassdogangle]

In Korea, listening to music and writing letters is a violation of the law, also.

[@doddsy799]

@@glassdogangle I think looking out of the window is a ten year offence.

[@Future183]

@@glassdogangle didnt they made new laws wich say you are not allowed to fly over 100 meters, always in sight and 90 feet or something per second ? So very limited that you almost cant do anything but flying in cyrcles around your self.

[@glassdogangle]

That's awesome. You won't regret it!

[@Soldier53flyer]

That is a great plane, why don't you fly it any more?

[@Rturrito]

What fpv set up do you have? I know nothing about it and would like to get into it

[@orangedog1306]

Very cool. Nice job!

[@MiamiJato]

did you use a long range system like dragonlink to go that high, or just plain radio signal?, thanks.....

[@Jawst]

This is awesome but I don't think you can do it in many places anymore. I think there are quite a lot of restrictions on flight Level now unless you apply for a NOTAM

[@rcaddiction7071]

Is it even possible to get a NOTAM and a clearance to do this kind of thing? I like to do long range FPV and drive many hours to the coast. I fly over the ocean to stay out of US airspace as much as I can but it would be awesome i come request a clearance for the 12 NM I would be in US airspace. I don’t think the FAA has made this possible so I will do my thing without talking to traffic until they find a way to get my 6LB plane legally operating in the NAS.

[@mongdex]

awesome vid. Have a thing for nitro/gas FPV. Ur vid is the best I've seen.

[@hanss.607]

Excellent FPV-flight and great quality of video. What was the location? For me the landscape looks quite familiar ... I am from Bavaria :)

[@jbx907]

cool flight as always... all ikes

[@jrisinlove]

Nice video, did you have any issues if you would have flown higher? As air gets thinner.

[@FlyersDistrict]

I am thinking Dragon Link for remote - Urban Drones OSD for navigation - 2.4ghz for video link

[@DamianMealor]

great vid, that runway looks pretty crap tho lol. nice landing.

[@oscarestrella3512]

It lands like a real Cesna

[@pukki34]

Are you sure that is 1100m? Doesnt look that high to me

[@jarony06fermin56]

What radios and receivers you used please let me know a need one like your ranger

[@glassdogangle]

Albany, OR.

[@frozenmist-w4k]

that was awesome dude, real cool.

[@wilgarcia1]

DUDE HOW FAST WAS THAT DIVE!!! =)

[@Dustin42076]

Nice flight man, this video is old but I can see why they are banning FPV because that's way to high im to scared to go that high with all the air traffic by me I would hate my self if I took out a full size plane. Be safe and hit up the FAA forms its a sad time for all FPV users :(

[@scottykify]

Just curious if you ever had issues with vibration and fuel getting on the camera? I fly a trainer fpv, mounted a go pro in about the same spot as you and it looks horrible from the vibrations and gets fuel on the lens instantly even from running it up on the ground.. Any suggestions? Thanks

[@MrMagoo321]

Looks like your motor is coming loose?

[@oscar35575]

Hello. Amazing! What radio did you use?

[@joshmellon390]

Please tell me you had an airspeed sensor for that dive lol

[@predatorx1x]

Man that was awesome , why did you chicken out from going into the clouds ?

[@Gopferteckel]

VFR

[@thevickp]

subscribed!... btw how long does that engine run for before running out of gas?

[@nastynate-lc7yf]

wen are you going to do another high altitude flight

[@tailsdollblack9340]

FLY HIGH! :D

[@jamespruitt8965]

What model of plane do you have and did it come standard with those features

[@MrJohn1966elliott]

No Lightnings strike to your RC plane !!!

[@glassdogangle]

Same reason I chickened out of kissing a girl for the first time. Now that I have done it, though, I do it again every time I get the chance!

[@clayton4115]

fantastic!

[@kanexx2]

Excellent!

[@Tommy-pv1vh]

what plane?

[@lrpupstream]

Nice, but let's be honest...could you really still see your plane- I've been 619meters according to my gps with my LRP UpStream- I could still see my glider, but only coz of cloud cover....with no clouds, I'll not exceed 300m- nice video all the same

[@bernardmelus54]

Is that an os60 you got on there if so I got the same one on my plane

[@Peanutbutterfunds]

Wanna do this with my extra 300 3200lipo

[@scalerc2842]

36 thousand feet in where airliners go there is no what what was 1100 metes more like 400 meters

[@mansurmansur9969]

How do you connect flight control n nitro..?!?

[@sunnypeter7192]

woww bro....

[@marshallkok5267]

What engine do you have in that plane?

[@FlyersDistrict]

Where are you located?

[@user-nt7pn9fx2q]

There was a Lotta vibration on that engine, looked like front right mounting hole didn't have a bolt , feel sorry for these Ukranians , having their runway, next to a nuclear plant ,and landing airplanes on radioactive grounds. 😢 reminds me so much of Chernobyl .

[@glassdogangle]

You should watch my FPV video on my channel of the "Albany Paper Mill Demolition FPV..." so you can see it being exploded.

[@glassdogangle]

Yeah it sucks.

[@sikeletonreiz8084]

is it more efficient than electric?

[@elcotorro]

que osd usas? de cuanto es 5.8ghz o 1.2 mghz??

[@NOXFPV]

Nice

[@JungleListSoldier]

What kind of plane is this and what engine are you running in it?

[@gracklefpv8811]

Idk the plane but I think the motor is an evolution

[@Future183]

I want to do something simular. I wanna build a big rc bomber and then flying miles away from me with it per VR watch and Navigation System. I dont know this Video is 10 years old, maybe technology has changed so much that i could be able to do that. Not long ago i have read an articel about a 17 year old boy, i believe, who broke a world record by flying his rc plane over the atlantic.

[@FlyersDistrict]

that's pretty cool!!! RTH on a nitro hahahha!!!

[@LeoSlikk]

is this in england?

[@stratosjoebar]

how do you deal the leaning of the mixture?

[@MrMagoo321]

The best way is to set your transmitter down and hold the plane tight. Slowly add throttle to full then pick the plane up and point it straight up. Then richen the top end screw (the one most people always only mess with using their fingers) until it bogs a little then lean it out until max rpm then richen it back up a little more. That way any position or fuel level your tank or your plane is in will not cause it to lean out to the point of having to do a dead stick landing. Some guys do this while the plane is flat on the ground but I find with the aerobatics I do the plane pointing up and down you need to pick it up and do it this way. Hope that helps.

[@dukecorso80]

Hi pls send me ure email.uve answered me already and ive been shopping around and want to know if its ok....ive tried to reply back but it said noreply youtube blablabla...lol Thanx

[@dmbadcat]

Cool video, nice setup, but I have to downvote for how high you were flying... Just introducing more opportunities to FOD out someone's engine or kill a real pilot. Fat birds have killed pilots before, this plane could do worse...

[@dmbadcat]

Not to mention, once it does happen, even more laws will be put in place, not just limiting drones, but limiting the rest of us real hobbyists who actually play by the rules.