Rekon 35 - first long range attempt

Gear:
Drone: Rekon 35
Transmitter: Jumper T-Lite v2 with built in ELRS module
Goggles: Skyzone 02O
Battery: 2x LG 18650 3200mah

[@cyberess1000]

Nice to see another Rekon35 out there, I have converted my analogue Rekon35 to a HD V2 Pro Walksnail Rekon35 🙂

[@bezimienny_fpv]

cool man, i was thinking to mount my gopro on this drone for better quality recording, but its just too heavy for this, so walksnail seems reasonable

[@cyberess1000]

@@bezimienny_fpv If you do a search on KZbin for Reckon35 Walksnail GPS I am rather sure you will find my video where I use a Runcam Thumb Pro 4K camera on my Rekon35, so even though I fly Walksnail I still use a separate camera.

[@andrewgraydon4249]

I was thinking about doing this on my Rekon35. How did the conversion go ? Was it a simple replace of the VTX ? I was thinking about using the Walksnail HD Pro kit along with the VRX and my Cobra X goggles.

[@tomshaa391]

1S kit must be liter than V2 pro.

[@cyberess1000]

@@andrewgraydon4249 Oops I didn't realise someone replied -- I made a video about the conversion kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5SXinR5lq1kfpYsi=gS4R1zNC5Y28o6Cd

[@virdunt0121]

very nice place for long range 👍 did you use helical antenna on the goggles?

[@bezimienny_fpv]

No, i just use regular antennas that i have on my goggles, i mean one flat patch and the other round one, just regular stuff.

[@LAHover]

I'm having a hard time locking more than 6 sats on my Rekon35 Analog version. Any suggestions? Running BF 4.3

[@bezimienny_fpv]

in cloudy condition i have the same issue through, but if you cant arm just set minimum sats in betaflight to 0 with CLI command

[@LAHover]

@@bezimienny_fpv Thanks man, happy flying!

[@cyberess1000]

The standard GPS that comes the Rekon35 is useless, I don't know they supply such a crap GPS unit, just swap it out for a "quality" M10 GPS unit -- I get lock on over 20 GPSs

[@gs8259]

Is it safe to say, "Buy Once, Cry Once" on goggles and transmitters?

[@GearZenChannel]

My Rekon 35 keeps falling out of the sky mid flight. Using good batteries so I think they are getting a bit loose during flight maybe causing a voltage drop. I see you are using a strap. Do you think that could help my issue? I want to fly further but it isn't reliable and now I need more repairs.

[@bezimienny_fpv]

yes i recommend using strap because batteries can fall out easly if you even make sharper turn if they are not secure, also it can be battery fault because when i got this drone i was using old stock cells and one completly die in mid air very rapidly and i crash, but now im using brand new LG cells and i try to keep throttle on stable level to avoid any problems

[@Todd_G_FPV]

Why did u start at 4 volts? Why not 4.2?

[@bezimienny_fpv]

i dont know i just charge up my batteries, and charger indicated full charge, but if you want to overcharge your batteries go ahead, but my charger dont want to do that

[@Todd_G_FPV]

@bezimienny_fpv 4.2 is not overcharged its fully charged, 4.25 is the very max u should go but I set mine at 4.19 to be safe

[@chrisalexthomas]

are the 18650 in series or parallel?

[@bezimienny_fpv]

they are connected in series as intended from factory because its 2S quad

[@chrisalexthomas]

@@bezimienny_fpv I was just curious if you went for power or capacity

[@damienkinchen]

Whats the song name?

[@bezimienny_fpv]

Airglow - S.A.M.

[@damienkinchen]

@@bezimienny_fpv thanks a bunch.

[@damienkinchen]

I like that transition from the drone sound to the music. 🤙

[@bezimienny_fpv]

@@damienkinchen in fact i just lost audio range because strangely vtx sends video further than audio from mic

[@damienkinchen]

@@bezimienny_fpv lol. It worked out

[@tomshaa391]

is it ComTruise tracks ?

[@zawisza__czarny]

Ja przy pierwszym szumie w goglach spierd...am do domu hahaha Kupiłem teraz tx12mk2 elrs znajdę chwilę to potestuję bo na starym radiu flysky fs i6 przy 200 metrach z boku głowy potrafiłem stracić zasięg z radiem. pozdro

[@bezimienny_fpv]

Też mam FlySky i6x w sumie to moje pierwsze radio ale póki co to używam go tylko do mniejszych projektów jak czołg FPV a tak do latania dronami mam Jumpera T-Lite z ELRS i w sumie to spoko ta technologia jest bo prędzej stracisz obraz niż zastąpi failsafe i można latać tak daleko jak się ma wideo tak na prawde.

[@zawisza__czarny]

@@bezimienny_fpv I to jest w ELRS piękne

[@bezimienny_fpv]

@@zawisza__czarny również spoko sprawa że jak wgrasz odpowiedni firmware na radio z ustawionym bind phrase to potem wystarczy drona wpiąć do usb i połączyć się z komputerem przez wifi i wgrać od razu ustawiony firmware z ustawionym tym samym bind phrase i potem od razu jak włączysz radio to od razu ci drona wykrywa bez potrzeby bind jak na FlySky co bardzo ułatwia bo nic nie trzeba grzebać przy ustawieniach w radiu jak raz ustawisz