FX-61 - Walksnail Avatar HD Pro - Goggle X - Stock Range Test

[@DidiWebster-n9b]

Hello, would you recommend Walksnail-System? Greetings from Switzerland Didi

[@stonesrcchannel]

@@DidiWebster-n9b hi, in general it has been good I have had no issues other than range being a bit disappointing which now I am experimenting with different aerials to better the range. I have heard of other people having issues with the earlier released goggles X but in general, with firmware releases they have improved. In the year I have had the system and from my experiences so far using it, I would recommend the Walksnail system.

[@DidiWebster-n9b]

@@stonesrcchannel Hello and thank you for your quick reply. I'll wait until Christmas to place my order. Maybe there will still be an attractive bundle. I was in New Zealand and Australia for 6 months in 1988. It was a wonderful time. Wish you all the best and always Happy Landing Didi

[@stonesrcchannel]

@ The bonus you will have I believe if you end up buying the Goggles X now is the built in head tracking should work without the need of the external module. I could be wrong, but a lot of buyers weren’t happy having to use an external module to have head tracking when the goggles X were originally sold with it as built in. It is quite disappointing to have to have the external module for this as it looks ugly when the cheaper goggles L have it built in and it seems to work flawless.

[@stillededge]

One issue I have with the goggles is screen visibility - I can't see the edges of the screen. I think it's an "IPD" issue - can't get the lenses out far enough or my eyeballs close enough to see through the viewing aperture.

[@stonesrcchannel]

@@stillededge I do have some troubles seeing the far corners of the screen, not enough to concern me but it would be nice to have it out just a little further.

[@grzegorzzajac5840]

Jak to zrobiłeś że na nagraniu nasz wszystkie dane wysokość prędkość itd ? U mnie na video pokazuje tylko standardowe info z gogli

[@FixedWing]

Holy power stations batman! That's a lot of power and range.

[@Livinglifeat60]

I use the vrx receiver and the avatar pro dual antenna tx. I replaced the tx antennas with Hglrc hammers and the top 2 antennas on the vrx with the same 2 antennas and did 6km perfect video. I only turned around as I chickened out. Also I am using 700 mw power output and the stock patch antennas in the vrx.

[@stonesrcchannel]

Awesome thanks for your input that’s great to hear. I’m certainly going to upgrade the RX antennas soon, then I will do another test.

[@Gowieee]

Keep going you’ll easily get over 3 km with the stock setup. Don’t be a chicken. I was using a 5” quad with the HD V2 single antenna (foxeer stubby) and stock Goggles X unlocked. With the patch you should be get like 7km. I will test this shortly when it arrives.

[@stonesrcchannel]

@@Gowieee cheers mate thank for the comment. I'm currently looking at the true RC X2 patches for it. I will retest when I get them to show the difference.

[@Gowieee]

@@stonesrcchannel that’ll be interesting for sure. We need more Goggle X content. I see Caddx have “solved” all issues in their most recent post. I wonder what that will look like.

[@stonesrcchannel]

@@Gowieee also I'm keen to get this new Avatar gt 2watts VTX they just released.

[@nellodude]

How far did you get when you used 1.3 ghz ?

[@jwtfpv8957]

I'd be interested to know too.

[@stonesrcchannel]

@@nellodude I never really tested it fully but best I did was just over 10km out with good signal on both 1.3 vtx and 915 elrs. I did just recently do a range test using the 5.8ghz alpha 10 watt vtx which I can’t upload due to legalities. It went out to 10km with good signal no breakup with stock aerials. I did a review on it while back called Akk Alpha Series. It’s a beast but not very efficient

[@nellodude]

@@stonesrcchannel Ok thanks I just thought the area might be bad for RF I have a spot in Vic where I have been out 70km but another that I struggle to get past 15 km (on 1.3 ghz with high gain antennas) I have never been past 11 km on 5.8 ghz and I was wanting to get Walksnail as well but am disappointed in your distance. I would recommend the TrueRC x2 air for the goggles but I really think you would get better range using a ground station receiver higher up than using goggles with the TrueRC X-Ray antenna but it depends on what you consider long range. The best advice I can give is to launch from a slightly higher location (even 3 meters higher than surrounds) Good luck mate.

[@stonesrcchannel]

@@nellodude I don’t think the area I fly is great for range as there is a quarry just behind the hill I fly from. I am now in need of a new spot as works have started where is fly. I do plan to get the x2 airs for the headset someday and I agree the ground station does have its benefits which I may even look into someday with antenna tracking. Thanks for the tips!

[@ΒασίληςΤ-υ1μ]

Which quad are you flying ??

[@stonesrcchannel]

@@ΒασίληςΤ-υ1μ Not a quad it’s on a FX-61 fixed wing plane.

[@Biscuit_The_Crazy]

do you have a tutorial to unlock all modes?? For longrange

[@stonesrcchannel]

@@Biscuit_The_Crazy to unlock the extra power just go to caddx download centre on their website and download the FCC Unlock Procedure unzip the package and read the note on how to install it. You will unlock 1000 and 1200mhz plus 8 channels.

[@stonesrcchannel]

I will have a video on this soon but it’s pretty self explanatory once to unzip it and read the “read me” file.

[@Biscuit_The_Crazy]

@@stonesrcchannel ok thankyou 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@ShermanKenB]

You'll want patch antenna on your goggles on both two of the receive and the one antenna that gets retransmits from the vtx. Also make sure your vtx antenna have some height to them . Also, 1200 mw has always been rumored to be over powering the preamp. I want to say most people use 700mw

[@stonesrcchannel]

I have a couple of True RC X2 aerials coming I heard they go into the bottom connectors? I’m not sure regarding the retransmits though as to which one that is. I should use another patch antenna on this one to? Thanks for the help.

[@ShermanKenB]

@@stonesrcchannel on the goggle x the transmit antenna is top left (on your head for reference). Both WS and DJI will ask to have packets retransmitted if the packet is lost or interrupted. If you only use an omni and are try to fly far your re-trasmit antenna will limit you if it needs to ask to rebroad cast packets. A patch that focus the signal will be helpful. Mad's vid explains some of this kzbin.info/www/bejne/bojEkIughqd-p9U

[@stonesrcchannel]

@ShermanKenB awesome thanks for the help

[@sarangmixtv8757]

it flew well,its stable,,👍👍👍,

[@stonesrcchannel]

Yes bro its a good plane and even better now it has HD camera. The new camera makes it much clearer to fly with.

[@FixedWing]

Gday matey, ages since I watched one of your vids, but very timely. I've been going back and forth between the HDZero and Walksnail as I was about to embark on my own digital journey. I'd recently decided to go for walk snail and like you, I was wondering abou the range on fixed wing. Also like you, I'm disappointed with 1.6Km although I am looking forward to see how well the goggles X work in with my old analog gear so that I can keep using my old gear with the new for the long range flights. Up to now I've been working with an ancient analog box goggle so the digital goggles represent a major upgrade for me. I did see one guy with pretty decent range using some cheap home made (3D print) helicals. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYrTmYlre7WVj8U Thanks for this vid and the commentary of what you're trying to achieve, always appreciated.

[@stonesrcchannel]

Hi and thanks for the comment, I do hope once i upgrade the aerials it will improve considerably although i can't see it being as good as my 1.3g systems. I did originally buy the GoggleX for the analog and to keep the long range 1.3g setup, but now flying HD, i think all my planes will be eventually upgraded to HD.

[@FixedWing]

@@stonesrcchannel Hmmm, I was going to purchase the exact same camera/VTX combo that you're using, but now I'll just get the goggles and wait for the new range to be released in a couple of months. It's supposed to have 4 times the range, but we are at the pre-product release hype stage so we'll see how that all goes when released. Thanks again, you really helped me with my purchase decision.

[@stonesrcchannel]

@@FixedWing Oh thats good to hear i haven't heard anything regarding range increase as yet so fingers crossed for that. I feel the walksnail system has heaps to improve i hope they keep going the way they have been so far although i it has been a shame they seemed to release the goggle x a bit soon which is why they have copped a bit of bad reports. In saying that i have had nothing to complain about i ungraded the heatsink and run the latest firmware and everything works well. Like i said in the video my only disappointment is the range but i'm sure that will improve as i upgrade the aerials and better products are released in the future.

[@stonesrcchannel]

By the way i have just tested a long range analog vtx from AKK Tech which was sent to me. Its the alpha 10 watt vtx and i just did a range test with that on stock aerials it reach 8.3km with no drop out, unreal vtx shame its not HD. I did a review on it a few videos ago.

[@sarangmixtv8757]

is it wendy?the video tremble sometime..

[@stonesrcchannel]

Some wind when the plane shakes

[@stillededge]

Seems about a mile is all any video system, analog included, gets with 1200...without "extra ordinary" antenna set ups? 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@m3chanist]

BIT rate. A byte is eight bits. I.E an eight of the bitrate.

[@stonesrcchannel]

@@m3chanist sorry I’m not sure where your going with it, little confused 😕

[@m3chanist]

@stonesrcchannel in the video, you talk about the byterate several times but what you are describing is the bitrate. They aren't the same thing. Bitrate, pronounced: bit rate. Byterate, pronounced: bite rate. You use the later while talking about the former.

[@stonesrcchannel]

@@m3chanist oh I see yeah mis pronunciation with the word my mistake but I’m sure people will understand what I’m taking about.

[@m3chanist]

@@stonesrcchannel No worries, great flying by the way, looking forward to doing some myself when the weather improves here in NZ

[@Pratap-p3o]

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[@stonesrcchannel]

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[@Pratap-p3o]

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