My first thoughts on flying FPV.....

So as some of you know I've moved onto the next level when it comes to flying drones.   Yes, this means that I've been flying one of my drones via FPV.

If you don't know what FPV stands for then it means " First Person View ".  Basically it is like sitting in the cockpit of your drone and looking out it's windows whilst you are flying.  Or to put it another way then you are Piloting your aircraft with only it's instruments for your navigation, example an artificial horizon, altitude, speed indicator, compass, fuel gauge etc....

So what exacly have I learnt then, with regards to flying FPV, well quite a few things to be honest with you.  Stuff such as

• You have more precision when it comes to navigating around things e.g. trees
• You tend to quickly learn more how much pressure to apply to the controls, e.g. how much pressure it takes for the drone to start pitching forward and how much pressure it takes before the drone starts to roll to the side etc...
   

Even though these are very positive things for me to of learnt recently, but there is also some negatives that I have quickly learnt at the same time too.  That is to say.....

• My live video feed does experience quite a bit of lagging / drop outs when flying... which means that if my video feed does freeze / drop out for a few seconds, then I am in effect flying blind in that time frame.  Something you don't want to do if you are flying fast.
• Staying with the video feed side of things.   Then I've also learnt that at times the video feed will " lose connection " altogether, that is when you are flying far away.  Yes, you still have control of your aircraft via your controller, but again you are in effect flying blind.  As unlike your controllers signals, then the video signals transmission distance falls well short, when compared to the range of your controllers signals distance.

There is no doubts about it flying FPV is a really fun experience for a drone pilot to experience. 

However, searching for your drone when you crashed it over 900 Meters away into a tree branch is then not so much fun.  This is because you are A)  going to be going home with your drone or B)  going home with out your drone.

To finish this drone posting with then, FPV is very much something for me.  It is something that I am going to pursue to the next stage in the future.   As again I feel that FPV is a great way for a Pilot to get to know their aircraft and it's limitations more. 

So if you are a drone pilot your self and have not yet tried flying FPV, then I really recommend that you do start doing so.