thenated0g
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Took my VAS Specter with me camping up in Mendocino Forest. Got a few batteries in.
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Wheelin, campin, FPV
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thenated0g
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Very nice area. I have to ask, are you a wheeler also? Been off roading and exploring for decades. I have always wanted to take along an FPV rig to look around some of the mine sites out near Death Valley (outside of the NPS of course). So many of the trails to the old mines are no longer usable, so FPV would greatly help pinpoint a good hike site to explore. 
thenated0g
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Nope. I never got into it and breaking down is like a worst nightmare lol. I like exploring but not 4 wheelin. My brother in law's have been bugging me to go with them for a while so i finally agreed and as i was just riding along i didnt have the stress of worrying about my vehicle and i could focus on recording. Was interesting trying to figure out what parts/tools to bring with limited space. I think the one hard thing with so many people is you get out of your normal "check all the stuff" routine. I almost messed up my vtx powering up without an antenna. I would love to go back without so many people.Very nice area. I have to ask, are you a wheeler also? Been off roading and exploring for decades. I have always wanted to take along an FPV rig to look around some of the mine sites out near Death Valley (outside of the NPS of course). So many of the trails to the old mines are no longer usable, so FPV would greatly help pinpoint a good hike site to explore.
I think using it to explore and look ahead would be pretty great if you had the appropriate setup. In my case i had my long range setup which means a lot of "stuff" to setup. 1.3 antennas are pretty big so i had them in protective cases and my video setup is on a tripod with a repeater to 5.8 for my goggles. Takes a few minutes to setup at a spot. My friend brought his dji spark and that thing is amazing. That would be perfect to popup and look over a hill or anything on 5.8 with some smallish googles.
Heres the camping edit i made from our footage:
Ps23Rick
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Your video does an amazing job to show just how far not only tech has come but also video recording in the past 35 years. I remember MANY times going camping with a friend of mine, Dan, who Wayne also knows, who had a camcorder that used full sized VHS tapes and probably weighed in excess of 5lbs and required being plugged into AC to charge the battery after only an hour or two of use. Things are so small and of course what you record via the planes is something that was unthinkable at that time. I love watching what you all are doing with this stuff.. Crazy good! Thanks for sharing!
Nathan,
Very nice video, lots of editing there. Looks like a nice place to poke about.
I hear you on the bigger groups, I like to go with a couple of folks, a little easier to work out details and less chance of cars breaking down. If you build them right and maintain them, they can be pretty darn reliable. Dig the Samurais in the group as I used to build those up, but liked the Scout more, building one of those now.
I have a little ViFly R130 on my desk here, I think it will become my out and about quad for spotting duties. It is nice and compact and stupid strong for the abuse. I have yet to build up a fixed wing, I have a few candidates on my build table, just waiting for the winter weather to warm up a bit so the garage is not so painful to visit.
-Wayne
Very nice video, lots of editing there.
Looks like a nice place to poke about.I hear you on the bigger groups, I like to go with a couple of folks, a little easier to work out details and less chance of cars breaking down. If you build them right and maintain them, they can be pretty darn reliable. Dig the Samurais in the group as I used to build those up, but liked the Scout more, building one of those now.
I have a little ViFly R130 on my desk here, I think it will become my out and about quad for spotting duties. It is nice and compact and stupid strong for the abuse. I have yet to build up a fixed wing, I have a few candidates on my build table, just waiting for the winter weather to warm up a bit so the garage is not so painful to visit.
-Wayne
thenated0g
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I used a gopro for most of the footage hanging out the windows. I have a canon vixia i got mainly as it has a super nice anti shake in camera so you can actually use the crazy zoom and have usable footage. On my Specter i have an original Runcam HD camera. Doesnt handle overcast bright days very well but also its $40 if lost. To handle all the charging i was going to need i had diy'd a big battery bank out of old laptop batteries. It has 11x packs made up of 3x 18650 batteries (12v series?). I think its around 28AH total. I wanted 12v so i could use car accessories. Also had a 12v 10w flood light i wired up to hang above our card table in the tent and plugged into the battery box so we could play games at night.
For lipo's i brought my trusty Accucel6 and some adapters to charge off cigarette lighter ports or direct to car batteries.
The one thing i should have brought was some slopers. That glider port at the top of hull mountain had crazy wind. Now i know. Be a pain in you know what to find your plane if you miss a landing, but tons of wind.
http://sonomawings.com/site-guides/hull-mountain/
For lipo's i brought my trusty Accucel6 and some adapters to charge off cigarette lighter ports or direct to car batteries.
The one thing i should have brought was some slopers. That glider port at the top of hull mountain had crazy wind. Now i know. Be a pain in you know what to find your plane if you miss a landing, but tons of wind.
http://sonomawings.com/site-guides/hull-mountain/
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thenated0g
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In the summertime (no mude/rain/snow) any car could get to either of these locations assuming you have a chainsaw for trees that have fallen over. These are all maintained dirt roads.
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JoeMama
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Nice Video,
This summer We went way out Eastern Oregon to watch the eclipse and my son and I brought our bonzi wings was a lot of fun and I wish that we had more room to bring some thing a little bigger. And to have brought all the FPV gear. I love FPV exploring Thanks for the videos. I can't wait for the warmer weather to return.
This summer We went way out Eastern Oregon to watch the eclipse and my son and I brought our bonzi wings was a lot of fun and I wish that we had more room to bring some thing a little bigger. And to have brought all the FPV gear. I love FPV exploring Thanks for the videos. I can't wait for the warmer weather to return.
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