Biplane scale flying

[Oscar]

Quite often I come across questions about FPV.  What's the experience are like when flying FPV?  Will it be the same as flying a real plane?  Can I control the camera movement so it looks like I am at the cockpit?  Will I get dizzy when flying FPV?

I think it's a good idea to demonstrate what's it feel like when flying FPV.  I decided to enhance the Se5a with FPV capable.  I attached the camera to the video T/X.  The video signal then transmit back to the FPV goggles.  To make it more realistic, instead of using my radio slider to control the pan movement, I hooked it to a head tracker device which mounted onto the goggles.  That way, the camera will turn when your head moves.  The setup is like the buddy box system, except I am only passing the pan servo channel for you to control.  When you look on the left/right, it controls the camera movement.

While I am flying LOS, I let the passenger ride along.  That way, I can enjoy flying while they can enjoy the view.

Here are the footages I took during the ride.  (please excuse the mess of the wiring of the goggles.  It's not pretty since it's still in prototype)

Passenger Ride with Graham
https://youtu.be/3v6JpMlURp8

Passenger Ride with Greg H and Malcolm C
https://youtu.be/f-RNl02l1MA

[battlestu]

thanks for the ride!! it was a blast!!

Greg

[BJROB]

This would be an awesome introductory flight for people wanting to get into the hobby
or for getting into FPV