My FPVLR antennas arrived today. Windy day (22 MPH per weather.com now, 20 MPH when I started out) so I was hesitant to go the distance but decided to give it a try. At something over 5,000' I lost distance information but still had video feed and controls but saw I was pointing my controller up a little bit too much and then thought I should get higher off of the ground so rose to about 125' and then everything showed up fine. There was a moderate amount of delay in the feed but not too bad. I went out to 5,650', took a photo my a friend's cherry orchard, then headed back. I was headed back into the wind and was focusing on how much my props were showing up in the video without paying close attention to my battery level. At about 2,000' away I got a low battery warning which made my heart sink for a minute. It told me to descend to 60' but doesn't seem to force that. I looked and saw voltage was at 14.6v which surprised me because the other day the voltage warning came on at 14.3v (the only time I've been that low). I was not in a good spot to land as I was over my alfalfa field and props would have had to deal with 18" tall alfalfa if I can down into that so I continued home but at a slower pace, maybe 6-7 MPH, and voltage remained stable at 14.6v. I landed in my open field about 200' away and turned off motors, voltage was then 14.9v, so that was okay. Better wait for less wind before I try going greater distance. Overall, very happy with results. Video quality was good and I just need to make sure not to be pointing my controller upwards since these antenna are more directional.
My DBS antenna is headed her via First Class mail, hope to get by the weekend.
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