by RCModelReviews » Sun Jan 08, 2012 3:26 am
With the heavier FPV gear you're going to have to look at either the HobbyKing EPP FPV model or the Skywalker FPV.
Both of these are larger models, capable of carrying the extra loads.
The first part of my FPV series will look at what I call "bareback" FPV which is the simplest, cheapest, lightest and smallest kind of gear installed on cheap/small models like the AXN.
I'm not a big fan of 900MHz to 1.3GHz FPV video transmitters when used with 2.4GHz RC systems because they can reduce the range of your RC gear significantly (from over 2.5Kms down to 1.3Kms with the 200mW 900MHz video system I tested).
5.8GHz video is the best solution for most applications -- if your country's regulations allow it.
In the bareback FPV series I'll use a $30 FPV video transmitter that is small enough to use on the AXN and has a range of up to 1.5Kms (or almost a mile). That's enough for most folk unless you want to go really long-range, which costs heaps more.
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