Epic Long-range Drone Flight - Uncut
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To see the possibilities inherent in long range first person view (FPV) drone flight, look no further than contributor and FPV pilot beeb FPV. He mounted a GoPro Hero 7 HD camera to a racing quadcopter and conquered nothing less than the mighty Matterhorn mountain in the Swiss Alps. In four minutes, he was able to reach the famously symmetrical peak, which stands almost 4.5k meters (about 14.7k ft.) above sea level. That left enough battery power to safely return the drone and its fantastic footage.
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This mountain is a sight to behold... Wah.. Not a lot of people can tell they have been at the top of this peak, and many have died trying. But on this special day, all conditions were met to make it happen: no wind, perfectly clear skies, warm temperatures, and a perfect snow cover. I flew FPV with a 6-inch quadcopter and Li-ion battery all along its remarkable ridge and all the way to its summit! The climb took approximately 4 minutes. The descent was obviously much faster and I didn't have time to spare at the top, my battery was almost half empty already. THE QUAD: ======== Frame: FridayFPV Yeti 6LR Flight controller: BrainFPV Radix ESCs: T-Motor F55A Pro Motors: MB Primo 2208 2150kv Props: Emax Avan Longrange 6x3.8x2 FPV Cam: Runcam Micro Eagle RX: TBS Crossfire Nano Diversity RX vTX: TBS Unify Pro HV MMCX Antenna: VAS Ion v2 HD Camera: GoPro Hero 7 Black Batteries: Custom Li-ion 6s1p GPS: BN-800 35x35 module Other stuff: ========= Transmitter: FrSky Taranis Q X7 + M7-R Race Gimbal TX Module: TBS Crossfire TX w/ Diamond Antenna Ground station: Clearview Racing 5.8GHz Video antennas: VAS Pepperbox + TrueRC x2-AIR Goggles: Aomway Commander V1 Bag: LowePro QuadGuard BP X2