Driving my FPV Tonka Summit across our neighborhood lake's dam. Maximum distance from where I was sitting in my driveway was about 735 meters or almost half a mile.
Man I was going to ask how you got such amazing range on the ground in between so many obstacles, and then I saw that giant antenna in your driveway as you came to a stop! Man that thing really gets wound up on full throttle eh? Very nice drive.
I am going to try to build my own car after seeing this. How do you move the camera around? A separate joystick or do you control it with the same remote that you use to drive the car? It is really brilliant.
Seeing this, I see some opportunities for stormchasing. Getting close to a tornado in a lightweight FPV car. Cheap, replacable, and live video feedback, plus possible data transmission... The FPV viewer would get the ride of his/her life! No more putting yourself at risk for filming..
Hey plz dont ignore my comment. I really want to know. I have been seing this car on the internet. Whats the max speed it can do, and how much does it cost on average, and where can I get it
Real rigs are built, not bought. Look up FPV Tonka Summit on rcgroups.com These rigs are all about driving around FPV, seeing things, waving at people, avoiding dogs...lol. They are not meant to be driven really fast...maybe 40mph. As to cost, It's a $600 Traxxis Summit, a Tonka Jeep body from the 80's off ebay, a GoPro camera, a EZ UHF 430mhz control Tx/Rx, a Turnigy 9X Pro RC controller, a 1.3GHz 1500mw video Tx/Rx, a Pepperbox Tx antenna, a steering gyro, a pan/tilt head, and lots of hours tweaking everything to make it work. Maybe $2000 all up?
@berzberz I use 2.4GHz for close range transmitting directly to FatSharks googles using their built-in 2.4GHz receiver (best picture and less fuss) and I use a 1.2GHz 1W Lawmate transmitter with a 1.2GHz patch and Lawmate receiver for long range. 900MHz should theoretically work better at ground level and going around obstacles but 900MHz didn't work out very well for me in my neighborhood. It's probably the quality of the 900MHz equipment that was the issue.
Hello My friend. O bought and FPV from FATSHARK V3. I'd like to use a system like yours with camera moviment. How it work? Can I buy the motors and suport? My Model are ready for it? Please, help me.
I was using a Lawmate 1.3 GHz transmitter and receiver on that particular drive with a patch antenna extended about 13 feet in the air using a cushioned light stand. Also I am slightly elevated and there is a clearing through the trees looking across the lake so it is almost line of sight. I sold the Lawmate transmitter and wish I hadn't because it worked better than anything else I have tried since.
