SkyHunter Long Range FPV Gone Wrong - RCTESTFLIGHT 

"Theres a restricted airspace around a military base 15 miles from here. I hope I don't get signal jammed" *Flies 15.1 miles away and immediately falls out of the air.* I know thats not how it works, but how good is that.

"I think that if I do lose connection, it'll just fly back. So, that's okay." I'm glad to see that worked out so well.

The one thing that actually strikes me the most in this video is how peaceful and calm you remain (like looking at the beetles, flowers, surroundings...) and turning it into a funny search riddle even after loosing a quite valuable RC plane in the middle of nowhere for 2 days..... Make it all look normal... And eventually keep an interest for the nature! Your composure is astonishing!

Always nice to hang out with you Daniel!

Honestly I think this is the first time I have ever watched a 30 minute RU-vid video and not skipped any of it! :) Good video and glad you found your plane!

"I guess that's the price you pay for doing cool stuff" 😂😂

Meanwhile I can barely get 300 feet away before going blind, lol.

If it makes you feel better, there was something very entertaining about seeing the carnage.

Man, whoever convinced a Hawaiian to leave Waimea and resettle in Utah was leaving out a few details of their new home lol. Poor guy.

Great video, very enjoyable , of course I knew you would find the plane, as you had already used HD footage in the video, but the suspense of how you would fine it was great.

@15:35 What the sign says: "You may use a variety of techniques for carp fishing, including angling, archery (EXCLUDING crossbows)..." What he reads: "It says you can shoot the fish with your crossbow"

Great video, very optimistic, It's amazing how you turned a bad day into an adventure. I enjoyed watching all of it. Your optimism and love of adventure is contagious. :)

Woah, when you panned over and showed the snowy mountains in the distance, I was not expecting that! Being in a big desert and then being able to see a huge mountain with snow in the distance, incredible! What an amazing area. Loving the great visuals and production quality of your videos!

you are so good at this man! All the camera angles and editing is superb!

Anyone who flies RC knows the feeling of looking for a lost model. It was fun to watch your adventure. Thank you.

The sped-up drone footage is so cool, it feels like some sort of freecam in the real world

you're like the napoleon dynomite of rc flying, I love it!

A 30 minutes long video, you're doing great!

An awesome adventure in itself, I loved this video, and what you represent. Thanks for sharing your beautiful location in all its desolate glory and bringing us along for the journey.

great video. sad about the crash but entertaining and interesting what you found thru that crash there! just the other day a fellow fpver and I talked about that you used to make great videos and how we miss your missions and projects. hope to see more (not more crashes, but longrange mission). dont let them jam your video signal over there...

"3 whole owls!"

Looking at the paused video (17:49) I see amp draw of only 0.4A and the FPV video is blacked out, but at least the Vector is still in RTH mode. So perhaps the ESC or motor failed, possibly taking down the 5V supply to the FPV cam and servos at the same time... hard to say for sure exactly. The recover was really cool though!

This is one of the best half hours worth of TV I've watched in ages.

Glad you finally found it and many thanks for the great story! You should definitely consider getting an amateur radio license, you already know a lot about electronics and practical RF applications, so it may not be a big deal to pass the exam. You would then be able to legally put a high power GPS beacon on your planes that even when lying on the ground you can still hear them from miles away with a notebook, an RTL-SDR dongle for 10 bucks and freeware for decoding the transmission=location ... unless they crash with that kind of impact your plane did :-) Nothing seems to survive that ! Since these transmitters send RF in very short programmable intervals, the high power RF bursts will not even be noticeable on the overall power consumption ... so it may transmit for hours if in difficult terrain. Please let me know if you need and information on amateur radio or these GPS transmitters, though I am sure there are plenty of hams in and around Salt Lake City that could practically help you, while I am here in Munich, Germany

12:01 driving in the wrong side of the road lol

Thank you, comrade for giving exact coordinates of US military base. Mother Russia will not forget you :*

What a fantastic video! Thanks for showing me your lovely state! I am so impressed by the flying and the hunt for the lost plane. Keep it up!

This is hands down one of the best videos I have seen on youtube. You do a phenomenal Job!

Epic! Great story, well told

Since you found most parts except the motor at the crash site, it may be that you lost the motor while still in the air. A motor loss in flight would be pretty catastrophic. Aside from losing power, if the motor was dangling by the wires, the prop might chew up the fuselage; if the motor came off completely, it suddenly becomes a very nose heavy glider.

That was an excellent video and one horrendous impact. The extensive damage was unbelievable. I'm glad you found it. Well done. Greetings from Arizona.

What an awesome video. Surprised by the extend of damage from the impact.

It's a good idea to do a loop around now and again. If the signal to the plane is slightly directional, because of hardware or an obstruction on your model (at that range), you'd find out sooner!

awesome video with so much interesting randomness. Hawaiian's in Iosepa? Imagine their shock of arriving in Iosepa after a life in Pacific paradise. No wonder there's a graveyard. They got fatally homesick. :)

Dude, I first watched this video years ago and it encouraged me to try the hobby. Since then I've watched dozens of your videos and totally enjoy them, keep up the good work!

Great job, I enjoyed the adventure and discovery of old settlements. Glad you found your gear.

Daniel, feel free to put some more ads in a long video like this one, so we can support you by just watching a few more seconds of ad. Especially if you crashed something, cause this hobby isn't cheap :)

I was engaged in the video all the way through! Well done ;)

This gave me the feel of those documentaries that search and analyze plane crashes

This was a great video to watch. Kept me glued to the screen. Love your deadpan commentary! Subscribed!

I opened this video randomly from yt suggestions and it's so awesome! The scenery is unreal... so many wtf moments :D What was the weird noises from the mountains? Maybe boulders falling off the cliffs? You've got my sub.

any gopro vid of the actual crash?

Absolutely amazing video. I was captivated by the footage, story, search, recovery, destruction, and randomness of the area.

I skipped around a lot on this one because my impatience is legendary, but that's no commentary on the vid; I really liked this. Glad you found the plane and at least got the memory card! Sorry about the immense damage. I've done the walk of shame / search and rescue many times myself, and it never fails to amaze me how much _damage_ such a small and light aircraft can take on a simple drop to the deck from a couple hundred feet up. First time I lost a plane that way I just stood and stared at the mess like it had to be an illusion. Not just the foam, man, but the carnage to each and every part is astonishing. First you're like, "Maybe I can fix the plane". Then you see it and you're like "Maybe I can salvage some servos, the electronics and the camera." Then you're like, "Maybe at least the memory card is ok." One time, I cartwheeled a scratchbuilt quadcopter on a gravel road and couldn't even find that much to be happy about, lol. The arms and wiring were literally wrapped around the body like some kind of modern art techno tumbleweed. Camera was totally fragged and no memory card anywhere. Another time I whacked a plane and it nearly caught fire from lipo damage. Ah but the memories, really did have lots of good times. I'd do it all the same way again with hopefully a lot less stupid noob mistakes.

I think you lost signal because flying near base. They can jam it. Why you are not using simple GPS tracker to find model? TK102 or LK106. In Russia we are always flying with autonomus GPS trackers.

I liked it so much .... good job

One of the best videos I have watched on YT, I am glad you got your RC stuff back and the video was a nice look at some of Iosepa's history.

so glad youtube recommended this video to me. One of the best videos I have seen, so interesting especially those aerial shots of the terrain. subbed.

WAIT A MINUTE!! Why didn't you put the actual moment of impact video at the end after you found it!?! Did that like not get recorded in the recovered micro SD chip?

Just watched the whole video! Really great to see you back Daniel! These are the videos I've missed so much!

Awesome video. I really enjoyed watching this, especially as the story-line unfolded. I'm sorry for your loss.

Remember when i watched that video back in 2K17 ^^. And was like damn you are so lucky. And now in 2019 i crashed and lost one of my fpv wings in the alps xD. Was also searching for it with my mavic and hiked arround for 2 days searching for it, but couldn't find it. Guess my plane will lay somewhere in the alps for decades, but nevermind sometimes we got a price to pay for that hobby ^^.

"Thats the price you pay for doing cool stuff" rctestflight 2017.

This is probably the most entertaining FPV/RC video I've ever seen. Legendary.

Waaaoooo, what an experience!... well that's part of the hobby... at least you recovered your plane's wreck!... Thumbs up for your video! Hope to see you back in the air soon! Greetings from Douglas, Arizona 👍👍👍

Excellent, entertaining all the way. Did you get Vector logs out and find the cause? I had a very similar incident with my Vector a few years back, and have never quite trusted them since.

I'm like 10 months into FPV Quads (I do Freestyle and some Mid/Longrange stuff) and I lost already a Quad 😭

What a great video! Glad you found it! Well, this is my "big adventure" on RU-vid for today. This tops several others I've seen recently!

Great video, really enjoyed watching it and your comments about the surrounding area. Happy Flying

Did you at least get to be able to pull the flight data off the Vector? What did it show? IIRC, you should be able to see servo movement, amps and what not. Curious what happened as I ran a Vector for a couple years without issue

Long range FPV GONE WRONG/GONE SEXUAL/SINGLE MOTHER DAY EDITION MUST WATCH, 100% CRINGE UNBELIEVABLE 97% CANT WATCH WITHOUT LAUGHING!!!1 I fixed your title, your original one was to...subtle for me

Very interesting video, thanks for posting. Glad you found and recovered what was left of your drone.

Polynesian Mormon cemetery for their settlement in Utah? That is crazy. Its amazing how little bits of history you would never know are actually living right next to you. Thanks for sharing an amazing vid btw

So... How was your trip to Nepal?

Why didn't you just look at the GPS coordinates on the DVR?

Great to see you still making content, Daniel. This was a fun adventure!

Not disappointed, definitely earned that "gone wrong" in the title. also really enjoyed the little discoveries you shared along the way. I felt like I was brought along for a small adventure. That was fun

this was such a great video! Do you think the airforce base jammed you?

wow man....that was awesome. what a cool place...was it an indian reservation?

That was one of the coolest videos I've ever watched! Very well done man. I watched because I'm a drone pilot and looking to get into fixed wing. This was just an epic adventure! Keep it up bro.

Great adventures been watching you for a few years now never tire of your new and interesting adventures thx.

Daniel this is like a full on FPV Documentary... I could watch forever...sorry for your loss.. What a cool place you live in Cheers Brett

Another great one. I'm glad you were persistent and found the plane. I would have spent another two days looking for the motor, though. That must have been a pretty good crunch.

Some RC FPV stuff, a bit of suspens, a drama, an happy end and a chunk of interesting background info... Man, that's really a good video. Kudos for your search!

Wow! Great sleuthing with a great outcome! Unbelievable velocity evident in the destruction. Must've been in a full power dive. That the foam survived the dive before impact is remarkable. Thanks also for the interesting history of the area.

Thanks for taking us along the ride. What a place.

Glad you found the airplane D. I can't believe how destroyed everything was. I can't imagine how bad the GoPro would be if it hadn't been in the case.

The story just had to be told. Sorry on your loss... Great documentation on the story. We all received a voluminous edification. Keep up the good work.

I was so glad you recovered the plane but once I saw that your gear was destroyed, I was so disappointed. Thx a lot for the beautiful landscape. I just moved from Paris, I could not take this lifestyle anymore. I would be so happy in your place ( except for the poor plane ), it's so beautiful !

Another great video and nice recovery of the Skyhunter remains. The search was as interesting as the flight itself, excellent narrative!

One of, if not THE best video you've ever done. I really enjoyed watching your adventure from start to finish :-)

Amazing and super fascinating video! Something surprising around every corner! I'm jealous of your flying range.

Great vid Daniel. Good effort, fantastic recovery.

Beautiful landscapes. And I admire you being so calm about losing a plane. I am usually way angrier.

Suprisingly very entertaining video, sorry for your loss and what outstanding views!

This was a very entertaining video to watch. Thanks for sharing, dude. And sorry about the skyhunter falling out of the sky. It was a very nice rescue and recovery mission though.

Great video! Man, that impact! That's insane... really interesting seeing the spectacularity of your plane's destruction! :D

Thanks for another great video! Always great quality, love the environment, daydreaming from a crowded Paris

Sorry to hear about your plane. Interesting video. Thanks. Glad you recovered your plane.

Fun voyage with you, man. I am very jealous of the equipment. Keep on Keepin-on.

This is the first 30mins long video on RU-vid i watched without getting bored.

Great video, really enjoy your adventures in the wilds. Interesting Mormon settlement; they must have had a tough time! Cheers, Ian, Tasmania.

I was so stoked you found it but then there wasn't much left to salvage. At least you got the footage. Good story.

Great video , real inspiration for the fpv community. So creative! Bravo Daniel. Greetings from France

So talented. I love the way we get to experience all this with you ^^

That "crab" looks more like a "scorpion" to me. You´re good at keeping it cool!

Love your videos! Thanks for sharing this adventure! :-) P.s. I bet it's amazing out there for looking at the stars!

fun story....glad to see you found it..awesome hunt and recovery! Same with me..haven't ever lost a plane completely..just pick up the pieces and head home. Always jealous of your insane flying areas you can get to....maybe i need to head to UTAH one day!

I once lost a drone on rock mountains at more than 2000m of altitude. Had to leave it there for 2 weeks before I was ready to search for it. Seemed like a super easy task, but as soon as I started flying around looking for it I immediately realized that every single bit on the ground looked like my crashed drone and I was totally unable to judge the sizes of the objects I was seeng throught the screen hence how close to the land I needed to fly in order to be able to see what I was looking for. What seemed like a 1h job ended up taking 6h...and I had a good binocular too in my arsenal!

What a great video again! Good rescue too!! I love your narrated flights