Entirely too high of an altitude flight. In the clouds. Almost lost the Quad!! 2000 ft + high.
CX-20 from Banggood.com –
SunnySky motors from Banggood.com –
Stock CX-20 transmitter, SunnySky motors, 10″ Gemfan props 1045R, larger capacitors on the stock ESC, and a 3DR 5100mAh battery.
Great to see you starting a channel! That was a close one! Beautiful area,
where is that?
Wow, heart in your mouth moments!
Awesome flight and nice views!
Would be worth practising a fast descent for future reference incase it
gets a little tight for time on battery again. Ive been able to get from an
altitude of 500m up down to the ground in under 30seconds, throttle at
20-25% with full forward stick coming down in long sweeping circles. As
long as you keep travelling forwards you will not experience the dreaded
‘vortex ring state’ which all quads suffer with.
Matt
Awesome at 7:18 Well done ! 🙂 Greetings from Ireland ! 🙂 I love flying my
Q500 for some aerial footage & castles! 🙂 Thanks a million for sharing! 🙂
Thumbs up from me! :)
The RTL was selected when the quad turned back toward you at 4:50.
You can see from the cloud motion it was bucking a wind from your right
(it’s left).
At 6:33 it’s over your location and yaws forward to start RTL descent.
It takes a long time for normal descent from that high. You’re in FAA turf.
Good choice to let RTL land it. Going manual, it’s tempting to drop power &
descend faster, but a low battery may not be able to slow the final
landing.
You are very fortunate with your recovery… on another channel Dustin
Dunhill over on Maui wanted to bring his quad back quickly as it drifted
out over the water so he did it manually…and well…not quite as
fortunate. I would suggest if you can wait until later in the morning and
let the haze/vog dissipate, you will get a better visual.
What an astonishing flight dude!! Iam thinking to buy it then for sure!!
Thanks for sharing it!
You are lucky that your battery holds on 😉 I’m really scared to go high
with my cx-20 …
I’m amazed you got that much run time! I also have a video of my Cheerson
flying out of range, but at a much lower altitude and it lost power around
12 feet up. I’ve since rebuilt the Cheerson into a faster more reliable
quad called the Flamewheel 330. Only kept the Cheerson’s motors. All other
components replaced.
well that was amazing to watch, , how do you check in mission planner how
high, you go. after flying,,
What would happen if you brought it down half way or so (until you were at
a comfort level) manually or so then switched to RTL?
curious… what camera were you filming with? & what setting (1080)?
that height is no modification of the transmitter?
wao amazing thought that only reaches 300 meters
wow thats insane. was that with a gimbol attached? Im too afraid if I sent
mine up, it wouldnt come back down in one piece lol. Was that with a stock
battery? If so I’m really suprised it lasted that long
nice job mate :)
Are the 10″ Gemfan props better than DJI 9450’s?
That is blowing my mind! Still can`t believe what I just witnessed with my
own two eyes!! That is awesome dude, how much for that insane CX 20
Quadcopter? I got to have one for deer hunting they will be easy to find
with that ever so cool flight plan :-)
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The manual says that the cx 20 needs a 2700 mah lipo
Did you make a modification or you just can install a 5000 mah battery?
This is the kind of irresponsible activity that is going to have the feds
shut down our hobby–without a special clearance from the FAA, the legal
altitude limit for RC aircraft in US airspace is 400 feet. As a pilot of
both RC and real aircraft, I have no desire to be killed in a midair with
an RC aircraft, and you probably don’t want the downing of a manned
aircraft on your conscience. Please reconsider how you’re operating your
quadcopter…
What gimbal was used? If not used, what post processing did you do to the
video?
Great video. That’s why I’m nervous about taking it up higher than 200
feet.
I never knew they went up that high. Can’t wait to try mine. thanks.
the return to home was pretty spot on wasn’t it.
Great video!
Hi Quad808, you mentioned that the battery, props and motors was upgraded
on your CX – 20 while everything else was stock. I’m thinking of buying
one too and had some questions: 1)Were you able to get 2000ft altitude on
the CX – 20 without any other modifications? Can I expect to get at least
2000ft as well stock? 2) does this quad have any self stabilization feather
like the DJI phantom’s where regardless of how strong the wind is it
maintains its location when you take your hands off the controls. and 3) I
was wondering why you didn’t use an FPV on this? You went so high, it would
definitely help orienting your self as you come back down for a landing and
locating the quad…