Today I put my FPV into Sport Mode for the first time. I have moved into the Twilight Zone, where strange things are common...

  

  

First of all, the thing is blazing fast. In Normal Mode, I could get about 32 mph flat out. In Sport Mode, it will climb straight up at 32 mph, and cruise along at 62 mph.

  

  

I had been getting lower and closer to things in Normal Mode, to the point that I was pretty comfortable with that. Moving to Sport Mode, my self-training includes going higher again, and staying farther away from things.

  

  

My CanyonBall Run consists of going out to the creek, and then screaming down the canyon until the control signal starts to get weak. The creek itself is about -150 ft ATL, and there are numerous 100+ft tress lining the canyon. My Normal Mode training started with doing The Run at 350 ATL, just to get the feel for the machine. I gradually lowered that to 300 ft, then 250 ft, until my last Normal Mode FPV flight, which was down to 70 ft ATL. “Ridge Running” along the opposite wall of the canyon has become one of my favorite pastimes.

  

  

So for my Sport Mode training, I bumped the test runs first back up to 300 ft ATL, then dropped back to 200 ft ATL on the second flight. When I turned after one to get over the ridge, it got up and over it right now.

  

  

It’s definitely much louder in Sport Mode. I can hear it a lot farther away than I could in Normal Mode. Even though I’m not flying over any houses at all, the sound tends to reverberate around the canyon, so I need to stay aware of that.

  

  

Sport Mode gobbles up battery power at an indescribable rate, compared to Normal Mode. I’ll need to integrate that into my real-time power management. If I could only get one change to this FPV, it would be greatly enhanced battery capacity. Also, the “minutes remaining” battery indicator is way too pessimistic, compared to the battery % remaining indicator. I suspect it’s intentionally pessimistic, but once I adapt to that, I’ll have more useful flying time for each launch, by at least a minute or two.

  

  

My plan to just fly with the one battery for a while couldn’t survive its first encounter with Sport Mode. My Fly More kit is on the way, and I should have it for the weekend. So my biggest remaining needs are a second set of goggles, and a good hardcase for transporting the full FPV kit to remote locations.

  

  

Another big difference that surprised me a bit was how quickly I could outrun the signal range for both the control signals and the video. I’ve been bumping into that in Normal Mode too, but in Sport Mode it happens much easier. At one point on my second flight I lost both signals very suddenly, and my goggles were just dark for what seemed like a very long time. When they came back on, and the thing gave me back control, I was indeed going home, but way lower over a ridge than I would have liked.

  

  

The braking action is much harsher in Sport Mode. Very effective, but harsher.

  

  

I had to cancel the RTH several times on the second flight. It would go off when I had enough power left to come in and land, but not enough left to climb back up to the RTH altitude, and then come back down. I’ll get a better feel for that the more I 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[/img]

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I think something went wrong with your post???

Man, oh man, something glitched really bad.  

Hello there Chaosrider. Good day and thank you for sharing these information and your experience in flying your DJI FPV. Have a safe and a happy flying always.

Hope you're okay Chaos, your post took a turn......

Glad to hear you're finally in Sport mode, and you opted for more batteries. I'm still loving my time flying and am getting more and more comfortable with it.

That's very odd. Let's see if it works this time. I've re-posted the part after the weirdness started.
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The braking action is much harsher in Sport Mode. Very effective, but harsher.

I had to cancel the RTH several times on the second flight. It would go off when I had enough power left to come in and land, but not enough left to climb back up to the RTH altitude, and then come back down. I’ll get a better feel for that the more I fly it.

I’m still using Normal Mode for T/O and landing, but that may change with more experience. I fully expect to stay in Sport Mode for at least the rest of the month, before dipping my toe in the Manual Mode crocodile pond. On the other hand, I’m supposed to have great weather for flying for at least the next week, so I may end up advancing that.

This is awesome!!

DJI Stephen Posted at 5-18 19:54
Hello there Chaosrider. Good day and thank you for sharing these information and your experience in flying your DJI FPV. Have a safe and a happy flying always.

I try!

I'm giving someone an introduction to drones later this morning. When I can afford to get a second set of goggles for my FPV, I'll be able to give actual FPV "demo rides". My plan is to be able to give people a taste of FPV flying, without them having to buy their own first. But I fully expect that some of them will get hooked, just like I am!

Thx!

:-)

TCS

RH009 Posted at 5-19 04:08
Hope you're okay Chaos, your post took a turn......

Glad to hear you're finally in Sport mode, and you opted for more batteries. I'm still loving my time flying and am getting more and more comfortable with it.

It definitely gets more natural the more I do it. In that regard, it's just like it was when I learned to fly regular airplanes 40 years ago.

Except for tomorrow, I should have good weather for the next couple of weeks. Once I get my Fly More (hopefully tomorrow), I'll be able to start logging some serous FPV time.

:-)

TCS

Chaosrider Posted at 5-19 05:48
I try!

I'm giving someone an introduction to drones later this morning. When I can afford to get a second set of goggles for my FPV, I'll be able to give actual FPV "demo rides". My plan is to be able to give people a taste of FPV flying, without them having to buy their own first. But I fully expect that some of them will get hooked, just like I am!

Have fun! I'm going to order my 2nd pair of Goggles next week. I'm looking forward to giving flights to family and friends. Hopefully pixilation isn't terrible. I have started flying with the Low Latency mode enabled, rather than High Quality, it just feels more responsive and more natural for me. I'm not using the FPV for high quality video, so 4K isn't as important to me as the comfortability and responsiveness of the flight itself. I'm hoping that will help reduce any pixilation that others are seeing on the audience goggles. I've thought about replacing antennas on the primary or secondary pair of goggles, but haven't really found any positive reviews that dramatically improved performance. I'll look more into that, after I have the 2nd pair and see how performance is on them.

Chaosrider Posted at 5-19 05:48
I try!

I'm giving someone an introduction to drones later this morning. When I can afford to get a second set of goggles for my FPV, I'll be able to give actual FPV "demo rides". My plan is to be able to give people a taste of FPV flying, without them having to buy their own first. But I fully expect that some of them will get hooked, just like I am!

Hi there Chaosrider. Thank you for the reply and for giving out these interesting information. Again, thank you for your support and keep flying. .

RH009 Posted at 5-19 14:05
Have fun! I'm going to order my 2nd pair of Goggles next week. I'm looking forward to giving flights to family and friends. Hopefully pixilation isn't terrible. I have started flying with the Low Latency mode enabled, rather than High Quality, it just feels more responsive and more natural for me. I'm not using the FPV for high quality video, so 4K isn't as important to me as the comfortability and responsiveness of the flight itself. I'm hoping that will help reduce any pixilation that others are seeing on the audience goggles. I've thought about replacing antennas on the primary or secondary pair of goggles, but haven't really found any positive reviews that dramatically improved performance. I'll look more into that, after I have the 2nd pair and see how performance is on them.

I'll be very interested to hear your results!

I gave my first lesson to a new drone student yesterday! I've been working to build a drone community here in northern Nevada, and this is progress. I let him fly my Mini-2 after showing him how it works. He wanted to fly the FPV, but I wasn't willing to do that just yet. He loved watching me do the FPV demo though, and he acted as my Visual Observer. I strongly suspect that when I give him his "demo" with the audience goggles, he'll go buy one.

Let us know how the second goggles work!

Thx,

TCS

DJI Stephen Posted at 5-19 23:53
Hi there Chaosrider. Thank you for the reply and for giving out these interesting information. Again, thank you for your support and keep flying.  .

I got my Fly More kit for the FPV yesterday. With the shortened flight times in Sport Mode, just having one battery wasn't going to work.

It's going to be cold and windy today, but I'll have at least a week of good flying weather after that.

Thx!

:-)

TCS