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I asked this question in a different way on another post, but does anyone here fly in manual mode (Phantom 1 or 2) doing FPV with a gimbal installed?
japaneezy said:I would venture to say no. It would be suicide, seeing as you use your camera angles in normal FPV flight to determine and adjust your attitude. It may be possible if you put some kind of visible arc around the front of the camera gimble and adjust it to be level with the horizon, that way when the craft pitches forward, back, or to the side, the movement will be reflected in your video feed like an artificial horizon.
VoicOfReason said:Actually, the mini IOSD shows an artificial horizon. So, what you're saying is that no one runs a direct video feed from their GoPro (gimbal mounted) back to the ground (via LCD or goggles)? That doesn't seem accurate to me. Even the Phantom 2 Vision displays a gimbal-stablizied video that is viewed on the ground. ??
QYV said:VoicOfReason said:Actually, the mini IOSD shows an artificial horizon. So, what you're saying is that no one runs a direct video feed from their GoPro (gimbal mounted) back to the ground (via LCD or goggles)? That doesn't seem accurate to me. Even the Phantom 2 Vision displays a gimbal-stablizied video that is viewed on the ground. ??
Maybe you're asking the question wrong... when you say "in manual mode" do you actually mean the full manual flight mode on the flight computer? As opposed to Phantom Mode or Naza Mode.
Full manual flight mode has absolutely zero computer-assisted flight stabilizations, and I'd venture to say only an extremely small percentage of Phantom pilots have that kind of skill to fly with all the computer assists off, I know I'm nowhere near that level.
I think what japaneezy was trying to say is that since Manual flight mode is a full time job in itself, trying to fly in full manual mode beyond a short range via FPV while adjusting the gimbal is just beyond difficult and I don't think you're going to find anybody here doing that. I am very heavy on this forum and I think I've only seen 2 people since I joined refer to flying in full Manual.
If you can fly in Manual, via FPV not even looking at the Phantom but just using that tiny little artificial horizon on the iOSD to keep the entire thing stable then you're my freaking hero because you're one of if not the best Phantom pilot on the planet.
VoicOfReason said:My response was a little stupid. I forgot that the "manual" mode part and then was considering flying FPV in GPS mode. Forgot about that. Yes, I agree with your assessment.