Navigation and Conditions.Attention Required.

                                                

                                              Not everyone has an OSD with RTH or a home arrow.

                                               This is fine. A pilots mind should be his sharpest tool.

                                                           Piloting a model F.P.V. at dusk or night.

                                                                  Medium distance F.P.V. piloting.

                                                   Flying F.P.V. in unfamiliar areas or in bad weather.

                          All of the above should be attempted with a degree of experience and preparedness.

                           There are many sites online that will be helpful in navigation and preflight planning.

                                                           Knowing your flight area is fairly critical.

  You must be able to recognise your point of launch.   It is the spotters job to help spot threats and hazards to others(Full scale craft, bystanders and pedestrians) ,NOT to keep you from getting lost.

  If you have no spotter you must have a high degree of situational awareness. Understand your gear, its limits and test it BEFORE you launch.

  Plan your flight path. Use a map. Use your smartphone. Print it out on your P.C. if you wish and keep with you. It can come in handy if you do go down.

  Keep it close at first. Identify landmarks large enough to recognise from the air. The further away you go the further you have to return.=) 

 On your climb out you should know where you are. Get up and turn to find your point of launch. Circle your location until you take in the landscape from above and identify your point of launch. 

  Use your ears. You can use the sound of your plane as you pass yourself to orient. 

  Use the Sun. You will not always have the horizon in view. Any means you can use to keep a fix on where you are on the ground will help. Sun. Moon. Clouds. etc..

  Keep calm. Stay focused. Fly your craft until you put on the ground. If your signal drops,and you have planed your flightpath/done the math it will not be a surprise.

  If you become disoriented as to your location it may help to gain altitude while circling in order to reorient on your Landing Zone. 

                   If you must ditch, do your utmost to pick a safe, clear site that you can find from the ground.

Most of the Related Articles below we filmed in New Mexico. They were all made with only a H.K. E-OSD.

We fly for fun and nobody likes to go searching  for a lost aircraft so we hope these guidelines bring you F.P.V. success!