FPV harvesting and bird chasing in Uppsala, Sweden

Back in August I had a fun session of flights with my brother and cousins over a day and a half in Dalby in Uppsala, Sweden, which resulted in the 5 videos embedded below (just finished the last one).

I had been flying with my Bixler and Cyclops Storm with great success the weeks before and quickly decided to move the autopilot over to my more transportable (it folds to half the size!) Xeno Wing hours before this trip - half a day on buses and feries each way.

The wing and Cyclops did eventually get along after being way too squirley on the initial flights. I probably still had the gains too high for the rest of the flights though, resulting in more wriggling than desired. Also, as someone pointed out, the Xeno's winglets are pretty small...

Not the best image quality here; The Horyzon HD v2 had a hard time coping with the mid-day sunlight and the prop wasn't perfectly balanced either, giving different rolling shutter jello effects depending on the RPM. Instead of throwing the footage out I decided to punish the pixels extra hard in post - enjoy! or skip these if you can't stand jello and/or speed ramping... ;-)

Equipment:

Multiplex Xeno foldable flying wing
http://www.multiplex-rc.de/en/products/categories/products/details/productgroup/rc-accessories/productcategory/elapor-models-1/product/kit-xeno-uni-1.html?

Cyclops Storm OSD
http://www.foxtechfpv.com/cyclops-storm-osd-p-688.html

Ground footage with Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM

Horyzon HD v2 for onboard video, both the recorded version and the downlink

Boscam RC832 5.8Ghz video rx + ImmersionRC tx + cloverleaf & helical antennas
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewitem.asp?idproduct=43723&aff=400372
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewitem.asp?idproduct=35657&aff=400372
http://www.bevrc.com/bev-58g-helical-12db-7-turns_p358.html

Turnigy 9x w FrSky tx/rx
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewitem.asp?idproduct=20976&aff=400372
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewitem.asp?idproduct=14355&aff=400372