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Runcam Owl Review
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The only thing I regret is that I didn't buy this sooner!  It comes in a slightly larger box than the Foxeer HS1177 and/or HS1190.  The packaging itself is quite nice, it feels like I just bought a new watch.  It comes with similar accessories as you would get if you were to purchase a Foxeer camera.  You'll get power & a/v cables, osd cable, connector for vtx, spare screws and mounts.  The box also comes with an "official product" scratch area.  It has 1 year manufacturer warranty and Runcam will even offer to repair the camera for free after the 1 year warranty expires (you just pay for the parts)

So far,  I've had poor experience with the Foxeer cameras.  After a few good crashes, the video sensor or chip on them tends to die out and my image becomes scrambled (much like the olden days when we're trying to watch un paid pay per view on a cable box)  Like this:

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At this point I haven't even plugged it in yet, but the build material and quality of the camera already feels a lot better than the HS1177.  I'll continue this thread and post updates on this camera until it dies.  




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is this the old owl? or owl plus? I'm thinking about building a quad to race at night  Big Grin
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It's the owl Plus.  That's already what I plan to do, build a night friendly racing machine Smile

Here's a comparison between the owl and hs1177,  it's a photo of my tv taken with a dslr using the same exposure settings.  There's a huge difference with illumination of the room.

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2strokesmoke has been running one of these for a while and uses it for daytime flying too. I had a peak through his goggles last weekend and was surprised at how well it performed during the day.
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(01-Sep-2016, 07:37 AM)Sigloss Wrote: 2strokesmoke has been running one of these for a while and uses it for daytime flying too. I had a peak through his goggles last weekend and was surprised at how well it performed during the day.

Awesome, good to know.  I'll do some PVR comparisons once it's actually installed.
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