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Went from LOS to FPV...think I'm going back!!
#16
When I was learning to fly (a Cessna 172) my instructor would always tell me off for "chasing the needles". which is basically as I was watching my instruments I would tend to be always correcting, which in reality I was over correcting, and ending up porpoising around the place..
Anyway, What I am trying to say is that all of us when starting out in FPV have a tendency to over correct.

Remember when you first drove a car, if it started to drift to one side we know that a small amount of adjustment is required on the steering wheel to correct it, not a huge yank on the wheel.

Same applies with the quads, small stick movements, not "OMG I am going to Die" movements.

One thing I did when starting in FPV (Oh man..I cannot believe I am going to admit this...but in the interests of learning and sharing..here goes).

I would take the props off my quad, power it up and put my goggles on and actually walk around my yard with the quad cam as my eyes, it helped me learn distances from objects and get used to what I can and cannot see in my now restrained FOV. I must have looked a right twat.

But, it did help me, it may not for others.
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#17
That's actually a really good idea. The prospective is defiantly different when doing LOS and FPV. Not having goggles, it would be a bit awkward to have the quad in one hand and the tripod, screen and receiver in the other, but I may give it a try,,,,when all my neighbors are at work or gone or sleeping!!! hahahahahahaha Thanks Biggles!
"Damn the torpedoes!!!  Full speed ahead!!!"
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