Testing my 7 Turn DIY Helical Antenna's penetration performance through the woods. Forests, trees, and even bushes are difficult for 5.8ghz radio signal to penetrate often causing video static and dropout. Using a high gain antenna like this Helical can help punch through the forest and give you a little extra range. In this video a pushed the limits a couple times, and even had to fly blind to finish the run, but I was quite far away and behind several patches of trees so actually this is quite impressive.

My regular flight style is long range, smooth mountain crusing, but in an attempt to push the limits and get even better long range footage I decided to practice my proximity flying and some basic freestyle moves. This is a great playground for this sort of FPV flight practice!

* 6" Drone Setup Details (Changed from 5" to 6" props as I'm focused more on long-range)
- Flight Controller: Matek F405-CTR
- VTX: Matek Mini 800mw (Backup Quad: TBS Unity Pro HV)
- GPS Module: iFlight GPS Module *lost... (TBS GPS Module now)
- Motors: XING-E 2306 2450KV
- ESC: Aikon AK32 35A 2-4S BlHeli32
- Propellers: HQ Ethix S5 5x4x3
- FPV Camera: Upgraded the old Eachine to a Caddx Ratel and loved it. Now I'm testing a Foxeer Toothless which is also very nice.
- Radio Receiver: TBS Crossfire Nano RX
- Receiver Antenna: TBS Crossfire Immortal T V2 Antenna
- VTX Antenna: Current - TrueRC OCP, Previously - SpiroNET Omni – 5.8GHz CP Antenna
- ViFly Finder 2 Buzzer, highly recommend

* For Long Range Missions - I use a lightweight drone with a Naked GoPro which has an AUW under 250g. Amazing!

Googles/Antennas
- Fatshark HDO with Rapidfire Receiver
- Foxeer Micro Lollipop 3 CP
- SpiroNET 5.8GHz 13dB Patch
- DIY 5 Turn Helical Antenna, Amazing!
- DIY 7 Turn Helical Antenna, Even Better!

Controller/Transmitter
- FRSKY Taranis X9D Plus with TBS Crossfire Micro TX V2

Cameras, Footage, and Software
- GoPro Hero 8 Black, shot in 2.7k and 4k
- Various iPhones
- Final Cut Pro X (FCPX) editing software

If you have any questions or comments about my setup please leave a comment.

Note: All equipment and flight plans were in accordance with current local laws. Special thanks to my spotters who hiked hard terrain with me in order to achieve this flight footage.

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