L 39 Albatros FPV - Catastrophic Mid Air CRASH & Cockpit Display Maiden

I have consolidated the only 2 flights I had last weekend in one video.

Unfortunately, I got involved in a mid-air collision with Rob’s Freewing YAK-130. The result you can see in the video…

Besides the mid-air collision, It was a great flying session, lots of fun and good results with the oLED Display!

The main objective was to test the OLED Displays in the air for the first time! Yes, this is the first time… The British winter was quite long, grey and wet!

--- COCKPIT DISPLAY RESULTS: Overall was quite positive. I have realised is much better to have the flight data in the cockpit than in the OSD. This was not the initial objective of the Display when I built it, but it proved (at least for me) to be so natural and easier to access the information, you just know where it is when you need it… you don need to hunt or scan the whole screen in the big DJI Goggles display, at the same time it is not in front of your field of view, it is in the place it should be. The information behaviour was perfect and was pretty much matching with the OSD data. Another quite positive result is that the Display is bright enough to be clearly seen even against direct sunlight! This is really good as this is always a concern when using any kind of Display at outdoor applications.

--- COCKPIT DISPLAY IMPROVEMENTS: I have to find means to decrease the refresh rate of the screen display as it is not compatible with the DJI Camera refresh rate. The result is that the image seems to be flickering when seen through the DJI camera, this is not good at all. It was quite frustrating actually because during tests under less light conditions (indoor), there were no flickering behaviour… But that is what tests are for 😊. For sure, will find ways to fix it.
Fully Functional oLED Displays for RC Planes: https://RCGauges.com


--- CRASH: Second flight was supposed to be a formation flight that didn’t end up well. I got hooked with Rob’s YAK and a catastrophic crash was the consequence. After the 2 planes got hooked 20m above the ground, there was no enough time to recover the from the low air speed and resulted in a massive crash. Unfortunately, the L-39 Brietling will not recover from this incident.

I am really sad about the loss. I have worked literally few hundred of hours in this plane… But that’s the trade off when you undertake risks. RIP my friend, I had lots of fun with you…


Rob’s store: http://RT-rc.com