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Just a short video of a new flight where I fixed some previous video problems. I also test the range of the antennas and that is pretty disappointing. I don't have equipment for testing SWR and how they perform at the specific frequencies configured in the rx and tx. I'll need to get that fixed soon. I built another spw antenna, but that turned out to be left-hand CP instead of right-hand, so range of that is certainly not that great :). The impedance matcher on the helical needs adjustment as well, which explains the rather poor reception in particular areas. Other issue is the direction of the camera, facing slightly upwards, which means it doesn't show that much of the earth.

Broke a servo linkage on this xeno as was to be expected with the placement at the bottom. I'm working on improving the design today, meaning motor placement, servo linkages and improving CoG and hope to get this thing flying over the next week. I'll show the changes and fixes in a different video.

Music: "Wired but disconnected" by duckett (ccmixter.org)