Improve WalkSnail Range & Penetration with High Gain Antennas? FPV Image & Signal Test Comparisons

How do you improve WalkSnail video and signal penetration? After a long delay and lots of testing I'm back with Part II of my Caddx WalkSnail review. In my previous video I was 'pretty critical' of the system's performance due to blurry inconsistent image quality, especially behind trees and we have to fix that! The focus of this video is WalkSnail and I don’t cover or compare HDZero or DJI.

Since I enjoy pushing the limits of my FPV systems, often flying difficult flight paths through the forests and mountains of Norway, I decided to try and squeeze some extra performance out of the WalkSnail Avatar system. In this video we test High Output Power, High Bitrate, and High Gain Antennas! Check out the results and let me know your thoughts.

NOTE: This is just my current attempt, I'll be testing and perfecting the antenna setup further but wanted to share my current progress. So stay tuned, please comment, like and subscribe to support the channel!

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Here's the 'Current' STL Files I mentioned in the Video (Let me know if you have questions):
• X2-Air Mount: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:602...

• WS VRX Rail Mount for HDZero Goggles: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:598...

• WalkSnail VRX SMA Mod (I used a modified version of this): https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:577...

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Quad Setups:
- iFlight Chimera 7", with Emax ECOII 2807 1500kv motors, HDZero Freestyle VTX
- iFlight Megabee v1 3" with WalkSnail Avatar 1s VTX
- FlyWoo Firefly Baby Nano with HDZero Whoop Lite 1s VTX
- DemonRC 5" Freestyle Quad with Xing 2306 2450kv motors with WalkSnail Avatar VTX
- ELRS on all quads now, previously CrossFire
- FRSky Taranis X9D Plus TX with BetaFPV ELRS 500mW TX Module
- DIY Helicals, search my channel about how great those are!
- TrueRC X2-Air Antennas, Singularity, TBS Triumph Pro, VAS antenna Tests Soon!
- DIY Li-Ion packs using Molicel Batteries, also amazing, check out my video for reference!
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Video Summary:
0:00 - Intro/Summary
0:28 - Flight / Test Path
0:40 - Stock Ant., 1200mW, Std. Bitrate
1:12 - Stock Ant., 1200mW, High. Bitrate
1:20 - Stock Ant. 1200mW, Bitrate Comparison
1:50 - Quick VRX Modification Overview
2:50 - High Gain Antenna Testing
3:02 - Hi-Gain vs. Stock Ant., 700mW, Std. Bitrate
3:30 - Hi-Gain vs. Stock Antenna Comparisons
4:08 - Closing Thoughts & What's Next?
4:45 - Crashes and Outakes!

Thanks for watching, cheers!
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