FPV Long Range - Coast, Hills and Clouds - Chimera 7 DJI

I'm still working on my extreme long range projects, in the meantime I recorded this flight over the stunning tuscan hills and coast.

In the first part of the video I flew over some fields and artificial lakes, then I turned towards some hills which were around 10 km from where I was standing, gaining some altitude in the process. From there, I fly near some clouds while descending towards the sea shore, finally getting back to home. I tried to avoid passing above houses during the flight, to minimize the risks to cause damage to people in case of a problem with the drone, though I have done numerous tests ensuring the safety of my drone.

11 km was the maximum distance achieved, with 24 km of total travel, drawing 5900 mAh from my 8.000 mah / 6s Li-on battery.

Video feed is from a GoPro Hero 5 at 4k 30 fps, with an ND8 filter.
The video overlay was made using Dashware, joining the logs from the goggles and the opentx telemetry. Credits to Drone racing Hungary:
( https://droneracehungary.hu/dji-srt-t... ) and Snappy FPV (    • Tutorial: OpenTX Logs in Dashware | Teleme...  ) for their tools.
See my tutorial video on how to make this overlay :    • Dahsware - How to integrate DJI SRT &  Tel...  


Antennas used on goggles :
2x prodrone.pl helical 12 turn 14 db ( https://shop.prodrone.pl/pl/p/PRO-Hel... )
Truerc 5.8ghz Sniper II 13.5 DBi ( https://www.truerc.ca/shop/5-8ghz-2/r... )
VAS Cannon Helical 16T LHCP ( https://www.videoaerialsystems.com/pr... )


Images of my gear (goggles, drone, radio) : https://onedrive.live.com/?id=4E7DDD4...

Drone : Chimera 7 LR ( https://shop.iflight-rc.com/index.php... )


Weight all-out in this test was 1.600 grams.


Motors : 4x T-motor F90 1.300kv long range ( https://www.banggood.com/T-MOTOR-F90-...)


Props : Gemfan flash 7040x3 ( https://it.banggood.com/2-Pairs-Gemfa... ).


ESC : Rush Blade Super 60A 96Hz ( https://it.aliexpress.com/item/100500... )
FC : Mamba F722S blutooth ( https://www.diatone.us/products/mamba... )


Battery : 6s Li-On 6s2p 8.000Mah, 21700 Samsung INR-40T cells (https://www.farinsframes.com/6s-8000m... )


BN-220 GPS ( https://it.banggood.com/Beitian-Dual-... ).


Radio : Radiomaster TX16S ( https://it.banggood.com/RadioMaster-T... )


JR Module : TBS Crossfire TX lite ( https://www.team-blacksheep.com/produ... set to 2W


Radio antenna : TBS shapeshifter ( https://www.team-blacksheep.com/produ... ) , set in vertical position and in directional mode.


Receiver : TBS crossfire diversity nano rx ( https://www.team-blacksheep.com/produ... ) set at 8CH. Dynamic power set to off, because i want it to always work at the output power that i select in the radio.


RC Link antennas : 2 x Truerc planar bazooka dipole 868mhz antennas vertically placed, one at the front and one at the back ( https://www.truerc.ca/shop/linear-ant... ) set at 20 degrees
Video antennas : 2x tbs triumph pro (long range) ( https://www.team-blacksheep.com/produ... ).


Dji unit settings : 1.200mw, 50 mbit, High Quality, 4/3 screen, autofocus off, power control on


Betaflight main settings : 4.2.8 firmware
PIDS : multiplier 1.1
Filters settings sliders : 1.3/ 1.3, RPM filters ON.
ESC settings : PWM 96 Hz, timings 23

0:00 - Take Off
3:10 - Artificial Lakes
7:25 - Hills
10:06 - Turnaround at 11km
12:19 - Peak, Start of descent
13:00 - Clouds
15:32 - Landing Approach