Well, I could not resist

[quebuenman]

Yes, call me a sinner but its really awesome experience doing FPV with my new mavic pro, and of course being a heli pilot flying this mavic is as you say "a walk in the park" Some time ago I was tempted to buy this drone (mavic) Im sorry if this is not the place to coment about this experience but trust me its a very nice feeling flying fpv with this drone using your vr googles. I just wanted to share.

[Thoemse]

One of these days I'll mount my FPV equipment onto my heli. It should work just as well to be honest. I wouldn't want to land FPV though.

[cycled]

Or crash... I think the point about small quads is that they're much cheaper and less dangerous to crash.

[ronm3313]

I got an Inductrix FPV and the headset monitor combo for Christmas. Been having fun flying around the house.

I need to try it outdoors but I'm trying to be legal so I need the HAM license.

[Braydubya]

Originally Posted by ronm3313

I got an Inductrix FPV and the headset monitor combo for Christmas. Been having fun flying around the house.

I need to try it outdoors but I'm trying to be legal so I need the HAM license.

The inductrix does not do well with ANY wind. But yeah, fun in the house

[quebuenman]

What kind of license need to fly fpv in the usa?

[jtroutt19]

Depends. If you are just doing it for fun then a FAA registration is all of $5. Also, I think if your VTX is over 25mw you by law you need a Amateur Radio License. I could be wrong about the output power but it's somewhere close to that.

[Mike680]

Originally Posted by jtroutt19

Depends. If you are just doing it for fun then a FAA registration is all of $5. Also, I think if your VTX is over 25mw you by law you need a Amateur Radio License. I could be wrong about the output power but it's somewhere close to that.

I'd like to know this, too. I've researched it and also found that anything over 10mW in the US needs a HAM license. I just finished up a quad with a 350mW VTX and I don't have a HAM license. Oh well... I do have an FCC general radio operator's license for full scale aviation that uses transmitters of much, much higher power, so I hope that covers me. Probably not because of the video versus voice radio only.

[jtroutt19]

I just checked on this and having your GROL does not convey the authority to operate an amateur radio station. I just did a quick google search. You have to broadcast your callsign in your video feed though. the minimosd has a way to do this I am not sure how other OSD's do it cause all i use is the minimosd

My idea here is this though. If You are close to a populated area and are using a 5watt VTX i would have my ARL, But if you live in a rural area and not alot is around and you are just using up to 500mw I dont think you are gonna cause any problems. That being said I am not saying dont get the license, because it is actually quite cheap. The test where I live at cost $15 bucks. But I think you would be safe in that situation to use it in lieu of taking the test and getting the license.

To be honest I did and I run a 600mw transmitter. Never had any issue's

[Thoemse]

Originally Posted by jtroutt19

To be honest I did and I run a 600mw transmitter. Never had any issue's

This is true and I got 600mw on all of my drones too. In austria 25mw is the max allowed but I wouldn't know of any official that would know of this or give you a fine for that.

It is however problematic if you wanna race with others. People will not like you using 600mw. These "burners" tend to cause interference over a wide frequency band resulting in channels other than the selected getting unusable.
Around here people race 25mw out of respect for the others. Range is no issue for racing. For a camera drone I'd allways go 600mw though.

[Mike680]

Originally Posted by jtroutt19

I just checked on this and having your GROL does not convey the authority to operate an amateur radio station. I just did a quick google search. You have to broadcast your callsign in your video feed though. the minimosd has a way to do this I am not sure how other OSD's do it cause all i use is the minimosd

I have to broadcast some randomly assigned HAM callsign? I want to broadcast my cool racerboyzzz handle! LOL

Seriously, how do the pro racers do it with their nicknames versus a HAM callsign? My OSDs only have a way to enter one name.

[Mike680]

Originally Posted by Thoemse

This is true and I got 600mw on all of my drones too. In austria 25mw is the max allowed but I wouldn't know of any official that would know of this or give you a fine for that.

It is however problematic if you wanna race with others. People will not like you using 600mw. These "burners" tend to cause interference over a wide frequency band resulting in channels other than the selected getting unusable.
Around here people race 25mw out of respect for the others. Range is no issue for racing. For a camera drone I'd allways go 600mw though.

Just get a VTX that has selectable power output.