LiDiRC L15W WiFi/NO WiFi question

[nopeda]

Hi,

I'm interested in getting a LiDiRC L15W. I like the Syma X5C but have trouble controlling it after it turns a bit and I lose the orientation, so because of that have lost several of them in a lake. In a video at

it says the L15W is an X5C copy but it has a headless option and also a return home function, which are two things I'd very much like to have. So at first it seems awesome but then starting around 9:30 in the vid he talks about video recording and leads me to believe it can only record to your phone, and you can only start the recording with your phone. He also suggests there's a version you can get that accepts a chip in the camera and you can activate it by a switch on the controller. That is what I want to get, but haven't been able to find a place that offers the option to choose which type, and all the ones I've seen say WiFi and FPV. Can anyone suggest how to get one that uses the chip, or know if it's even possible? In the vid he says there are 6 different versions I believe, but I can't find them.

Thank you for any help!
David
GA, USA

 

[mozquito1]

Well don't fly over a lake for a start.
Think of that pollution.
I've been flying for abt 18 months & there is a pond & a lake on the golf coarse where I fly. I get jittery just going near them. If it went in I'd have no quarms retrieving it or replacing parts, it just throws me. Have to spend a few sessions flying over I suppose. Overcome you will.

 

[Rick M]

Losing orientation is sadly part of the learning curve. Lose orientation close to you, drop the quad, then do it again until you learn to adjust for the angle of the quad. The best pilots (in my opinion) learn a lot flying close to them. Master hovering, then master forward and back , then side to side. now turn the quad 30-45 degrees to the right or left, and repeat. Then 90 degrees. Every time you get disoriented, whip the yaw back to facing directly away from you. We all want to be instant experts. None of us are going to. Learn fundamentals. If you do it that way, you will be GOOD. Not ok, not faking it..GOOD.

I always tell people to start flying their quads inside their houses. You don't have room to be sloppy. You will have to learn precision. This is the only place you want to use prop guards, but once you learn those tiny corrections, you're going to be a lot more skilled.

 

[mozquito1]

I can fly just not near water.
My belly goes all fuzzy & I need the toilet.

 

[Chuck]

If you must fly outdoors, find a large open field with low grass, and few if any nearby sizeable bushes or trees. From personal experience, it isn't fun if your battery dies over a thick bush while you weren't paying attention to the remaining charge level, followed by it dropping in where you need to go to a store, buy large hedge clippers, and cut your way through over two hours to retrieve your quad (yes, that happened to me). Better to walk out thirty-fifty meters to retrieve it on a playing field, where you can see exactly where it landed.

 

[Rick M]

That's why I always tell new flyers to learn precise controls.

Start small, expand to medium, then go farther. It's usually 'jumping ahead' that loses quads. Once you have mastered precise controls, you get to cope with 'recovering from loss of orientation'! That's a separate lesson.

 

[mozquito1]

When I started the first few batteries just used on throttle control, keeping it in position at certain heights. Then the next few on forward, back & sideways mixed with throttle. After them I moved onto circles left & right then figure 8 both ways. Hey chuck I did the same last year. The golf coarse had not been mown on the Last 2 holes, so it was overgrown with nettles not stinging but thorns. And here is me in shorts & trainers for over 2hrs at dusk kicking round legs bleeding.
I only had simonk esc so no beeps and a buzzer I had, but not put it on yet.
I must have flattened nearly an acre when I decided to come back in morning.
Then I walked about 20' away and I could see the lights in the dark, off the naze board. Lessons learned. But no damage.
Got to be A easier B cheaper,Flying over land. That water will still be there when you can fly. So I now help out in return for flying time there. The rough ain't that rough anymore so I ain't lost one since.