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  What is First Person View?  also known as FPV. The term is used in describing what a person would be seeing if they where there in-person. Example: If you placed a video camera on your forehead and allowed someone to watch your views via wireless video link, they would be watching the First Person Views of what ever your looking at. So the term FPV caught on with the help of one of the pioneers of FPV piloting (cyber-flyer*). With the assistance of a wireless video transmitter and receiver the user will see what the Remote Controlled heli/plane/car sees from the driver/pilot seat. This gives the user a real sense of controlling their aircraft/vehicle in the skies or on the ground. Most of the people who enjoy FPV piloting and do well with it are typically persons who like video simulation games for example... flight simulators, auto racing, etc....Also full-size aircraft pilots seem to pick up FPV piloting with ease. So why not call it "UAV piloting" since they really are UAVs...One reason is with the term FPV there's a general understanding in the RC community that a person is controlling the aircraft movements via watching a wireless video downlink and not a using a PC based flight control system with programed waypoints, altitudes, speed etc...where as most FPV aircraft are not much more then a light weight cheap foam RC plane with a simple wireless camera on board.

FPV Pilots View on board 600 heli.

The Mission         

This Site is here to cover projects relating to FPV wireless camera equipment, GPS, On-Screen Displays, Head-Trackers, etc...and how to use them with your R/C aircraft /vehicle.  

    First Person View piloting seems to be coming a big part in the future of radio controlled hobbies and this site is here to help others to gain some understanding to get involved. Since FPV piloting is fairly new idea to the RC hobbyist, it maybe difficult to get started.  It's a new way to pilot RC and this can make most hobbyist confused when researching for it along with all the information on the net so we'll stick to the basics here. Regardless if FPV piloting is for you or not, we hope you gain some information that will help you in the future with your RC hobby.
   We want to help the new FPV pilot who is looking for the fun part of this hobby and not wanting to spend hours or days deciphering all the forum info relating to FPV. You can easily get lost in all the "jibber jabber" and different equipment being used and developed for it. We hope to make it easier to understand so you may better enjoy this exciting part of the hobby.
In no way do we think we'll be able to answer all of your questions but hope this site will help you with the basics. If you have questions that haven't been answered here please check out the FPV Links Page for more info.

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      Check Out May/June issue of Air and Space magazine's article on FPV Piloting

with an interview with our own FPV pilot "Crash9".

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 Videos give a good idea on what you can do with RC aircraft and wireless video.

                                               Latest FPV Video from Crash9

See More FPV Videos Click Here

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                                                           Latest project is a FPV 168 from HobbyKing

                                                              Check out Project pages for more info

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  NEW Products in Stock!

We now carry our own line of  FPV Pilot Products  Come by and check them out!

 We are proud to announce a new line of FPV Products. The products are based upon 7 years experience  flying with wireless video systems on RC aircraft and 34 years experience in the RC Hobby.

Antenna Tracking Station ATPro-1000

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New product!

The 6061 Hexacopter is here!.

Strong and light weight. Perfect for Heavy Payloads

The new 6061 Hexacopter ARF Kit.

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Easy 6061 FPV Canopy
Strong and light weight but also can be a heatsink for hot running video transmitters.
 Ever have a bad landing or crash with your Easy Star and watch your canopy break apart sending your expensive camera, servo, etc.. flying off into the un-known while the rest of your plane might be fine with little or no damage. The 6061 aircraft aluminum canopy might be for you. Strong for heavy cameras like a GoPro Hero but extremely light weight at only 20 grams. Center and off set servo mounting so you can have cameras that have a lens off center like a GoPro mounted off set to get the lens down the center if you desire.



Now in stock!