Hi,
I need help/advice.
I wish to fly an RC plane quite a long distance, part of which is over water, 30 to 50 miles.
It is to replicate a flight made 100 years ago.

I am asking for advice on the cheapest and or most effective way to combine RC with some sort of auto guidance, GPS or whatever.
RC for take off ,switch over to auto than RC to land.
Any good ideas etc.
This is new to me.
I/we are experienced RC modelers but have never even looked at auto guidance before.

Chip in with anything and everything that may be appropriate
Would have limited payload capacity, but do have some 0.5Kg+ ??

Brian

Hi Brian,

Several of the higher-end OSD (On Screen Display) units provide GPS guidance capabilities by using their auto-pilot features. One of the biggest safety features desired by FPVers is the Return To Home (RTH) feature that automatically pilots the model in a reverse path recorded by the GPS whenever the R/C radio signal is lost.

Look in my Skywalker thread (post #2) on this forum for some good places to start. Range Video and Eagle Tree are just a few products to look at.

One example is the [link=http://www.rangevideo.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=49&products _id=135]RangeVideo OSD[/link] unit for $300. It has an impressive list of features!

Good luck!

Hi Greg,
Thank you - much appreciated .
I may be back with a question or two but that is a great starting point.

Brian