Here i'm just sharing what not to do in a high wind environment. Basically wasn't a good idea to fly in these 20+ mph winds flying my Cheerson CX-20: but I didn't listen to my gut instinct this time for some reason and winds really picked up half way through my second battery
Good place for CX-20 parts and where I ordered my new shell from:
Actually the flight would have been fine if I didn't switch to manual mode and cut the throttle so low where the wind then flipped it. At that point I was kind of in panic mode since battery was running low, quad was 500 feet above me and wind was now really picking up and gusting hard. I tried some wild maneuvers as it plummeted like hard pitch and roll with shots of full throttle but nothing could flip it back over. Now time to look into if it is even possible to right a flipped cx20 just in case. I'm thinking I should have tried the RTL mode to see if it could have fought the wind on it's own but probably not.
My angle max was set to 30% so anything over 20mph wind was a loosing battle.
Still it fortunately landed 500ft North of me/launch and in a field of high grass so damage was minimal. I was testing an AmKov 5000 Action cam (no damage). Unfortunately I had the AmKov in 720p resolution and not in the 1080P by accident :(. Was also testing a cheap aluminum gimbal for it (slightly bent but repairable).
UPDATE!:
This quad recently got a big price drop and is now $216!
for the highly modifiable open source version shipped free! If you were looking to buy this, you might want to jump on this deal soon..
Below are most of the parts I've used also see very bottom for my other CX-20 Long range flight videos:
Cheerson CX-20 Open Source Quadcopter (Best Deal on Price and where I got mine from)
Minim OSD with programmer board
Telemetry Radio Set 915mhz or 433mhz
Power Module for Power status in Telemetry and OSD
600mw FPV Video Transmitter/Receiver Combo
Easy Cap dongle For FPV on your Smart Phone
Phone Clamp for Transmitter Controller
2.4ghz 2WattTransmitter Signal Booster
5v/6V UBEC Regulater for Transmitter Booster
Spare CX-20 Transmitter
5.8ghz Bluebeam Ultra FPV Matched Antenna Set
DJI Lift Boosted Props
Gemfan 10" Props
Mini Coaxial Antenna Extension Cables to bring antennas down legs
Kyosho Zeal Anti Vibration Gel For Flight Controller
Dji F450-550 Tall landing gear(6 pcs so you have 2 extra for crashing etc)
Walkera G2D/3D Gimbal
Sony HDR AS-20 Action Cam
3DR 5100MAH Lipo Battery
If you haven't seen my other CX20 Videos, be sure to check them out:
Cheerson CX-20 Quanum Nova Quadcopter Drone - Mods For 6 Mile Flights - Telemetry, OSD, FPV, AP
Cheerson CX-20 3 Mile Transmitter Range Booster Mod - Step by Step
Pilots Goggle View - Long Range FPV Cheerson CX20 Drone Flight - Maui Coastline - OSD, Telemetry, AP
Maui Hawaii Secret Coastline - FPV Drone Journey Cheerson CX20 Quanum Nova QuadCopter
CX-20 Quanum Nova QuadCopter Drone Stock Range Test 1.4 Miles In the Clouds of Maui Hawaii FPV
Cheerson CX-20 Quadcopter Drone Mods - Telemetry, Power Module, OSD, FPV Testing and Crashing
Cheerson CX20 Quanum Nova Quadcopter Drone: FPV With EasyCap Dongle Nexus 6 Telemetry OSD
Cheerson CX20 Quanum Nova Quadcopter Drone: 2.2 Mile Record FPV Range Maui Hawaii
Cheerson CX20 Quanum Nova QuadCopter Drone Midnight FPV Flight Session Above Pukalani Maui Hawaii