Well done on not losing it. Have you got any BLUE threadlock? If not buy some. Always worth checking your screws before going out, and if out for a while check regularly. I lost one from a motor (thank god only one… before). The vibrations unscrew the bolts, so yeah threadlock for the win (BLUE I repeat!)
So you flew LOS? Wow. With regards the goggles, might be worth joining a session and trying different types if you have a strange “fit” before investing in any. It is a long term investment. I personally didn’t get on with the HDO’s, etc I’ve tried at meets in the past, and EV800D’s I had… hmmm.
It may surprise you but the dipoles supplied with the goggles are more efficient than the commonly used circular polarised skew planar antennas.
A dipole has a gain of 2.15dBi, where as a standard three lobe skew planar has a gain value inbetween - 1.7dBi and - 2dBi.
The advantage of a skew planar is its ability to reject multipath reflections. When a circular polarised wave is reflected its polarity is reversed, so a RHCP becomes LHCP. This is a great benefit when flying in such areas as bando’s. In wide open spaces, where the likelyhood of reflections is much reduced I will quite often use a linear dipole if I’m wanting greater range. This is one reason why you seldom see skew planar antennas on 2.4GHz RC controllers and Receivers.
Sounds like me. I take the largest hats you can buy and also have terrible eyesight, especially in my left eye. I use varifocals and seem to need a new prescription every year as I get older. Hence why adjustable focus rather than inserts is preferable.
Exactly. I had to wait 3 months in Sea Scouts whilst they custom made me a hat. Probably why my Mum never liked me It’s my left eye that is shot too, a stigmatism, rugby ball eye ball apparently. Even the GADC cap was too small. I had to use the heat gun to stretch the plastic straps
Im sure i heard somewhere that the angle of the patches relative to each other are such that if the incident incoming wave lags (because of a reflection), then the other patch is used.
You are having a laugh. I wouldn’t leave my office with these on, let alone my house. The curvature of the mask is that narrow, the sides dig in to my cheek bones
… but I don’t trust myself with my gear at the mo 
It’s my left eye that is shot too, a stigmatism, rugby ball eye ball apparently. Even the GADC cap was too small. I had to use the heat gun to stretch the plastic straps 
