At last! I finally purchased a GPS tracker.... I wanted to know how fast these foam models can fly and which ones were the quickest!
I wondered would it be the small and light models or the large and powerful ones. To help find out, enter the Quanum GPS tracker V2...
As per the name this is a GPS tracker that can log data. It tracks its location, distance travelled, time and maximum speed. I purchased this one from ebay but its sold on the Hobbyking website for about £35 pounds. Any logged data can be viewed on its cool blue LCD display or downloaded to a PC as a NMEA file, I have not tried this yet as you need to buy a mini serial cable! The logger itself feels sturdy and seems fairly easy to use (unfortunately I tested how well it handles a crash, and it works well!!). There are four modes which you scroll through using buttons on the side. The modes are; 1) Navigation - current location information, 2) Logging - basically start the logging, 3) View Data and 4) Connect to PC.
So far I've had limited use due to the weather here in the UK but I have noticed it seems a little bulky, especially with smaller models.
Please keep a look out for my upcoming videos, where hopefully you will see this in action!
Tech Specs Taken From The HobbyKing Website:
Receiver: NEO-6M U-BLOX
Max Speed Recording: 1000km/h
Sensitivity: -161 dBm (Tracking & Navigation)
Accuracy: 2.5 m (GPS), 2.0 m (SBAS)
Cold Start: 27 s approx.
Navigation: UTC date and time, geographic coordinates, time, speed, course
Logging: geographic coordinates, date and time, speed, course, distance (up to 100km)
Logging time: >1000 hours
Logging ON/OFF Control: Manual, RC (1520us)
Voltage: 4.5V ~ 6.5V
Current: 80mA typical
Size: 24 x 77 x 18mm
Weigh: 43g
