G’day . I wanted to do a write up here for people because i appreciate that sometimes people like to read things vs watching it all in a video and it is nice to have places to where people can read when they might not be able to watch a video (shout out to you reddit readers at work)  
  
This is about some new Caddx products for the ascent digital fpv system.   
  
There are 2 things here , The Ascent Pro VRX and the Ascent lite+ together they offer a pretty good cheaper setup for pilots.   
  
Ascent lite+   
\- can now go up to 500mw  
\- smaller form factor (but mounting might be more difficult)  
\- 120fps  
\- has a heat shield metal case now  
= $39 so $4more expensive  
  
Ascent Pro VRX    
\- better antennas - 2.8db vs the old 2.0  
 \- can receive an image in 1080pm  
= $149 . this is $50 more expensive 

So when you combine these you now can have a 120fps image at 1080p. And you also can hear the audio and record the audio into DVR.   
  
They are still annoying to use without a ground station and no easy way to mount to your goggles. The VRX fan is not quite as loud as my base version and I actually had a great time flying it.   
  
I did however push mine too far in - there is a video linked at the end of this post if you want to see the exact situation, But the result was me losing it in some mangroves and I was extremely lucky to somehow find it after walking around in the mud, freaking out about snakes and it still be all totally fine. I actually thought it was gone for good and my review would be a loss.   
  
Obviously if you race its not for you, there is latency but it doesnt feel that different to dji for me. And the price makes it pretty attractive.   
  
Here is a video for a side by side comparison - [https://youtu.be/fGz-Q-ZIIO8](https://youtu.be/fGz-Q-ZIIO8) plus an adventure into the mangroves of australia and looking for the drone in the mud...  
  
Have a great day,  
Happy flying  


ps. sorry if there are any mistakes or spelling things etc. Ive been working on the video all day and I didnt want to run this through ai. It just felt better writing it off the top of the head. 

I have spent the last few weeks testing the new ascent lite+ and the Pro VRX. For anyone who is after a digital solution, that is also cheap, does 500mw and AUDIO. I put together some details about it here.  (not for those people who are latency sensitive)