FPV anyone?

I tried some FPV flying of the easystar last week. I lost total control of the plane very shortly after takeoff. I got lucky and the plane was already in a gentle turn and just drifted right back and landed. No damage. I'm thinking it was because the video transmitter is located too close to the receiver and drastically reduced the ability of the receiver to pick up the signal. I've ordered a short sma cable to move the antenna for the video transmitter to the back of the plane. That way the receiver and transmitter will be separated as much as possible.

We are already thinking about balloon flight 3. This time we want to do HD video. One long video of the entire flight of the balloon. This should be pretty easy as they now have 720P solid state video cameras that are actually pretty cheap. We were also thinking of some sort of cut down device - perhaps triggered via a RC transmitter. This would have saved us alot of trouble when the last package got stuck in the tree. Not sure about the mechanics of how the line/lines are cut yet. We are thinking of launching in the Fall when it is cooler. This should help with the picture as the air will not be so hazy - also we should not have the lens fog problem on the way down if the temperature is cold.