Yay... another pit to throw money into ... FPV

[Engineer]

Darn it - why didn't you people tell me how much fun this was sooner?!?!?

 

[Boggs3010]

Looks nice what did that cost? What brand?

 

[Engineer]

Looks nice what did that cost? What brand?

After scanning some of the FPV threads here, I ended up getting a pair of Eachine EV800D goggles from Banggood and an AKK KC03 camera/transmitter from Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N48QUIP/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1). The goggles were $85 and the camera/transmitter were $25. Unfortunately the EV800D's are too small for my glasses but so far it isn't bad running them without.

 

[rotauq]

Just so you know and remember, FPV is fun!

 

[Notorious J]

Until the first crash or roll over. I used to have a solid mount for my GoPro that could be used on my Outcast/Notorious and my Typhon. After the first crash where the camera was still intact, that was the end of my foray into fpv.

 

[Engineer]

Until the first crash or roll over. I used to have a solid mount for my GoPro that could be used on my Outcast/Notorious and my Typhon. After the first crash where the camera was still intact, that was the end of my foray into fpv.

No worries, I will drive like I have a bag of milk sitting on my Typhon.

 

[IrieWheeler]

Pit? Wake us up when you're buying $500 goggles and loosing $2000 quads in the mountains.

Unless you're CFIT'ing all the time as a habit, cars are a way bigger pit coming from aircraft myself.

Oh, and nice one with the car rig!

 

[Engineer]

Pit? Wake us up when you're buying $500 goggles and loosing $2000 quads in the mountains.

Unless you're CFIT'ing all the time as a habit, cars are a way bigger pit coming from aircraft myself.

Oh, and nice one with the car rig!

“Oh grasshopper, endless pit begin with one small divot”

but yeah, I certainly hope I don’t get to that point but I am getting close to throwing down on a DJI Mini 2.

About the rig - this one is my Frakenparts build. Talion Chassis + Kraton Arms/Diffs + Typhon Body & Stretched Mounts + Backflip LP Tires + Notorious 6S wing.

 

[IrieWheeler]

“Oh grasshopper, endless pit begin with one small divot”

but yeah, I certainly hope I don’t get to that point but I am getting close to throwing down on a DJI Mini 2.

You should and I'm not kidding, it'll make you giggle like a child from what I gather. The Mini 2 isn't perfect but some of the best bang for buck in r/c aviation, very capable and a lovely camera. Software available for waypoint flight planning and autonomous flight, etc. No registration, just fun.

 

[3d-rc.myshopify.com]

You should install a pan/tilt so you can look around a bit lol

 

[IrieWheeler]

You should install a pan/tilt so you can look around a bit lol

Yeah, headtracking is the next step but can't do it with the EV300s I don't believe.

 

[3d-rc.myshopify.com]

I have never tried it myself but have heard many times doesn't work so well with a surface type rig. I kinda put my build on pause for now. I am going to work on repeater station so I can double my distance. Let me know how it works for the head tracker

 

[Engineer]

Well that was an absolute blast. Took it out for a maiden spin at the roller rink last night and it was awesome.

Video quality kind of sucks since I didn't do anything to isolate the power/signal wires at all. But now I'm going to have to think of a better place/way to mount a more permanent setup.

 

[ubhstry]

 

[Notorious J]

Well that was an absolute blast. Took it out for a maiden spin at the roller rink last night and it was awesome.

Video quality kind of sucks since I didn't do anything to isolate the power/signal wires at all. But now I'm going to have to think of a better place/way to mount a more permanent setup.

I can appreciate wanting to have an fpv set up, but will isolating those wires really help that much?

 

[rotauq]

I can appreciate wanting to have an fpv set up, but will isolating those wires really help that much?

Not really, analog FPV will never be better than a 90's TV signal
A cap on the vtx might still improve the signal quality some.

 

[ubhstry]

You do have a couple high def digital systems you can get. Some cheap but diy, others expensive.

 

[Engineer]

I can appreciate wanting to have an fpv set up, but will isolating those wires really help that much?

In one of my previous lives, I did RF design work and when I look at how some of this stuff is laid out and how signals are run from the camera to the transmitter, I cringe - but in the end, is the juice worth the squeeze? For a $25 camera/TX system, I'm not about to go and redo everything with double/triple shielded coax cable and twisted pair leads.

 

[ubhstry]

This is our property sentinel. It's a drone, or you can drive it. It is actually armed, but I won't post video of that. We had a huge coyote problem, and this was my answer.

 

[Engineer]

This is our property sentinel. It's a drone, or you can drive it. It is actually armed, but I won't post video of that. We had a huge coyote problem, and this was my answer.

yeah, folks at the rink might get a little jumpy if I tried mounting a ma deuce on the Typhon ... might have to gear down too.