I've decided to take on a zephyr build, I bought the lot from Asomaro on here and he'd already started some of the build. He's joined the two halves, installed the motor mount, run some cable lines, cut the battery bays and installed some sweet LEDs in the leading edges :) Oh and he's installed the battery box too.
Main flight electronics:
- Ritewing motor and ESC(65A) (Old version)
- 2x Hitec HS645MG servos
- 2x 3300 turnigy nano tech 4S's
- Ez UHF 8 channel Diversity receiver
FPV electronics:
- Immersion RC 600mw 5.8ghz Vtx + Flyns Skew
- Eagle tree OSD pro with Guardian Etc..
- Sony Super Had 600tvl Camera with OSD 2.8mm
- GoPro 3 Silver for recordings
Nice mate, may I make one suggestion? I'd put a 8chnl Diversity UHF rx in there as this bad boy will be long gone before you even get your goggles on!
I was thinking to switch the receivers with the skywalker,
Changed :)
Also, is anyone else having trouble uploading photos?
good lad ;)
yeah photos are screwed just now, use the attachment button below text field - use lo-res
Use the bottom link "Attachments and other options" or Use photobucket or imageshack which is a better way of doing it anyway
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sweeeeeet!
That`s it :)
Looking good
Just finished laminating it now, First time laminating a plane so was a bit nervous but its turned out pretty well :)
Just need the servo extension cable to arrive so i can continue now.
Do anyone on here print stickers for beer money?
The bank balance has taken a bit of a hit:
Carbon vinyl wrap (couldnt resist ;D)
Eagle tree setup - OSD PRO, GPS, Elogger, Guardian
New nano tech battery (one was fairly puffed and just want to be on the safe side)
The wrap should be here for the weekend with the battery and the servo cables which should keep me busy ;D
For the meantime Ive pushed the exposed motor shaft to the other side and bolted it on to the mount.
Glued the camera box in tonight, will be adding some vinyl around covering the joints.
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Carbon vinyl's on now, this turned out a bit better than i expected! :)
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Bottom:
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Ive sorted all of the wires ready for the Eagle tree gear arriving. The ET stuff will be housed on the left side (right in the picture) and the UBEC battery and power cables for the ESC housed in the right side (left in picture)
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Looking good matey!!!
Removed the carbon vinyl today and opted for a different look :)
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The camera box and hatches are all finished now and STILL waiting for the ET gear to arrive :-[ so i can finish the build and maiden..
I love the carbon look, but in all honesty, the second "new" look in my opinion suits it more
Me too, I had to have the LEDs in the end :) will look great in these dark evenings/afternoons
Carbon was nice but yeah big 1+ to new look too!
Added some more details and advised by Flyn to make some skids ;)
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This IS the finished zephyr on the outside now ;D (got there in the end) :P
Good on ya mate, they'll help keep your cams from getting scratched to hell on landings - they also make great finger grips for hand launching ;)
Nice build.
Not going for any protection on the Gopro?
Brave
I have been thinking about this over the past week or two. The lens is out in the open and im thinking to change how its mounted so i can use the case. after looking at how Flyn has his mounted i think i'll just go the same way
Yeah dude, if I hadn't had mine in its case on my first ZII my Gopro would've been dead or massively damaged 4 times over!!
The only thing that saved it was the case - even then on one hit it still smashed the camera up a bit!
Mines going the same as Flyn's. Those Gopro's are too expensive to risk it. I wouldn't even trust the layerlens to give much protection on a nose in.
It's a good way to do it. Mine got a smashed screen & broken power button, plus it killed the SD card with a bump on a rock landing at mam tor the last time. That was IN a case!!
Also scratched the lens of the case on another landing in the lakes. So I won't mount a Gopro any other way.
Not meaning to hijack the thread, but do you have pics of mounting the case to your Zii Flyn ?
Not finished yet, but you get the idea
What Marc said - he's doing the same as I did on mine.
However....
I did mount my cams at slightly different angles due to the different lenses & the size difference (depth) of the cams.