My first build having graduated from a Blade MQX and wanting to get into FPV. It's been a long, expensive and often anguished journey but the thrill everytime I get it into the air is still awesome. Just added an iOSD mini and (replacement!) GPS, waiting for the weather to clear before testing it out!
FlipFPV frame
980kv Sunnyskys
30A SimonK ESCs
Naza M2, GPS and iOSD Mini
8x5 HQProps
Assorted 4S batteries
Sony 600TVL flight cam
Mobius for recording
Fatshark Attitudes + Bundled vTX
Looks nice! Make sure you fly it like you stole it :P
Looks wicked!
Have you checked out to see out to see if you have any interference from your mobius on your GPS? I tried the mobius on my f550 but it knocked out all my satellites so I went down the GoPro3 route. It's also very close to your vtx aerial - have you range tested it yet?
Quote from: Paul881 on May 24, 2014, 02:31:59 PM
Looks wicked!
Have you checked out to see out to see if you have any interference from your mobius on your GPS? I tried the mobius on my f550 but it knocked out all my satellites so I went down the GoPro3 route. It's also very close to your vtx aerial - have you range tested it yet?
Interestingly range is one of the issues I wanted to get some help on once I'd done some testing with the build. I'm currently using a pair of the ImmersionRC SpiroNET RHCP 5.8GHZ omni's but I don't think I'm getting the range I should. Off the top of my head I think I got out to ~350m before the video started to show signs of degradation; general picture snowiness rather than horizontal lines. I've also got a TBS 5.8GHZ RHCP patch antenna which has happily gone all the way out to 850m and could go further if I had a flat enough place with LOS. I do have some shielded cable I can use to get the vTX antenna further away, have also considered mounting it below the quad to avoid the carbon in the props.
The GPS hasn't yet been tested and is purposely hidden away since the first time I tried it I had a bad crash which cut the cable and destroyed the unit. That was an expensive crash and I'm hoping it'll just mean some slow sat lock.
Don`t forget your main frame is RF reflecting carbon and your on a small 250mW transmitter, the frame will have detrimental effects to ultimate range.