Skew antenna covers

[BigT]

Cut up the right sized yogurt pot and just glue it over and paint to match.  ;D

good thought.


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[gtv]

I kept this thread in mind and noticed this on the wife's dresser,


Thought, humm looks about the right size. And on further inspection, yes indeed its almost spot on for my aerials I have from Flyn





Quite thick plastic so it should give good protection. 

[BigT]

Love it.


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[Coyote]

Some good ideas, I've used the kinder egg one myself but always instead reverted back to plan B

Plan B : Don't land on your antenna ;)

Works better than any cover, more streamlined, less drag, all good ! :)

[BigT]

Some good ideas, I've used the kinder egg one myself but always instead reverted back to plan B

Plan B : Don't land on your antenna ;)

Works better than any cover, more streamlined, less drag, all good ! :)

Difficult if its under the fuz at the rear of a Skywalker

[rob.thomson]

Why not just put the antenna way out on the wing tip?

I have found when I do this, I don't get any masking issues.

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[Coyote]

Then relocate it, I had mine on the rear but stuck out to the side to stop blocking while I flew the Walker, worked great, no blocking, no air catching cover needed ;)

Difficult if its under the fuz at the rear of a Skywalker

[BigT]

Given that the antenna radiates upwards I thought it would be more efficient pointing down. Also on the wing means another multi plug connector. So I will try sideways.


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[Coyote]

The antenna radiates equally above as below its horizontal axis so pointing up or down makes no difference in performance

[pk-surfing]

I bought a set of the cheap HobbyKing electric retracts last year with the idea to fit one of them in the belly of the X8.

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__17539__Twist_and_Turn_Electric_Retract_with_3mm_Landing_Gear_Leg_2pc_29_0g.html

Launch it, drop the retract which would have the antenna coax fastened to the short leg so the SP was then pointing straight down underneath, then remeber to retract it just before landing !

Haven't tried it as the X8 is still on the top shelf.......

PK

[rob.thomson]

That would work.  Seen similar things done with a single servo in the past.

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[BigT]

The antenna radiates equally above as below its horizontal axis so pointing up or down makes no difference in performance

So pointing  the antenna horizontally makes no difference to the signal but gets it out of the line of the motor? Good tip.


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[Coyote]

As long as the antenna at the end still is sat vertically yes, if the antenna is sat horizontally the nulls are then on the horizontal axis. The way I did it was to have the antennas tail out horizontally, then the end bent so the actual antenna itself still pointed upwards. Worked great.

The motor on the Skywalkers not normally the problem, its the lipo that does the vast majority of the blocking

[BigT]

So I could have the coax horizontal to the wing at 90 deg to the fuz then bend the coax 90 deg to have the skew under the fuz. I'll take a snap later and post.


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[rob.thomson]

Just install the vtx on then wing tip :)

I was stunned on my phantom to find that when I did that, u had no drop outs.  When in the middle, it happens all the time.

Easiest way - use a balance lead as an interconnect, and send all the av lines up a channel in the wing.

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