What arrived today?

Coyote · January 09, 2019, 07:14:59 PM

Some 3D carbon sheet vinyl for trimming my Pelicase broadcast ground station build ( Coming soon )

Slight oversight of forgetting to go buy the plywood to be able to start it though :)

Aitch1969 · January 09, 2019, 08:36:34 PM

Everything came today. Just the glass bed to collect from the post office.

Aitch

ched · January 09, 2019, 10:36:06 PM

Quote from: Aitch1969 on January 09, 2019, 08:36:34 PM

Everything came today. Just the glass bed to collect from the post office.

Aitch

Looks good. What are the little speakers in the last page???? Have I missed something, my ender 3 didn't come with speakers :D

I couldn't get the glass bed to work very well. Went back to the one if comes with. I found it worked very well.
It might have been that I didn't clean the glass with hot soapy water first. I will give that a go when I get time.

Aitch1969 · January 10, 2019, 07:28:51 AM

Lol speakers are for old pc that I have resurrected for the software. It doesn't have a speaker and I'm not a cars fanatic they were just the cheapest speakers...

I've seen lots of criticism of all the various beds on offer at the moment and some seemingly knowledgeable advice saying always print on glass.

Glas was the only option last time I had one and then it was just being mega fussy about cleaning. I may try the hairspray

Aitch

ched · January 10, 2019, 05:20:30 PM

Quote from: Aitch1969 on January 10, 2019, 07:28:51 AM
Glas was the only option last time I had one and then it was just being mega fussy about cleaning. I may try the hairspray

Aitch

Just had a tip from BigT to say clean glass with warm soapy water, don't touch the glass and use the smooth side.

CurryKitten · January 22, 2019, 11:50:10 AM

A Tyro79 kit has just dropped through the post (well, actually I had to go and answer the door, because of the box... but you get the idea)

I took a look at the 5" Tyro99 which was a cheap ($99) 5" quad kit, but it had some large shortcomings. The camera was too narrow, the props were awful, you needed you're own receiver and there was a fair bit of noise in the FPV feed. This 3" kit is cheaper again at $79 (about £62) so hopefully there are some improvements in the kit. I'll get building on this one soon.

ched · January 22, 2019, 12:15:35 PM

Quote from: CurryKitten on January 22, 2019, 11:50:10 AM
A Tyro79 kit has just dropped through the post (well, actually I had to go and answer the door, because of the box... but you get the idea)

I took a look at the 5" Tyro99 which was a cheap ($99) 5" quad kit, but it had some large shortcomings. The camera was too narrow, the props were awful, you needed you're own receiver and there was a fair bit of noise in the FPV feed. This 3" kit is cheaper again at $79 (about £62) so hopefully there are some improvements in the kit. I'll get building on this one soon.

For the money it looks great, not sure about the bull nose props! I look forward to your review.

Coyote · January 22, 2019, 06:27:04 PM

Nice !

Today I received a ASUS ROG Strix GL703GM-EE063T laptop for live FPV broadcasting as well as being great for video editing :

And a 1080p hdmi capture card a YK752 which comes with glowing reviews for the laptop for live FPV broadcasting :

FlyingRock · January 23, 2019, 09:45:15 AM

Quote from: Coyote on January 22, 2019, 06:27:04 PM
Nice !

Today I received a ASUS ROG Strix GL703GM-EE063T laptop for live FPV broadcasting as well as being great for video editing :

And a 1080p hdmi capture card a YK752 which comes with glowing reviews for the laptop for live FPV broadcasting :

that's nice - keen to hear how you'll setup the live feed on the software side; are you planning to stream over youtube or twitch?

here's what arrived for me today: parts for my Taranis update project, including a spare shell which I intend to spray paint; and my sub-250g project, a joysway Eaglet - weights 117g stock RTF w/out battery. Some component upgrades and direct soldering planned. All from robotbirds, which had the same or lower price compared to banggood (ex. shipping which was £7.50 for the lot). The eaglet was about half price compared to other online sellers.

cheers

Coyote · January 23, 2019, 10:09:15 AM

I was going to use YouTube bug initial tests were terrible using it, so swapped to Twitch and the result was absolutely perfect.

English Turbines · January 25, 2019, 01:25:45 PM

My answer to long range control....Never fails...lol

:vulture:

FPVSteve · January 25, 2019, 03:42:27 PM

Eachine 2300kv motor with built in 30A ESC arrived from good old Hong Kong ... only weighs 30g, game on.

ched · January 25, 2019, 05:47:27 PM

Turnigy Evolution radio. Feels nice and balanced and gimbals are smooth! I think I am going to like it, will take a bit to get used to it over my faithful FlySky i6.

chris-s · January 25, 2019, 09:09:54 PM

Sonoff with 433 remote so I can turn the 3D printer that is in the garage on/off from the office/work and get Octopi to power itself all off when finished printing.

Now all I need to design is something to remove completed prints on completion.

CurryKitten · January 28, 2019, 02:34:38 PM

A few things turned up at the weekend. This little charger with lots of extra functions like being able to read/write PPM/PWM/SBUS, output power at a specific voltage/ampage and it supposed to measure ESC amp draw, but I couldn't figure out how that's supposed to work

Also got in a few new antennas from MenaceRC. There's the Periscope (which is designed to go on your goggles but is tall and so isn't blocked by your head) and the Thrasher, which is a little stubby antenna with the idea being for racers - or people who make a habit of flying through ghost branches - that there's less to catch. They are pagoda types