Starting from the ground up

Coyote · December 24, 2011, 12:44:38 AM

Vtx seems fine after a long test, no problem at all.

So i got in tonight and the video splitter was here, great ! This meant i could now hard wire everything in once and for all :)

I fixed the video splitter to the same front leg so everything is infront of me, instead of on seperate legs which makes changes in flight easy, looks better and more importantly for transportation i can lay the tripod on the other two legs keeping the equipment away from damage :)

The next thing i did was take a drill to it !!!

Method behind the madness............. I need two of the outputs to go to my recorder, and then to my monitor, the second input on the monitor is for playback from the recorder. So i have full flexibility.

Also, one problem with RCA leads and any connectors on a ground station is pulling in and out and even knocking can damage or make unreliable. Even worse is forgetting the damb cables after you have turned up read you fly ( *Cough PK-Surfing Cough* )With the inputs hardwired to the splitter they never need touching, they are protected, and it looks better

Heres the hard wire connections

I just wont use the top two connections for any dispaly as they are soldered to them

So apart from the ImmersionRC Duo5800 that will be bought next month, thats about it, simple, more usefull features then the last one, wireless to goggles, wireless tracking, no connectors ( other than those permenant ), win win :)

g.collins · December 24, 2011, 10:43:54 AM

looks great mate, I have ordered up one of those monitors.
:) G

BlueFlyer · December 24, 2011, 11:02:19 AM

See my other thread G, arrived in 48 hrs

bignose13 · December 28, 2011, 10:45:10 AM

How the hell did I miss this thread!!!!
Very nice Ian, Like the idea of the vtx to give wireless pic to the Sharks
Might have found a use for the little vtx after all

Coyote · December 28, 2011, 01:00:57 PM

Cheers guys, Fatshark Dominators are here whoop whoop, but a little mistake with modules means i dont have the rx for them yet, so very vey nearly complete :)

mark1975 · December 28, 2011, 01:04:01 PM

ahhh cool,, I must admit when I tried Ben's on I was very impressed with the Res. of the goggs big difference between the fatshsrks and these it. was a narrower fov ..but I think in time you would get used to it ..

jamiejig · December 28, 2011, 06:36:17 PM

hi ian any chance of a parts list with links.if not can i have the link for the tripod you used

Coyote · December 28, 2011, 06:39:42 PM

Ill update post#1 with all the links

Coyote · December 29, 2011, 05:22:48 PM

Today the ImmersionRC Duo5800 turned up thanks to Mr Simon Dale, and the Rx for my dominators.

While PK was over i decided to try it out as a fully wireless GS for the first time, i had bars running down my Fatshark LCD`s :( This was easily fixed by actually remembering its a 10 mw vtx and was sat next to my internet 2.4ghz router and laptop. Turned them off, bars gone and it worked great :) (Dumbass me :) )

So todays progress was simply cutting a ply baseplate to mount the patch and the Duo 5800 too, and i wanted to keep the black theme going so i painted the wood up, looks pretty good ( for a piece of wood :) )

Only the patch to add, gutted, i have to wait till the 25th before i can order that :( Then give it a lick of black paint, and chop its dangly bit and finished

So there we go : Bar the patch my entire Ground Station, no wires,no fuss, job done :)

g.collins · December 29, 2011, 07:29:01 PM

looking great mate, I cant wait till get my one up and going will it mater that the rubber ducky will be changing angel as the Myflydream tracks your plane.
:) G

BlueFlyer · December 29, 2011, 08:00:48 PM

Quote from: g.collins on December 29, 2011, 07:29:01 PM
looking great mate, I cant wait till get my one up and going will it mater that the rubber ducky will be changing angel as the Myflydream tracks your plane.
:) G

if the plane is that close in the the diversity chooses the ducky signal over the patch, I don't think it will matter too much. I might be wrong

Coyote · December 30, 2011, 11:23:50 AM

The rubber duck wont be on it G, no linear antennas will be used, i just screwed it on for the photo, it will be a Cloverleaf or test patch / Helical etc. But yeah it will tilt it to point at the plane in the case of a Skew-Planar or Cloverleaf

Badlands · December 30, 2011, 02:42:29 PM

Love it Ian, i'm nicking the screen idea from you thou sorry!

:-)

Coyote · January 27, 2012, 07:21:54 PM

Cheers, well its complete, the patch antenna was finally purchased, i cut the cable down, mounted it on legs so the center fed connection was clear, then plastikoted it to match the black theme :)

jamiejig · February 01, 2012, 11:17:22 PM

just got my emprex hdd tv recorder/bpr-101 .and now it seems i need some sort of hdd thingy that plugs into the 42 pin socket i take it is a memory card so i would like to no what gb i need and the best place to buy from thanks jamie

;D