"I Disagree completely, I have flown models from balsa, glass and foam. and scratch built in all three materials as well, while fiberglass and carbon fiber are more rigid Foam is much easier to shape, lighter and EPP is damn near indestructible, with…"
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Jon Jul 7, 2010. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Ok so I have the range video 1.3G fpv system. I started off putting it in a wild hawk (easystar clone) with 2.4G radio gear. It crashed when I added the fpv gear and powered it up. I thought the vid…Continue
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Jon replied to Tim McMahan's discussion Scratchbuilt twin boom"The fiberglass weave I use is duck brand. It's 6" wide.
What makes it so good with the EPP is the fact it will compress but adds strength to the flex (laterial) and the 3M 90 adhesive is the biggest part of that I think. It bonds the weave…"
Jon replied to Jon's discussion FPV issue"sorry I meant to add that, its 300mW on the tx
and we did range test, unfortunately with the hack mod there isn't a range test mode, we had to walk out several hundred feet and test. the first test showed signal loss and we rearranged the rx…"
ModeratorSgt Ric replied to Jon's discussion FPV issue
"This may not directly address your RFI interference, but over at rcgroups they have data which shows that the "knuckle" on those stock antennae are really "leaky". I replaced mine with larger 3rd party solid rubber duckies. (and…"
Jon replied to Jon's discussion FPV issue"I am using the Corona 2.4g Hack mod in my JR XP6102 radio. I have had no problems with this system. I was going to use the Turnigy tx with Corona plug in mod but it seems the trainer port isn't compatible with a JR radio. I can switch to 72mHz…"
Jon replied to Jon's discussion FPV issue"Here's a couple pics of the plane before the crash.
the rx is in the rear of the fuse with the Ant one on each side
the Vid tx, vid tx lipo, and motor lipo."
Max replied to Jon's discussion FPV issue"Firstly always do range checks with and without the video tx switched on, a good system will show little difference.
I would also switch the R/C rx, which are you using? can you switch to 72mhz maybe?
How powerful is the video TX?
The video TX…"
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Ok so I have the range video 1.3G fpv system. I started off putting it in a wild hawk (easystar clone) with 2.4G radio gear. It crashed when I added the fpv gear and powered it up. I thought the vid tx and the plane rx were too close so I built a new plane based onTims boombox. This gave me more than 15" of separation between tx and rxPlane flew great till I added the vid tx and again short range issues and it crashed. I got the 1.3G system since it's supposed to work with 2.4G radios. Anyone…See More
Jon replied to Tim McMahan's discussion Scratchbuilt twin boom"yea I forgot to mention the CF rod I used is actually CF with an aluminum sleeve. we get our CF rod from a local archery supply store. he sells us used and miss cut arrow shafts really cheap. these are normally high dollar arrow shafts. with the…"
Jon replied to Tim McMahan's discussion Scratchbuilt twin boom"one more photo of the mount without the CF. I did the same on the tail there just a bit closer together. the mounts ar hotglued into the EPP wing.
Jon"
Jon replied to Tim McMahan's discussion Scratchbuilt twin boom"if you come up with something can you post it here. I have a system I designed but it needs to be stiffer. heres some photos of what I came up with. I had a friend laser cut these for me. the front piece is a single layer of 1/8" ply and the…"
Jon replied to Tim McMahan's discussion Scratchbuilt twin boom"yes I think it would be good for a beginner. Its a very stable platform."
Jon replied to Tim McMahan's discussion Scratchbuilt twin boom"Thanks Morli,
I do all the video editing for our channel. the software I use is Cyberlink's Power Director (Just got) and before that it was Pinnacle Studio 14.
I just got the power director from here:…"
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