Comment by Johann Van Niekerk on February 5, 2011 at 4:13am

Hi Chris

 

Just ordered my skywalker  so will be looking at one of these pods .. one question though where did you buy the Oranje belly protector?

Comment by Max on February 5, 2011 at 5:25am

Tim at ReadyMade also sells go-pro attachments, they work great! :)

 

Comment by tycinis on February 5, 2011 at 6:16am

Chris : have you the spec of your Tx show in the picture ? ( the blue/green one )

3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on February 5, 2011 at 8:46am

@Johann: Unfortunately, those fiberglass protectors were prototypes that were not put into production, so they're not available.

@Tycinis: That's just the standard HobbyKing FPV gear: http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=13440

Comment by Rana on February 5, 2011 at 8:50am

46US$ price is very high;

Two 9gm servos does not cost more than 6US$, This type of Camera pan tilt does not cost more than 5US$

Furthermore servo streatcher  not included in this, so 36US$ for the balsa frame is really very very high price.  

Comment by Rana on February 5, 2011 at 8:57am

We have done lots of field trials on various video transmitters on different frequency bands and found the best location of the transmitter where least interference to the GPS is there, comes around 1 feet away from the prop, toward tail.

 

So present pan-tilt pod may really look very sexy but from intereference point of view, one can not put the video transmitter in the pocket provide in it. 

Moderator Comment by Hooks on February 5, 2011 at 9:05am

Some of these ebay 12 v cameras will give you RF noise and will reduce the range of the wireless video setup.

If you power the camera and VTx from the same battery you can make a filter to reduce the noice. I have good experience with 5v camera, they seems to have less RF noice.

 

To get most out of these Video systems there are alot of info on RCG about how to tune antenna, Vtx/Rtx.

LC filter

A way to make a DIY LC filter

 

Best DIY antenna

 

The Vtx antenna is very close to the GPS - consider move the antenna out on the wing tip.

Comment by Greg Fletcher on February 5, 2011 at 10:23am

Chris, One thing you might want to consider. The IMU chips and pressure sensor could be in direct sunlight and could be warmer sitting on the ground during start up and cooling once in flight from airflow. It could change the offsets.

Comment by Johann Van Niekerk on February 5, 2011 at 11:04am

A okay Chris

 

Well I think that protector are a great idea ,think its time they go back into production ;-)

3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on February 5, 2011 at 11:40am

These guys make a fiberglass belly pan, too, but they're always out of stock :-(

 

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