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  Sgt Ric January 8, 2010 at 7:13pm

  Like this pic.
  

  
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  Peter L January 8, 2010 at 2:25pm

  I don't rely have any issues, the diversity is more instead of a tracking system.(so i can fly planes without gps downlink) I might have two patch antennas on the ground to be able to cover a larger area, or even have them motorized to turn in direction of the plane (horizontal).
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  Tj Bordelon January 8, 2010 at 2:06pm

  Try a circularly polarized antenna on the plane. That would probably fix your issues over diversity antennas. That's mostly a solution for multipath, where I bet your issues would be from antenna nulls.
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  Peter L January 8, 2010 at 1:28pm

  I have both kx171 and kx191, the 191 is better quality (and has nightvision) but it is also larger and heavier. But for the easystar i would go for the kx191, i think it is possible to remove metal from that cam to reduce weight.
  
  The woodwork is from rangevideo, and its very nice, the pan servo is modded to do 180 degrees..
  
  I am curious to try and build a plane with ardupilot, thats my plans for summer...
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  Sgt Ric January 8, 2010 at 1:05pm

  See rangevideo for the kit.
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  Dustin Romero January 8, 2010 at 12:12pm

  nice lol
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  Peter L January 8, 2010 at 12:06pm

  I am building a rssi based diversity system using microcontrollers, i might even build rssi based tracking in the future :-)
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  Dustin Romero January 8, 2010 at 11:33am

  now all you have to do is replace your antenna tracking unit with an automated system;)
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  Peter L January 8, 2010 at 9:32am

  It's very stable and a nice floater. Here's a vid of it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNkm_9ehtsI
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  Dustin Romero January 7, 2010 at 4:49pm

  nice, must be easy to fly