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Finally I have a good UAV ground station.

Posted by Vince Hogg on March 2, 2014 at 9:54am

Having completed many UAV filming jobs from locations without vehicle access I was looking to improve the logistics of getting the equipment on site. I have occasionally left some vital components in the car 2km away I wanted to have everything (except the copter) in one box.

An old golf caddy was shortened to allow it to stand more upright and modified to allow the toolbox to clip on. The tray clips onto the handle with 28mm pipe clips.

I am using a 12v 7Ah PB to power a TFT screen, Nexus7 tablet and VRX. The weight of this battery makes the base very stable. The video feed is repeated in the fatshark goggles.

The octa arms fold and it can be carried on top of the box, leaving one hand free.

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Vince Hogg March 13, 2014 at 4:06am

Jason, sorry for delay, just changing jobs so very busy on courses etc.

I bought one of those ebay hdmi to AV converter boxes like this.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HDMI-to-Composite-3-RCA-AV-CVBS-S-video-C...

just dump the box and unsolder the big coax connectors and its becomes quite small and light.

its the thing wrapped in greed tape in this pic.

Then use a video switcher to select inputs, like this.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/F05793-G-T-Power-FPV-Three-Channels-Video...

I also found a thin flexible mini HDME to HDMI cable on ebay but i cant find it again now..

Hope that helps.
John Moore March 3, 2014 at 11:43am

Thats a good idea.
Pedals2Paddles March 3, 2014 at 6:18am

I love big red buttons.
Vince Hogg March 3, 2014 at 1:51am

Yea, decided up upgrade after the worries regarding octa layout APM code overhead. Seems that is fixed anyway but I had already ordered a taranis to be sbus capable. Wish I didn't have to press that bloody button. Anyone know if it can be disabled?
Vince Hogg March 3, 2014 at 1:27am

Gill, its a pixhawk thing.
John Githens March 2, 2014 at 3:42pm

Very, very nice! I have an old golf bag cart I was going to modify to haul my sea kayak, but now I am having second thoughts! :-)
Tommy Larsen March 2, 2014 at 2:13pm

Or this for the power zoom lens: http://www.fpvmodel.com/bluetooth-remote-control-3x-zoom-camera-len...
Tommy Larsen March 2, 2014 at 2:03pm

http://ecilop.com/shop/nex-zoom.phtml
Vince Hogg March 2, 2014 at 12:30pm

Darrell, I have a servo with an O ring 'tire' moving the zoom ring. More details here.

http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/dslr-gimbal-using-3d-printed-pa...
Phil Gordon March 2, 2014 at 10:48am

Neat and smart mate.

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