Thanks Markus..

I took another look at my 3 (clover) antenna..

they where not at 45deg.. like in this video..

Cloverleaf antenna for FPV by IBCrazy (1 min 5 sec)

I bent them closer to 45.. and it's improved about 10 times.. now when I move it around.. it does not cut out as much ..
1failure to the 10 before..

cant wait to get this in the air.... will start the build tonight with some modification on that cub..

Anyone have a video link ..like the one above for the 4 (skew planer) ?
that made it so simple to understand the angles ..

Thanks.. again ..

I think it is the same, just has four instead of three.....90 degrees apart vs. 120 if I understand correctly....

are you talking about this fresh one?

The Skew-Planar Wheel (SPW) circular polarized omni antenna by IBCrazy (1 min 11 sec)

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Pair of completed skew planar antennas:



Right hand polarization. Side-fed with a short length of cable, for wing mounting.



Heavier gauge wire, for the receiver antenna.

Thanks for the awesome guide, Alex!

Jaybee!

Thanks..

That makes it easy to understand.. !

I did my first set.. really quick.. HUGE improvement..

will draw up some templates to get the angles as close to perfect..

Thanks,

Originally Posted by terry74

are you talking about this fresh one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-3hwU5ejbE




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Does anyone have a picture of their SPW jig? I am looking at making a few for my planes and I would love to see how people put their jigs together to speed up the process. I just finish making a cloverleaf jig that works nicely but I haven't thought up one for the spw.

It is same as CL, but 45 degree triangles at 90 crossover...

Originally Posted by vipix

It is same as CL, but 45 degree triangles at 90 crossover...

yea I am guessing as much but I am building 5.8ghz and 2.4ghz antennas. So I have to keep that cross over point very small.

Originally Posted by whakahere

yea I am guessing as much but I am building 5.8ghz and 2.4ghz antennas. So I have to keep that cross over point very small.

Side feed or base feed? For side feed, I use magnets on a small metal plate. Drop the wires on them and it holds geometry.

For base-fed I use a split bullet inside a cylinder. I will post pictures if I can remember where I put my camera... Basically I have a cylinder with 4 magnets on the edge. The bullet has a small loe in the middle and is split in two. The cable comes through the center of the bullet, the cylinder hold the halves together. Dorp the lobes in and the magnets hold them in place for soldering. Add heat and solder and it does it perfectly every time. When soldered, push the bullet from the cylinder and it splits open to unlock the antenna.

-Alex

0.5mm piano cord made

Originally Posted by IBCrazy

Side feed or base feed? For side feed, I use magnets on a small metal plate. Drop the wires on them and it holds geometry.

For base-fed I use a split bullet inside a cylinder. I will post pictures if I can remember where I put my camera... Basically I have a cylinder with 4 magnets on the edge. The bullet has a small loe in the middle and is split in two. The cable comes through the center of the bullet, the cylinder hold the halves together. Dorp the lobes in and the magnets hold them in place for soldering. Add heat and solder and it does it perfectly every time. When soldered, push the bullet from the cylinder and it splits open to unlock the antenna.

-Alex

that sounds like a great plan. Love to see a picture still as I am more visual that ... reading learner

but magnets sound like a great idea!!

Originally Posted by terry74

0.5mm piano cord made

My hat off to you. they look bloody good!

this post was originally about my bent-then-straightened blu-beam cpw antenna, moved over to VAS customer support thread..

Many thanks
Can't wait to try out my SP and CL combination

Many of you have noticed I haven't been around as much. It's because I have been burned here on RCG. I will continue to be active on FPVLAB where it appears there is a much more mature crowd.

You can find me and post questions here as I monitor this regularly: http://fpvlab.com/forums/forumdispla...Aerial-Systems

That is also where I plan to launch my new antenna designs.

Take care all of you,

-Alex