Near the end of last year, I found myself buying parts and planes for some extensive FPV experiences. Winter this year was one of the worst I have seen in 25+ years. Life then took over, went through some illnesses and the hobby ended up being put on hold.... then the Sun came out this week; so did my wallet.

Ugh! I think I almost enjoy just buying / researching / building more than I do actually flying. As it stands now, within the next week I will have the following laying around:

Airplanes:

1) MPX FunJet. I just purchased this on 3/31/10.
2) Fully Built MPX Twinstar II (Had a nicely built one, crashed it last summer - been sitting in the corner since). Purchased a new kit on 3/31/10. I will transfer the equipment from the old one to this one. This has an AttoPilot unit installed, works amazing!
3) Fully Built Borjet Maja. I purchased this last winter, started the build and it has sat pretty on my wetbar sense. I want to fly it, but would rather start with something small until my skills have the rust removed.
4) Nearly built RiteWing. I actually have two of them. One is 90% built (needs covering), and the other is waiting to be built.

Parts:
- Just ordered 4/1/10:
--- (2) KA450H 3200kv brushles motors
--- (2) Turnigy 3000mAh 3S 30C Lipos
--- (5) TGS Sport 5x5E Precision propellers
--- (1) Turnigy Watt Meter and power Analyzer
--- (1) Immersion RC 500mW 2.4GHz Transmitter
--- (1) KX-550 Camera (NTSC)

- Brand New Parts (ordered before Winter):
--- (1) GoProHD Camcorder
--- (1) Immersion RC TinyTelemetry
--- (1) Immersion RC EzAntennaTracker
--- (1) Range Video On Screen Display v3.0
--- (1) Tanic 25-30 C 3S 5000 mah
--- (1) Tanic 18-23 C 4S 4250 mah
--- (1) Tanic 20-25 C 3S 2150 mah
--- (1) Tanic 10-12 C 3S 2220 mah
--- (1) AttoPilot autonomous flight system
--- (1) 785 Servo Power Gearbox (3:1 Ratio) <-- for ground station
--- (1) HS-785HB Servo <-- for ground station
--- (1) Standard Gear Drive Tilt unit (5:1 Ratio) <-- for ground station
--- (1) HS-645MG Servo <-- for ground station
--- (1) Aluminum console (11x8x3.5") <-- for ground station
--- (1) DPM LCD <-- for ground station
--- (1) Diversity Duo receiver
--- (1) 1w Lawmate video tx
--- (1) 1w 9xTend modem
--- (1) 8dbi Flat Patch Antenna
--- (1) 4dbi Omni Antenna
--- (1) ATI all in wonder video capture card

I am excited for the FunJet. I plan on using the KA450H 3200kv motor and 5x5e prop, along with the 500mW TX. If I have enough room/weight allowance, I will try to put in the RVOSD.

Anyhow... anyone have their Spring Fever hit?

Well yeah,

RV OSD G4
Thomas LRS
New GoPro HD Hero

SHHHHH!!!!!

Man2000me, we gotta get together and fly!!!

Originally Posted by man2000me

Well yeah,

RV OSD G4
Thomas LRS
New GoPro HD Hero

SHHHHH!!!!!

Nice setup. I was going to wait another 2 weeks or so, and see how well Sander's UHF system worked. Yet, the Thomas LRS looks very nice as well!

One thing about the GoProHD & RVOSD - I have seen many people report it doesn't work out of the box. Some have changed the resistance (removing 75 ohm resistor) to get it to work correctly.

I was going to order tomorrow from GoPro another case unit. Then I was going to mount that on the TwinStar II; swapping cameras between the Maja and Twinstar. Right now, I have the camera mounted on the nose of the Maja:
(sorry for the crappy quality, iPhone pictures)








I need to put a final piece of coroplast on the nose area to ensure strength, but the case is in there strong. As much as I cut out, it is still very stiff. I had laid a piece of roofing cloth down, seated it with Gorilla Glue (white). I then mounted and put epoxy in the nose to mount the GoProHd case. Finally, I used a black sharpie to make it all match again.

Anyhow, this plane will be a fun camera ship. Not sure exactly what I want to do with it though.

Looks like a clean setup. Now I'm just waiting on Trappy's L1D vario.

Well I have a few tough choices of my own.
I want to treat myself to either :

-Duo diversity
-another OSD (torn between remzibi's and the RVOSD)
-skywalker plane

choices..choices...wallet is poised and ready but which one ???