Having fun now.

Stock size RCExplorer with a Aiptek 720P cam along with 1280 VTX LP filter

Smaller 450 size with 700tvl cam and Boscam 5.8 setup

Slow and smooth on the big one and fast and crazy on the little guy

Black is a hodge podge of parts 300mm size, witespy mini KK2.1 with the 4:1 esc mounted in between the frame plates.

White is loaded 492g auw w/o lipo Naze32, BLheli etc....Continue Reading

Wanting to modernize my chair abit, I decided to make it more useable and operator friendly.

1) Make seat adjustable (DONE)

2) Make Radio system Spektrum compatible. (DONE) https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show....php?t=1651993

3) Make radio settings changeable and update radio. (Done)
(see cannibalized Futaba 7C) Pots from original Conquest Radio will now connect to 7C motherboard and such in project case.

4) Upholster seat (Done)

Latest portable ground station. Tired of wrecking my VRX antennas. Well protected now.

Latest project. Nitroplanes 900mm PopWing with a 4" blunt from DerekS
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show....php?t=1803602

Everything buried inside, channels cut with solder iron, extreme tape to hold it in. Prixim camera, homemade LC filter, 800mw 1.2tx, homemade Cloverleaf, HK osd, twisted wires direct soldered to servos and esc,and yes thats a orange 2.4 receiver, its bound up to my 1 watt boosted DX7. Running stryker guts for power and MG servos

Maiden...Continue Reading

After receiveing a Oracle Diversity, i decided to compact my ground station a tad. Everything is still removable and I can use either rx or oracle still.

FPVing warm and cozy

All ready to go

Inspired by this thread and the need to convert my Conquest radio for my chair< I decided on another arduino project.

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...ht=dx4e+futaba

All finished up

DaveMeDave.mp4 (3 min 45 sec)

Excellent indoor flyer, our best reception in this dome yet.

Open source projects are coming around now. Dennis Frie outa Denmark wrote and tweaked a osd code that has what I was looking for. A arduino board and some Radio shack components and waa laa instant DIY OSD.

Main thread located here:

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show....php?t=1473207

Hopefully a vid with my quad to follow son

personal thanks to Dennis Frie, Andreas77 aand Carlonb Thanks

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...ht=flytron+lrs

My 7CAP was getting old and I was having distance problems. So why not replace the faulty RF deck with a open source 433mhz LRS. Its only 100mw with a 7watt booster available

First test flight was 4500' with homemade dipole on plane and Nagoya on Tx.

More to follow

All finished, thanks to all that have posted on there setups. RCGroups database is incredible.

Started life as a Gaui 330X, homebuilt frame, aspen wood, aluminum channel, Trex gear and some birch. Foldable even.

Stock Gaui electronics, HK Rx, RMC 1.28 100mw Tx, DPCAV antenna, and my LCFilter. Aiptek 720P HD-1 camera.

Very stable and a blast to fly.

MaidenQuadHD (2 min 41 sec)

FILE0003.MOV (6 min 34 sec)

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Latest Indoor Attempt. Outdoor maiden went well. Non-fpv but recorded

MaidenFlyliteOutlaw.mp4 (4 min 21 sec)

No editing here, interference was when I flew behind patch, have now built a diversity to hopefully prevent that. Indoor Maiden this Fridfay 12/17

And my new groundstation all done

10" Haier TV
SanDisk DVR
TwoWay Radio for Beacon
Lipo monitor both visual and homemade audible

(2) BOB Rx'ers 1) stock ant and 1) Patch
Homemade Diversity Controller
Frequency Checker
Small Tripod
Misc cables and such

Just your basic Easy Star with necessary mods and 2 pods.

Enlarged 6mm depron rudder

Brushless Turnigy motor w/Phoenix 25 amp esc

Ailerons added

Esky Gyro on elevator and aileron

CX-161 camera on homebuilt pod with pan and tilt

Aiptek HD cut into stock canopy...Continue Reading

After having mcx brick problems (%^&&$%$^% ebay LOL), I finally got a working MCX FPV style. Stock weight of a MCX is 28g, I'm at 30.08 w/lipos.

The Tx and Rx setup came from Raidentech, a wireless setup with crappy board camera, but easily stripped. Patch Antenna came from HGHobbies.

The camera is 300mg w/ 320x240 resolution. I'm using a fullriver 60ma lipo for vid tx and a eflite 120ma for the mcx. Flight times are 6 minutes or so.

For the maiden flights I'm using a 7"dvd player for a monitor along with a $1.99 4way splitter/amplifier hooked to a Sandisk recorder.

MCXFPV (1 min 26 sec)

At the Dome In Bensonville

DAVECMCXFPV.MPG (0 min 41 sec)

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Here we go. My attempt at a FPV ship.

EasyStar Fuse with AXN (Clouds Fly) wings and tail feathers and motor

FMA Co-Pilot with gyros

Futaba FP-R149DP Rx

Flytron OSD/ w/gps

4A UBEC

BOB 1.28 vid tx or 2.4 Flytron

Cameras CX-161 w/pan and tilt, or Aiptek HD stationary

2 battery 2200 3S for main and 450 3S for video


Looking to be able to flip a switch to activate Co-Pilot (loss of vid signal) or on failsafe (radio signal loss) have combo failsafe and Co-Pilot operate....Continue Reading

As of 4/19/10 I have modded a total of 3 sets, from simple to wireless or cabled. Great tutorials available and still more modding happening. My best range wireless with Flytrons Tx is over 1/4 mile. We're talking a 3gram Tx on 2.4.

Now have fully wireless Flight Simulator in house with Trimersions

If by chance you might be looking for these goggles and do not want to perform the work, send me a PM, we'll talk about it.

New Trimersion Commercial! (2 min 2 sec)

The beginning Thanks Arkcom Ask questions here

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=925051

Galaxiex Starts it off

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...1&postcount=86

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...&postcount=104


Base unit lipo and Antenna Thanks Arkcom

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...&postcount=143


Galaxiex Locates SMA adapter mixed reviews I suggest Coax SMA adapter DPCAV

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...&postcount=199

SonicJ on lense adjustment (Actual Kopin unit)

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...&postcount=267

VRFlyer Prescription eyeglass wearers

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...&postcount=366

Melhiks add external antenna (goggles) Mixed reviews Recomend Coax SMA DPCAV

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...&postcount=286

VRFlyers simple RCA cable style

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...&postcount=349

Kamikazi Solder tips and headband mods

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