Before you go on reading this basic setup, and if you didn’t in touch with FPV before, may have a look at the basic info of FPV first. This time show you a basic setup with following FPV components. I picked following components as an example. Then, you can equip your rc plane, rc helicopter or rc car with FPV.
- On Screen Display: Eagle Tree Pro Video On-Screen Display Pro Expander
- Data Logger: Eagle Tree eLogger V3
- GPS: ETS-GPS-V4
- Micro Camera: 540 TV Lines CCTV Spy Camera
- Wireless Transmitter: Partom 2.4G Wireless Transmitter And Receiver
To wire up these FPV components is not difficult at all.
- Connect OSD Pro, GPS and eLogger pieces together.
- Connect the battery cable from eLogger to spare Rx channel (if no channels available, shared via Y cable with servo)
- Connect video camera and video transmitter to OSD pro.
- Install the OSD software and connect eLogger to PC via USB.
- Follow your manual step by step to configure the OSD pro with different parameters.
Below is a picture for you to have a rough idea how they are connected, though not the same components.
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Swashplate leveling is common and essential for rc helicopter, and is necessary for hands-free hover, with the trim stay at its center. The aim for swashplate leveling is to make the swashplate parallel to the rotational plane of main rotor blades. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s a norm for pilots to bend its rc heli’s main shaft, especially beginners. And a bent main shaft usually leads to number of problems and affect the flight performance seriously.
What could be happened with a bent main shaft?
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This coming-soon flybarless rc heli has just announced by Walkera, which highly focus in flybarless helicopter production lately. The streamline canopy in red is cool, with the black cockpit glass and some hexagonal fading-out pattern. Unlike other walkera flybarless heli with 3 axis gyro, V370D01 is equipped with brush motor which is not very welcomed by pilots. Since brushless motor is much efficient with longer life span, some even said will buy it only at very low price. And with the size of 47cm and weight of 267g, I expect it can fly outdoor or at least handle slight breeze. But, at the time of writing, didn’t see any video yet.
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RC Helicopter with GUN!
These video WOW me! The Helicopter Bergen Gasser EB, which was powered by gasoline engine, was equipped with a “Springfield 1911-A .45 caliber weapon” Simmons also added a remote-controlled firing system and a gun-sight camera. I bet his neighbors treat him very nice. Read the rest of this entry »
Air Hogs Hawk Eye RC Helicopter
Have you tried google “FPV” and then surf for an hour, but turns out have no ideas with the wire and how to set up? Don’t worry, the sellers had heard your need already. RC helicopter with built-in spy camera have been a trend, you can see that from this newly released Air Hogs Hawk Eye ,the iPhone heli Ar.Drone Parrots and Art-Tech Eagle Eye. But this one is much cheaper that it is only $65 when compare to Ar.Drone which cost $300 at the time of writing. And this micro surveillance heli display a cyber and awesome outlook, like telling us it come from future.
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RC Helicopter Float on Water
Ever feel boring to fly on your backyard or grassland? Or do you notice that whenever there is a pool or lake, it is tempting to fly above it. Fun always come with challenges, time to try something new!
Most of us afraid of dunking the helicopter in water, but some said all electronics function well after the dive?! Anyway, it can only be true for pure water without any other substances conduct electricity, just like the case of Breaking in Brush Motor. Read the rest of this entry »
Blue Container Heli
Stubble upon this awesome video today, I was surprised by this weird flybarless blue container helicopter! It was designed by a group of young engineer in Cape Town, South Africa.
Stunning isn’t it? And I discovered the prototype in 0:05 is coaxial with flybar! But I wonder why there is a landing skid while it has such a flat bottom. Read the rest of this entry »
Why Training Gear
Training Gear is always a must for beginners to start flying securely. As crashes is inevitable for this hobby, but with the training kits, your heli will have a longer life-span.
Here are some pros and cons for installation of training gear:
Advantages
Where does Throttle Ratchet come from?
If you unscrew the back of the transmitter (Tx), you will find a metal ribbon behind the throttle stick. And there is usually a V-shape notch on the metal ribbon and contact with the teeth on gear which create the strong friction against your throttle input. And this is good for beginners, as the stick will stay where you hand off.
But some pilots hate this, because sometimes rc helicopter requires very precise throttle input for hovering. Sometimes will be annoyed that 1 click up would rise your heli and 1 click down would make it go down. So, here are few simple modifications to get rid of it.
Sandwich a Plastic Strip
Here’s the Brooks’s DX7 AIR smooth throttle modification. Just cut some strips from plastic transparent packaging, then sandwich between the gears and metal spring. That’ s all!
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