midiman007
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I just finished the first iteration of my fpv ground station. I bought a Pelican case and used industrial strength velcro to mount all the stuff. The monitor I bought somewhere a couple of years ago for $30. It's a 10" 4X3 and it does blue screen. It's the guts for a lcd monitor, but it works great.
I used a Pyle 1in, 4out video amp and an SD DVR. I connect the vrx video into the DVR, then out into the amp. The DVR is set to record D1 at power up, no buttons to press. It records in ASF format. Connected this way, I see a record timer, so I know how long the fpv has been powered up.
I also have a DC-DC power supply that takes 9-18V in and puts out 2.1A @ 12V, into a female deans connector, that connects to a 5 way harness, to connect everything to. Everything powers from this source. I feed that with a 3S5A lipo, with alarm. I'll put an inline blade fuse holder, when it comes in, with a power on switch, so I don't have to connect/disconnect the deans connector every time.
I have the vrx mounted to the camera plate of a tripod, and run up as high as it will go.
I'm now practicing with my Ladybird FPV rig, flying by the monitor, in my house. I have lots of flight and fpv batteries so I can go almost without pause, racking up minutes of flight each cycle. This is so much fun ... and frustrating. Flying fpv is not an easy thing. Hovering is quite difficult. I believe flying outside, in a more or less, forward direction, will be much easier.
Another problem right now, is I don't have a mic, so I have to fly purely by visual clues, which ain't easy. I've got a mic I could hook up, and may eventually.
I used a Pyle 1in, 4out video amp and an SD DVR. I connect the vrx video into the DVR, then out into the amp. The DVR is set to record D1 at power up, no buttons to press. It records in ASF format. Connected this way, I see a record timer, so I know how long the fpv has been powered up.
I also have a DC-DC power supply that takes 9-18V in and puts out 2.1A @ 12V, into a female deans connector, that connects to a 5 way harness, to connect everything to. Everything powers from this source. I feed that with a 3S5A lipo, with alarm. I'll put an inline blade fuse holder, when it comes in, with a power on switch, so I don't have to connect/disconnect the deans connector every time.
I have the vrx mounted to the camera plate of a tripod, and run up as high as it will go.
I'm now practicing with my Ladybird FPV rig, flying by the monitor, in my house. I have lots of flight and fpv batteries so I can go almost without pause, racking up minutes of flight each cycle. This is so much fun ... and frustrating. Flying fpv is not an easy thing. Hovering is quite difficult. I believe flying outside, in a more or less, forward direction, will be much easier.
Another problem right now, is I don't have a mic, so I have to fly purely by visual clues, which ain't easy. I've got a mic I could hook up, and may eventually.
