Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Eagle Tree OSD Pro w/ GPS

Today my stuff from Eagle Tree arrived. I ordered the complete OSD Pro with GPS. This system has it all, RTH, home arrow etc etc.


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Landing gear from Airscape RC

This is what is included in the package. The cost was $34,95 + $12,98 in shipping and handling. Quite much for a gear, but it will fit perfect. Now I only have to decide wheather I'll go for taildragger (which the Easygear is supposed to) or a nose wheel.



Monday, March 1, 2010

Time for FPV - my equipment

After some thinking I've finally decided to build a full-FPV plane. I've been reading on RCGroups and FPV-community.com along with much influence from RCExplorer.se to come up with the stuff I have purchased or will purchase.

Airframe
Plane: Multiplex EasyStar Kit #214192
Wings: Multiplex EasyGlider wings #224159
Flap hinges: Multiplex FunCub spare set #702010
Horizontal stabilizer, vertical fin: Multiplex EasyGlider #224160
Landing gear: Airscape RC EasyGear
Steerable nose wheel: Hobbyking tail wheel assembly
Servos: Hitec HS-81 (rudder, elevator), Hitec HS-55 (ailerons, flaps)
Navigation lights: Turnigy LED lightningsystem
Reciever controlled switch: Turnigy
Lost model alarm: GWS BE-Found
Batterymonitor: ElectronicaRC Maxpro 3S
Motor: Turnigy B2835-3900
ESC: Logic Fusion Tornado 40A
BEC: Turnigy 8-15A UBEC
Prop: TGS Sport 6x4E, 6x5E
Prop adapter/Spinner: Alu cone 1/4-28-3.2mm
Flight battery: Team Orion Avionics 2100mAh 11,1V
Magnets holding wings: Strong Rare Earth magnets (10pcs/set)
Servo wire, cut to length: Flat, twisted #1, twisted #2
Servo terminals: Futaba, gold plated
Connectors servo/lights wing/fuselage: MPX Connectors

FPV gear, airborne
Video TX: ElectronicaRC 1,3GHz 500mW w/ heatsink
Camera: ElectronicaRC MSH-36
Flight stabilization: FY-20AII
Navigation/OSD: EagleTree OSD Pro incl. eLogger V3 and GPS
Altimeter: EagleTree Altimeter Microsensor V3
Airspeed indicator: EagleTree Airspeed Microsensor V3
Microphone: ElectronicaRC Airwave
Video TX antenna: IBCrazy inverted Vee from Readymaderc.com

FPV gear, groundstation
Video RX: ElectronicaRC 1,3GHz
Videorecorder, PVR: DViCO TViX R-2230, with Seagate Momentus 2,5" 500GB SATA
Goggles: Trimersion, hacked with influence by aaronredbaron
Head tracker: DT-3K Hybrid headtracker
Wind meter: Turnigy mini anemometer
RC TX: Futaba 10CAP w/ FASST 2,4GHz 10-channel module (FUTL8930)
RC RX: Futaba FASST 2,4GHZ R6014FS (FUTL7644)
RC TX case: Futaba Aero Team Transmitter Case Single
Screen: ElectronicaRC 7" TFT color monitor
Antenna tracker w/ pan/tilt: ElectronicaRC for EagleEyes
Video RX antenna: 8dbi patch from Readymaderc.com

Miscellanious
Tape: High strength fiber tape
Velcro: Peel-n-stick adhesive, very strong
Charge bag: LiPo safety charge bag
Spray paint: Grey foam safe