Just purchased a FPV PRO1012 kit from Hobbywireless. Anyone have any pictures of their base station set up? Thinking of getting a tripod and starting from there. With the kit I received two high gain patch antennas. They are approx 9" square each, plus the Oricle unit. Want to set up antennas pointing up (slightly above horizon) and at a 45 degree angle to each other when flying in front off me and 180 degrees when flying in a circle.
Base station ideas PRO1012 from HobbyWireless
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kloner
Aerial DP
usually with diversity and patch, the idea is they don't have a very wide field of view, usually 10-20 degrees. most people put them so the 2 cover 20-40 degrees and let the diversity cover the rest. The tracker frames allow for 360 degree rotation, 180 degree tilt so you don't have to worry about following it with one 180 degrees from the other.
if your not using tracking, use the diversity with something like a rubber duck and one patch. that way when you come into land, you got range all around ya
that said, min a cannon and bluebeam. the cannon is 45 degree field of view and i just use the bluebeam just covers me in case something goes bad when i get close
to do two patch antennas like you got on one tracker takes a frame like this
http://www.readymaderc.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11_27&products_id=291
if your not using tracking, use the diversity with something like a rubber duck and one patch. that way when you come into land, you got range all around ya
that said, min a cannon and bluebeam. the cannon is 45 degree field of view and i just use the bluebeam just covers me in case something goes bad when i get close
to do two patch antennas like you got on one tracker takes a frame like this
http://www.readymaderc.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11_27&products_id=291
kloner
Aerial DP
was just researching what you bought, this looks like your antennas
http://hobbywireless.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=73_75&products_id=57
says 75 degree beam width, so that said if you set them up so there was 60 degree seperation it'd give you best results, that'd give you something like 140 degrees of area to fly in without tracking. is how i'd set it up, if wanted to fly a different direction, wait till it's near ya then spin the antenna you want to go in. That frequency is great at penetrating and flying high
http://hobbywireless.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=73_75&products_id=57
says 75 degree beam width, so that said if you set them up so there was 60 degree seperation it'd give you best results, that'd give you something like 140 degrees of area to fly in without tracking. is how i'd set it up, if wanted to fly a different direction, wait till it's near ya then spin the antenna you want to go in. That frequency is great at penetrating and flying high
Thanks for the information. Do you use a video monitor or just the Fatshark? The FPV system I have is 1.2 (I fly with a 2.4 radio). Eventually I want to get the glasses, but I thought I would start with the monitor. Is the Fatshark compatible with my 1.2 setup? Also, when you use separate types of antennas (patch, diversity, etc) you probably use some type of splitter. How does the receiver determine which signal to use?
Thanks
Chuck
Thanks
Chuck
kloner
Aerial DP
I have a 22" 12volt monitor and fatshark. when i use the fatshark, i just use there built in tuner, when using the monitor it's on the immersion 5.8 duo receiver. it has a built in rssi that tells it which channel is best. like what you have to do to yours to make the oracle change channels.
for you, you'd have to run a tethered set of fatsharks straight into your oracle output with a wire or get a complete 5.8 system and wirelesly feed the signal from your oracle to the 5.8 tx that comes with predator or the like and use the fatsharks like that. only downside to predators with rx inside is there a little warmer to wear
mine is all circular polarity or better known as RHCP, right hand circular polarity. that pictures is a patch like you have, except it's what they call a helical. it has less problems with banking, since a quad tilts to move, that's pretty much all the time. 5.8 has the smallest antennas, 900 is the biggest. my quad looks like this
that antenna up front by the camera is my video tx and RHCP bluebeam. it's all at the front, rc is all at the back on a stretched frame to get the most seperation possible.
for you, you'd have to run a tethered set of fatsharks straight into your oracle output with a wire or get a complete 5.8 system and wirelesly feed the signal from your oracle to the 5.8 tx that comes with predator or the like and use the fatsharks like that. only downside to predators with rx inside is there a little warmer to wear
mine is all circular polarity or better known as RHCP, right hand circular polarity. that pictures is a patch like you have, except it's what they call a helical. it has less problems with banking, since a quad tilts to move, that's pretty much all the time. 5.8 has the smallest antennas, 900 is the biggest. my quad looks like this
that antenna up front by the camera is my video tx and RHCP bluebeam. it's all at the front, rc is all at the back on a stretched frame to get the most seperation possible.
kloner
Aerial DP
it's a naxa 12 volt, runs off 3s lipos perfect
http://www.google.com/products/cata...=X&ei=raTMT66TJaGe2gWpqOz1BQ&ved=0CKsBEPMCMAI
has a black screen when it looses signal, but it shows static when theres the slightest picture available
http://www.google.com/products/cata...=X&ei=raTMT66TJaGe2gWpqOz1BQ&ved=0CKsBEPMCMAI
has a black screen when it looses signal, but it shows static when theres the slightest picture available
I have a 22" 12volt monitor and fatshark. when i use the fatshark, i just use there built in tuner, when using the monitor it's on the immersion 5.8 duo receiver. it has a built in rssi that tells it which channel is best. like what you have to do to yours to make the oracle change channels.
for you, you'd have to run a tethered set of fatsharks straight into your oracle output with a wire or get a complete 5.8 system and wirelesly feed the signal from your oracle to the 5.8 tx that comes with predator or the like and use the fatsharks like that. only downside to predators with rx inside is there a little warmer to wear
mine is all circular polarity or better known as RHCP, right hand circular polarity. that pictures is a patch like you have, except it's what they call a helical. it has less problems with banking, since a quad tilts to move, that's pretty much all the time. 5.8 has the smallest antennas, 900 is the biggest. my quad looks like this
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that antenna up front by the camera is my video tx and RHCP bluebeam. it's all at the front, rc is all at the back on a stretched frame to get the most seperation possible.
Are those custom made frame plates that someone is selling or did you make those yourself? I'm thinking I should do something like that to my F450 FPV quad.
Ken
kloner
Aerial DP
i posted the dxf file around here somewhere. they can be cut by any machine shop. The better way is to just order this
http://www.team-blacksheep.com/shop/category:36
http://www.team-blacksheep.com/shop/category:36
