The UNOFFICIAL FT-Swappable-FPV Setup

by swagrwaggn | November 4, 2014 | (9) Posted in Projects

 

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So a few days ago I was watching a FliteTest Video and I saw something that interested me. (The Thumbnail, Skip to 3:40 for the Video Bit)

I tried to Produce this to make a swappable FPV kit for (budget wise) beginners like myself. I tried to out-do the amazing David Windestål and I totally Failed! His Design was expensive because it used ReadMadeRC's $412* FPV Kit. My Setup Only Requires These 7 things:

  1. TX/RX/CAMERA/ANTENNAS/WIRES ($55)*
  2. MONITOR/GOOGLES/WIRES ($30)*
  3. Power Harness ($2)*
  4. Goggle Battery (Same as FPV TX) ($6)*
  5. FPV TX Battery (Same as Goggle ) ($6)*
  6. FPV RX Battery (Different From FPV TX) ($6)*
  7. FT Elements Simple Firewall ($4)*
TOTAL**: $109.00

 

*Prices May Have Changed Since Date of Publication

**Not Including Shipping Because I dont know where you live.

Anyway, The Project Was a Total Failure and Here are the Results (Finals First Prototypes Last) As Snapchats (idk why okay? relax) Note: I had to drill a 1/2 Inch Hole to fit the camera Through the point of making it go through was to provide protection for the cameras flimsy lens. to make this work you have to do work that a begineer might not be able to do, like drilling or belt Sawing, the two skills i needed to rehault the FT Firewall. which is why this is a fail. i also had to detach (and re attach) the lens to make it fit

Final: Back

Final: Front

Final: Side

Prototype: Top.

I Thought I could lay it like this so i would be able to change the channel and it would still leave room for ventalation. in the final i was able to do this and take up less space.

Prototype: Front. Cool Shot overall.

In Progress: Back.

pic during the building process.

 

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COMMENTS

dav on November 6, 2014
Thanks for the article and for the links
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swagrwaggn on November 6, 2014
Glad I can Help, tell me if you need anything else.
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Andy_srq on November 6, 2014
Nice job on building it from scratch. I don't know if you've seen this FPV Backpack already from Lumenier, but for those people looking for some nice laser cut bamboo parts this is a great way to build something similar - http://www.getfpv.com/fpv-backpack.html
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swagrwaggn on November 10, 2014
thats really good. Didn't know that existed. a little big and a little expensive though.
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vwbusman on November 19, 2014
I particularly enjoyed the build and the flattering image of David!!!

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The UNOFFICIAL FT-Swappable-FPV Setup