Starting this New thread so that flyers who are seriously engaged in FPV in India can share there setups and also help the less experienced or newbies get started as well as help expand this aspect of the hobby here in India(too few fpv flyers here
).Mr Anwar Could we have dedicated FPV section PLEASE???
There are always going to be questions like best FPV plane, how much range do you get,which goggles do you use and i feel they can be addressed here by users with first hand experience as getting into FPV requires a lot of investment both from the financial and effort side.This will save new users from making bad decisions while selecting their setups.
I will start by putting up my setup here and will try to put as much information as i can.
Planes:
Custom built 52" wingspan flying wing(see attachment below for pics)
Power system:5000 maH 3s
1200mah 3s to provide 12V to camera and Vtx
turnigy air 1100kv motor
12*6 prop
FPV setup800mW RMRC 1.3 Ghz vtx (vtx-video transmitter)
Lawmate 1.2 Ghz vrx(vrx-video receiver)
Antennas:
Custom built half wave dipole antenna on the Tx tuned to 1120 Mhz (Tutorial:
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1159968)
Custom built Patch antenna on the Rx also tuned to 1120 Mhz (tutorial:
http://www.rc-cam.com/gp_patch.htm)
Camera:
Sony Effio 650Tvl
RunCam PZ0420 600Tvl (best camera for its cost
)
Sj4000 HD camera
Boscam HD 19 explorer
There are a lot of cameras you can buy for fpv and what i have found is that DO NOT go ahead and buy from online RC stores, if you want to save money and you are just getting into FPV you get these cameras for like 1/3rd the cost of what you would if you bought from an online Rc store by just purchasing these locally from CCTV camera sale shops here in india.Choose The Effio series as this is what you commonly get here.I use a dedicated camera for Fpv and for recording i use the SJ4000.Several reasons for this.Dedicated FPV cams respond much more quickly and perform better in changing light conditions and at night and do not have any latency/lag in the video you receive.I think the sj4000 is best for its cost if you dont want to purchase a GoPro (Gopro is the best but its too damn expensive :'( ).The boscam HD 19 is a little more expensive than the sj4000 but i didnt like it a lot.
Long range RC setup:Immersion rc EzUHF Tx
EzUHF diversity 8-channel Rx
Couldnt be more happy with this 433Mhz tx.Its very simple to use and setup and RANGE!!!
Flight controller/OSDAPM 2.6
Minimosd (havent been able to test it out fried it :'( )
The apm is one of the most versatile Flight controllers FC out there.Takes time to get used to it and is a little hard to use for newbies who have no electronic and FC experience before but once you get used to it and figure everything out this little thing can do wonders and is reliable.Haven't been able to test the minim OSD as it stopped working when i finally decide to use it
I have no problems flying without an OSD.
Goggles/Screen:
Headplay Goggles
There are quite a lot of goggles out there but i chose the headplays cause i have power in my vision and headplays are the only goggles that allow you to adjust the power via an inbuilt slider (the carl zeiss cinemizers also offer this but they cost 800$).I like the headplays but you have to do a goggle mode by putting these into ski goggles to stop light from entering from the side.If you dont wear spectacles or have very low power just go get yourself Fatshark goggles dont think about it.
I had access to a screen but it suffers from the blue screen of death problem(never use such screens NEVER!!)
Endurance and Range:I get about 20 to 30 minutes of endurance depending on how i am flying.Hence with this flight time i can fly about 10Km one way so thats a 20Km round trip
.
I have flown and tested my FPV setup upto 8 Km!!! without even signs of signal dropping or signal loss.The 800mW 1.3 Ghz tx can give about 50 km easily with high gain antennas on the Rx.The immersionRC long range tx shouldnt have any trouble either going about half that distance.Range depends on many factors- Environment,obstacles,weather,Nearby celltowers wifi hotspots etc.i have flown 8 Km in both rural and urban environment.I would recommend the Immersion EzUHF any day.
So you want to get into FPV? follow this procedure-
1) What is my Budget! (Most important thing)
2) What type of fpv do i want to do? fast and low proximity flying or cloud surfing style! choose a stable plane with a large payload capacity for the latter.for the former go for a flying wing.
3)How much range do i want? your Vtx and RC system selection depends on this.for short range fpv<2.5Km you can use standard 2.4 Ghz tx hence saving you a lot of
.
4)when you have finally decided that get yourself a pen and paper and start listing down systems and see their reviews online and select your system.Also check other peoples FPV videos as most give a description of their setup and hence you can see what works best and what doesnt.
Want to get into MULTIROTOR FPV.Well thats an entirely different side of FPV and now with the advent of MINI quads i must say its one of the most exciting FPV things out there.But yes Multirotors cost A lot intially and well even more cause your chance of crashing is more
And yes you may have so many questions but try to GOOGLE your thoughts and questions first and do your research.There is so much wealth now on this on Rcgroups and other forums as well.And yes FPV is one of the best ways to fly i feel.Got bored of conventional Rc flying in a month..thats my opinion atleast
.