Bixler 2 FPV Setup with Rangelink, Fatshark, HK Mini OSD, 600tvl Sony HAD Cam and Sunsky Video TX.
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- :::::Edit: 11/16/13
About 50 flights later and this setup is still going strong and working great. I have made a couple changes to my original setup list.
1.)The original motor works great for the stock plane but for FPV equipped longer flights it needs a bigger battery and the stock motor is just to weak to climb well with that much weight. I replaced the stock motor with a HobbyKing 1400kv motor and it fits in the original motor hole(no motor mount needed). It gives me great climbing power with almost no loss in flight time.
2.) I also got the flaps working which helps alot to slow for landings and creates extra lift
when flying in some situations.
3.) The SPW video antenna on my airplane you see in the video was left hand polarized and my receiving helical antenna was right hand polarized. I resoldered the SPW antenna wires to be right hand polarized to match the polarization of the ground helical. My video is super clear now. ::::
This is my HK Bixler2 setup for FPV. I am a noob at this so I thought I would post a video of what I have put together (before I crash it). I put together the components in this airplane with information I gathered by scouring the internet on the subject. Advice for changes or improvements and first flights from you experienced FPV'ers would be much appreciated. Here's my setup:
-HK Bixler 2 airplane with stock motor, propeller, and servos, reinforced with spar in spar and reinforced packing tape under wings, down belly, and on tail. (Hobbyking).
-30 amp Turnigy Plush ESC
-Rangelink 433 mhz UHF LRS with dipole antenna on airplane and whip on TX (Rangelink)
-Turnigy 9x RC controller
-Sunsky 1.2ghz 800mw transmitter / digital receiver (Sunsky)
-3 blade 1.2ghz SPW antenna for video TX (FoxtechFPV)
-1.2ghz 7 turn Helical antenna for video RX (home made, thank you IBcrazy for instructions)
-Mini OSD with GPS module (Hobbyking)
-600TVL Sony super HAD Camera with OSD configure board (securitycamera2000)
-DIY pan and tilt for camera with 9g servos
-Heat sinks on video TX and ESC
-Ferrite rings on main video wires and receiver wire
-2700 Mah Zippy LiPo battery. The whole airplane setup (flight RC, video, OSD, everything) is on this one battery to conserve weight.
-Overall flight weight with battery and everything is 1045 grams.
Good idea with switch button. Maybe there's many people did this but i just first seeing this.
nice original pan/tilt setup, hope you don't mind if i borrow your idea. tks
Love the Lego guy.
This is the perfect dream setup! I'm building this exact thing right now and watching this video made me ask myself...how much does this whole thing cost???? I have the bixler 2 and the turnigy radio and I'm already over 250$...I need to find a cheaper hobby!
Hey great video! I really like your pan/tilt setup. How did you connect the panning mast to your servo? It's such a lightweight setup. Nice job!!
Thanks, I made an aluminum bracket to connect to the top of the mast. The bracket is basically the tilt servo arm. The mast fits directly on the center of the pan servo's rotation.
wildernesseric Thanks for the quick response. So with the mast, how would you fasten it to the pan servo? I'm trying to think of where I can find that mast? I'd think it would need the grooved inside to fit on the servo gear on top. The rest I think I could figure out. Do you know how you made that mast? Thanks again and really cool setup!
Hi Eric. I, too, have the Mini OSD w/GPS from HK. Would you happen to have a wiring diagram or link(s) to a clear explanation of how to connect things up? I'm using the HK-Fatshark Predator Combo w/ 5.8ghz. I'm a little nervous about splicing and making fittings, etc. Thanks in advance! I'm really enjoying your videos. I'm heading on a similar path to LRS...
Glenn, the instructions that it comes with are pretty vague so I went ahead and made a little video of how to wire it up. Hope it helps.
ua-cam.com/video/-H5fakESvu4/v-deo.html
lol...legal man is scared shitless...(test dummy)
I waiting.on my bixler v1.1..n Im watching alot of video on that plane on mods n stuff. ima use my 40amp setup 2200 kv. not gonna use the stock. just planning ahead for all the heavy fpv equiptment. please let me know the max range on ur setup. nice job. im also a noob at all this
hello,its everything great,but dont forget to chut off the googles when the tv or laptop (AV system) is on, bye bye have a great flyght
It may be the way you split your video, for about $90.00 from ready made you can pick up the Eagle Eyes FPV Station with Plastic Case, they work great. and the pilot will not be able to fly the plane with that camera in the way. lol looks like you did a great job. If you want to sell your UHF system let me know.
zack if u do it all diy u can do for min $100fpv $100frame $150 radio stuff $50 groundstation
where did u get the XTV 2 ?? i would like to have one
Hey man, I'm looking at getting the rangelink set up to go with my 9xr. I've got a ton of questions, think you might be able to help me out??
Sure, fire away.
wildernesseric
Okay,
So I'm going to be ordering the 9xr as my tx, I'll order the rangelink to go along with that. From there I'm going to order the video tx and rx that you posted, a 2700mah zippy flightmax compact battery, the security camera, and some better antenas. Can you think of anything I'm missing?
The antennas, what would you recommend, or is it pretty easy to make one of those/ cheaper.
kittyhak I would also recommend upgrading the motor to a 1400kv HK motor. It will fit in the original motor hole. Then you can purchase a 4000mah zippy flight max battery and get at least 45 min of flight time. You will also need a 40A esc. Turnigy plush ESC's are nice. I would recommend the type of antennas that I have. They are fairly easy to build and will work better than anything else. I built my helical for free with parts I had laying around. There are some good antenna build tutorials online for both the helical and the SPW.
OMG, PLEASE tell me this is not going to be your first fpv flight!?!? if so you probably lost your plane lol
+RC flight Seeker, haha, actually that was my setup for my first FPV flight. Had quite a few flights with this but eventually upgraded to a much better (and more expensive) system. This airplane has hundreds of flights logged now and haven't lost it yet. Here's one of my favorite flights: ua-cam.com/video/RVfrCalPbOE/v-deo.html