As a novice just in the research phase before building his first quad, your videos are a godsend. Really informative and helps take some of the worry out of a process that looks incredibly daunting to the beginner.
I love the whiteboard videos! My son and I (mostly me!) are following along with the budget miniquad build, and are learning a lot, thank you so much Bruce. As far as funding yourself, I'd rather see your channel keep the same open format, but perhaps supplemented with some sort of subscription for those of us who can afford it (Patreon?).
Sorry Bruce, but I have a serious bone to pick with you! Since watching your "budget" mini-quad build I've spent over $1200 on parts to build one/several (I needed everything even transmitter and tools). You have seriously motivated me to not just watch all these videos of FPV insanity but to get my lazy, middle-aged ass into it. I've not been this excited, since being a child with a batman blow up bridge toy, waiting for my parts to trickle in. The next challenge is how to hide the expenditure from the finance minister (wife) but I have my ways. Seriously. Thanks. Your videos are amazingly motivating and the retail people should be paying you a fortune to show there stuff.... oh, where did I put my Credi Card?
MashO Matic LOL! totally get you, way past the $1200 so i stopped counting how much i spend. As for the credit card, go grocery shopping and check out each item individually. This will create a bill so long wife will be lazy to read.
simonTemplar G'day, You may be intrrested in a brainfart I had regarding R/C Models...; they almost all cost more per actual hour of Airtime than whatever actual Aircraft they're representing, and to even approach that then the Model needs to fly for at least one hour. Eg, my son paid $250 for an Electric Pitts Special "Python", and if it flies for an hour then it's not far off the hourly cost of flying a real Pitts...; because it flew a 3-second Loop due to a frozen Elevator Servo, then unless it gets repaired and put back into the Sky to change the equation, it flew at a cost of $300,000 per Hour - and that's getting into Space-Shuttle like decadence... This is why I still fly an almost 14 year-old CC Lee Falcon, it ticked over 28 hours aloft yesterday, so it's now worked it's Cost down to only $8.57 per hour..., including materials used in repairs (it's carrying 3 Ounces of Epoxy & Woven Fibreglass Cloth & clear Tape, 20% overload on the original T/O Weight of a Pound.). How many Hours does a Quad fly for, before it's not worth persisting with ? I'm waiting for a pack of 8 sets of new Prop's to arrive, before I even begin to try to learn to fly the Hubsan X-4... ;-p Ciao !
WarblesOnALot I was thinking about that. If I had started again knowing what I know now what would be the two RC aircraft and RC equipment I would buy and keep and then buy no more. I'm constantly trying different foamy FPV planes and havn't yet found one I really like. Mind you I try and keep the costs down to a degree although I tend to use higher end FPV electrics such as ImmersionRC gear since its reliable.
stewjw G'day, Thanks, Yeah, I tend to operate off at the other end of the market, and the Cheapies are often so severely "Production-Engineered" to keep costs down that the sometimes fairly radical Aerodynamic Loopholes the Designer was intending them to fly through can be really small ; so it's a case of thinking really hard about how it looks as if it'll behave, prior to putting it up where it can crash, because a lot have only got one prang in them. An outlier is a $50 thing called a Sky Hero, only 11.5 inches in length and span (so as to fit in a 1-foot box ?), with a Ducted Fan on each Wingtip, 2 Channels and incredibly twitchy in Roll...; but it does have digital proportional Double Throttles, with L/R Trim, so it can Maintain Level Flight, Climb, or Glide under Power while retaining Asymetric Thrust for directional control... (power-off it simply glides as trimmed, but it requires some Throttle or there's no "Turning"). But it's made from some "leathery" kind of Foam, incredibly tough, I've spent a day shooting one out of a Treetop with a Rubber Catapault and 1-Ounce Rocks and though it lost 1 Square Inch of Trailing-Edge at a Wingroot it still glided almost straight - though it had been hit so hard on the Radio Reciever the Wax was shaken out of the RX Antenna Coil... And it literally cannot fly fast enough, to be able to crash hard enough, to damage the Airframe. A pity it needs Dead Calm to fly well, I actually got a second one to replace the one I shot the Radio out of... So, to me, the Hubsan X-4 is a throbbing challenge...; if I muff it then $250 can fly away and disappear from sight in the Regrowth Forest I live in.., or go up and then descend too fast and succumb to Rotor-Decay, and arrive like a white Stone..., amidst the Bassalt Rocks sticking up in the neighbouring Sheep-Paddock. Sadly, the first flight is always the riskiest, like the Pitts Python at $300,000 per Hour for 3 seconds. I suspect that for $10 more, they could've built the Pitts out of the same Leathery Foam the Sky-Hero is moulded from, and it would've pretty much bounced off the ground undamaged, instead of shattering at every Stress-point. Still, if it gets too scary, I can always have a few hours of fun with a well-folded sheet of A-4 Paper.... (check my "Aeromodelling For Children" Playlist, for the "World's Best Paper Aeroplane..." video, it has self-adjusting Variable Geometry, changing it's own Span and Area according to Airspeed, devilish cunning actually !)..., probably the most Cost-Effective Flying Model of all...?!? Have a good one, ;-p Ciao !
+MashO Matic .......... Oh.... I hear you brother..... in UK the finance minister (missus) is glad that I have a new hobby, but unaware (as of yet) about the costs..... I shall blame it all on Bruce too.
Thank you so much for this video. I’m wanting to try basic video and fpv with the runcam 2 flatform camera recently purchased. It all seems confusing but I guess its all being tailored for open platform where one can pick and choose their on preference on components.
This type of video is very helpful. I'm a little dyslexic and find it hard to follow diagram an book stuff so this is a very good video foe me. Thanks Bruce.
FlyerDan Put a switch between the RX+TX wires from the naze otherwise you will have troubles when you try and hookup a USB to the naze, because they share the same wires. WIthout the switch, both will try and talk on the rx/tx lines and the usb wont work.
Great video. Thanks. Quick questions. My fpv cam has no mic (and the other one I have had a crap mic) My VTX has a green wire for a mic input. I have tried two different mics wired to the black and green wires but get no audio on the headphones on my fatsharks. Every video I've seen shows how to wire up the built in microphone in the fpv cam but how do I wire in a sepereate mic? Thanks Andy
Random comment..... I use Traxxas connectors... They simply work and don't stuff up. (if somehow u broke it) Because the terminals come out of the housing they are very easy to solder in the field and they don't require any heatshrink... Maintenance wise they are years ahead... With a small screwdriver u can push the terminals out of the housing so they can be cleaned. This can easily be done on both male and female connectors. The housing is easy to grip to disconnect the battery, no more pulling on wires Current handling.... They can handle massive amounts of current draw as seen in the surface vehicles, I'm talking current draw a mini quad could only dream of... Things like a VXL stampede or a x01.... Bruce, u should try a Traxxas connector... Once u go black u won't go back (to red or yellow)
Many people want to select the video from their HD cam and flight cam which means using a switch. I've had good luck with the Turnigy switch, but others say some are better. Reviewing and comparing different switches would be great, and clearly explaining the wiring. That escapes some people, especially when voltages differ with some gear.
I know motors can make a lot of electrical noise. Back when we still used the old CRT TVs they would get static if someone in the kitchen turned a blender on or something. I am glad those days are over.
Thanks for the video. Alot of this is so confusing when you are a noob. Wish i had some nice videos like this when i was starting out. I think another very confusing thing for me was how to wire in the cheapo osd's. Some of them just "tap" the video wire and some actually sit in between the camera and the vtx. drove me crazy at first.
Thanks for your time on this vid and yr other one.s.my old racestar f4x4 aio dont have osd so i needed to learn this hookup method..thank.s again...cheer.s ron..i subbed to you allso..
Great video mate! Quick question: If I have 2 different cameras installed on a bigger quadcopter (let's say one on a gimbal and a fixed one), how can I attach both cameras to the same video transmitter? Where would the switch go that allows me to switch between cameras remotely? Thanks in advance!
Great video! Thank you. I'm new to RC and trying to wire an fpv to my heng long tank. There are plenty of AIO camera setups but I'm hoping to wire it to the tank's power supply so that I don't have to have a separate battery for the camera. Any experience with the heng long tank boards?
hi there! from the usa im really curious about adding in a OSD on my FPV setup can you do a diagram like this to help me ? this video is very helpful and showing how to add a simple osd will be amazingly helpfull
Hi Bruce love the whiteboard concept. Can you explain how to use a Gopro 3 black as the camera in the Fpv setup? I also found a backup monitor and camera I had, can I use them? The monitor is for 2 cameras..lots of wires?.. Thanks
"There are evil children in here and if they don't have an antenna they'll wreck it -- they'll break the crockery and smash the windows!" Best line ever xD
Very interesting video, thank you. I hope that you don't mind me asking a question on video signal interfacing. It's a bit off topic for FPV but I hope that you can help me. I have a night vision rifle scope setup which uses a Sony 700 TVL camera providing the video signal to a 3.5 inch LCD monitor. What I would like to do is add video recording functionality by connecting up a mini DVR device which has video-in and video-out connections. Is it a simple case of picking up the video signal, say, from the board camera by adding a lead and running it to the video-in on the DVR then using the video-out from the DVR to pass the signal to the monitor. Thank's in anticipation.
Hi Bruce, thanks for the informative video. I have a Lumenier TX5G6 transmitter which has a 5V out and want to power a mini cam model: MC900-V9 which requires 5V to operate and only has 3 wires out (red, black, yellow). They're actually attached to the board, no pin connectors. I'm clear on connecting the video (yellow wire) and power (red wire) from the TX to matching color wires on the camera, however, I'm not clear on where to ground the camera's ground wire. Can it be bridged with the TX ground wire? Thanks Bruce
Hello Bruce, first of all thank you for your precious explanations! I would ask you if in wiring a basic fpv system, I can take power from the balance connector on the main battery wich I will use for the esc controller and for the camera and video transmitter. I think that, if it is possible, would be a clean solution in wiring cables instead making joints on them. Best regards and greetings! Andrea.
Hi Bruce , I have followed the mini quad build and its great , the only problem I am having is assigning the 3 position switch for my flight modes on my Hi-tech Aurora 9 , can you help please as I now you used one of these radios on the mxp230 many thanks Scott .
I'm starting now in this world.. and I might say... This is an incredible video... well explained as the low budget FPV drone... it's a pity that here in europe is very expensive and we are having so much trouble with products imported from china... I've just one question... in which frequency does this VTX works. .. is it 5.8 or 1.4 ghz?
Hi, I'm just getting started into fpv, not typically race drones or rc controlled stuff, but just fpv itself. I feel like I need to buy a basic setup in order to understand what it does, and then attach it to an rc car and drive it around the house. ETC
Bruce as always good information and excellent quality. Would you be willing to do a how to for noobs on mounting a rc plane motor, with vertical and horizontal angles explained, lots of stuff on vertical force angle to cg on wings, but none on horizontal, for instance my scratch build is flying to right side ... not to the left as expected. So spacing the motor etc... would really appreciate it.
Hi.Really enjoyed this video.I bought a 7"screen with built in receiver on 5.8 and an ilook walkera camera with built in tranni. Although they are on the same frequency choices according to their manuals I cannot get them to talk to each other. I can just about get a picture from a foot away but the frequencies dont then match. Any ideas please.Thanks Chris
Because of the popularity and the generally-compact size of the gear, decent 5.8Ghz gear isn't spendy. I got a $42 200mW Boscam set and a $8 cloverleaf set and the link is solid. I got them off ebay and not to say that there won't be lemons on there, but it at least goes to show they can be found at a good price
I have a couple mini cameras coming from HK, only 520TVL but wide angle and good with low light so I'm gonna set those up on a tilt setup through the naze
Great video ! I will try to up grade my existing fpv camera on a Promark gp shadow to a hd 1080 camera. I understand I will have to find one that will be voltage compatible. I hope I can just install the camera and use the existing transmitter .If anyone has done this please share how you did it. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you.
I have a FC with transmitter inclueded - F4 v5 pro- but i do have some white lines in my receiver. I would like to use a filter. But does it make sense to put the filter only in the camera and not in the transmitter? cheers and thanks
Would you add connectors anywhere in the wiring to make it possible to remove the FPV system? If so, what connectors would you use and where would you add them?
I have the foxeer Monster 2 camera and it can take a wide range of voltage but I am more worried about getting noise from the motors on the camera. Is it ok if you run LC filter to VTX to camera? Or should I pull the pwer for my camera directly from the LC filter? Im thinking it doesnt matter but why not just ask.
I was wondering if you could tell me how to use one camera to do two things... first would be for the drone to use it as intended for recording and picture's but also fpv at the same time. Im not sure if you can split a video signal like that or not but if you can i would love to know how. Thanks in advance
I know this is late in the day, but how about an audio feed if there is a mic in the camera? Thanks for all the great stuff. Particularly like the whiteboard bits.
I have a Quad I dismantled for parts and a new quad that I fly (same type). I want to put my spare FPV Camera and VTX from 1st quad onto my Radian 2m Glider. Mounting it all is fine, I have a plan for that. I just wondered, what would you do for power to make my VTX and Camera work? Would you put in a 2nd 3S to run them or would you make a "Y Connector" with XT60's to split the power from the flight battery so it powers everything? Or do you have a better way than these 2 options? Sorry, lots of "?'s" - your vid has certainly helped me understand the power supply thx. The Quad is an Eachine Wizard X220S, 700 TVL Camera and VTX has all the bands it's a decent one.
@rcmodelreviews question, I'm using a Runcam 2. It comes with servo connectors, can I simply just plug the power wires into my receiver so I draw from my main battery. Chanel 5. And the av line will go to the transmitter. The transmitter will plug into the receiver, Chanel 6. Will that work provided the voltages are correct.
Just to be totally explicit. DO NOT connect a Fatshark or any 5V maximum camera to the 12V or "bad things will happen". There are cameras out there that will take more than 12V and still work all the way down to 5V making them very versatile. Remember to keep any documentation for any components you buy and match them to the specific components so if you later reuse a particular component you will have a useful reference when reconnecting it into another model with perhaps higher voltages like 4S or more. Another neat feature appearing on some brands of VTX is a jumper to select 5V or Battery voltage out. These jumpers are not generally well documented so proceed with caution. Even the most basic multimeter is almost essential for this kind of work. Plenty of videos here on the tube showing how to use a multimeter. For $20 or more you will have a tool with a multitude of uses in RC. Just don't connect a real cheapy to the mains.
***** From my experience most VTX's have a 5V out. But some also include an option to pass the battery voltage direct. If you are getting 12V out look for a 3 pin jumper on the VTX and move the bridge to the other side and you should now have 5V out. Just be sure to check before connecting the camera. If all else fails you may be able to get 5V from the BEC built into most ESC's or add a separate 5V ubec.
I really appreciate your continued support of the hobby. I, for one, find your information tremendously valuable!
As a novice just in the research phase before building his first quad, your videos are a godsend. Really informative and helps take some of the worry out of a process that looks incredibly daunting to the beginner.
Great video Bruce! It is so easy a child can do it... I'm 15 and I did it yesterday! :D
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I'm going to do this for my boeing 777 I'm also 15, lol
I love the whiteboard videos! My son and I (mostly me!) are following along with the budget miniquad build, and are learning a lot, thank you so much Bruce. As far as funding yourself, I'd rather see your channel keep the same open format, but perhaps supplemented with some sort of subscription for those of us who can afford it (Patreon?).
Excellent video that still stands on its own 5 years later. Cheers mate!
BEST video I've EVER seen for beginners like me. Absolutely brilliant mate!
Keep up the good work! Love it!
Sorry Bruce, but I have a serious bone to pick with you! Since watching your "budget" mini-quad build I've spent over $1200 on parts to build one/several (I needed everything even transmitter and tools). You have seriously motivated me to not just watch all these videos of FPV insanity but to get my lazy, middle-aged ass into it. I've not been this excited, since being a child with a batman blow up bridge toy, waiting for my parts to trickle in. The next challenge is how to hide the expenditure from the finance minister (wife) but I have my ways.
Seriously. Thanks. Your videos are amazingly motivating and the retail people should be paying you a fortune to show there stuff.... oh, where did I put my Credi Card?
MashO Matic LOL! totally get you, way past the $1200 so i stopped counting how much i spend. As for the credit card, go grocery shopping and check out each item individually. This will create a bill so long wife will be lazy to read.
simonTemplar
G'day,
You may be intrrested in a brainfart I had regarding R/C Models...; they almost all cost more per actual hour of Airtime than whatever actual Aircraft they're representing, and to even approach that then the Model needs to fly for at least one hour.
Eg, my son paid $250 for an Electric Pitts Special "Python", and if it flies for an hour then it's not far off the hourly cost of flying a real Pitts...; because it flew a 3-second Loop due to a frozen Elevator Servo, then unless it gets repaired and put back into the Sky to change the equation, it flew at a cost of $300,000 per Hour - and that's getting into Space-Shuttle like decadence...
This is why I still fly an almost 14 year-old CC Lee Falcon, it ticked over 28 hours aloft yesterday, so it's now worked it's Cost down to only $8.57 per hour..., including materials used in repairs (it's carrying 3 Ounces of Epoxy & Woven Fibreglass Cloth & clear Tape, 20% overload on the original T/O Weight of a Pound.).
How many Hours does a Quad fly for, before it's not worth persisting with ?
I'm waiting for a pack of 8 sets of new Prop's to arrive, before I even begin to try to learn to fly the Hubsan X-4...
;-p
Ciao !
WarblesOnALot I was thinking about that. If I had started again knowing what I know now what would be the two RC aircraft and RC equipment I would buy and keep and then buy no more. I'm constantly trying different foamy FPV planes and havn't yet found one I really like. Mind you I try and keep the costs down to a degree although I tend to use higher end FPV electrics such as ImmersionRC gear since its reliable.
stewjw
G'day,
Thanks,
Yeah, I tend to operate off at the other end of the market, and the Cheapies are often so severely "Production-Engineered" to keep costs down that the sometimes fairly radical Aerodynamic Loopholes the Designer was intending them to fly through can be really small ; so it's a case of thinking really hard about how it looks as if it'll behave, prior to putting it up where it can crash, because a lot have only got one prang in them.
An outlier is a $50 thing called a Sky Hero, only 11.5 inches in length and span (so as to fit in a 1-foot box ?), with a Ducted Fan on each Wingtip, 2 Channels and incredibly twitchy in Roll...; but it does have digital proportional Double Throttles, with L/R Trim, so it can Maintain Level Flight, Climb, or Glide under Power while retaining Asymetric Thrust for directional control... (power-off it simply glides as trimmed, but it requires some Throttle or there's no "Turning").
But it's made from some "leathery" kind of Foam, incredibly tough, I've spent a day shooting one out of a Treetop with a Rubber Catapault and 1-Ounce Rocks and though it lost 1 Square Inch of Trailing-Edge at a Wingroot it still glided almost straight - though it had been hit so hard on the Radio Reciever the Wax was shaken out of the RX Antenna Coil... And it literally cannot fly fast enough, to be able to crash hard enough, to damage the Airframe.
A pity it needs Dead Calm to fly well, I actually got a second one to replace the one I shot the Radio out of...
So, to me, the Hubsan X-4 is a throbbing challenge...; if I muff it then $250 can fly away and disappear from sight in the Regrowth Forest I live in.., or go up and then descend too fast and succumb to Rotor-Decay, and arrive like a white Stone..., amidst the Bassalt Rocks sticking up in the neighbouring Sheep-Paddock.
Sadly, the first flight is always the riskiest, like the Pitts Python at $300,000 per Hour for 3 seconds.
I suspect that for $10 more, they could've built the Pitts out of the same Leathery Foam the Sky-Hero is moulded from, and it would've pretty much bounced off the ground undamaged, instead of shattering at every Stress-point.
Still, if it gets too scary, I can always have a few hours of fun with a well-folded sheet of A-4 Paper.... (check my "Aeromodelling For Children" Playlist, for the "World's Best Paper Aeroplane..." video, it has self-adjusting Variable Geometry, changing it's own Span and Area according to Airspeed, devilish cunning actually !)..., probably the most Cost-Effective Flying Model of all...?!?
Have a good one,
;-p
Ciao !
+MashO Matic .......... Oh.... I hear you brother..... in UK the finance minister (missus) is glad that I have a new hobby, but unaware (as of yet) about the costs..... I shall blame it all on Bruce too.
Thanks Bruce. Very clear and easy explanation.
Cheers mate,
John
love these types of tutorials, thank you sir.
Hi Bruce, just starting in rc , and have found your video's not only a great help but a lot of fun. Keep up the the good work. Thanks a lot.
Always a pleasure to watch your videos Bruce, I have just orders the parts to begin my first FPV maiden flight.
Cheers
Who's still here in 2021? Gotta love Bruce's white board classics!!
Thanks Bruce! This vid came at the exact right time for me!
Great video Bruce, basic instruction videos are great for beginners. Liked and looking forward to more.
Thank you for making this video, now I can get fpv up an running on a new build. It’s my first, thanks again
Great video. People like you make it a lot easier for the rest of us to learn. Top job...
Great vid! Some times all I need is simply simple! Keep them coming.
Pleasent voice, noiseless (( no music :) ) presentation ( +10 ).Ty for all your knowledge sharing.
Brilliant video as always.
Thank you Bruce made it so easy to understand
Loved it my Friend!
Thank you so much for this video. I’m wanting to try basic video and fpv with the runcam 2 flatform camera recently purchased. It all seems confusing but I guess its all being tailored for open platform where one can pick and choose their on preference on components.
Thanks for this explanation, easy to understand!
Thank you I have been going crazy on how I was going to wire this.
I love watching your videos keep up the good work....
Great work Brucey, used this in my blog
Excellent lesson,,, well done..
This type of video is very helpful. I'm a little dyslexic and find it hard to follow diagram an book stuff so this is a very good video foe me. Thanks Bruce.
Thanks a lot for explaining, sir!
Love FPV so much that even though I've done this countless times in many configurations, I still watched and enjoyed it!!
eric deherrera Me too!
eric deherrera me three .. LOL
Me four :D
eric deherrera As did i lol. I am wiring my Minim and naze whilst watching lol
73, de M6EXH
FlyerDan Put a switch between the RX+TX wires from the naze otherwise you will have troubles when you try and hookup a USB to the naze, because they share the same wires. WIthout the switch, both will try and talk on the rx/tx lines and the usb wont work.
Some cameras have 4 wires Bruce. The white is audio in for the vtx. Most people ground it to the black. What are your thoughts?
Very nice draw mr Bruce. Keep up god job.
Nice straight forward Video...cheers
Really helpful thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much for this video.
really good video helped a lot.
May not be rocket science to you, but for a total noob like me, it was just what i needed.
Thank you very much, this really helps me a lot. :)
Trank You so much, You Helped me a lot😄
Great video. Thanks.
Quick questions.
My fpv cam has no mic (and the other one I have had a crap mic)
My VTX has a green wire for a mic input.
I have tried two different mics wired to the black and green wires but get no audio on the headphones on my fatsharks.
Every video I've seen shows how to wire up the built in microphone in the fpv cam but how do I wire in a sepereate mic?
Thanks
Andy
Great stuff!! Now can you do one for an OSD as well? Thanks again for a very informative video!
don't forget the link to the sony 600tvl camera, bruce. please..
thanks for another great video.
Great video,as always!
Don't know what I would have done in the beginning with out you haha...
Random comment..... I use Traxxas connectors... They simply work and don't stuff up.
(if somehow u broke it)
Because the terminals come out of the housing they are very easy to solder in the field and they don't require any heatshrink...
Maintenance wise they are years ahead... With a small screwdriver u can push the terminals out of the housing so they can be cleaned. This can easily be done on both male and female connectors.
The housing is easy to grip to disconnect the battery, no more pulling on wires
Current handling.... They can handle massive amounts of current draw as seen in the surface vehicles, I'm talking current draw a mini quad could only dream of... Things like a VXL stampede or a x01....
Bruce, u should try a Traxxas connector... Once u go black u won't go back (to red or yellow)
Great video! Please, more white board videos!! Best!
AWESOME info for the beginner! maybe have links in the description to your other videos that way people can go watch more great videos!
wow, you just cleared up any and every confusion I had with this! The video was great and your drawings were wayyyyy better than I could do :)
Thank you Bruce.
Many people want to select the video from their HD cam and flight cam which means using a switch. I've had good luck with the Turnigy switch, but others say some are better. Reviewing and comparing different switches would be great, and clearly explaining the wiring. That escapes some people, especially when voltages differ with some gear.
What about the receiver end?
thanks for the tutorial
I know motors can make a lot of electrical noise. Back when we still used the old CRT TVs they would get static if someone in the kitchen turned a blender on or something. I am glad those days are over.
I think your great thanks for the reviews
Thanks for the video. Alot of this is so confusing when you are a noob. Wish i had some nice videos like this when i was starting out. I think another very confusing thing for me was how to wire in the cheapo osd's. Some of them just "tap" the video wire and some actually sit in between the camera and the vtx. drove me crazy at first.
Hi Bruce! I would like to know your explanation in carbon fibre interference with the rest of the electronics.
Thanks.
Walter White teaches FPV :)
Another awesome video!
Great video Bruce this will really help people new to the hobby.
ATB Malc
Team Nana UK Division
RCTV-UK Hehe... I had to look up ATB.
ATB Mate... :-)
Bruce I hope you can do a video in setting up a Minim osd.
Thanks for your time on this vid and yr other one.s.my old racestar f4x4 aio dont have osd so i needed to learn this hookup method..thank.s again...cheer.s ron..i subbed to you allso..
Great video mate!
Quick question: If I have 2 different cameras installed on a bigger quadcopter (let's say one on a gimbal and a fixed one), how can I attach both cameras to the same video transmitter? Where would the switch go that allows me to switch between cameras remotely?
Thanks in advance!
Great video! Thank you. I'm new to RC and trying to wire an fpv to my heng long tank. There are plenty of AIO camera setups but I'm hoping to wire it to the tank's power supply so that I don't have to have a separate battery for the camera.
Any experience with the heng long tank boards?
First! Greetings from the Netherlands. Keep them coming!
hi there! from the usa im really curious about adding in a OSD on my FPV setup can you do a diagram like this to help me ? this video is very helpful and showing how to add a simple osd will be amazingly helpfull
Hi Bruce love the whiteboard concept.
Can you explain how to use a Gopro 3 black as the camera in the Fpv setup?
I also found a backup monitor and camera I had, can I use them? The monitor is for 2 cameras..lots of wires?..
Thanks
You rock! Thumbs Up
Great video! Do you know of a way to test the video transmitter? I think I have one that is burned out but I don't know how to tell.
Good basic video, but what about the audio transmission with that same setup? thanks
"There are evil children in here and if they don't have an antenna they'll wreck it -- they'll break the crockery and smash the windows!"
Best line ever xD
Thank you sir!
Very interesting video, thank you. I hope that you don't mind me asking a question on video signal interfacing. It's a bit off topic for FPV but I hope that you can help me. I have a night vision rifle scope setup which uses a Sony 700 TVL camera providing the video signal to a 3.5 inch LCD monitor. What I would like to do is add video recording functionality by connecting up a mini DVR device which has video-in and video-out connections. Is it a simple case of picking up the video signal, say, from the board camera by adding a lead and running it to the video-in on the DVR then using the video-out from the DVR to pass the signal to the monitor. Thank's in anticipation.
Hi Bruce, thanks for the informative video. I have a Lumenier TX5G6 transmitter which has a 5V out and want to power a mini cam model: MC900-V9 which requires 5V to operate and only has 3 wires out (red, black, yellow). They're actually attached to the board, no pin connectors. I'm clear on connecting the video (yellow wire) and power (red wire) from the TX to matching color wires on the camera, however, I'm not clear on where to ground the camera's ground wire. Can it be bridged with the TX ground wire? Thanks Bruce
Hello Bruce, first of all thank you for your precious explanations! I would ask you if in wiring a basic fpv system, I can take power from the balance connector on the main battery wich I will use for the esc controller and for the camera and video transmitter. I think that, if it is possible, would be a clean solution in wiring cables instead making joints on them. Best regards and greetings! Andrea.
what equipment do you use or recommend so I can start doing some fpv flying on a quad
Hi Bruce , I have followed the mini quad build and its great , the only problem I am having is assigning the 3 position switch for my flight modes on my Hi-tech Aurora 9 , can you help please as I now you used one of these radios on the mxp230 many thanks Scott .
I'm starting now in this world.. and I might say... This is an incredible video... well explained as the low budget FPV drone... it's a pity that here in europe is very expensive and we are having so much trouble with products imported from china... I've just one question... in which frequency does this VTX works. .. is it 5.8 or 1.4 ghz?
Hi, I'm just getting started into fpv, not typically race drones or rc controlled stuff, but just fpv itself. I feel like I need to buy a basic setup in order to understand what it does, and then attach it to an rc car and drive it around the house. ETC
Thank u . Good video
excellent, its really hard to find some good content these days!
Can you use a normal mic and connect it to the audio wire on the VTX?
Bruce as always good information and excellent quality.
Would you be willing to do a how to for noobs on mounting a rc plane motor, with vertical and horizontal angles explained, lots of stuff on vertical force angle to cg on wings, but none on horizontal, for instance my scratch build is flying to right side ... not to the left as expected. So spacing the motor etc... would really appreciate it.
Go old man you the best
hi i was wondering if i can wire the negative positive wire coming from the VTX straight to the PDB. would that be easier?
thanks
Hi.Really enjoyed this video.I bought a 7"screen with built in receiver on 5.8 and an ilook walkera camera with built in tranni. Although they are on the same frequency choices according to their manuals I cannot get them to talk to each other. I can just about get a picture from a foot away but the frequencies dont then match. Any ideas please.Thanks Chris
Because of the popularity and the generally-compact size of the gear, decent 5.8Ghz gear isn't spendy. I got a $42 200mW Boscam set and a $8 cloverleaf set and the link is solid. I got them off ebay and not to say that there won't be lemons on there, but it at least goes to show they can be found at a good price
BashMonkeyRC i agree thats why its a good idea at that price to buy a few extra setups.. i always try to by 2 Tx's and 2 600 tv line cams at a time.
I have a couple mini cameras coming from HK, only 520TVL but wide angle and good with low light so I'm gonna set those up on a tilt setup through the naze
Great video ! I will try to up grade my existing fpv camera on a Promark gp shadow to a hd 1080 camera. I understand I will have to find one that will be voltage compatible. I hope I can just install the camera and use the existing transmitter .If anyone has done this please share how you did it. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you.
How about a continuation video working with the goggles and head tracking for this setup?
Amazing.
I have a FC with transmitter inclueded - F4 v5 pro- but i do have some white lines in my receiver. I would like to use a filter. But does it make sense to put the filter only in the camera and not in the transmitter? cheers and thanks
Would you add connectors anywhere in the wiring to make it possible to remove the FPV system? If so, what connectors would you use and where would you add them?
I have the foxeer Monster 2 camera and it can take a wide range of voltage but I am more worried about getting noise from the motors on the camera. Is it ok if you run LC filter to VTX to camera? Or should I pull the pwer for my camera directly from the LC filter? Im thinking it doesnt matter but why not just ask.
Awesome. Got everything I needed from the video. The solder iron is heating up as we speak......
Well...that's hot.
I was wondering if you could tell me how to use one camera to do two things... first would be for the drone to use it as intended for recording and picture's but also fpv at the same time. Im not sure if you can split a video signal like that or not but if you can i would love to know how. Thanks in advance
I know this is late in the day, but how about an audio feed if there is a mic in the camera? Thanks for all the great stuff. Particularly like the whiteboard bits.
Nice vid
How would you plug a video recorder? Would you put it next to the camera, or plug it onto the receiver?
I have a Quad I dismantled for parts and a new quad that I fly (same type). I want to put my spare FPV Camera and VTX from 1st quad onto my Radian 2m Glider. Mounting it all is fine, I have a plan for that. I just wondered, what would you do for power to make my VTX and Camera work? Would you put in a 2nd 3S to run them or would you make a "Y Connector" with XT60's to split the power from the flight battery so it powers everything? Or do you have a better way than these 2 options? Sorry, lots of "?'s" - your vid has certainly helped me understand the power supply thx. The Quad is an Eachine Wizard X220S, 700 TVL Camera and VTX has all the bands it's a decent one.
Thank you very much for a great video Im a fpv noob.
@rcmodelreviews question, I'm using a Runcam 2. It comes with servo connectors, can I simply just plug the power wires into my receiver so I draw from my main battery. Chanel 5.
And the av line will go to the transmitter. The transmitter will plug into the receiver, Chanel 6.
Will that work provided the voltages are correct.
Just to be totally explicit. DO NOT connect a Fatshark or any 5V maximum camera to the 12V or "bad things will happen". There are cameras out there that will take more than 12V and still work all the way down to 5V making them very versatile. Remember to keep any documentation for any components you buy and match them to the specific components so if you later reuse a particular component you will have a useful reference when reconnecting it into another model with perhaps higher voltages like 4S or more.
Another neat feature appearing on some brands of VTX is a jumper to select 5V or Battery voltage out. These jumpers are not generally well documented so proceed with caution.
Even the most basic multimeter is almost essential for this kind of work. Plenty of videos here on the tube showing how to use a multimeter. For $20 or more you will have a tool with a multitude of uses in RC. Just don't connect a real cheapy to the mains.
Rob B And if the camera work on 5V and the VTX voltage out put is the voltage of the 3S battery ? How to reduce the voltage to 5V ?
***** From my experience most VTX's have a 5V out. But some also include an option to pass the battery voltage direct. If you are getting 12V out look for a 3 pin jumper on the VTX and move the bridge to the other side and you should now have 5V out. Just be sure to check before connecting the camera. If all else fails you may be able to get 5V from the BEC built into most ESC's or add a separate 5V ubec.
Rob B Thank you Rob !
Is there a way to switch video Power while flying in other words when you're on the ground 10 MW. With a aux switch go to 600 MW in the air