I absolutely love these types of videos. I am in the process of building a ground station so watching these types of videos is a bonus! I look forward to seeing a video about your solar panel/box setup! Happy safe flying!
That is a great set up, and I love the solar power station, that is a great idea. After watching plenty of your videos in the past, i have built a similar ground station, except I have the mini tracker, rather than the full sized one you have got. I bought it via your link about a year ago. I also have the same antenna. And like you I have the video output from the tracker going straight into a vtx that i have set on low power. That then transmits back to my fpv screen. I power mine from a 10000mah 4s battery via a 5amp bec. I also have a dvr, but mine is plugged into the second video output on the video receiver that is on the tracker. Though i built it all last year, i have not yet had chance to test it all in the field - other than confirming that the tracker was picking up the gps signals being sent back from the telefly tiny that i have on my Volantex Ranger. (That turned out to be a bit of a mission, no matter what I tried i could not get the telefly tiny to share a gps module with the Matek f/c. In the end i had to fit a separate gps unit just for the Telefly Tiny). But, hopefully I will get to test it all out in the coming weeks. I look forward to seeing a video about your solar power station, that would be very interesting.
Thanks, yes, it is all very useful! Glad to know your setup is working! Sometimes getting the TF boards to share a GPS is an issue, so in those cases I do use dedicated units for them! Good luck with your tests! :)
Eachine parts,that’s cool that you use budget parts instead of top brand all the way. I enjoy your videos, keep up the cool work. I’m especially interested in your use of solar panels a lot.
Thanks! Well... as for the relay Vtx, no point in spending big on something that needs to transmit a few meters with no obstructions, and at the time the TX801 was the only Vtx I knew of which could do such low power outputs! As for the DVR... was the only reasonable choice, with other options getting quite pricey... and pretty much delivering the same results.
one thing i noticed, your receiver on the tracker and the other receiver on the monitor don't have dummy loads on them. I would suggest that you put a dummy load on the unused inputs of the receivers as that will help with multipath as well as the impedence and diversity switching if you are using it. If you're not using div switching it will also help by making sure there's a constant load on the receivers inputs
Actually I am not using the diversity! On the receiver I have the antenna connected to the more sensitive input, and I have the video cable in that receiver's output specifically, not in the diversity one! As for the monitor, I always switch away from the diversity mode to viewing only video from the receiver which has the antenna on it! Staying in the diversity mode does make a mess of things from time to time.
Can you try 4g lte with raspberry pi and aduplane cgs. My setup is ready but unable to take a risk with wing for long range. As i don't have long transmitter setup that's why I'm using 4g lte raspberry and pixhawk,
Hi... well I haven't even thought about that for the time being... I may do it at some point... but for now I have quite a lot of work to get through... :(
Because cables can pick up interference from a host of stuff... and means having a 2 meter long cable between the two... which is an accident waiting to happen! Also... won't be able to use the external DVR the way I have it now, will have to be somewhere else... which is a bother... and this way 100 people can tune in to the relay station and keep an eye on the video feed from the plane, rather than having them breathing down my back, peeking into the monitor! Also... when I am using the goggles... the relay allows me to move around, or even put the tripod a lot further away, and say use a 3S LiPo to power it in that case. Having a cable for the video in there really limits that.
Thanks! Hahahaha... small van has been on my mind, BUT... baby steps... need to put most of that in the case first... in usable format... before I can think of something else!
Wow, the battery or Solar Powerstation is the hidden gem. Did you mention Lithium Ion or Lithium iRon battery, the LiFePo4 cells ? Would be nice if you show the powerstation in a bit more detail, but I will check now if I missed a video about that. thanks a lot - great video and progress at all
Because it had some issues with seeing the video stream following a incident when wind knocked it down along with the tripod for the second time, so I just didn't have the motivation to deal with it! Seems to be working pretty good with the mavlink feed going to it directly from my new HD system though! :P
@@ArxangelRC I hope the integration with the new hd system is simple and painless. I have admit it looks like it's performing very well. Maybe we finally have a viable competitor to help shake the market up a little. I'm always worried about support down the road with companies like this, but hope I'm wrong and they are the next big thing. Cheers and thanks. Charlie
Great setup! Is it necessary to run the LHCP at that low output power to your monitor? You might could run regular low gain Vertical antennas and it be fine? Maybe? I have a 25mw VTX I was going to setup this way but am wondering if thats to much power and might interfere. With small low gain vertical antennas. I know from vertical to horizontal polarization its around a 20 DB drop in signal but no idea what it is from RHCP to LHCP. I assume its similar though. Thanks!
Thanks! Well... since the ground setup is running on a different frequency I suppose a RHCP antenna would work as well... but I wanted to make sure to reduce the chances of interference from that to a minimum! 25mW should not be an issue so long as you are using the right antennas! Horizontal to Vertical polarization may have a 20db loss... but horizontal or vertical to a CP antenna has only a 3db loss! Not sure what LHCP to RHCP loss is exactly, but it is more than 3db for sure!
Well, when calibrating you point it level with the horizon. If you get pretty far away, it will not be pitched up, because relative to your position, the plane will be getting closer to the horizon, from your point of view.
I've been out to 32kms so far, on 5.8Ghz with the antenna you see mounted on the tracker, and a cheap AKK Pagoda, running 2W output on the AKK Dominator Vtx.
Thanks! Tracker will work with any model, running any autopilot, so long as you have the air module for it on the plane, or can feed the tracker Mavlink data with valid GPS coordinates.
Hi bro... I just wanted to ask about receiver for long range from normal distance that I have 1km. My question from ur recommendation which brand / model receiver for me to puching for range around 4km. FYI, I using radio master. I just start on flying long range 😅. I wanted to fly with my glider to view the areas that have green or sea view. Thanks
Hi, actually the receiver I am using is quite old now, and no longer being sold... otherwise I would recommend that one! In any case, most receivers would be fine, the antennas are the important bit here! If you want to move around... an antenna tracker becomes important!
Now that’s a ground station set up. I’m way too lazy for that. I use fat shark HD3’s with a diversity module paired with a 7 turn helical and pagoda antenna and that’s it lol
I hate pick and pluck foam so much. I'm triggered. After some serious usage it almost always looks horrible and pieces are starting to fly around. I highly suggest cutting foam sheets yourself. Surprisingly easy to do and always looks great if you open your gear case in front of a customer
Right, well the case came with the foam, so using it temporarily until I sort out the final build of the case, not a fan of it either, but I have no alternative at this moment, so why not! :) Thanks for the tip, will consider that as well!
@@The_Pub_ Hahahahahaha, well... wouldn't know anything about that... so... don't have one! :P I've never needed to boil water at the flying field! :P But hey... good to know... you learn something new every day!
@@The_Pub_ I don't drink coffee, and as for tea, I do it at home and have a 1.8l thermos for field use, keep it nice and hot all day long even in the winter.
I absolutely love these types of videos. I am in the process of building a ground station so watching these types of videos is a bonus! I look forward to seeing a video about your solar panel/box setup! Happy safe flying!
Thanks mate, appreciate it! Good luck on your build!
Thanks!
Very much appreciated! Thank you! 😁👍🍻
That is a great set up, and I love the solar power station, that is a great idea. After watching plenty of your videos in the past, i have built a similar ground station, except I have the mini tracker, rather than the full sized one you have got. I bought it via your link about a year ago. I also have the same antenna. And like you I have the video output from the tracker going straight into a vtx that i have set on low power. That then transmits back to my fpv screen. I power mine from a 10000mah 4s battery via a 5amp bec. I also have a dvr, but mine is plugged into the second video output on the video receiver that is on the tracker. Though i built it all last year, i have not yet had chance to test it all in the field - other than confirming that the tracker was picking up the gps signals being sent back from the telefly tiny that i have on my Volantex Ranger. (That turned out to be a bit of a mission, no matter what I tried i could not get the telefly tiny to share a gps module with the Matek f/c. In the end i had to fit a separate gps unit just for the Telefly Tiny). But, hopefully I will get to test it all out in the coming weeks. I look forward to seeing a video about your solar power station, that would be very interesting.
Thanks, yes, it is all very useful! Glad to know your setup is working! Sometimes getting the TF boards to share a GPS is an issue, so in those cases I do use dedicated units for them! Good luck with your tests! :)
Thank you for your video; gives me some great ideas on getting started with my own ground station!
Awesome! Thank you!
If only I had that amount of sunshine where I live !!!!!
Yeah, does come in handy from time to time! :) But... regardless of that... solar is still an option!
Welcome to Saint Petersburg :) People, who seen the Sun here are quite old.
@@veram.2460 Hahahahaha... damn!
Hey. Thanks for updating. Very interested in long range, but still a newbie. 👍🏼
You are welcome! We've all been there! :)
Eachine parts,that’s cool that you use budget parts instead of top brand all the way. I enjoy your videos, keep up the cool work. I’m especially interested in your use of solar panels a lot.
Thanks! Well... as for the relay Vtx, no point in spending big on something that needs to transmit a few meters with no obstructions, and at the time the TX801 was the only Vtx I knew of which could do such low power outputs! As for the DVR... was the only reasonable choice, with other options getting quite pricey... and pretty much delivering the same results.
That is a cracking set up mate
Thank you! :)
Yay! It is truly 0amazing to see response and action from a youtuber!
:)
@@ArxangelRC :)
one thing i noticed, your receiver on the tracker and the other receiver on the monitor don't have dummy loads on them. I would suggest that you put a dummy load on the unused inputs of the receivers as that will help with multipath as well as the impedence and diversity switching if you are using it. If you're not using div switching it will also help by making sure there's a constant load on the receivers inputs
Actually I am not using the diversity! On the receiver I have the antenna connected to the more sensitive input, and I have the video cable in that receiver's output specifically, not in the diversity one! As for the monitor, I always switch away from the diversity mode to viewing only video from the receiver which has the antenna on it! Staying in the diversity mode does make a mess of things from time to time.
Can you try 4g lte with raspberry pi and aduplane cgs. My setup is ready but unable to take a risk with wing for long range. As i don't have long transmitter setup that's why I'm using 4g lte raspberry and pixhawk,
Hi... well I haven't even thought about that for the time being... I may do it at some point... but for now I have quite a lot of work to get through... :(
Hi there I'm thinking about setting up a similar base station for my flying thanks for letting us all see your setup
You are welcome! :)
Cool stuff! Why don't you connect gcs with monitor using cables if you have one power source for both of them anyway and they stay close?
Because cables can pick up interference from a host of stuff... and means having a 2 meter long cable between the two... which is an accident waiting to happen! Also... won't be able to use the external DVR the way I have it now, will have to be somewhere else... which is a bother... and this way 100 people can tune in to the relay station and keep an eye on the video feed from the plane, rather than having them breathing down my back, peeking into the monitor! Also... when I am using the goggles... the relay allows me to move around, or even put the tripod a lot further away, and say use a 3S LiPo to power it in that case. Having a cable for the video in there really limits that.
Very nice ground-station setup. Congrats!
Maybe next project will be including all that ground-station gear into a ... small van ...
Thanks! Hahahaha... small van has been on my mind, BUT... baby steps... need to put most of that in the case first... in usable format... before I can think of something else!
hi, nice job, pls can you give us a part list and link on the solar generator items like display, etc,
That will be available in the generator's video, otherwise a general parts list for the items here is available in the description below!
@@ArxangelRC ok thanks, will await that video
@@viak9473 :)
Wow, the battery or Solar Powerstation is the hidden gem.
Did you mention Lithium Ion or Lithium iRon battery, the LiFePo4 cells ?
Would be nice if you show the powerstation in a bit more detail, but
I will check now if I missed a video about that.
thanks a lot - great video and progress at all
Haha, well if you'd watched until the end, you'd know I said that this box is getting a video on its own in the near future! It is LiIon cells!
Why did you decide not to use the mini version of the tracker? Have you considered transmitting telemetry via Bluetooth?
Because it had some issues with seeing the video stream following a incident when wind knocked it down along with the tripod for the second time, so I just didn't have the motivation to deal with it! Seems to be working pretty good with the mavlink feed going to it directly from my new HD system though! :P
@@ArxangelRC I hope the integration with the new hd system is simple and painless. I have admit it looks like it's performing very well. Maybe we finally have a viable competitor to help shake the market up a little. I'm always worried about support down the road with companies like this, but hope I'm wrong and they are the next big thing. Cheers and thanks. Charlie
@@charlesmcguire9711 So far for me integration with the MFD Crossbow Mini has been pretty seamless and trouble free!
Very nice! I'm starting to see how I would start to put mine together based on yours. Thanks 👍
Nice! Glad I could help! :)
Great setup!
Is it necessary to run the LHCP at that low output power to your monitor? You might could run regular low gain Vertical antennas and it be fine? Maybe?
I have a 25mw VTX I was going to setup this way but am wondering if thats to much power and might interfere. With small low gain vertical antennas. I know from vertical to horizontal polarization its around a 20 DB drop in signal but no idea what it is from RHCP to LHCP. I assume its similar though.
Thanks!
Thanks! Well... since the ground setup is running on a different frequency I suppose a RHCP antenna would work as well... but I wanted to make sure to reduce the chances of interference from that to a minimum! 25mW should not be an issue so long as you are using the right antennas! Horizontal to Vertical polarization may have a 20db loss... but horizontal or vertical to a CP antenna has only a 3db loss! Not sure what LHCP to RHCP loss is exactly, but it is more than 3db for sure!
@@ArxangelRC thanks
@@WW5RM You are welcome! :)
hey on the antenna tracker the 0 pitch should be set on a 45 degree angle? it doesn't point up when I'm far away only when it's close by
Well, when calibrating you point it level with the horizon. If you get pretty far away, it will not be pitched up, because relative to your position, the plane will be getting closer to the horizon, from your point of view.
Nice setup! Dont you like fpv googles or why are you using a screen?
I fly mostly planes! I use the goggles only for my 3" racing quad... and as the name suggest... almost exclusively at races! :P
Make a video on solar power generator please.
Have some patience, working on it!
Looking forward to that battery bank video. What sort of range have you been able to get using that antenna and what tx power and what receiver?
I've been out to 32kms so far, on 5.8Ghz with the antenna you see mounted on the tracker, and a cheap AKK Pagoda, running 2W output on the AKK Dominator Vtx.
Are you using a module in your plane to get the telemetry back to the large MFD Tracker or maybe MavLink ?
Module in the plane! This tracker does not work with Mavlink, it is the old one.
Love it .. its grate GS .
Thanks! :)
Nice! Thanks again.
You are welcome!
Good looking drone station 😃
Can you tell me if your tracker works on my inav build?
Thanks! Tracker will work with any model, running any autopilot, so long as you have the air module for it on the plane, or can feed the tracker Mavlink data with valid GPS coordinates.
Hi bro... I just wanted to ask about receiver for long range from normal distance that I have 1km. My question from ur recommendation which brand / model receiver for me to puching for range around 4km.
FYI, I using radio master. I just start on flying long range 😅. I wanted to fly with my glider to view the areas that have green or sea view. Thanks
Hi, actually the receiver I am using is quite old now, and no longer being sold... otherwise I would recommend that one! In any case, most receivers would be fine, the antennas are the important bit here! If you want to move around... an antenna tracker becomes important!
@@ArxangelRC thanks for the input. 👍
@@isaynotusaymy.channel1289 Hope it helps!
what kind of chair do you use?
I got it from some camping equipment store!
Здравей Никола,доволен ли си от голямата пач антена мисля да си поръчвам такава
Здравей! Да, много съм доволен, работи супер!
Now that’s a ground station set up.
I’m way too lazy for that. I use fat shark HD3’s with a diversity module paired with a 7 turn helical and pagoda antenna and that’s it lol
Hahaha, lucky you! Sometimes I wish I could be that minimalist... only works with the racing copter! :P
Solar Generator 👍
Yeah! :)
Great mate. Cheers from Australia 🙂👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Thank you! :)
It's Great 🤯🤯🤯
Thanks!
I hate pick and pluck foam so much. I'm triggered. After some serious usage it almost always looks horrible and pieces are starting to fly around. I highly suggest cutting foam sheets yourself. Surprisingly easy to do and always looks great if you open your gear case in front of a customer
Right, well the case came with the foam, so using it temporarily until I sort out the final build of the case, not a fan of it either, but I have no alternative at this moment, so why not! :) Thanks for the tip, will consider that as well!
@@ArxangelRC Yea, true. Does only make sense if you settled on your gear. Great video as always btw
@@VincentFischer Thank you! :)
Shit Mate I do Far less setting up when I go Camping in the Bush for 2 weeks!!
Where's Ya Billy at??
Well the end goal is to do far less setting up here too... just need to do some more work to get there, but even so its not so bad! What's a "billy"?
@@ArxangelRC
Mate a Billy is what Australians use to boil water in, when they are camping in the Bush..
@@The_Pub_ Hahahahahaha, well... wouldn't know anything about that... so... don't have one! :P I've never needed to boil water at the flying field! :P But hey... good to know... you learn something new every day!
@@ArxangelRC Not even for a Tea or Coffee? And If ya don't learn something new everyday then it is a waste of a day!
@@The_Pub_ I don't drink coffee, and as for tea, I do it at home and have a 1.8l thermos for field use, keep it nice and hot all day long even in the winter.
I DO THE SAME THING
Awesome! :)
А мне постоянно кажется, что ты русский. Акцент некоторый, название канала - Архангел RC, и всё такое. Или это просто кажется?
:) Not Russian, it just probably sounds like this to you! :)
First
Haha, good! :)