Skywalker FPV with 2.4GHz FrSky Control
Вставка
- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- I put the FrSky receiver with analog RSSI from the last video into the Skywalker for a range test. Pretty impressed with the results! .
_____________________________________
Patreon: / bonafidepirate
You can help to support my channel by using the affiliate links below when making a purchase:
Banggood - bit.ly/piratebgood
eBay - ebay.to/2r7k3mb
Amazon - www.amazon.com...
Foxeer - www.foxeer.com/...
You can also make a donation if you wish to do so at the following link:
Support my channel and my efforts to bring you better content, every little bit helps! paypal.me/keith...
Here's some affiliate links to the video gear I use from Ready Made R/C:
1.3GHz video transmitters (I use 200, 400, 800, and 1500mW on various planes) goo.gl/Mhq6TW
I recommend this receiver to go with them. I use an older Racewood type they used to sell, but these are supposed to be at least as good with the same Comtech tuners in them. Apparently Racewood is no longer in business, so here's what replaced them: goo.gl/xC2RLx
I use this 8dbi Patch Antenna, it has been my go-to antenna for a long time now, for years! lol I've been out more then 10 miles using one of these and the 800mW vtx listed above: goo.gl/hGmcNS
On the transmitter side, the stock dipoles that come with them work pretty good together with that patch, but if you want slightly better performance and less weight/drag, consider these: goo.gl/CPuFGf
Great video 👍 I love watching the older fpv setups, And it’s evolution throughout the last few years
Thanks for the info... Neat method. I must have missed that part in the RV forums. I also have my RVOSD set to detect FS same as you and will now program a switch to fake FS and trigger RTH, sure beats turning off the transmitter!! Again that was an excellent video as all of yours are. Thanks
Very impressive. Your video reception is very very clear too
impressive for a non boosted tx, i've been thinking of getting away from spektrot lately since i want some real rssi for my short range fleet, nice vid, love the ground station comments btw, those are the videos i learn the most from
Awesome! I ordered the FrSky D8R-XP- 8 Channel Receiver w/ telemetry and RSSI and the 400mm antennas a few days ago. I'm sure I won't be able to get 3 miles in the city but looking forward to seeing what I can get.
Thanks
That 1900 wing is so freaking smooth, and plenty of lift. I'm too used to full throttle takeoffs with my 1680, and you put it on 9A, then just pitch it and your flying. I may have to pick one up lol
No, but I haven't tried any other receivers yet. Double check that you're using the right side of the green LED for the input. You can check that spot with a meter, full signal should show around 250mV I think, somewhere close to that.
Nice! Ive been out to 7mi / 11km on frsky (DJT module with 8dbi patch (no booster!) and D8R II Pluse Rx with 40cm dipoles). Low signal warning was beeping nonstop but failsafe did not activate the whole time!
def need the filter!
Really enjoying your videos. I'm about to get a Skywalker so find them very informative. Keep it up, man!
Good .
Nice.
Buddy, that is insanely good!
Ken you are on the cutting edge again.
That is amazing!
Way Kool Man
Thats with the D8R-II PLUS reciver. With a 1w booster its looong. My friend made a 23km flight ons with the same reciver you use and a CP patch on TX. Stil high RSSI.
Very impressive Keith! Great work.
Have the same setup as you (receiver, RVOSD) but still 5.8 on video with Circle Wireless antennas. Just getting started so don't have any videos yet. Had this setup in an EasyStar and it worked great. Also using the analog RSSI and CPPM. Noticed you were able to switch between FBY and RTH by using a switch? Right now I have RTH on failsafe and FBY on a 3 way switch. I'm a little gun shy of using my menu to toggle between RTH and FBY because of loss of control. Any secrets? Great Video!!!!
Great video! Thanks for sharing.
Dame thats good! I normaly get max 1.5 2km withe all stock gear.
Wow, that's impressive performance from the FrSky! I have a brand new Taranis and have not tried it out yet. Looks like I can expect some impressive range.
The GWS servo I have on here centers normally like a normal servo. I've seen some that will just keep spinning round and round, those are continuous rotations servos. I don't use a head tracker either, just pan with a slider on my transmitter.
Very nice, I fly on FrSky - but I'm having the rely on the telemetry beeps to decide if the signal is degrading. It was very interesting to see how the signal could be dramatically effected by things in the way, and just how quickly it could practically die and then recover to almost full strength
Man I'm gonna have to come to vist the school of Bonafide FPV . LOL
Amazing my friend!!!
Nice! I don't have an 8dbi patch anymore, but I do still have a 14 sitting around... Could be fun! lol
I have my RVOSD set up to detect throttle for F/S. On my transmitter I have a switch programmed to put the throttle into the failsafe range, so I have a "RTH switch", separate from the 3 position one that activates the AP mode and menus. I think there's a post that explains it on the RV forums.
LOL! They'll be cleared out soon once it gets a little colder. I'm pretty happy with how the test went also! It won't replace my Dragonlink for long range flying, but I can see myself throwing some cheap planes together just for fun, and using cheap receivers! lol
I use kitchen counter edge laminate to save my wings from rubber band wear and tear. The proper glue is needed for the type of foam used. I have also used Isopropyl Alcohol 70-90% to thin epoxy to afix the laminate. Your vid looks very nice but I'd like to use a few more bands on the wing but in the front to back position
Awesome flight I just subbed , I want to build my first long range plane with gps so I’ve been looking around UA-cam and I really like your set up , And as far as the osd think I understand what a lot of it means , the top center is your compass , the top upper left was your rssi, ambient temp I assume ? , lat & long coordinates , and the day month and year ? Bottom right screen was flight battery and mah used , fbattery voltage , fbattery amp draw . Bottom center screen is your distance from gps home point , and in the right next to that is the the running time since power up , . But I don’t know what that top upper left symbols are and what do the numbers mean all inside the center of the horizon bars ? Are they altitude in feet ? angle in degrees that the nose is pitched forward ? And angle in degrees that your rolling from left to right in each turn ? Air speed in Mph ?
That's all correct, the top right indicators are GPS signal level, GPS HDOP, and angle above the horizon from ground level at home to the plane at altitude. The AHI in the center is artificial horizon, the little center icon is the plane, the moving part is the ground, the numers besides the lines are pitch angle from level. The center left and right rolling "gauges" are GPS ground speed on the left side, and altitude in feet on the right. This is all the standard RVOSD layout if you want to get more in depth info. ;) www.rangevideo.com/rvosd/ Mine is a slightly over version than current, 5.01, I think the current one is V6 last I checked. Most of it is the same though.
bonafidepirate thanks 🙏
I was wondering how to get involved in one of these setups.
Many of the RC forums have loads of information. Flite Test, FPVLabs, RCGroups to name a few. Start small and simple and work your way up. You can get in on a budget, and as your experience and knowledge grows you can fine tune to the style of flying you want to do.
Nice one, very keen to see your RVOSD stabiliser values / PID values etc. I've got the same plane, RVOSD v6, prop etc. The only time i've managed that kind of stability was in perfect calm. Please share your menu settings. If your flight was breeze affected then you've done really well. I'm starting to think the best way forward is to reduce my flight surfaces by half - to dumb everything down and reduce the twitches. Thanks Ricardo
If you slplit video ant frskau antenos, one on the one wing and other on the other wing, you will double range. Im flying 8km with 5.8ghz :) with helical antena.
was wondering if you could tell how to connect setup RSSI on Eagle tee vector and DTF UHF 1-watt Receiver?
30 ish bucks a pop vs over 100 damn right. I'm not sure why they think they can charge 100 bucks for a receiver when you can use something like the FRSKY for 1/3 the price.
Nice runway is that your back yard?
I need measurement to build this airplane specially fuselage portion,,,will you help???
Enjoyed that flight very much, thank you. I've had nothing but bad luck on frsky though x-( But I seem very unique in that respect :) Very impressive. Agreed re. the sloooow flights back with the 1900. Can take it out of you, especially over water.
What mW Video Tx are you using? Very cool setup. I also use FrSky would like to use 1280mhz Video. My 1280 800mW Tx along with lowpass filter is locking out my FrSky at 1000ft.
What is your motor spec ? What battery you use? I am using 3536 1400kv and is draging 9 amp to keep in cruise speed. Your motor drag 5.5 amp. Amazing !
Keith I'm sending you some bug spray! I hate nothing about this test bro!
potessi averne uno anche io
Nice video,but to me,is not so much important how far.I'd like to see more fun.I don't know,may be some changing an altitude or some maneuvers.👍
Hi Thks for sharing. Did you use 2.4ghz rc transmitter with 2.4ghz fpv?
No I had a 1.3GHz transmitter
do you have a skywalker 1900 build thread you can share
Nice-ness.
How do I center a 360 degree servo for head tracking?
It just spins...
What is the length of your antenna-extensions on the FrSky receiver?
PS I have almost the same setup but I haven't tested it yet.
If you could help me with these questions, it would be awesome. im considering frsky as an upgrade from my spektrum dx7s. I would put the frsky into my futaba 8uaf and that would be my fpv transmitter. Now with that mod you did to your receiver, what is that doing, is it giving your more range and how much more if it does? Also is that antenna you are using on the controller giving you more range? What range were you able to safely get out of the frsky stock? If you could answer those that would be awesome.
The RSSI converter is just to allow me to see the signal strength displayed on my OSD, it doesn't affect range at all. The transmitter antenna may help some, but it's not a huge difference. It's just the optional higher gain antenna from FrSky. What probably does help more than anything is the antennas on the receiver. I put the longer sleeve dipoles on instead of the stock shorter "whisker" type that came on it. Those are also from FrSky, and a direct fit. I got all this from alofthobbies, but it can come from anyone that sells what you need of course. ;)
I've got a DX8, and I'm going to get a UHF for it, probably a RangeLink (from rangepiloting), which is 180$ including receiver
Hehe I got that now too:D Just uploaded a video on setting it up. Rangelink is awesome.
Where did you get the extended antennas for the receiver? Thanks
Is this the 1900mm version or 1680mm
what camera are you using man
And would you know if 2.4 ghz video transmitters get as hot as 5.8ghz video transmitters ?
All video transmitters are different, some run cooler than others, but frequency shouldn't be a determining factor.
bonafidepirate thanks I want to do video relay but my 5.8ghz need to be aircoed or they start to produce LSD looking images lol
Try a small heatsink and fan on it, should run pretty cool like that.
Hello friend, great video!
It seems that every time we lose the RSSI and the system actually in surpriende!
Could you please tell the name or leave the link where you bought your lowpass filte, 5db Dipole antenna and main... The Booster 2.4Ghz signal?
In fact, you are actually using two antennas, with the correct Eagle Viewer?
Hugs
I'm not sure I fully understand your questions, so forgive me if I don't answer everything. The low pass filter on the video transmitter is one from an FPV shop. I don't recall now where I got it, but it's basically a filter that will allow the 1.3GHz video to pass, but cuts anything in the 2.4GHz spectrum. The cut off is somewhere between the two. This is one - www.dpcav.com/xcart/Low-Pass-Antenna-Filter-for-1.2GHz-1.3GHz-TX.html The antennas are all from FrSky, I but my FrSky gear from Alofthobbies.com, they will have them. I did not use a booster/amp for the 2.4GHz radio, it's running stock power.
nice
The elevator tail of my 1880 skywalker is tilted. Are there any drastic/huge effects on this? quite noticeable but not too much. tried to fix it but still returning back on tilt position. is this okay?
I don't think mine is perfect either. I have the old fuse as you see here, not the carbon boom version. The tail on mine is so floppy I'm sure it moves around a bit in flight anyway... lol
Thor jourdan I've replaced stock elevator with another one from Apprentice. Fits perfectly with some adjustments. I don't trust EPO hinges and I've taped the ruder and used as camera pan. Nice FPV setup!
What is your range with that FrSKY?
What are you using for a battery and OSD? DO you ahve two batteries on board?
RVOSD and only one battery. It's a 4S main flight battery, and I have a 12V regulator running the FPV gear of if it as well.
These are 400mm
Hi There,
I really like your FPV setup on the Skywalker. I am building mine right now and wanted to ask how exactly you mounted the brushless motor to the fuselage. How did you put the bolts through the styrofoam to hold the motor securely to the fuselage, and are they accessible so you can potentially replace your motor?
Thanks,
Jan
nice work mate. how do set your AHI so true to the actual horizon? it's the most accurate and smoothest AHI I've seen anyone achieve. I had my skywalker with rvosd out today and I cannot set it level like that
What motor are you usiong? Coz your Am consumation is incredible :)
It's the "Skywalker" motor from BEVRC. I forget what the model number is, but it's on their site. The motor they recommend with the Skywalker. I use a 4S battery and 9x6 APC-E prop.
Hi mate :) You may have spit out what is Your FPV setup exactly, but... I must ask for it :) Your FPV is so nice, clear and smooth.
Would You please send me a pm with Your hardware setup? i am really interested :)
Hi bonafidepirate, You went very far on your 2.4ghz control link which I can't seem to make happen. I am using a 1.2ghz video link with a low pass filter as well. I am wondering if that whole 3 miles you got with your 2.4ghz control was because of the higher gain antenna you put on your transmitter. Is that the only reason why you could get the range you did or did you also increase the power of your transmitter? Thanks
Hey what is the range for that freesky receiver?
selon la compagnie 1.5- 2 km
are you using flight stabilizer ?
The RVOSD has a fly by wire mode that's kind of like stabilization.
bonafidepirate and RTH ?
What motor is this?
It's simply the "Skywalker motor" that used to be sold at BEVRC. You can still find the specs on it if you look for it, but I forget the numbers right off hand.
hi, did you try any longer range flights with this setup? you say the skywalker is slow was the hunter a lot faster? thanks patch flyer
Hey man, what case do you use for your FPV ground station?
The plane appears to have a negative dihedral did it fly stable? I know it's been a long time ago?
There's no dihedral or anhedral in this wing, it's just flat, neutral. It's a standard Skywalker 1900mm airframe. I wouldn't exactly call it unstable, it's not self righting either. The flight controller handles that though, I have a RVOSD in this one. I still have the plane actually, and fly it occasionally.
good for you, I'm glad someone is careful, lol. The OSD software probably has a bit of a chore, lol..... Although from the video it doesn't appear to be unstable at all... Did you say what camera you were using and what transmitter, I don't remember, I'm 70 and getting a bit, well you know, lol.... Thanks for your time.
setup?
That 1900 wing is so freaking smooth, and plenty of lift. I'm too used to full throttle takeoffs with my 1680, and you put it on 9A, then just pitch it and your flying. I may have to pick one up lol