Help! Building my first FPV plane

[Jo's squadron]

You've got yourself a whole of antennas there.

and I have some more!! (but there broken).

 

[Jo's squadron]

What would be the best combo for the simple scout @LitterBug and @Houndpup Rc ??

 

[Houndpup Rc]

You won't kill a receiver by using the wrong antenna. The worst that will happen is you could have reduced reception/range if it doesn't match the polarity of the antenna on the transmitter.

You can kill a transmitter by running it with no antenna or shorting it out.

Yeah it great when you wonder why your range is only like 50ft and then you realize the antenna was out for like 5 min! (On 800mw)

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Will the antenna with the red work for the monitor?

Should if you have the right connection on your monitor. But first: What antenna do you have on your VTX? (Video Transmitter)

 

[Houndpup Rc]

What would be the best combo for the simple scout @LitterBug and @Houndpup Rc ??

You can run the biggest setup you have and weight will be no issue. I ran a 800mw in mine with a pangoda Antenna and a 2200mah 4s and weight was no problem!
Do you patch antennas say how much dbi gain they have?

 

[LitterBug]

You really don't need more than 200mw. I've gone plenty far enough on that to exceed the range of normal radio transmitters, but I fly long range everything and have flight controllers with GPS for return to home, so it's not a problem. Good antennas are worth far more than higher power.

 

[Houndpup Rc]

You really don't need more than 200mw. I've gone plenty far enough on that to exceed the range of normal radio transmitters, but I fly long range everything and have flight controllers with GPS for return to home, so it's not a problem. Good antennas are worth far more than higher power.

Depends how much interference you will have. I probably have more than @LitterBug so I need a VTX with more punch.

 

[LitterBug]

Yeah it great when you wonder why your range is only like 50ft and then you realize the antenna was out for like 5 min! (On 800mw)

Power is NOT the end all cure all and often too much power causes more problems than it solves.

 

[LitterBug]

Depends how much interference you will have. I probably have more than @LitterBug so I need a VTX with more punch.

You need better antennas

 

[LitterBug]

Depends how much interference you will have. I probably have more than @LitterBug so I need a VTX with more punch.

What kind of interference? If you don't know what it is, then you are not solving your problem you are just causing more interference on top of the interference already there.

 

[Houndpup Rc]

You need better antennas

I have pangoda RHCP........

 

[Houndpup Rc]

What kind of interference? If you don't know what it is, then you are not solving your problem you are just causing more interference on top of the interference already there.

Like colored break up. We have a LOT of trees so that it probably the cause of it.

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Power is NOT the end all cure all and often too much power causes more problems than it solves.

Yeah, but when you are flying a 5" for the second or third time, it's nice to know that you aren't going to be short on power. When you get better you can start experimenting on what kind of range you can get.

 

[Houndpup Rc]

You need better antennas

You are probably right ...But right now I have what I have so I just turn up the power to get more range.

 

[LitterBug]

So lean to drive with a 10,000 HP engine in a small car you say.

 

[LitterBug]

You need to learn antennas.

 

[Houndpup Rc]

So lean to drive with a 10,000 HP engine in a small car you say.

No, learn to drive in a car that works reliably and not always dying.

 

[Houndpup Rc]

You need to learn antennas.

Probably should. 😂

 

[LitterBug]

No, learn to drive in a car that works reliably and not always dying.

That is not a power thing that is an equipment thing

 

[LitterBug]

Figure out the real problem rather than just throwing power at it.