The best stuff I got at Radio shack back in the day. Ran out of that and have just been using whatever 60/40 the local MicroCenter has.
Not great, but works. Have some really narrow for soldering through pins, and fat for power connectors.
Help! Making my first Quad!
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Not great, but works. Have some really narrow for soldering through pins, and fat for power connectors.
Houndpup Rc
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Got parts for two 5" drones to assemble and then resell.
They just came in today!
They just came in today!
Mr Man
Mr SPEED!
Hey cool!
Houndpup Rc
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Think I might do a YT video of the build and test flight.
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Hey @LitterBug the FC I got has a SD card slot on it....is that a built in DVR?
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Oh okay, thanks!
(I was hoping it was because that could be a cool feature!)
I have used these RunCam DVR boards before.
www.readymaderc.com
Just be careful they are 5V only. I nuked one when plugging it in between my camera and FC when forgetting that on a plane I was running 12V to the camera. D'OH!
RunCam Mini FPV DVR - www.readymaderc.com
The best quality First Person View equipment. Free or discounted shipping on all orders.Drone Racing, RC Airplanes, FPV Cameras, FPV Goggles, Video Transmitters, RC Quads, Drone Antennas, Lipo Batteries, and Ground Station Equipment.All available for amateurs, schools, hobbyists, government, and...
www.readymaderc.com
Just be careful they are 5V only. I nuked one when plugging it in between my camera and FC when forgetting that on a plane I was running 12V to the camera. D'OH!
I have also used them for my ground station DVR, but found one that worked better and more consistently. Found by various names, MDVR, HMDVR, Mini DVR. they all look pretty much the same in a plastic box with 3 buttons. The compression and resolution proved to be better.
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Nice! Will have to add one of those to my next order. Kinda think of when i build my drone of just biting the bullet and getting walksnail FPV......But for right now do you know a good gopro model that will get me good clear footage? (would like 4K but not sure if I can afford it)I have used these RunCam DVR boards before.
RunCam Mini FPV DVR - www.readymaderc.com
The best quality First Person View equipment. Free or discounted shipping on all orders.Drone Racing, RC Airplanes, FPV Cameras, FPV Goggles, Video Transmitters, RC Quads, Drone Antennas, Lipo Batteries, and Ground Station Equipment.All available for amateurs, schools, hobbyists, government, and...
Just be careful they are 5V only. I nuked one when plugging it in between my camera and FC when forgetting that on a plane I was running 12V to the camera. D'OH!
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Good to know.
I have a love/hate relation with RunCam. If stuff works right, it's great. If not support is crap, even when there "should be" a simple fix for a product, they can drag their feet or provide no support at all. I have 4 of their RunCam Split cameras that all died with not much use. It was basically a naked 1080p action camera with analog out for your FPV feed. They would run hot and the main chip would have issues with the solder connections causing them to fail after a few heat cycles. Some people would bake them to reflow the solder But it wasn't worth the risk to me that my camera could fail at any time.
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Hmmm, I thought RunCam was a more high end camera....
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Oh okay
I got the Caddex Ratel 2 for the two drones.
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Oh you got the Avatar? That was the one I was thinking of....L not X model.(The X is toooo expensive!)
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Oh cool!.....Bit too steep for me. I thought I heard somewhere you can actually use the X goggles with analog. Is that true?
