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Hi Guys,
I thought I would share the setup that we are using for FPV. Its worth noting that I did a lot of research and this is what I came up with. Luckily it all works really well together so we never wasted any money. Its also worth noting that my son and I were lucky enough to have won a $100 Hobby King Voucher through the guys at Flite Test. My son was the one that wanted to spend it on FPV Gear. We ended up buying the following gear with the voucher . . so THANK YOU Flite Test
Hobby King Bixler - Love this model!
5.8g 200mw FPV Wireless AV Tx & Rx Set - Great Value for money would be even better with a Skew Planar & Clover
1/3-inch SONY CCD Video Camera - Cheap One
Obviously the Voucher didn't cover all of the above but it did go towards it all. The other thing people will be curious about it is the fact that we went for the Cheaper Sony camera and not the Better Spec one . . well the reason for this was purely due to the Ratings on the Hobby King Site. Have a read yourself and decide.
Its also worth noting that I'm still running the standard antennas at the moment and range seems fine. The trick is to get the receiver antenna up high.
I'm very happy with the quality from this setup but I did change the lens that came with the camera mainly because I wanted a wide angle lens. So I picked up one of these from eBay - New Board 2.8mm 115° Angle CCTV Security Camera LENS
Watch this video for the difference between the standard len and the ebay one . . Its also worth noting the one from ebay is much heavier as it has a glass lens not plastic.
For an OSD I decided on the Remzibi OSD. I actually purchased this one from ebay and its a copy. I plan on buying another one but this time the original to see how they compare.
I really like this OSD as I love how customizable it is.
Finally this is a video from the HK Camera etc. which gives you an idea how the standard setup works in the real world.
Well that's what we are using at the moment and we don't appear to have wasted any money on this set up. Hope some of you find this helpful.
Best Regards
Paul & Thomas
I thought I would share the setup that we are using for FPV. Its worth noting that I did a lot of research and this is what I came up with. Luckily it all works really well together so we never wasted any money. Its also worth noting that my son and I were lucky enough to have won a $100 Hobby King Voucher through the guys at Flite Test. My son was the one that wanted to spend it on FPV Gear. We ended up buying the following gear with the voucher . . so THANK YOU Flite Test
Hobby King Bixler - Love this model!
5.8g 200mw FPV Wireless AV Tx & Rx Set - Great Value for money would be even better with a Skew Planar & Clover
1/3-inch SONY CCD Video Camera - Cheap One
Obviously the Voucher didn't cover all of the above but it did go towards it all. The other thing people will be curious about it is the fact that we went for the Cheaper Sony camera and not the Better Spec one . . well the reason for this was purely due to the Ratings on the Hobby King Site. Have a read yourself and decide.
Its also worth noting that I'm still running the standard antennas at the moment and range seems fine. The trick is to get the receiver antenna up high.
I'm very happy with the quality from this setup but I did change the lens that came with the camera mainly because I wanted a wide angle lens. So I picked up one of these from eBay - New Board 2.8mm 115° Angle CCTV Security Camera LENS
Watch this video for the difference between the standard len and the ebay one . . Its also worth noting the one from ebay is much heavier as it has a glass lens not plastic.
For an OSD I decided on the Remzibi OSD. I actually purchased this one from ebay and its a copy. I plan on buying another one but this time the original to see how they compare.
I really like this OSD as I love how customizable it is.
Finally this is a video from the HK Camera etc. which gives you an idea how the standard setup works in the real world.
Well that's what we are using at the moment and we don't appear to have wasted any money on this set up. Hope some of you find this helpful.
Best Regards
Paul & Thomas