I found a video about using a Fresnel lens to make a home made set of goggles. The video was actually using a kit but I decided to just use what I had on hand and close by to make my own, at least until I can afford the Fatsharks!
I have been using a small 5"(approx 13cm) screen for my FPV attempts. As you can imagine, it's been an uphill struggle with such a small screen! So I ordered a full page magnifier from Ebay and used some of the scrap foam from the Versawing build I am in the middle of. Had to make a run to the dollar store today and found the final piece of the puzzle. I tried it in the last light of the day but really can't tell if it's going to work well enough or not until I can get it out in the daylight.
It's hard to tell in the pics but it's not very big. It's about 10"/25cm at the longest, 8"/20cm widest and about 4"/10cm tallest.
My screen mounts in the stock antenna hole in the radio case.
Just a few scraps of black foamboard, a Fresnel magnifier, some curlers and some gaffer tape; instant FPV hood!
Hard to see the magnification here, but it does magnify, and the foam surround blocks out all ambient light, so no more glare on the screen!
By the way, the foam surround, I mentioned it's made from dollar store foam hair rollers. They were the perfect size and all I had to do was slit them on one side and hot glue them together...
I have been using a small 5"(approx 13cm) screen for my FPV attempts. As you can imagine, it's been an uphill struggle with such a small screen! So I ordered a full page magnifier from Ebay and used some of the scrap foam from the Versawing build I am in the middle of. Had to make a run to the dollar store today and found the final piece of the puzzle. I tried it in the last light of the day but really can't tell if it's going to work well enough or not until I can get it out in the daylight.
It's hard to tell in the pics but it's not very big. It's about 10"/25cm at the longest, 8"/20cm widest and about 4"/10cm tallest.
My screen mounts in the stock antenna hole in the radio case.
Just a few scraps of black foamboard, a Fresnel magnifier, some curlers and some gaffer tape; instant FPV hood!
Hard to see the magnification here, but it does magnify, and the foam surround blocks out all ambient light, so no more glare on the screen!
By the way, the foam surround, I mentioned it's made from dollar store foam hair rollers. They were the perfect size and all I had to do was slit them on one side and hot glue them together...