Ground station build

[Jumpy07]

This is my ground station so far..

Maplin foam Briefcase £35

Speaker tripod mount.. this was a great buy of Ebay £20 delivered.

Bolted an adapter to bottom of briefcase... which makes the whole thing very sturdy. £5
Firstpersonview DVR for OSD / Video recording. £100

Lilliput high res / high contrast 7" LCD for others to view. £120

ImmersionRC Duo 5800 diversity receiver, (£176)

SpiroNET 13db  Panel, (£50.99),
Spiro Omni on 2nd channel.

The Duo and SpiroNET  is fitted to a tripod pan and tile mount, (£16),  on top right of briefcase.. and can be angled and panned. Other side of briefcase has a tripod ball mount for attaching a camera for recording flight. (£5)


The Duo5800 will also provide the video feed to my goggles.

3S batt provides powered to LCD Monitor, and also a 5v UBEC for DVR power.

Still waiting on some cables to finish.. but just about there.

[neagron]

   its takeing shape nicely Craig,Marty. :scotland:

[teslahed]

That looks very nice. Think it would give me a sore neck though

[Jumpy07]

That looks very nice. Think it would give me a sore neck though

lol will be using goggles... but legs go very wide and lower..

[mickyt]

Looking good Craig but where you gonna fit your antenna tracker lol

[Jumpy07]

Hopeing wont need one Micky.. but if I do.. I have a cunning plan   

[dean19794]

Hi guys

My set up... Still very much work in progress

But to date

Tripod 57" £7.95 free delivery

AV700 DVR £22.00 eBay second hand new condition

Fat shark predators V £199.00 hobbyking



I still need to work on an extra power supply.. Will be coming from a few 3s';s I';ve got.

If only it would stop raining!!!

Sorry guys on my iPad I can';t turn the picture round... 

[Jumpy07]

Looks good Dean..

Not sure u need the baby gate though 

[dean19794]

Looks good Dean..

Not sure u need the baby gate though 

The pink hat the quad sat on is mine too...

The wife closes the gate when I';ve been out on a few beers as she know I can';t open the fu*king thing sober let alone ******!!!

[teslahed]

Better reception with the aerial aligned like this

[Gaza07]

Looks good Dean another wonky pic   

[Jumpy07]

After an initial hicup my ground station worked very well today..  although need to make it more portable.. and attache some straps to carry the tripod..

My cheap £24 7" LCD Reversing monitor work fine..


Arty pic from today..

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[Biffa]

Better reception with the aerial aligned like this

You would think someone who could fly a quad could rotate a simple picture