Long distance FPV Crawler

[Bluestreak]

OK, so it's about time I stopped lurking and gave some details on my setup.

Vehicle is a HSP 1/8 scale crawler
controlled via Dragonlink (mounted on my roof) /Turnigy 9x (converted to ER9X) and Compufly (Games wheel control)

FPV gear:
Gopro
Standard omni on vehicle, Yagi on my roof

Got a new personal distance record of 1km the other day which I was fairly pleased about - especially considering my area is very non-fpv friendly due to lots of hills/trees.

Just put up a video on youtube of a trip that was just going to be a short test around my block that turned into a much longer trip


View this video on YouTube

[SENTRY]

Welcome to the Lab! Post some pics of this mosheen.

[Bluestreak]

Thanks. Good point - picture is worth a thousand words

[Bluestreak]

some more pics of my setup and a crappy video of the live feed:

View this video on YouTube

[volto]

Nice! Do you have the tilt servo on a gyro? Seems like it's compensating for the tilt wobble a bit. Very cool setup, I have to do this some day.

[airbagit13]

HEY SERIOUSLY.... THAT WAS GOD DAMN AWESOME. Welcome to the lab, post more pictures for sure!

Also sweet for posting the live feed.

[Bluestreak]

Cheers,
Yes - using a cheap titan Gyro I got off ebay (for about $15 I think). Well worth it, you need an extra channel to adjust the gain on it though.

[airbagit13]

Oh wow, I just saw the second posting of photos. Had no idea you were using a steering wheel and pedals. Wow wow awesome!

[Vitamin J]

I love the roof mounted antennas. I can definitely see why you need a comfy chair, that was quite an adventure!

[Bluestreak]

Tested the booster I got for the Dragonlink the other day. Works amazingly! I've put a momentary switch on the back of my transmitter that doubles the power when I flick it. Good way to get out of trouble.
Managed 1.5kms until I couldn't get past the logs over the track. Keen to see how far I can get this thing

View this video on YouTube