A sneak peak of an upcoming project

I just received 3 AXN 800kV motors, 3 SuperSimple 18-20A ESC’s, 3 Turnigy 302 gyros and 1 HK 401B gyro. All these items will be used in a project I hope to start on soon. Anyone care to take a guess on what it might be?
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Show #7 - Remembering Summer


Click here to watch in HD

It’s currently -15°C, windy and 50 cm of snow here in Sweden. I was searching around on the computer when I found some video footage that I had forgotten I had recorded. The footage were from the summer of 2009 and watching it made me long for summertime again. Read More...
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Progress on the HD camera

Sorry for the lack of updates lately, I’ve been really busy. But in the time I managed to squeeze in for RC I have managed to build a simple lens mount for the Aiptek Z500+.
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It works great, and it’s light weight. It’s nothing more than two PG-7 plastic nuts that I glued in place. The treads on the nuts were way to steep but after screwing the lens in and out a couple of time they succumbed and the lens is perfectly straight and secured.

The total weight of the camera at this moment is 35 grams! And it works!

I also added some glue to the ribbon cable connectors to make sure that they aren’t stressed when panning.
More pics on the project page
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Project FPV setup for a friend is now finished

The project is now finished. It took quite a bit longer that I thought it would but now it is done. Everything worked like a charm during the 3 test flights and she flew very nice with plenty of power from the power setup.
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It’s with a little twinge I send it on its way to it’s new owner. It turned out so nice. I hope my friend takes good care of her.
Check out the pics on the project page
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Disassembly of the Aiptek Z500+

I couldn’t wait any longer! I had to disassemble the Aiptek Z500+ and find out if had a ribbon-cable between the PCB and sensor.
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It did! Success! It it was quite a long cable as well. Perhaps I don’t even need to replace it with a longer one, it might just be long enough as it is.
Great news!

I made a project page on the progress which also contains a step by step guide to how to do the disassembly;
More info and pictures
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A HD suprise!

Did you all think I was just going to give up after the fiasco with the Camileo P10? Then you were kind of right... I have given up on trying to make that camera work with a remote camera head. Instead I decided to try my luck with another camera. I found this diamond in the rough on a swedish auction site and won it for less than €50.
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It’s an Aiptek Z500 PLUS and it can record in both 1440*1080p in 30FPS and in 1280*720p in 60FPS!

For more pictures and info click the “Read more” Read More...
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FPV build update

I’ve started building the Twin Star II that’s going to be the airframe for my friends FPV setup. I have chosen some different solutions than when I built my own Twin Star. For instance, I made a custom motor mount for this build:
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Check it out on the project page
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FPV flight on New Years Eve, filming fireworks!

Crazy as I undoubtedly am, I decided to take the TwinStarII out in the -15°C, pitch dark, windy night on new years eve. Armed with two heated wheat bags, two chemical heat packs, a blanket and a flashlight, I went out to the middle of a field by my fiends house. I took of at 23:59 and tried with my freezing hands to control the airplane in the wind.


Unfortunately, I hadn’t had time to try out the FPV setup properly (hadn’t tried it with the motors running) which resulted in some pretty nasty lines as you can see in the video.
I used the FPV gear that I’m building for friend (Read more about it here)
I think the video turned out ok, but I would have liked if had been less windy and a bit warmer. I had a hard time flying smooth and get good video. Maybe next year will be better.
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The FPV build from the ground up have begun

Finally I got some time over to start building my friends FPV setup. I started off the build with the FPV pod which I think turned out pretty nice.
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Read more on the Project page
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Lost package indicator guide!

Want to know precisely how good your RC link during a FPV flight? This is even a better way than displaying RSSI, it’s a “lost package indicator” for any OSD that has an RSSI input. You only need a capacitor, a resistor and some soldering skill to make it happen! In this guide I will show and describe exactly how it’s done and how it works. After this guide I hope no one ever finding them selfs flying unknowingly beyond their RC link’s range.
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Click here to read the guide
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