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Woho!
Today nearly all connectors I need to make the HD camera pan/tilt arrived!

When I say nearly all I mean that I got 3 of the 4 stuff I ordered. The final connecor is on backorded and I don’t know when I’ll be getting it. But in the meanwhile I’ve etched a connector board, allowing me to use the 1mm FCC cable. I hope to experiment some more soon.
More info about dissasembling the HD camera

Specifications:
Name: FunJet
Manufacturer: Multiplex
Type of product: Model Kit
Airplane type: High speed jet
For: Intermediate to advanced pilots
Flying weight: 620 g
Length: 750 mm (28.75”)
Wingspan: 795 mm (31.5”)
Wing area: 15 dm² (233 sq. in.)
Wing loading: ~41 g/dm²
Prop: 4.75*4.75”
Motor: 300 W 28 mm Brushless inrunner
Servos: 2 ~9g servos
CG: 30 mm from the leading edge of the wing
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After a weeks wait the package from Hongkong finally arrived.

I ordered an Imax B6 charger so that I can charge more batteries at one. It feels like a high quality charger. The display is easy to read and it looks to have a lot of features. I also threw in the standard stuff like servos and connectors, like you always tend to do when ordering from Hongkong.

Look what I got in the mail today.

It’s a 250 page book about Aerodynamics for model airplanes. It looks to be very well written. The language seems a bit technical but I hope it won’t be to hard to read.

I just compiled this video from my three latest FunJet FPV flights.

I love flying FPV with the FunJet. It makes me try new stuff.

Yesterday I went to a hobby trade fair in Stockholm here in Sweden. It was a 4 and half hours drive from where I live, and I had never been to the “Hobbymässan” before but from what I could gather from the information on the internet, it seemed to be a quite large event. Even Multiplex was going to be there and show off their new flying wing “Xeno”. Unfortunately the day didn’t turn out as great as I expected.

The Multiplex Merlin. Expected release in 2 weeks (more…)

I was fed up with my uncomfortable video goggles so I decided to do something about it. With the sacrificing of a pair of ski goggles I made them very comfortable and now they block out the sun better than ever before.

I am extremely happy with the results!

Here is a direct link to the guide, enjoy!

This pan/tilt system comes pretty much prebuilt. It’s made from CNC milled 1.5 mm glass fiber and is glued together with CA glue, which makes it very strong. The milling quality is high and there are a lot of holes that simplifies wire installiton. It weights about 60 grams empty. The pan/tilt comes prepainted, the canopy part in gray and the tilt in red.

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Today is a big day!
I got my 100:th youtube subscriber! Yay congratulations David, woho!

I also updated the homepage a little today upon request.

• It’s now possible to add comments to all the projects in the projects category.
• I added a search page, which makes finding stuff on the page a lot easier. Just click the little icon in the sidebar on the left.
• I added a FPV Videos page, which has an embedded player with all my FPV videos in chronological order.
• I also optimized some code to make the homepage a little faster

So get started with the commenting on the projects!

I’m proud to present the FPV FunJet:

It weighs in at 680 grams and it’s equipped with the new camera and a 300mW 1.3GHz transmitter.

Here is a link to more pictures and info

This is the video from the maiden flight

This was the best FPV flight I have ever done! I had such a blast. I love the FunJet as an FPV platform. It’s so stable in the wind and very agile. I can promise more videos now that I have a functioning FPV airplane