Recent content by RedNax

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    What's the furthest you have flown your Phantom?

    I've gone .98th of a mile (1580 meters). Flying in FCC mode and line of sight (yes, it's flat here). Still had fpv (boscam)
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    Gimbal, FPV and power

    I have basically the same setup here (and here is +31) FC40 guts in a Phantom2 shell (bad crash, broke the original shell). You can power both the gimbal and the transmitter with the aux power cable. And you can power the receiver with a 3s lipo. I run both the receiver and a 7 inch tft off...
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    40 stories up

    This is rather strange... What is standard groundlevel? It's different everywhere. What's the difference between a 40 storie building or a hill the same height?
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    40 stories up

    My comment was about the controller antenna. The extender should be pointed at the craft.
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    recommend a case please

    If you don't mind doing the foamcutting yourself this is a very economic option: http://www.ebay.de/itm/Universalkoffer-Fotokoffer-Waffenkoffer-Elektronikkoffer-Transportkoffer-35L-NEU-/161270803208?pt=DE_Haus_Garten_Heimwerker_Werkstattausr%C3%BCstung&hash=item258c7d2b08 They can be had even...
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    Can't Turn Motors ON.....

    The gimbal is calibrated to the Gopro weight being on it. When the weight is missing the resulting operation of the gimbal will be erratic.
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    40 stories up

    When it's over 20 meters in height it will rth on it's current level. Only when it's lower will it change it's altitude to the minimum 20 meters. So as long as you stay higher than your launchpoint on the roof, you should be ok. When using the stock antenna, do not point it at the phantom. The...
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    TK102 Tracker : Internal fitting mod

    I've done this mod yesterday and found that (on my model at least) the usb port does NOT charge the battery. However on the main pcb of the tracker there are 2 test pads labeled +5v and gnd. I've connected those to rv (= regulated 5v) and gnd from the canbus. This will operate the device without...
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    Confused (a bit)

    Is that 500 yards in CE mode? I've gone almost 3 times as far (LOS) before it stopped hearing the controller and went into FS. I'm using FCC mode. The camera i don't like very much. The recordings are quite nice, but as for using it for FPV i found it disappointing. So now i've got a dedicated...
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    Change the FC40 Cam SSID?

    Well, the defacto standard editing tool on any linux flavour is vi. And you'll either love it or hate it :D When you're logged on the the cam type the following: su vi /tmp/wifi/ap.conf move your cursor to the first character after FC40_ and type cw (this is the change word command and will...
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    Change the FC40 Cam SSID?

    When you connect to it with your laptop it's possible to logon using telnet (192.168.1.1). Username default no password. It's running some tiny linux type os. You should be able to change stuff there, however i doubt it will survive a reboot. UPDATE: ok, did a little more digging... when you...