scole said:what gizmo do I nead to get altitude and distance from thr fc40?
darwin-t said:There is no way to do it on an FC40, at least in real time. Phantom 2s do this, don't they?
With a Flytrex, you can see all of this after the fact and can combine Dashware with it and add an alitimeter, speed guage and stuff like that to the screen.
Dashware is a program that lets you sync your video with the FLytrex info.
http://www.flytrex.com/
http://www.dashware.net/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoicZxUb10U
gabimaor said:yes. it's the ar drone mod.
problem imo is that it would be much better to get the info directly from the naza and the gps
so u will know how many sat u have and if something is wrong.
unfortunately it requirer to have another cam, vTx, mini iosd, a pmu (or to use a mod with much soldering)
and a screen with receiver so it cost a lot.
Wedeliver said:gabimaor said:yes. it's the ar drone mod.
problem imo is that it would be much better to get the info directly from the naza and the gps
so u will know how many sat u have and if something is wrong.
unfortunately it requirer to have another cam, vTx, mini iosd, a pmu (or to use a mod with much soldering)
and a screen with receiver so it cost a lot.
So, bottom line I am hearing is that the FC40 is unable to give on screen display of battery, direction, altitude, distance, etc.
I understand the difficulty of tying anything into the FC40 camera since it is a stand alone device. But I would think there would be a second camera, using a different freq that the transmitter, that would give this info. And I guess there might be but not by tying into the existing equipment on the Phantom. The learning curve is a steep one, especially when electronics have always given me a headache. (wheatstone bridge anyone).
Gabimaor I see you were active on the AR drone Mod thread and I appreciate your advice.
Wedeliver said:gabimaor said:yes. it's the ar drone mod.
problem imo is that it would be much better to get the info directly from the naza and the gps
so u will know how many sat u have and if something is wrong.
unfortunately it requirer to have another cam, vTx, mini iosd, a pmu (or to use a mod with much soldering)
and a screen with receiver so it cost a lot.
So, bottom line I am hearing is that the FC40 is unable to give on screen display of battery, direction, altitude, distance, etc.
I understand the difficulty of tying anything into the FC40 camera since it is a stand alone device. But I would think there would be a second camera, using a different freq that the transmitter, that would give this info. And I guess there might be but not by tying into the existing equipment on the Phantom. The learning curve is a steep one, especially when electronics have always given me a headache. (wheatstone bridge anyone).
Gabimaor I see you were active on the AR drone Mod thread and I appreciate your advice.