I bought 5 Turnigy 1177 FPV cameras from HobbyKing for around $28 each. I found the exact same camera unbranded on sale on BangGood for $18. I should have bought some. Now they are around $23 and out of stock. Apparently others noticed. I hope in a week they will come back at the sale price.
600TVL 2.8mm Lens 1/3" Super Had II CCD Camera IR Sensitive for FPV Racing Drone PAL/NTSC
Micro 1/3 CCD 600TVL PAL 2.8mm FOV 120 Degree FPV Mini Camera 25*25mm For FPV Racer
This camera uses the excellent 1/3 inch Super HAD II CCD sensor that most $40 FPV camera's use. It has amazing Digital Wide Dynamic Range (D-WDR). The mounting bracket and camera case are bad though. The screws go into plastic that gets stripped out after screwing them in and out a few times. I found 2 foxeer arrow replacement cases on banggood for around $3.26. It says 1190 only but it worked great with my 1177s.
Replacement Case For The Foxeer HS1190 Arrow Camera Case Only
It also has a 2.8mm convex lens which is ok but not great. Some companies sell it with a 2.1mm lens which is also not great because it is too wide of a view for fpv racing and has fish eye effect around the outside. The perfect lens seems to be the (effectively) 2.5mm lens from a gopro2. It is meant for a 1/2.5 inch sensor. That means that the edges of the lens do not get captured on the 1/3 inch sensor. That cuts out the fish eye effect! Sorry for mixing mm with inches, but that is how lens and sensors are measured. The fish eye effect is caused by the convex lens curving more at the edges and less at the center. This lens costs $9-$14. So I'll say $10.
Replaceable camera lens for Gopro Hero 2 ST-35
170 Degrees Wide Replacement Camera Lens For GoPro Hero 2/1 Camera
So $18 for the cam, $10 for the lens, $2 for a new case. That makes an awesome FPV camera for $30. Those $40 cams still need a lens upgrade so they become $50 cams.
Oh it looks like HobbyKing now has a new Turnigy 1177 v2 with improved case for $29 but the banggood one is still a better deal.
Friday, April 28, 2017
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
HGLRC F4 V5 Pro All In One Post #1
"F4 V5PRO Flight Controller 5.8G 40CH 0/25/200/600mW Switchable FPV Transmitte w/ 5V BEC OSD PDB" "BetaFlight OSD / Current Sensor / 5.8GHz 40CH 25mW 200mW 600mW FPV Transmitter".
I bought 2 "F4 V5PRO Flight Controller 5.8G 40CH 0/25/200/600mW Switchable FPV Transmitter w/ 5V BEC OSD PDB" on Apr 08 2017 and 1 showed up on Apr 21 2017. I am still waiting for the second one. It is from HGLTech or HGLRC. It is an amazing All In One Flight Controller, VTX, PDB, OSD.
It came with no documentation. There is text screened onto the board but is nearly impossible to read. It is tiny, unclear, and sometimes covered by components. BB+ and BB- look like 88+ 88- and they are the buzzer pins. The motor signals are only available as through hole connections on the 4 corners. Everything else is only available on the 3 ports. The antenna adapter is MCX male to RP-SMA. It is not U.FL like with the V4. I didn't know that and ordered a bunch of U.FL antennas. I ended up making my own super light dipole antenna that connects to MCX. No 7 grams of SMA or RP-SMA connectors. I couldn't find the cam pin until I found THIS documentation online.
I bought from BangGood:
F4 V5PRO Flight Controller 5.8G 40CH 0/25/200/600mW Switchable FPV Transmitte w/ 5V BEC OSD PDB.
Also available at GearBest:
HGLRC F4 V5 PRO Flight Controller
I setup the first one with a 4-in-1 esc. I have test flown it in my kitchen and it seems good. Very compact, very simple wiring. I run the power into my 4-in-1 esc as the bottom board then into the FC. I skipped using the current sensor and XT60 connector. I didn't want to run the XT-60 power connector from the second board in the stack although I think it could work. I will probably try that later. I wish it had a motor signal port and uart 3 or 6 on the same port as sbus so I could get sbus and smart port telemetry from just one port. I haven't hooked up the buzzer yet. I don't know if I will like having the buzzer on a port instead of direct soldered to the board. It might work better. I will setup the second with 4 individual escs. I will write more about it soon.
I bought 2 "F4 V5PRO Flight Controller 5.8G 40CH 0/25/200/600mW Switchable FPV Transmitter w/ 5V BEC OSD PDB" on Apr 08 2017 and 1 showed up on Apr 21 2017. I am still waiting for the second one. It is from HGLTech or HGLRC. It is an amazing All In One Flight Controller, VTX, PDB, OSD.
It came with no documentation. There is text screened onto the board but is nearly impossible to read. It is tiny, unclear, and sometimes covered by components. BB+ and BB- look like 88+ 88- and they are the buzzer pins. The motor signals are only available as through hole connections on the 4 corners. Everything else is only available on the 3 ports. The antenna adapter is MCX male to RP-SMA. It is not U.FL like with the V4. I didn't know that and ordered a bunch of U.FL antennas. I ended up making my own super light dipole antenna that connects to MCX. No 7 grams of SMA or RP-SMA connectors. I couldn't find the cam pin until I found THIS documentation online.
I bought from BangGood:
F4 V5PRO Flight Controller 5.8G 40CH 0/25/200/600mW Switchable FPV Transmitte w/ 5V BEC OSD PDB.
Also available at GearBest:
HGLRC F4 V5 PRO Flight Controller
I setup the first one with a 4-in-1 esc. I have test flown it in my kitchen and it seems good. Very compact, very simple wiring. I run the power into my 4-in-1 esc as the bottom board then into the FC. I skipped using the current sensor and XT60 connector. I didn't want to run the XT-60 power connector from the second board in the stack although I think it could work. I will probably try that later. I wish it had a motor signal port and uart 3 or 6 on the same port as sbus so I could get sbus and smart port telemetry from just one port. I haven't hooked up the buzzer yet. I don't know if I will like having the buzzer on a port instead of direct soldered to the board. It might work better. I will setup the second with 4 individual escs. I will write more about it soon.
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