It was actually flyable, here, today, once the rain had passed … quite sunny, even if a tad windy.
However … “grounded” with a migraine all day. #SodsLawIsAliveAndWell
Well we could always set up a bar in a corner of the old club hangar, dispense hot toddies all round while we crank up the gramophone. Glenn Miller music might set the right ambience. Then we can tell tall tales of flights and flyaways while the winter weather rages outside.
I know what you mean, I’ve done quite a few own design for my FPV addiction…
I’ve found that the best way to begin is to draw something you really have a clear picture of in your mind and then just follow a tutorial. I bought a CD for £2.95 off eBay for my free Autodesk Profesional 2014 but having said that I do have a background in Engineering with technical Drawing from as far back as my school days.
So last night I twiddled my thumbs a lot, I skinned the Mavic so I can see it in LOS and also Printed a very simple Tripod mount for the Mavic. One may ask why the Tripod mount? It’s a jig for elevating and holding the Mavic while I try and learn the camera settings; it enables me to pan the camera in small increments to catch different light levels. The idea has worked really well in this morning’s light despite being indoors, I’ve set up a log to record the various settings, I’m also convinced that a light meter is essential to remove the guesswork out of filming. I’m no expert but having had a go with an SLR 30 odd years ago things are starting to come back to me.
I Twiddled my thumbs a while back on Autodesk Inventor Professional 2014, Simplify3D and onto CTC 3D printer for my tracking antenna which I’ve still got to finish setting up.
It’s a tracking antenna, for FPV it tracks your aircraft to maintain a constant video signal which also has your telemetry information. The GPS telemetry is decoded to drive the pan and tilt servos. The antennas are a helicoil and patch narrow beam for long range.