Your Downlink Monitor is a ?

[aramsdell]

What are we all using for a monitor on downlinks. How do you like yours? I've started shopping around. I've looked at a lot of portable DVD players. Some have a second monitor screen without the DVD for use with an aux video input. This would make a compact monitor I think. What's the pros and cons of things like TFT and LCD etc. What would you get if doing it again?

[ssozonoff]

This is what my setup looks like for the Camera mans RC unit. This stuff can easily be swapped over to the Pilots RC for solo jobs.

Serge

[aramsdell]

I just ground tested my new 'Digital Camera Preview' downlink system.
I got to 825 feet clear line of sight on the ground. Rx and LCD monitor in hand and Cam/xmtr on a picnic table. I think this is going to be totally acceptable! If my heli is 825 feet away(Swift 16) I am going to have real problems seeing it for orientation.

Friday 6 PM: First aerial test. Trex 450, Fuji E900 9 MP , 100mw Rangevideo 2.4, Occasional very short static patches from the air at about 500' away(diagonal measure not up). I think this was when the antenna was turning edge-on. The video is otherwise clear and rock steady . I got a couple of glitches on my radio.(i used an SBEC off main battery to power the 2.4 Tx. I think the video-out cable from the camerawas coiled up and very close or touching the antenna to the main radio(72 mhz). I moved the antenna and let it trail back from the skids and no more glitches.

[flyingrhino]

Here's what I use.