My Ground Station for AP

[yellowaircraft]

Hi guys. After I am done with my "wooden" camera mount on my T-rex 600 ESP. I finally finished my "wooden" ground station.
What's inside:
1. 1W 1.2 Ghz Video Receiver
2. Video Splitter
3. Fatshark Goggles (w/o video TX & Rx - cable only)
4. Tx for camera mount
5. San Disk V-Mate video recorder
6. Grundig 16" LCD TV
7. Remote controls for TV & video recorder
8. 2x3S 5.8Ah Turnigy Li-Po main batttery
9. 3S, 1400 mAh Tx battery
10. 4 blower fans on the side of the case to cool down the GS
11. Power panel & main switch & circuit breaker

A few notes:

Overall size is: 24-1/2" x 17-1/2"x8-5/8" (62cm x 44cm x 22cm)

My carpenter made the case to my specs, thanks to him.

I also put additional video & audio out.

There is another video in for TV to connect the camera after the shoot to see the images or videos

Tx for the camera mount's antenna is on top of the case. But it does not send signals to the mount Rx because of the antenna cable is too long. So I am using another Tx for taking pictures. The one in the case will stay there to fill the gap

I have a patch antenna but so far in the tests & first camera shoot we didin't need it.

Here are the pictures...

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And finally last pictures of my "wooden" GS

[petter268]

That is creative!! Smooth box and very nice design..

What do you use the E-sky transmitter to do? Control the camera rig?

[yellowaircraft]

Originally Posted by petter268

That is creative!! Smooth box and very nice design..

What do you use the E-sky transmitter to do? Control the camera rig?

Thanks Petter.
Yes I use the E-sky Tx to control the camera mount for now. I am trying to do things with what I got in my hands.

[petter268]

Impressive. I think I might gonna use my esky transmitter to that as well. But just got to get rid of the little vibration I got.. Omg.

[yellowaircraft]

Originally Posted by petter268

Impressive. I think I might gonna use my esky transmitter to that as well. But just got to get rid of the little vibration I got.. Omg.

Everything we do is worthless if we can't get rid of the vibration

[petter268]

Tell me about it. I have tuned and tuned the heli for so many hours, that i am about to give up. Do you have any vibration issues?

[yellowaircraft]

So far no known issues to my eye. But I chose to get rid of the vibrations on the mount.
Because if I can't see the vibration in the heli I can not fix it. There are too many variables for a vibration to occur. So I tried to isolate the camera mount as much as I can to get rid of the vibration.

[kevinv033]

very nice looking case!

[petter268]

I cannot see any vibration on the heli.. How do you isolate the mount from the heli? Do you have any pics?

[yellowaircraft]

https://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=234606

I tried to show it here with some videos. I didn't have the chance to shoot a video for the camera mount itself yet but. I put some gaskets (or rubber washers) between the booms & the mount.

[pril250]

You done it again, vision to completion. Excellent results, now all you need is a load of assignments

[yellowaircraft]

Thanks pril,
Already managed to made our first camera shoot. This job was for a 3D render background. Shooting required not so much altitude so it was fairly relaxing Hoping to get more...
Picture below is the 3D render & background shot by us.



First picture attached area is the original one. Second picture attached is a picture of the historic castle from the photo shoot site...