Julius Perdana F-35

[Burkeomatic]

Feb 6, 2023 1:06:24 GMT droneflyer200 said:

ok if it flies that well I may make it my first stab at edf jet models I have been itching to try them for the shear cool factor. I also want to scratch build a cine-whoop ! and take a stab at FPV!

Feb 6, 2023 15:21:45 GMT ratcheeroo said:

Nice job!!

There are some weakpoints to the design, the paper for the elevators started delaminating from the plane, I should probably fab up some sort of direct drive servo type thing, and also just the thousands of pieces, but if you all hold your horses, I will finish piecing the design together where it makes sense for DTFB. I also think this plane would be easily scalable based on the current design. 

I bought one of these for 90 bucks. 


www.aliexpress.us/item/3256803787407505.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.88.21ef1802SKY8HO&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa&_randl_shipto=US

Everything you need to scratchbuild a little 3 incher if you are interested in that. It probably has betaflight preloaded on that, I just haven't gotten around to putting mine together, maybe I should do that tonight. 

[droneflyer200]

Can I pick your brain on head sets?

[Burkeomatic]

Feb 7, 2023 0:36:31 GMT droneflyer200 said:

Can I pick your brain on head sets?

Sure, what are you looking for? 

[droneflyer200]

I just want a good headset that I don't have to pay a ton of money for the DJI and FatShark seem to be the best but the cost would blow my budget and if I want to keep my wife happy I have to keep the cost reasonable.

[Burkeomatic]

Feb 7, 2023 11:52:59 GMT droneflyer200 said:

I just want a good headset that I don't have to pay a ton of money for the DJI and FatShark seem to be the best but the cost would blow my budget and if I want to keep my wife happy I have to keep the cost reasonable.

It depends if you want to fly analog, or HD. If you need HD, you are going to pay. Analog can be done as low as 100 bucks. I fly analog and just haul a separate HD cam along. The even have runcam splits that can transmit analog to your headset and record HD.

You wear glasses too right? If so that is another consideration.

You can get decent analog goggles for around 150-200 bucks, and a decent camera/vtx for 40-50.

Eachine EV 800d goggles are like 100 I think, not the best quality, but functional and you can get out a few miles with it.

[droneflyer200]

Thanks man I want to see what you thought .I think analog is the way I will go I have HD cameras and can get them cheap. Yes I do were glasses so that is a factor too but I really want to get into fpv I want to build that fpv cine whoop so I can fly around the neighborhood. I also have a small play ground and softball field aross the street.

[Burkeomatic]

Feb 7, 2023 19:13:45 GMT droneflyer200 said:

Thanks man I want to see what you thought .I think analog is the way I will go I have HD cameras and can get them cheap. Yes I do were glasses so that is a factor too but I really want to get into fpv I want to build that fpv cine whoop so I can fly around the neighborhood. I also have a small play ground and softball field aross the street.

Eachine EV800Ds are inexpensive starter goggles with DVR (you want DVR). Make sure it is the 800D, if you just buy the regular 800s, they don't have DVR. Now that I have nicer goggles I greatly prefer them, and I wish I had just bought them before hand. But I think the goggles I bought were $250 new or so, skyzone cobra X. You can also buy slimmer low profile goggles.

This is a good buyers guide. 

oscarliang.com/fpv-goggles/

I got my cobras on RCG classifieds. You can find good deals on FPV equipment. You can also buy garbage, so it is a crapshoot. I don't see any real good deals on there right now, but there could be.

www.rcgroups.com/fpv-equipment-fs-w-710/

As far as what camera and VTX set up you want, it depends on what you want to do and how you plan to fly and what type of system you have.


If you aren't running a FC with and OSD, you don't really need a separate vtx/camera. If you are keeping limited range you can get away with just a basic AIO for your FPV planes. 

Example:

www.amazon.com/Wolfwhoop-Adjustable-Transmitter-Cloverleaf-Aircraft/dp/B06XB2ZRBP

The image isn't that great, and they usually top out around 200mW of power, but if you only want to go about 1km a way and are just wanting something modular to stick on your planes, these will do. These usually run on 5V, so you will need to run off a separate UBEC, or power it off your RX. I have seen people advise against powering it off your RX as it could cause a brown out if your BEC isn't strong enough, but I never had any problems. 

This is an AIO on a fixed wing. 



You can also do a separate VTX/Camera which is standard, you can run these through your flight controller of choice and get OSD, and are also what you would use on a quad. 

The image of these is largely based on the camera. Caddx ratel 2 is the best high quality yet reasonably priced option. The "image quality" is rated in TVL which is I think pixels across the screen or something like that. Although manufacturers typically embellish like C ratings on batteries, so it is probably better to read reviews.   The VTX mainly has to do with your range. 

This is an inexpensive camera, it is a Eachine 1000tvl camera.... I don't think it is truly 1000tvl, but it is reflective of its $15 price tag. 



This is a Caddx Ratel 2. 



Not a shocking jump in image quality on the last 2, but the CADDX Ratel 2 Really shines at night, I land in the nearly pitch black with it, so if you plan on lots of evening/early morning flying, a higher quality camera is worth the money. 

As far as quads go, I don't really know how to advise you. 

I really like my CETUS X (I got the X version because it was 2S and I can use it outside), most quads are configured out of the box to run ELRS, or FrSky. I think you have flysky, right? I know people fly quads on flysky, but I don't know how it is done. 

I would probably avoid a scratchbuilt first quad, because unless you really know what you are doing, the chances of frying something/messing something up are pretty high. Also, it can be hard to match your components (IE you bought a 30x30 VTX and your quad has a 20x20 ESC/FC stack). 

If you really, really wanted to get everything together in 1 shot there is this. It has a little ELRS capable radio, Box goggles (not sure how well they would fit you) and enough batteries for about 10 minutes of flight time. I think you can add a module on to that radio too, but watch some reviews to make sure. 

rotorriot.com/products/cetus-x-fpv-flight-kit-expresslrs?variant=43581951181030&currency=USD&gc_id=18378686612

[droneflyer200]

I'm thinking of going for a Radiomaster S16 transmitter with open tx and then adding a express tx module that would give me the most flexibility.All the prebuilt bind and fly quads and planes seem to use elrs or spectrum protocol.

[Burkeomatic]

Feb 7, 2023 23:26:33 GMT droneflyer200 said:

I'm thinking of going for a Radiomaster S16 transmitter with open tx and then adding a express tx module that would give me the most flexibility.All the prebuilt bind and fly quads and planes seem to use elrs or spectrum protocol.

If you do that, it opens you up for a lot of things. 

I got a radiomaster TX16 for like 80bucks I think. I already had the ELRS module so I just pulled it out of the jumper I was using and stuck it in the radiomaster.

[Burkeomatic]

Quick little F-35 flight. It was squirrly because the V-stab was loose and it was super windy. I was tempted to fly through it, but I put it down because I like this plane. 

[droneflyer200]

Wow I'm impressed how well that flies great job!

[ratcheeroo]

Yep I watched that last night and the flerken one too. Man you fly in wind that I just wouldn't even bother with LMAO! F-35 is nice though , glad you didn't mess it up bad

[Burkeomatic]

Thanks, just took a little wood glue and a bead of hot glue to fix it. The foam delaminated and allowed the v stab to flex. That is why it was squirmy though.

[barrett]

Why cant I open your picts

[Burkeomatic]

I don't know what happened? 

Oh, I do actually, discord won't let you host pictures on their thing anymore, so 80% of my pics are probably dead.