Recently I decided to purchase a set of Fat Shark Predator FPV Goggles, available from hobbyking. The package, including an extra 700mAh battery, arrived promptly and in good condition. Within the box, each item, along with the instruction manual, is packaged in plastic bags in a cardboard tray. This set includes the video transmitter, CCD […]
Author Archives: Adam Polak
First I started with the power distribution wiring, all of which was salvaged from my hexacopter build. Three arms were cut and drilled from 10mm aluminum tubing. I used six Hobbyking 25A Red Brick ESCs flashed with SimonK firmware and six Turnigy L2210C-1200 Brushless Motors. For more information on flashing the ESCs see my tutorial […]
If you have ever damaged your ftdi programmer or shorted a connection on your Atmel based board, it is quite possible that the only way to program the device is using an ISP programmer. This tutorial will show you how to compile and flash a binary from arduino to your Atmel processor. First you will […]
With the release of Megapirates 2.5.1 R2 I decided to test it out on my Black Vortex. With the latest software I was also able to use the apc220 wireless telemetry module with mission planner 1.1.54 without any modifications to the megapirates software. I found the connection much more responsive than with 2.0.49 using the […]
First you will need to get a composite to four pin 2.5mm cable. This cable is supplied with the original GoPro, however, you can also purchase it from ebay or amazon. Be sure that the cable has a 4-pin 2.5mm jack. Next you will need to remove the thick plastic plug from the end with […]