I was lucky enough to be selected by the people from FPVModel.com to receive and review the new FOXEER Arrow FPV camera. other than just communicating with them through the forum, I'm in no other way associated with them so I will try to be completely bias and honest about the review. so let's get to it. 

Camera specs and features are:
Model HS1190 600tvl Camera /  1/3" Sony Super HAD II
2.8mm / PAL / IR Block
DC 5-35V
Built in OSD which can display, Name or Call Sign, battery voltage and cell count (which requires only one extra wire to be soldered to a positive pad on the PDB), and flight time (which starts from the time you plug in the battery).

My first impressions upon opening the box is that it looks very well put together. it comes with two housings. one with the double mounting points, one screw on each side in the middle of the housing. and also a 4 point mount, two screws on each side. it also comes with two different types of mounting brackets. a metal "U" bracket which screws to the side of the housing. and a plastic "O" bracket which holds the camera by the lens. it also includes all mounting screws for which ever mounting option you decide to go with. last but not least it comes with a OSD push button type controller.


I really like how the housing use metal mounting holes instead of just having holes in the plastic. I have broke several different housings during crashes where it would knock the screws clean off causing the plastic to break.


so I decided to test the camera with a Foxeer Switchable VTX because the vtx is capable of transmitting audio also, and wouldn't you know it the Foxeer Arrow has a built it in mic.


the camera comes with a 7 wire connector which now includes a little pigtail for the push button OSD controller. this now makes it a lot easier to adjust your camera settings without having to pull your quad apart to have to plug in the controller. the pigtail is just long enough so that you can access it, but also short enough where you can tuck it away when you're not using it.


so once I installed it and powered it up, I had to focuse the lens a little bit because I had switched the housings. but that's easy enough to do. it took me a few minutes to figure out how use the built in OSD, like how to change the name, and move the voltage and time display around to where I wanted them. you can also select what you want or don't want displayed on the screen. I also adjusted the picture settings indoors in low light just to see what kind of picture quality and detail I can get. 


as you can see the picture is nice and sharp. and you could even see the tattoos on my arm. 
so far I am very impressed with this camera. i really like the built in OSD. it displays exactly what you would need for FPV, call sign / battery voltage / and powered up time.
I've had problems using the micro minum OSD, but this camera takes care of that, not to mention that there's no extra hardware or components to mount. 

I will post some flight video tomorrow. I am going to test the camera in the field, going from shadowed areas to well lit areas, and vice versa.

here is some video from my FatSharks DVR. so sorry if it's not the best quality recording. but it's raw video and you can hear that the audio recording isn't that bad. and as you can see the camera handles going from dark shaded areas to open sun light very well. the OSD voltage display is in real time. 


my final thoughts on the new Foxeer Arrow V2:
this is a great camera.
picture quality is excellent. handles transitions from low to bright light like a champ.
will fit on most popular frames out there, and comes with several mounting options.
new metal inserts for the screws on the housing really improves durability in crashes.
they have made the camera OSD menu extremely easy to plug into by adding a short pigtail.
the built in OSD display has been dramatically improved from the V1 and makes this a great all in one solution. plus the pricing on the camera is great, it cost pretty the same as a Runcam Swift, but comes with built in OSD, and two housings. I'm most likely going to use this camera on most of my future builds.

Great review Jimmy! (and nice flying) I don't understand the voltage reading - is it showing one cell? (or is that just all digits except the "1")

yea the voltage OSD needs calibrated big time out of the box
mine was off by 11V!

(03-Oct-2016, 01:08 AM)sloscotty Wrote: Great review Jimmy! (and nice flying)  I don't understand the voltage reading - is it showing one cell? (or is that just all digits except the "1")

yah i forgot to mention that the voltage display needs to be adjusted through the osd menu at first. which i didn't find out till after that first flight. but i ended up cracking my frame on the very next flight so i couldn't get any more video. 

(03-Oct-2016, 01:22 AM)JimmyLe813 Wrote: yah i forgot to mention that the voltage display needs to be adjusted through the osd menu at first. which i didn't find out till after that first flight. but i ended up cracking my frame on the very next flight so i couldn't get any more video. 

Oh no!  I hope the camera's OK!    

(Just kidding, sorry about your crack-up.  Hope the re-build goes well.)  Very gutsy flying - I saw the HD video in another thread - good job!

(03-Oct-2016, 01:34 AM)sloscotty Wrote: Oh no!  I hope the camera's OK!    

(Just kidding, sorry about your crack-up.  Hope the re-build goes well.)  Very gutsy flying - I saw the HD video in another thread - good job!

haha, the camera is fine, that's how i know the new mounting holes are bullet proof. 

Jimmy, question, the photo of the OSD this is "out of box" or this is after your alterations ?

now bunch of stupid questions
- can you do the config changes like through microminim osd - ie. PID tuning ?
- can you alter size of the fonts ?

(03-Oct-2016, 12:07 PM)Grisha0 Wrote: Jimmy, question, the photo of the OSD this is "out of box" or this is after your alterations ?

now bunch of stupid questions
- can you do the config changes like through microminim osd - ie. PID tuning ?
- can you alter size of the fonts ?

the photo of the OSD is out of the box, all i did was adjust contrast, brightness and changed the camera setting so it would stay in color mode and not switch to b/w. you can not change the font and there is no stick tuning. you have to adjust the voltage read out to match your battery, and you can position the display any where on the screen you like.

Is that Tommy ummagawds secret location?

seems similiar to where he rescued his quad... but on other hand there are many bridges that look similiar

(03-Oct-2016, 02:06 PM)oyvinla Wrote: Is that Tommy ummagawds secret location?

lol it's not a secret any more 
yah it's the same location they were at testing put the connex system

I will post a tutorial on how to work the OSD later on today when i get home.

(03-Oct-2016, 01:02 PM)JimmyLe813 Wrote: the photo of the OSD is out of the box, all i did was adjust contrast, brightness and changed the camera setting so it would stay in color mode and not switch to b/w. you can not change the font and there is no stick tuning. you have to adjust the voltage read out to match your battery, and you can position the display any where on the screen you like.

Damn you! why didn't I ask the other day if it did stick tuning. Just picked one up today at the shop for my Hyperlite. Guess I'll swap it for the Swift in my H210 W/Piggy OSD.