My wife bought me an RMRC Recruit Mini wing for Christmas... I am wanting to add a VTX & Camera... does anyone know where I can find a diagram to the ‘gyro’ or ‘flight controller’ to know where I would add the fpv stuff to?

Will this have the OSD?

All help is welcome.



Thanks,

Luis

It looks like it has a relatively rudimentary flight controller, really just a gyro for stabilization. It will have a power lead for your VTX (and camera), but no OSD.

If you wanted to mess around with something like iNav or Ardupilot, or a proprietary system like the Lefeirc SN-L, you could pick up a FC for $20-$80 and replace the stock gyro with it. That would give you a fully configurable OSD, plus the ability to add things like GPS for RTH and semi-autonomous flight modes.

Luis:

As far as the FPV stuff goes, you can start with a standalone system at first.

I've put inexpensive 'All In One' camera/transmitters (VTX) on equally inexpensive differential thrust toy RC planes by simply connecting the power to the plane's 1S LIPO and it works fine. No OSD but I'm just park flying anyways.

Your plane looks like it takes more than 1S power so you'll at least have to address where you got your power from which is usually 5 volts. I'm just getting into FPV myself so I just got a cheap headset which works quite well with the cameras I've used.

Here's a pic of me and my plane:



Here's a video of the plane in flight 'from the pilot's seat'!

https://twitter.com/i/status/1338950158155919361

Keep it simple, one step at a time and learn as you go (which is what I'm doing).

(31-Dec-2020, 01:25 AM)justatinker Wrote: Luis:

As far as the FPV stuff goes, you can start with a standalone system at first.

I've put inexpensive 'All In One' camera/transmitters (VTX) on equally inexpensive differential thrust toy RC planes by simply connecting the power to the plane's 1S LIPO and it works fine. No OSD but I'm just park flying anyways.

Your plane looks like it takes more than 1S power so you'll at least have to address where you got your power from which is usually 5 volts. I'm just getting into FPV myself so I just got a cheap headset which works quite well with the cameras I've used.

Here's a pic of me and my plane:



Here's a video of the plane in flight 'from the pilot's seat'!

https://twitter.com/i/status/1338950158155919361

Keep it simple, one step at a time and learn as you go (which is what I'm doing).

I’m most likely going to use 800mW vtx and crossfire — if i bought anything less, I will end up upgrading it in the near future.... so I might as well buy the whole enchilada right off the bat, no?

(31-Dec-2020, 03:54 AM)luispequeno Wrote: I’m most likely going to use 800mW vtx and crossfire — if i bought anything less, I will end up upgrading it in the near future.... so I might as well buy the whole enchilada right off the bat, no?

It looks like the 30A ESC provided has a 5vdc BEC, so should be able to wire in to that.  It provides 3A and that will power an 800mw VTX and camera.

You could also install a separate BEC to provide the 5vdc from the flight pack.  I bought one to reduce the 2S power on my LDARC micro wing and it works brilliantly.

As for having to eventually upgrade stuff...I am sure there is a rule in the big book of Murphy's Law somewhere addressing that

There is a basic OSD provided by most cameras from Foxeer and RunCam. Mine provide battery voltage, a timer and craft name. Nothing like the OSD information that a more advanced FC can provide, but enough to keep you from wrecking packs.

(31-Dec-2020, 07:49 AM)kaitylynn Wrote: It looks like the 30A ESC provided has a 5vdc BEC, so should be able to wire in to that.  It provides 3A and that will power an 800mw VTX and camera.

You could also install a separate BEC to provide the 5vdc from the flight pack.  I bought one to reduce the 2S power on my LDARC micro wing and it works brilliantly.

As for having to eventually upgrade stuff...I am sure there is a rule in the big book of Murphy's Law somewhere addressing that

I'm having power distribution issues myself as per this post: 1S fixed wing FPV flying

Would I be better off running my 1S plane on 2S and stepping down power to its receiver then stepping up from 1S to power a 5v camera/VTX?

(31-Dec-2020, 03:54 AM)luispequeno Wrote: I’m most likely going to use 800mW vtx and crossfire — if i bought anything less, I will end up upgrading it in the near future.... so I might as well buy the whole enchilada right off the bat, no?

True, you'd need that kind of power for the range that plane would have.

Be sure to install an onboard DVR. They're light and the video quality is excellent that way.

I use this one. It's less than 3 grams without the case.

(31-Dec-2020, 06:42 PM)justatinker Wrote: I'm having power distribution issues myself as per this post: 1S fixed wing FPV flying

Would I be better off running my 1S plane on 2S and stepping down power to its receiver then stepping up from 1S to power a 5v camera/VTX?

Hmmm,that would be a good solution provided the step down system can handle the amp draw of the motor.  Is the planes system designed to handle 2S?

(31-Dec-2020, 07:28 PM)kaitylynn Wrote: Hmmm,that would be a good solution provided the step down system can handle the amp draw of the motor.  Is the planes system designed to handle 2S?

Yes, it is 1S and I checked, the dedicated step down power distribution board I found can handle the load from the motors.

Have a look at my very first post to IntoFPV to see what I'm trying to do: 1S fixed wing FPV flying.

Any help would be appreciated. I built my first radio from scratch 50 years ago so I know a thing or two about electronics but this field is new to me and I'd rather not have to reinvent the whole wheel.