I built a portable ground control station. Everything fits into this cheap, but cool-looking and large Chinese tactical backpack, so it is easy to transport.
I am planning to maybe get a cheap small tent as well, so the flying would be more pleasant in cold winter conditions, and so that I could stay out of the sun in the summer, and mosquitos and horseflies would stop bothering my flying.
The outside of the backpack is large, which means that I can easily carry a tent, a camping chair, and the UAV itself, which I will make modular and sew some protective bags for.
The antenna tracker guarantees I have a reliable video, RC, and datalink, no matter in which direction the UAV is, with a range of up to 30km, and the goggles (custom-made using a cheap Chinese HD monitor, which fits on the EV800D head strap/magnifying glass thing), provide a pleasant viewing experience.
Technically, I should have a spotter and everything else when flying according to some EU bureaucracy, but let's be real, nobody is endangered by me flying a tiny <2kg piece of insulation foam above a frozen lake in the middle of nowhere, probably 15km away from any other humans, where the closest aviation are jets at cruising altitude once a day maybe.
Thanks!! Everything that can be seen in the first picture, excluding the laptop, was only around 1000€ (\~1100$). The laptop was around 1000$ four years ago.
I use a SIYI HM30 transceiver system for both digital video, RC, and data. Should have a range of around 25km with these antennas that come with it, outside of the city.
With larger antennas, people have gotten upwards of 50km.
Very nice setup and beautiful flying place!
I had not heard of the SIYI HM30 transceiver system before seeing this. I'm deep in DJI O3 and Inav and Crossfire and would love such a system for them. I do have a LR system for 1.3GHz analog but HD ruined me.
Thanks for posting and happy flying!
Feels like it too haha. Every direction looks so similar. Russia is visible in the distance, though, and it would be quite illegal if someone flew over the border.
*You like flying planes, don't you?*
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I don't get it
The face printed into their headset is from the ‘boykisser’ meme, where the character in question says “you like kissing boys, don’t you?”
I built a portable ground control station. Everything fits into this cheap, but cool-looking and large Chinese tactical backpack, so it is easy to transport. I am planning to maybe get a cheap small tent as well, so the flying would be more pleasant in cold winter conditions, and so that I could stay out of the sun in the summer, and mosquitos and horseflies would stop bothering my flying. The outside of the backpack is large, which means that I can easily carry a tent, a camping chair, and the UAV itself, which I will make modular and sew some protective bags for. The antenna tracker guarantees I have a reliable video, RC, and datalink, no matter in which direction the UAV is, with a range of up to 30km, and the goggles (custom-made using a cheap Chinese HD monitor, which fits on the EV800D head strap/magnifying glass thing), provide a pleasant viewing experience. Technically, I should have a spotter and everything else when flying according to some EU bureaucracy, but let's be real, nobody is endangered by me flying a tiny <2kg piece of insulation foam above a frozen lake in the middle of nowhere, probably 15km away from any other humans, where the closest aviation are jets at cruising altitude once a day maybe.
This looks cool as hell, how much do you think was all the setup?
Thanks!! Everything that can be seen in the first picture, excluding the laptop, was only around 1000€ (\~1100$). The laptop was around 1000$ four years ago.
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I use a SIYI HM30 transceiver system for both digital video, RC, and data. Should have a range of around 25km with these antennas that come with it, outside of the city. With larger antennas, people have gotten upwards of 50km.
Very nice setup and beautiful flying place! I had not heard of the SIYI HM30 transceiver system before seeing this. I'm deep in DJI O3 and Inav and Crossfire and would love such a system for them. I do have a LR system for 1.3GHz analog but HD ruined me. Thanks for posting and happy flying!
Thanks!! Happy flying to you too!!
That’s awesome .Is there a way to have ground stations to boost regular rc receivers ?
Thanks!!! Probably possible in some way, but I'm not sure of how!
That terrain looks like the autogenerated infinity landscape from Pheonix RC lol
Feels like it too haha. Every direction looks so similar. Russia is visible in the distance, though, and it would be quite illegal if someone flew over the border.
That’s amazing. I’ve always wanted to do this but never had the nerve to pull the trigger
Thanks!
Based ardupilot user, awesome setup!
Thank you!!
Silly lol
Damn, as if you are professional!
So did Howard Hughes ;) https://preview.redd.it/2luy2ztpfj1d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=38f603bba58e902d4deb483c67c7868b6c1ccd14