FPV Tricopter Racing and Backyard Flying

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Channel: Prometreus · 2012 · Science & Technology

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Equipment:
RCexplorer Tricopter V2.5 
Flight controller board: KK 2.1 (2.5 Software=crap)
Camera: Kx-171
Video: Lawmate
Antenna gain TX: Cloverleaf (DIY)
Antenna gain RX: Skew Planar (DIY)
Video goggles: HeadPlay with 800x600
Video recording with #16 808 key cam (wide angle lens attached)
Ground video recording with a laptop via LogiLink video grabber

RC TX: Futuaba FX-18 35MHz
RC RX: 35MHz Corona RP6D1 with 2m antenna 
Zippy 3S 3000mAh
LC filter for the video equipment

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