Long range UAV link 100mw for 60KM was designed and tested

Hi Jakob and welcome,I think it would require some changes to the protocol to allow the use of a 6 position switch

I bought more rx, one of them I want to install in my racer so I think some ideas to reduce size, remove case, and print some protection, and remove extra pins that I no use and try to fix in a 270 racer, if possible, im going to have a more portable equipment with better signal and try to hide antennas for better transportation, I can remove standard telemetry and use a micro osd to have more space for receiver.

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Cala, ive put the Pixhawl cube in my source one and extended the standoffs to 40mm and it all works well,but intend as I said trying to clean it up,you could use one of the F 4/7 boards but with my set up i can use the skydroid Tower and am using a li-on 4s 6250 batt that gives a very comfortable 18 mins flying time if you need more details just ask

P/s I just changed the motors from 2306 x1750 kv to 2207x1800kv to try and lower the amps but really need to get out and test its snowing here at the moment

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Ricky,

Understood. I am used to not using trims with APM. The SERVO_AUTO_TRIM feature has allowed me to keep my Taranis trims all centered and have the plane or VTOL fly perfectly straight.

I just noticed there is a gimbal rocker control which eliminates another concern I had. I am not familiar with Tower yet but I am comfortable with Mission Planner and QGC. My understanding is that you can control all the flight modes you want from the apps and that the M12L supports multiple connections. I may have run out of ideas not to buy! :slight_smile:

Cheers!

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Greg I love spending other peoples money just hit the buy button lol

Ladies and Gentlemen,I have a question im using a tablet with my M12 with tower on it,is there any easy way do video the screen when it is doing a waypoint mission please,many thank’s

You can use the qgc or MPlanner if you prefer, tower isnt update for vtols so I prefer qgc, tower is very intuitive but not have vtol modes

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Marty you want to record your tablet screen? Or fpv video?

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the tablet screen really,our local flying club have put out a challege for long range flight so would like to use the skydroid tower and the uvc video if possible they have said autonomous flight is o/k so would do it with way points im not really interested in winning just some fun and thank you.

we have to post a video with distance covered hence the tablet video

I use capture recorder from google play, its a pain the advertisment but as finish using you force stop and no more advertices

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Good luck :slight_smile: then share with Us too :wink:

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I will and thanks for your help

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Hey Marty the Skydroid app has a record function built in if your looking to record the flight video.

Click on the video window to bring up the UVC video…assuming your UVC is connected.

then click the record button

If your looking to record the screen as a video you can install DU Recorder, it’s free and works pretty good.

Have fun…ps my UVC wasn’t plugged in when I did this lol

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ile give it a go as need the waypoints and distance in the video and thank you ive got untill the end of the year and thanks for this

I forgot to send that one a coulpe of hrs ago tried the DU Recorder and seams to work also there is a video editor so im a happy happy bunny I wont need to buy you and Cala a whisky or 2 ile need to buy you a distillery

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Ricky,

Cala2 had mentioned that he was using QGC for the VTOL support so I was on a similar UVC fact finding mission and found your summary here. I thought I would post it for others. It might make a good entry into the manual FAQ.

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Also, I want to make sure that these references are equivalent.

Skydroid App > Yunzhuo Ground Station > Tower 4.0 Modified app

Cheers!

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Greg if you go back on here there is a 4.4 modified version ive just been out in the freezing cold and done a few flights every thing is working good now to warm up

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So here are my observations updated.

On Android.
UVC video works in a version of Skydroid Tower version (Yunzhuo Ground Station)
UVC video is a no go on qGroundControl. Not recognized
UVC video is a no go on 3DR Tower (Crashes)
UVC Video is a no go on Mission Maker (Crashes)

Windows 10
UVC works on Mission Planner.
UVC works on Qgroundcontrol. Requires selection of the video source and then restart it.

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FYI… someone opened an issue on this. I chimed in on the thread of my similar experience and @DonLakeFlyer is looking into it. Hopefully he’ll get this resolved.

Update: According to this, the Daily Build as this resolved. Not sure how to implement it but maybe @DonLakeFlyer can point us to the right direction. Or someone here would know how.

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