Wow I really love your build! Looks stunning and by far the most beautifull GS on the net! I will receive my FPV items very soon and plan to build a suitcase type GS also. If you don't mind to answer I have a few questions:-) How have you distributed the power to all the various ports, did u use something like a power distribution board? Are the 12V ports for the Rx directly connected to your battery, or did you use some kind of voltage regulator as you did for the 5V usb ports?Thanks already!
the buttons are from maplins, and the holes were cut with a hole saw, there all wired up individually with common rails on the - and the feed for the lights inside them.
i used some marine bus bars bolted to a small sheet of acrylic inside for insulation to distribute my + and - feeds. There is an inline fuse on the + feed to the bus bar. The 12V feeds are direct from the bus bar, so yes, in theory direct from the battery with a fuse in the circuit. the only things i used regulators and filters on were the USB's, the Flash recorder, and external 6V. the rest didnt need it.
Stunning job..Best ground station yet ..and by the way..You no way an average DIYer..I'm your average DIYer and I wouldn't attempt this if God himself was helping..Good show..
Love it, well done a lot of thought went into the build. Are you mounting it in any way? I built mine with a 22" monitor but found it a problem if left on the ground, I needed a strong tripod capable of supporting 15-20kg and after searching eBay for camera mounts which were ridiculous price I finally got
if you look carefully at the bottom left corner whare the lid and base meet, i have a black "cable tidy" (its a circular plastic spring used to keep cables together) that gows between the two halves, all the neccesary cables are in this, the lid hole is slightly bigger than this sleeve so that it can slide in and out teliscopicly. Hope this helps.
You know, Thats actually a cracking idea!! As there all threaded, i should be able to put some poping colleted cap on them as moisture has been a problem on occasion, Thanks! =)
@Druppi92 one is, the other is purely a filtered 5v suply for charging purposes. It is quite nifty!! am proud of it. Saves me risking damaging any equipment if i was transporting a tripod setup. just wish i could have found a slightly deeper case.
@sshukri0 some parts from a company called OnVon. But the vast majority of the build (including the parts you asked about) came from E-Bay. The board is 5mm Acrylic, not carbon fibre.
Very Nice GS, lots on inspiration and ideas from it. Just wondering using a 3 cell with max charge 12.6v at what point as the battery drains and voltage drops does any of your equipment switch off? Im planning on going with a 4 cell with a 12v stabiliser/converter to avoid this problem, do you run into any with your setup?
Yeah it does. Thank you! My vision isn't excellent.and I also have exactly the same case as you, so I think things are going to work out very well. It won't look as good as yours, but I think will still look pretty good. I'm planning on putting my goggles and controller inside the case for carry around.
Hello, I am working on avery similar, yet slightly smaller and simpler ground station. You can think of it as a cross between your ground station and "theRCtutor" ground station. It is a 11x7x4 case and will include internal 5100mah 3s, volt/current/time/watt meter, 1 ext power in, 1 ext power out, vRX, AV Amp, and the corresponding lights. It is wired in that you I have a source select switch, which selects between internal 3s or external 12v power source. Then a Master, when the master is
@MrGRANDIMPERIAL Hi!. firstly, for 20km (or even a quarter of that) you need a fixxed wing aircraft, helis and quads etc simply cannot carry the battery capacity for long flights, let alone cargo or equipment. as unlike planes, they cant glide unpowered, or low power, also, glitches happen at long distance, even a momentary loss can make a copter plummet like a stone, planes can recover, im not sure what frequencies are legal in Aus, but im pretty sure your legal to use 2.4ghz to 500mw.
If i had known all the interest this video would have had, i would have made it more detailed and with my Cam-Corder rather than a point & shoot camera, I may well re-make this video when i get a chance to include more details, and some working footage. For the record, i am not building and selling these, as much as i would love to, i simply do not have the time to do it, also, with the long build times involved, i simply cannot charge a competative price while it being worth my while.
i did have wiring diagrams and a documented build, however, i lost them when my PC graphics card caught fire and destroyed my PC. To be honest, for me to write a step by step would take forever, but any specific questions id gladly answer, although i started with a basic idea, i kind of made it up and added as i was going along.
turned on the volt/current/time/watt meter starts displaying usage, it simultaneously provides power to 3 circuit breakers, providing power to 3 switches (monitor (phillips 9"), Ext Out, and vRX and AV Amp combined.) After the switch and before the component I was going to install a light in series. This was so that if a ground is lost, or a component fails the corresponding light would go out. Not too complicated. Do you have any suggestions? Also are your lighted switches in series? By this I
Actually, im just a Plumber/Gas Engineer, my electrical knowlege doesnt extend anymore than the average DIYer. There were a million times when i thought i was out of my depth, but research and several headaches soon saw me right.
Must have hit send there by accident lol...I finally got a PA speaker stand which will support 25-kg no problem and I can adjust it to eye level, one thing you will need to fit is a good cover over the monitor, even on a cloudy overcast day it's hard to see a monitor outdoors.....good luck.
mean, do they only turn on if the ground is found through a component? I ask because your last switch, that you haven't used yet, still lights up, yet I assume the leads are just terminated somewhere waiting for a component/feature?
@martijnjes Hi Martin, im using a single 5000 mah 3S 11.1V LiPo on the groundstation. A fully charged LiPo is about 12,6V Im easily getting 2+ hours out of it before the voltage drops to around 11V
Nice job Iain, a few questions though. What material did you use to line the case (it is somewhat shiny), and what are your case dimensions? Thanks. Cheers!
@TheMrJJ100 I wish i could, would really enjoy it. However, for me to individually build another like mine, the labour cost involved would make it not worth buying as it did take me some time.. If i was to have certain trickier elements pre-fabricated, (say electrical on a PCB, facias pre-cut to order) there isnt enough market for such groundstations for me to buy a sufficient quantity to get those services at a reasonable enough cost. Finally, would cost me a fortune to post.
Good morning friend, you can sell your land station for me? or can help me telling where I can buy in the U.S.? I'm from Mexico and buy a Turbo Ace X830-D Quadcopter, which is the price of your station? congratulations thank you very much!.
...and why most Brits serve beer warm. Lucas fridges, I still use Lucas on my Beezer but not my quadcopter ground gear. LOL! I hope it survives the BSA ride though to go do fpv.
You must be an electrican of sorts....cause that is clean and functional as I have ever seen a FPV station....I have a draganflyer groundstation and your's is far more impressive.....
Please change those 4x horrible posidrive screws! Use some nice machine screws, or at the very least countersink the faceplate so the screws sit flush. Another tip, use a black perm marker pen to 'black out' the screw heads so they match the faceplate.
Don't worry, it's changed a lot in the couple of years since I built it. Namely I found some plastic capped screws that just clip on. (As I'm a plumber, I use them often but normally there white, I found some black ones.) I don't really use this ground station much these days, I tend to use a screen on a tripod as in reality, it's far more practical. The ground station is more for putting on a show. :)
Iain Coulson :), having almost completed my own GS (c/w full size monitor in the case lid), I am also starting to think a simple tripod based 'portable' set up would have been more practical ;)... ...and mine has not even been used in anger yet!
Great station. Thanks for sharing your work. I am an Sparky and couldn't make mine this impressive.
Wow I really love your build! Looks stunning and by far the most beautifull GS on the net! I will receive my FPV items very soon and plan to build a suitcase type GS also. If you don't mind to answer I have a few questions:-)
How have you distributed the power to all the various ports, did u use something like a power distribution board? Are the 12V ports for the Rx directly connected to your battery, or did you use some kind of voltage regulator as you did for the 5V usb ports?Thanks already!
the buttons are from maplins, and the holes were cut with a hole saw, there all wired up individually with common rails on the - and the feed for the lights inside them.
i used some marine bus bars bolted to a small sheet of acrylic inside for insulation to distribute my + and - feeds. There is an inline fuse on the + feed to the bus bar.
The 12V feeds are direct from the bus bar, so yes, in theory direct from the battery with a fuse in the circuit. the only things i used regulators and filters on were the USB's, the Flash recorder, and external 6V. the rest didnt need it.
Stunning job..Best ground station yet ..and by the way..You no way an average DIYer..I'm your average DIYer and I wouldn't attempt this if God himself was helping..Good show..
Love it, well done a lot of thought went into the build. Are you mounting it in any way? I built mine with a 22" monitor but found it a problem if left on the ground, I needed a strong tripod capable of supporting 15-20kg and after searching eBay for camera mounts which were ridiculous price I finally got
if you look carefully at the bottom left corner whare the lid and base meet, i have a black "cable tidy" (its a circular plastic spring used to keep cables together) that gows between the two halves, all the neccesary cables are in this, the lid hole is slightly bigger than this sleeve so that it can slide in and out teliscopicly. Hope this helps.
You know, Thats actually a cracking idea!! As there all threaded, i should be able to put some poping colleted cap on them as moisture has been a problem on occasion, Thanks! =)
Awesome setup, thanks for ideas and details.
@Druppi92 one is, the other is purely a filtered 5v suply for charging purposes.
It is quite nifty!! am proud of it. Saves me risking damaging any equipment if i was transporting a tripod setup.
just wish i could have found a slightly deeper case.
great job dude!!! Im currently building mine (almost done) but its definitelly not as sophisticated as yours! Thanks for sharing it !
@sshukri0 some parts from a company called OnVon.
But the vast majority of the build (including the parts you asked about) came from E-Bay.
The board is 5mm Acrylic, not carbon fibre.
Very nicely done!
Very Nice GS, lots on inspiration and ideas from it. Just wondering using a 3 cell with max charge 12.6v at what point as the battery drains and voltage drops does any of your equipment switch off?
Im planning on going with a 4 cell with a 12v stabiliser/converter to avoid this problem, do you run into any with your setup?
I meant rubber plugs for extrnal input holes in case of rain or moisture on outside of case etc. very futuristic was my point,
@kieranbolton Thanks Kieran. =) Hopefully soon have some vids of it running, and footage from the Traxxas Summit that its going to Pilot.
@Druppi92 one is, the other is just a filtered 5V supply for the goggles.
Nicely built.
Regards Liam
Please do! I will be making my own base station in the next 3-4 weeks, with a similar concept in mind. I'll make sure I post a video :)
Love the build this setup would be a good item to mass produce and sell it looks very profesional
Nice. I would love to get your parts list of the new mods you made. Nice job.
This has to be the coolest FPV case on the tube.....do you sell them or offer plans to built like this?
Yeah it does. Thank you! My vision isn't excellent.and I also have exactly the same case as you, so I think things are going to work out very well. It won't look as good as yours, but I think will still look pretty good. I'm planning on putting my goggles and controller inside the case for carry around.
Hello, I am working on avery similar, yet slightly smaller and simpler ground station. You can think of it as a cross between your ground station and "theRCtutor" ground station. It is a 11x7x4 case and will include internal 5100mah 3s, volt/current/time/watt meter, 1 ext power in, 1 ext power out, vRX, AV Amp, and the corresponding lights.
It is wired in that you I have a source select switch, which selects between internal 3s or external 12v power source. Then a Master, when the master is
That........is amazing! Top job!
where did u pick up some of the supplies? The switches, voltmeter and carbon fiber board. Great setup, I wish I could build something like that.
Love the build. Where can I get the button panel you are using, I would love to use that in my build
that's an awesome station
Thanks for your response!
amazing GS mate, well done thumbs up
Looks like something a Dalek would carry. Or space 1999, :o) You have rubber plugs for cables inputs?
Is that black plexyglass. If not where did you locate material please
NICE STATION!!
That's a damn nice GS
@MrGRANDIMPERIAL Hi!. firstly, for 20km (or even a quarter of that) you need a fixxed wing aircraft, helis and quads etc simply cannot carry the battery capacity for long flights, let alone cargo or equipment. as unlike planes, they cant glide unpowered, or low power, also, glitches happen at long distance, even a momentary loss can make a copter plummet like a stone, planes can recover, im not sure what frequencies are legal in Aus, but im pretty sure your legal to use 2.4ghz to 500mw.
@MrPendeka The display is more about showing others...
i will be using Video Goggles.
If i had known all the interest this video would have had, i would have made it more detailed and with my Cam-Corder rather than a point & shoot camera, I may well re-make this video when i get a chance to include more details, and some working footage.
For the record, i am not building and selling these, as much as i would love to, i simply do not have the time to do it, also, with the long build times involved, i simply cannot charge a competative price while it being worth my while.
i did have wiring diagrams and a documented build, however, i lost them when my PC graphics card caught fire and destroyed my PC. To be honest, for me to write a step by step would take forever, but any specific questions id gladly answer, although i started with a basic idea, i kind of made it up and added as i was going along.
that looks professional mate. quite jealous now :(
Hi! Very nice ground station, what kind of connectors are you using for the audio/video inputs?
Thx
I see you have a volt meter and I wanted to know how you wired it. I got one with a RED, BLACK and GREEN wire. Not sure were the GREEN goes. Thank you
turned on the volt/current/time/watt meter starts displaying usage, it simultaneously provides power to 3 circuit breakers, providing power to 3 switches (monitor (phillips 9"), Ext Out, and vRX and AV Amp combined.) After the switch and before the component I was going to install a light in series. This was so that if a ground is lost, or a component fails the corresponding light would go out. Not too complicated. Do you have any suggestions? Also are your lighted switches in series? By this I
I was just curious. I'm working on an FPV ground station myself. how are you transferring signal and power between the the base and the lid ???
Actually, im just a Plumber/Gas Engineer, my electrical knowlege doesnt extend anymore than the average DIYer. There were a million times when i thought i was out of my depth, but research and several headaches soon saw me right.
Did you mill out the holes by yourself on the paneling? Also, how much space do you have under the panel?
Nice set up, have u a how it make?
Must have hit send there by accident lol...I finally got a PA speaker stand which will support 25-kg no problem and I can adjust it to eye level, one thing you will need to fit is a good cover over the monitor, even on a cloudy overcast day it's hard to see a monitor outdoors.....good luck.
don`t you afraid of water or some dust in inputs on the outside of the box?
mean, do they only turn on if the ground is found through a component? I ask because your last switch, that you haven't used yet, still lights up, yet I assume the leads are just terminated somewhere waiting for a component/feature?
Thanks! Glad you like it! =)
Thanks!! im quite proud of it! =)
Hi, Do you know if there is any way to have this connected online for remote view?
Having owned British motorbikes like BSA Rocket3's and 441's water is a concern although I doubt there are any Lucas components in it. :o)
@martijnjes Hi Martin, im using a single 5000 mah 3S 11.1V LiPo on the groundstation.
A fully charged LiPo is about 12,6V
Im easily getting 2+ hours out of it before the voltage drops to around 11V
Where did you get your video, audio inputs along with the usb charging port from. Please and thank you
Nice job Iain, a few questions though. What material did you use to line the case (it is somewhat shiny), and what are your case dimensions? Thanks. Cheers!
never mind read the description
How many mah is your battery and how long does this setup works before you have to charge the battery?
How did you connect the switches can you show us that
Where did u get your RCA connectors and electrical components?
Just plenty of hunting on e-bay and some from maplins.
@TheMrJJ100 I wish i could, would really enjoy it.
However, for me to individually build another like mine, the labour cost involved would make it not worth buying as it did take me some time..
If i was to have certain trickier elements pre-fabricated, (say electrical on a PCB, facias pre-cut to order)
there isnt enough market for such groundstations for me to buy a sufficient quantity to get those services at a reasonable enough cost.
Finally, would cost me a fortune to post.
Lucas the prince of darkness :P
Good morning friend, you can sell your land station for me? or can help me telling where I can buy in the U.S.? I'm from Mexico and buy a Turbo Ace X830-D Quadcopter, which is the price of your station? congratulations thank you very much!.
...and why most Brits serve beer warm. Lucas fridges, I still use Lucas on my Beezer but not my quadcopter ground gear. LOL! I hope it survives the BSA ride though to go do fpv.
lol.. I can assure you, no rubber plugs, Unless you can be more specific and i will provide a fuller explanation.
Thanks =)
You must be an electrican of sorts....cause that is clean and functional as I have ever seen a FPV station....I have a draganflyer groundstation and your's is far more impressive.....
good
Please change those 4x horrible posidrive screws!
Use some nice machine screws, or at the very least countersink the faceplate so the screws sit flush.
Another tip, use a black perm marker pen to 'black out' the screw heads so they match the faceplate.
Don't worry, it's changed a lot in the couple of years since I built it. Namely I found some plastic capped screws that just clip on. (As I'm a plumber, I use them often but normally there white, I found some black ones.) I don't really use this ground station much these days, I tend to use a screen on a tripod as in reality, it's far more practical. The ground station is more for putting on a show. :)
Iain Coulson :), having almost completed my own GS (c/w full size monitor in the case lid), I am also starting to think a simple tripod based 'portable' set up would have been more practical ;)...
...and mine has not even been used in anger yet!
thats a great station man!
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