Hubsan X4 H107C 2.4GHZ with camera

After flying many times the Hubsan X4, and having lots of crashes, the board has been affected somehow. You can also buy the spare board, but I decided to upgrade to the Hubsan X4 with camera, to give it a try, also from banggood.com.

It flights a bit better, and despite being a bit bigger and heavier, it stills hold in the air for 7 minutes or so. It is fast and strongest, as it has been improved to not break easily. It is very rare you need to replace a motor with this quadcopter. The most common fix is replacing the propellers, but you can also buy the propeller protector, really useful.

The camera has low resolution and forget about watching in full screen! You have to keep the quad really quiet on air to have some kind of smooth video, otherwise it seems a bee holds the camera! :) There's a new version with 2MP camera though.

I'll try to upload my own video, but in the meanwhile you can check the video quality here.

Starting with FPV with Fatshark Predator and ImmersionRC

August 2013. Now it's time to go one step further and start flying in FPV.

It took me a while until discovering what exactly to buy, reading and asking in forums. As this is not a cheap upgrade, I did want to get it right at once.

So I finally bought the following components:

• Fatshark Predator pack. It includes the goggles, a camera, and a 2S 1000mAh battery.
• ImmersionRC 600mw video transmitter, including 5.8GHZ antennas.
• Immersion RC Spironet circularly polarized antennas, 5.8GHZ.
• 3S 1000mAh 11.1v LiPo battery for the video transmitter

 

 

 

 

With these you have everything you need in order to start flying in FPV. You can also choose not to buy the goggles and purcharse an LCD screen, there are cheap ones out there.

As this frame is a bit small, I've to place one of the batteries unterneath the frame, so I've bought a plastic landing gear from banggood to avoid the components touching the ground. And it is also a good idea in case of having a crash, because it will absorb most part of the impact avoiding brakings.

 

So everything put toguether looks like this

Notice that the wood stick allows me to put the FPV camera on the front, and gives me space to mount the GoPro just behind it with the GoPro mount. So the camera is inside the landing gear (not in the picture now).

 

 

The wire connections of the FPV system are easy. The camera has one wire, that goes to the right side of the transmitter (video, positive, ground). The battery is connected to the black and red wire that goes to the left side of the transmitter.

It is really important, both for the goggles and the video transmitter, to attach the antenna at the first place, and after that connect the battery. Don't do it otherwise!

I also find useful the velcro strap ties, for batteries or whatever you need.