My FPV EasyStar and the Antenna Tracker are full operational now.

Take-off weight is now 1060g with 3S1P 3200mAh battery.

The AVR antenna tracker with 1.2GHz patch, 868MHz Yagi for GPS data down-link. On the LCD the actual aircraft position is show as well as height and slant range. Data about GPS mode and satellites and also the tracker battery voltage.

Schematic, board layout and source code for the tracker controller are available for download on the FPV equipment page.

Antenna · AVR · FPV · Tracker · Yagi

Today my EasyStar completed the maiden flight.
Weather was nice, not to cold but wind could be less. With nose in the wind and motor off it was sometimes possible to stand in the air.

The flight was a non-FPV, even without any FPV equipment.

EasyStar · FPV · Maiden

I mostly finished my FPV antenna tracker. The mechanic part and basic control electronic are working fine now.

Read all details on my FPV Equipment Page.

Antenna · DIY · EasyStar · FPV · Tracker

I put some informations about the EVG920 video goggles online. I got a broken one for some € and repaired it. The electronic inside is cheapest China quality, especially the ROHs soldering which was worse.
May I can help if someone has a broken EVG920 too.

Read on…

Update:

There is a PIc12F683 controlling the EVG920.
Since I have no IR remote control but want full control over the goggles I already hacked some code together to control the EVG920 with a ATmega8 by I2C, for now on the bench with an STK500.
Switching between PAL and NTSC video works fine as well as brightness and contrast setting. More to come later on.

EVG920 · FPV · Video Goggles

At least the aircraft is ready to fly and waits for a maiden flight.

Still some work needs to be done for the FPV equipment, especially the antenna tracker on ground is not finished yet.

EasyStar · FPV · Multiplex