Flitetest products and multirotor applications

by Entropy3XD | June 2, 2014 | (0) Posted in Projects

I just read diamondback68's article on using the Flitetest pusher mount for FPV gear, which inspired me to add my own submission. 

I've been using the Flitetest pusher for my video transmitter for several months now and I simply haven't found anything else that works as well on my 450 frame.  I couldn't find any other mount that allowed me to put the transmitter in the back and still have room for the battery without it having to rest against the heatsink.  This gave me plently of space between the transmitter heatsink and battery.

 

I recently purchased a PZ0240 camera and wanted to use it with an IR LED ring for night flying. I tried a variety of different mounts, but just couldn't find something that worked for my needs.  One night, while sitting in the garage I was looking at one of my Flitetest pusher mounts and thought I would give it a try.  I'm not sure if you guys over at Flitetest planned this or not, but the PZ0240 camera is a perfectly snug fit inside the pusher mounts (once you remove the outer plastic tabs on the camera).  Seriously....It's like you guys used this camera when desiging the  width of the mount.

 

I bored out the hole for the motor shaft to fit the lens.  I then took a ziptie through the large side holes and around the front to act as a bottom brace for the camera.  A couple of small holes on the top were used with smaller zipties to bring the top of the camera closer to front, providing a bit of down angle. I put a small notch on the top of the mount for the power to the IR LEDs.

 

The large surface on the front of the mount gave me plenty of room to velcro the IR LED ring to the mount.

I didn't do this on my quad, but I if you leave the outer plastic tabs on the camera controller, it will fit perfectly on the slope of the mount.

I recently ran into an issue with my DRQ-250 and jello on my Mobius footage.  I came across the article by mitchellcook5 on a camera mount he made using a 3D printer.  You kids and your 3D printers.  Well I don't have a 3D printer (yet), but I do have a ton of Flitetest Firewalls.  Two firewalls, four 5/16" holes, four earplugs, and a bit of black paint and CA and she is good to go after only 30 minutes of effort.  Mitchellcook5......Thank you for this tip.  Such a simple design and all jello is gone from my videos.  And to the Flitetest crew, I'm blown away, because once again your product is a perfect fit for my application.  The Flitetest firewalls are the exact width and length required for the DRQ-250 and required no cutting.

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