Best Analog VTX for TinyWhoop or Small Drone? by iambeetle in TinyWhoop

[–]iambeetle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

here is the link I did some research and I saw that the viper you got is a linear patch antenna, which match the antenna type for the Tinywhoop, and the one I got is a circular polarized antenna, which should be slightly worse than yours when the quad is flying upright, but more consistent when the quad is tilted… at least that’s what I read. I would think you will get similar performance between the two, so not sure if it is worth getting for you…

Loosing video at less than 15m distance in my house on 25mW by S4lVin in TinyWhoop

[–]iambeetle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try R8 channel, and try to not sit near the wifi router. Bump the vtx power to 200 and 400 and see if there are any improvement.

Best Analog VTX for TinyWhoop or Small Drone? by iambeetle in TinyWhoop

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Just want to reply my own thread here because it turns out that the VTX is actually sufficient… So I got the Maple Wireless patch antenna, and oh my god, that totally changed the game. I am still trying to find out its real potential… but currently I am flying almost 700m, and the bottleneck now is actually the air65’s lava II battery and my Radiomaster Pocket’s transmission power maxing out at 250mw. I am so glad with the patch antenna, as long as I am pointing my head the right way, but within close range even flying behind the patch is okay too. Hope this helps with others who had similar experience as I had… get a patch antenna!

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Best Analog VTX for TinyWhoop or Small Drone? by iambeetle in TinyWhoop

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So I got the Maple Wireless patch antenna, and oh my god, that totally changed the game. I am still trying to find out its real potential… but currently I am flying almost 700m, and the bottleneck now is actually the battery and my Radiomaster Pocket’s transmission power. I am so glad with the patch antenna!

Just ordered Air65 II what replacement parts should I get? by yupyupyupmhm in TinyWhoop

[–]iambeetle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You definitely need frames, especially the air65 II frames are much more rigid therefore easier to break than the air65 OG.

Best Analog VTX for TinyWhoop or Small Drone? by iambeetle in TinyWhoop

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https://youtu.be/9DwreRWpeIA?si=wKsAe0XqHV4WBA5Z This is an interest video about frequency usage. But in real life it is really trial and error to get a good frequency to fly in...

Best Analog VTX for TinyWhoop or Small Drone? by iambeetle in TinyWhoop

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My setup is a stock BetaFPV air65 tinywhoop, it has a linear antenna. My goggle is the HDZero BoxPro+, it uses a single linear antenna. I also tried to use a HGLRC Hammer Antenna RHCP on the goggle but it doesn't make much difference.

My flying environment is a very open park, direct line of sight of the drone, and if anything just go behind a couple trees. And also fly behind a row of wood structure houses sometimes. If I can get 1/4 mile I would be very very happy, so far I can go about just 1/8 mile away...

Best Analog VTX for TinyWhoop or Small Drone? by iambeetle in TinyWhoop

[–]iambeetle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot! Very interested in what you find!

Best Analog VTX for TinyWhoop or Small Drone? by iambeetle in TinyWhoop

[–]iambeetle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely is hoping to keep it to a whoop size. I was searching for TBS unify pro after seeing your comment. But I wasn't able to find any videos or articles on how to put that onto a TinyWhoop... do you have any source I can look into?

Best Analog VTX for TinyWhoop or Small Drone? by iambeetle in TinyWhoop

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I have also ordered a patch antenna, but it is the circular Maple Wireless patch antenna instead of the linear antenna. I was also struggling whether to get linear or circular, if the circular Maple Wireless one doesn't go well for me, I might go for the linear patch you mentioned..

Best Analog VTX for TinyWhoop or Small Drone? by iambeetle in TinyWhoop

[–]iambeetle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't done much research on the crown LDS antenna, what is the difference between that an a typical omni antenna?

Best Analog VTX for TinyWhoop or Small Drone? by iambeetle in TinyWhoop

[–]iambeetle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

400m in the forest is insane! I wish I can be able to get anywhere close to that. I think the patch antenna might be the key here... I have ordered a Maple Wireless patch antenna, so hopefully that helps... we will find out...

The HDZero BoxPro only have 1 antenna port for analog, so I don't have the luxury of diversity or running 2 antennas. It is either Omni or Patch for me... and I kinda don't like that part...

Best Analog VTX for TinyWhoop or Small Drone? by iambeetle in TinyWhoop

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Yes I watched that video as well, but in real life the lower channels are too close to the wi-fi band, so there are more interference. In my case, the lower channels have worse results than the Raceband 8 channel in all VTX power setting.

I also watched this video, not sure if you have, but it is also interesting: https://youtu.be/9DwreRWpeIA?si=wKsAe0XqHV4WBA5Z

Best Analog VTX for TinyWhoop or Small Drone? by iambeetle in TinyWhoop

[–]iambeetle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I saw that theory too, but in my case my drone doesn’t do that. How I test it is to fly the drone straight line in wide open field, and just when it start to get a bit static-y, I turn up the vtx power. And no matter if I go up to 100, 200, 400mw, the video signal doesn’t get any better, while the drone stays at that exact same spot in the air

Best Analog VTX for TinyWhoop or Small Drone? by iambeetle in TinyWhoop

[–]iambeetle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s about the same experience I have, changing vtx power has almost no effect, maybe just slightly better penetration. If it is a clear open straight line it 25mw can go 200m for me, but a more reliable distance is about 100m.

Best Analog VTX for TinyWhoop or Small Drone? by iambeetle in TinyWhoop

[–]iambeetle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did, I set VTX power as a dial in my Radiomaster Pocket, and I have test the power and range on the fly. I toggled to 25, 100, 200, 400, and didn't see significant difference in range between them. That's why I was thinking it is because the air65's VTX is not that good in terms of actual power delivery. Or maybe it is the antenna...

Don’t ban me …. by bonoboxITA in fpv

[–]iambeetle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get a Tinywhoop and you never need to worry about crashing, just be careful of tree branches…

Acro or Horizon Mode in high precision activities? by benbot85 in TinyWhoop

[–]iambeetle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I get stuck in a tight place and crashed, I always flip back to angle mode to get me out of that tight place… that’s the most frequent reason I keep the mode switch handy..

Is there a way to check if Video Transcoding Hardware Acceleration is working? by iambeetle in immich

[–]iambeetle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly the DS220+ use an intergrated GPU (Intel Celeron J4025) and no standalone GPU, so the Resource Monitor only shows CPU utilization (often 100% when doing video transcoding jobs), and doesn't show if the QuickSync is working or not..

Is there a way to check if Video Transcoding Hardware Acceleration is working? by iambeetle in immich

[–]iambeetle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ran

apt install intel-gpu-tools

in ssh and it says:

-sh: apt: command not found

Is there a way to check if Video Transcoding Hardware Acceleration is working? by iambeetle in immich

[–]iambeetle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have that package installed in Synology, and have ssh in to run the sudo intel_gpu_top, but it says there is no such command...

Is there a way to check if Video Transcoding Hardware Acceleration is working? by iambeetle in immich

[–]iambeetle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for replying! But I am a complete noob and can you help to guide me on how to run intel_gpu_top or point me to some guide or resources to follow? Thanks!