BlackMagic Hexa

By painfpv on May 22, 2018

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The purpose of this frame is to allow us to fly a cinema oriented camera in more of an FPV manner (close proximity, dives, high speed ...).

Everything is custom built: frame, crash cage, silicon mesh. The design was done by Octavia Richea.

Flight time is 6-7 minutes at normal pace and will go down to just a couple of minutes if pushed. The PDB cannot sustain the 6 motors being pushed to max for too long which is why we exercise caution when flying it in order not to fry the PDB. These motors can easily go to 45-50A in full throttle, we've tested them on the bench.

It has a video switcher which allows the pilot to see what any of the two cameras sees. The latency of the blackmagic composite video output is minimal which makes it flyable in FPV mode.

We have a second receiver onboard to allow the camera operator to adjust all camera settings while flying.

If you are interested in such project and wish to colaborate in any way please contact me on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paul.mijoiu

Here you can see the type of projects we are involved with:

http://www.aerialmedia.pro
https://www.facebook.com/aerialmedia.ro/

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Part List

Flight Controller	MATEKSYS FLIGHT CONTROLLER F722-STD (6 builds) Pirofliprc.com	$38.99
ESCs	6 x Betaflight 32Bit 35A 2-6S BLHeli_32 ESC Dshot1200 (9 builds) Fpvmodel.com	$101.40
Motors	6 x ZMX FinX40 CL07-1.5K "HMS Minotaur" (4 builds) Silver-drone.com	$239.94
Propellers	6 x HQ Long Range 7x3.5x3 V1S PC Prop (18 builds) Pirofliprc.com	$23.94
FPV Camera	RunCam Eagle 2 Pro (12 builds) Securitycamera2000.com	$49.99
FPV Transmitter	TBS Unify Pro 5G8 V3 (SMA) (197 builds) Getfpv.com	See Site
Antenna	TBS Triumph 5.8GHz RHCP FPV Antenna Set (SMA Male) (191 builds) Getfpv.com	See Site
Receiver	TBS Crossfire Micro RX V2 (288 builds) Team-blacksheep.com	$34.95
Batteries	Turnigy Graphene 1500mAh 6S 65C Lipo Pack w/ XT60U (2 builds) Hobbyking.com	$37.85
Power Distribution	MatrixPDB Store.myairbot.com	$19.99
Misc Parts	Laowa 7.5mm f/2 MFT - LAOWA Camera Lenses (2 builds) Venuslens.net	$499.00

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$1,046.05

Gear

Radio	TBS Tango 2 Pro - FPV RC Radio Drone Controller (106 builds) Team-blacksheep.com	$199.95
Radio	FrSky 2.4G 16CH Taranis X9D Plus Transmitter SPECIAL EDITION w/ M9 Gimbals (48 builds) Getfpv.com	See Site
Goggles	Fat Shark Dominator HDO 2 FPV Goggles (71 builds) Getfpv.com	$499.99
Goggles	Fat Shark Dominator V3 FPV Goggles (63 builds) Getfpv.com	$299.99
HD Camera	GoPro HERO6 Black (9 builds) Getfpv.com	$399.99
HD Camera	GoPro HERO8 Black Action Camera (9 builds) Getfpv.com	$399.99
HD Camera	Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 4K Amazon.com	$1,239.95
Video Receiver	Furious True-D V3.5 Diversity Receiver System Firmware 3.8A (FatShark Attitude Version)SKU: FPV-RX-TRUD3.8A (27 builds) Furiousfpv.com	$68.00
Video Receiver	TBS Fusion Receiver Module For Goggles (5 builds) Phaserfpv.com.au	See Site
Radio Module	TBS Crossfire TX (15 builds) Rc-innovations.es	$229.91

$3,337.77

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Discussion

Dan412 Jun 03, 2018

Nice build. What UART on your F7 board did you wire the Crossfile receiver to? I can't get any response from mine, connected to UART 2.

Edit: I figured it out.... had TX/RX swapped.

Nolanfeatherstun May 27, 2018

You know you are doing something right if you are concerned youll over amp a kamakazi matril insanity pdb...

painfpv May 23, 2018

and here is a 422 prores sample from the same flight test. keep in mind that this was with stock PIDs under very windy conditions. also note that although the lens is a 7.5mm the crop factor on the bm cameras is ~2.88 which makes it a ~22mm lens which is not very wide.

painfpv May 23, 2018

untill I can process some of the footage, if you are curios to see how live telemetry looks like on this setup here's a quick video from the very first flight with it:

skjb93 May 22, 2018

Hey Paul,
In the description you mention you have a video switcher so you can switch between the BlackMagic and the RunCam.
I recently bought a BMPCC and was thinking about getting it on a large fpv drone too, what hardware are you using to switch video?

painfpv May 23, 2018

I bought it 4-5 years ago and can't find the exact product anymore but it is very similar to the one I've linked below, might be exactly this one without the nice paper wrapping: https://hobbyking.com/en_us/hobbyking-3-channel-fpv-video-switcher.html?___store=en_us

skjb93 May 23, 2018

Thanks. That product seems pretty straight forward, how did you get the BMMCC connected to it though?

painfpv May 23, 2018

I've powered it from a 12V regulator, connected it via SBUS to my second receiver and connected the video composite to the video switcher. here is a pinout but you also have the pinout on the box it comes with. https://i.imgur.com/1Bhckiw.jpg

thumbtwiddler May 22, 2018

johnnyfpv aint got shit on this

delta_fpv May 23, 2018

thought this might have been johnnys at first

thumbtwiddler May 23, 2018

wouldnt be suprised

CaptainFalcon May 23, 2018

I'll jump on this bandwagon.... WE NEED VIDEO!!!

painfpv May 23, 2018

I've posted updates regarding this setup, including some video results, on this facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551618814932503/?ref=br_rs

I will also upload the results on youtube or vimeo and link them here when I have a bit of spare time.

kwong May 22, 2018

I suppose you're required to include flight footage from the BM camera when you post awesome builds like this.😆

delta_fpv May 23, 2018

id say he is indeed

QuadConnect May 22, 2018

powerloops?

painfpv May 22, 2018

I will add footage in the description and let you know here.

TeamWolfFPV May 22, 2018

Whoa! This is the first copter I've seen using Blackmagic's Micro Cinema! Kudos... I'd love to see a video of this guy in action.

Whiffles May 22, 2018

I'd love to see some footage from this. Anything published?

volitant May 22, 2018

epic!

sp00f FPV May 22, 2018

Lets see some video!

QuadX May 22, 2018

got to see some footage from this thing!

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