HBHs 3" Gecko
By Hillbillyhan on Jan 11, 2019
I wanted everything to fit like a glove so I carefully ordered each part one at a time to ensure a clean fit.
Talon F7 and Aikon ak32 esc because of their plug and play harness. (FC is turned 180°)
TBS Crossfire Nano and TBS unify pro nano because of the white noise stack board.
Runcam split mini 2 since I dont want to mount a gopro and loose all performance
3DPOWER mount for the crossfire T and micro axii
Brain3D bumpers and Ebay stainless steel hardware on the way.
XT60 since all my lipos and chargers are the same.
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Super clean build! Too bad I didn't see this before I built my Gecko. But I have a question regarding your FC. I have the Talon F7 fusion with a Rush Tank Mini. And I lose video feed the minute I move or rotate my goggles. I lead to believe that its a Pitmode problem. Was wondering if you had any input or how did you set it up on betaflight?
Are you using camera control? Have you got it to work? And if so, what camera how did you set it up?
Congrats on the very nice and clean build. I recently got the the talon F7 too and i was surprised how warm the cpu got on the desk while just plugged into USB. It got up to 60 degree C pretty quick. Is yours getting that hot too?
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Hi I have a Talon F7, Akion AK32 and Split mini 2 also, but I cant get any FPV feed its just a blank screen with telemetry that says battery full- thats it. I tried everything to connect it and it refuses to work. I connected the video cable directly to a vtx and I get fpv feed, but when I connect the camera through the F7 talon and the VTX gives a blank screen. I noticed your using a little heli-nation PDB board or something? Is that what I need to make it work?
Did you figure it out? Sorry for the late response. The WhitenoiseFPV board is just for mounting the TBS unify and crossfire to a stack. Thought i had it in my parts list. I'll add the link now
. Hi sorry I didn't figure it out if you have any advice I'd greatly appreciate it . When I plug the camera into the Talon F7 it gives me a blank screen with Telemetry overlay . But it refuses to give me a picture unless I connect the video cable from the split directly to the video transmitter ?
Is your mini split getting power? A blue light should come on in the corner of the dvr board. If no blue light your camera not getting power. You probably forgot to jump the 3v or 5v option on the Talon F7. Thats what happen to me.
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Hi I jumped both jumpers to 5 volts. The runcam split mini gets power and there is a blue light that turns on and starts to blink. If I connect the video wire from the camera straight to the VTX it works. But if I try to send a video through the flight controller all I get is a blank screen with Telemetry overlay.
I sorta have this problem. But i get a feed but the minute I move more than a feet away. I get static. I'm thinking its a pitmode issue in betaflight. If someone has a fix, that would be great!
I have moved on since this post and have dealt with this issue. Make sure that your VTX is set to the highest power setting. Sometimes they can reset themselves. Also I found that a lot of people like to wrap the ESC motor wires and tuck them under the Flight Controller board and from my experience when I punch the throttle it sends a surge of volts that messes witht the FPV feed so I like to run the motor wires along the outside of the frame to keep the electrical interference down. If all this does not work I suggest you get rid of the Talon and Aikon and switch to the F7 SucceX 4in1 mini 500mv https://www.aliexpress.com/i/4000117321729.html I have used this with a Minion antenna MMCX with great success and no issues and its very easy to set up. I have used the Talon/Aikon combo and had lots of issues also before sometimes it just is not worth the hassel of figuring out whats wrong because i think it could be a manufacturing issue with those components. Hope this helps.