Hey, I'm sure people have already done this before, but I thought I'd share some mods I've been doing to the rig lately.
FPV Cam, powered off the body, to an analog transmitter mounted at the rear. taped down the Antenna so it won't randomly come sideways and hit the right rear prop.
Controller has a 3D Printed dual monitor bracket. A Diversity 5.8 ghz White Dwarf LCD Monitor on top for the FPV cam and remounted standard DJI bracket for the iPad down low. Cool, but the only bad thing is now I can't use the neck strap. Never did anyway, but now it's no longer an option.
Also added a piggyback harness to run 3rd Party Lipos. I've got two 1300 mah 6S that are mounted to a 3D printed bracket. Total Mah comes to 8400. No flight times yet, but remember I'm carrying a heavier X1R anyway. I'll throw my Osmo's X3 on there to get some more relatable flight times for everyone. At least after the hurricane clears up.
AUW is probably at the limit, no doubt, but thought I'd share. I've actually flown it with this setup without the batteries connected just to test the weight limits and it still flies. It's not the most nimble thing in the world with vertical climb, but hey, you've got 8400 mah, you've got all day now. All the rest, descent, and standard pitching maneuvers did not feel appreciably affected.
Other notes: if you mount the batteries on the bottom of that bracket like I had originally wanted to, they affect the landing opto sensors. The craft ALWAYS thinks it's near the ground and it'll fly with the gear down even if it's 100 feet in the air... so that was a no-go. Only option is to mount them on top.
Potential concerns: any of the wires coming loose and hitting a prop. I've got them all pretty taut as it is now, so nothing should come loose, to be honest, but you should be efficient with your soldering and not leave much slack in the harness that you're inevitably going to have to custom solder.
Happy Flying.
FPV Cam, powered off the body, to an analog transmitter mounted at the rear. taped down the Antenna so it won't randomly come sideways and hit the right rear prop.
Controller has a 3D Printed dual monitor bracket. A Diversity 5.8 ghz White Dwarf LCD Monitor on top for the FPV cam and remounted standard DJI bracket for the iPad down low. Cool, but the only bad thing is now I can't use the neck strap. Never did anyway, but now it's no longer an option.
Also added a piggyback harness to run 3rd Party Lipos. I've got two 1300 mah 6S that are mounted to a 3D printed bracket. Total Mah comes to 8400. No flight times yet, but remember I'm carrying a heavier X1R anyway. I'll throw my Osmo's X3 on there to get some more relatable flight times for everyone. At least after the hurricane clears up.
AUW is probably at the limit, no doubt, but thought I'd share. I've actually flown it with this setup without the batteries connected just to test the weight limits and it still flies. It's not the most nimble thing in the world with vertical climb, but hey, you've got 8400 mah, you've got all day now. All the rest, descent, and standard pitching maneuvers did not feel appreciably affected.
Other notes: if you mount the batteries on the bottom of that bracket like I had originally wanted to, they affect the landing opto sensors. The craft ALWAYS thinks it's near the ground and it'll fly with the gear down even if it's 100 feet in the air... so that was a no-go. Only option is to mount them on top.
Potential concerns: any of the wires coming loose and hitting a prop. I've got them all pretty taut as it is now, so nothing should come loose, to be honest, but you should be efficient with your soldering and not leave much slack in the harness that you're inevitably going to have to custom solder.
Happy Flying.
