twilit ridge
as expected I shredded my Vtx antenna on my first and only FPV so far nanohawk.
I love in middle east so options of parts are very limited so or I wait 2 months for delivery.
Anyway I did this, added a lollipop antenna, it seems heavier, it still flies, (still did not try outdoor)
Question: should I do a retune, PIDs etc...?
Also I would love any thoughts and feedback about this.. should I have done something totally else?
glad nacelle
as expected I shredded my Vtx antenna on my first and only FPV so far nanohawk.
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you should just have used a whip antenna
lilac wind
that 
would be the optimal choice as that antenna's super heavy for that size of quad, but if it works and flies, and you can't get a normal whip antenna... "it's not stupid if it works"
my only concern is that it's making the rear motors work harder. The front ones can't go to full power otherwise they'll flip the quad backwards. So having the antenna more centered on the quad would be more efficient and probably would fly a little better
that said, I assume it's hard to solder that large coax cable correctly
the antenna also has the best reception/transmission when it's perfectly vertical
but just make sure you have it soldered correctly and that it's not shorting out the VTX pins.
twilit ridge
I flew it indoor on angle mod and it stayed for like 3.min flying
I couldn't solder it on the board cause the aux cable is huge
So I used the old cable and connected to the aux antenna by soldering cable to cable and I know it might not survive long
lilac wind
did you get the inner and outer pins of both coaxes soldered correctly?
twilit ridge
I tried between rooms and the original antenna was horrible comparing to what this is doing
Yes so inner pin to inner and outer to outer wrapped the whole thing with heat shrink and some electric tape
Regarding to make it centred it's hard.. I had to break the frame to pass it I will try if I open it up again
lilac wind
I tried between rooms and the original antenna was horrible comparing to what th...
sounds like you did great then haha
twilit ridge
Got great news also, meteor75 just got shipped today, I've been waiting 1 month,
lilac wind
just make sure that the center pin doesn't become disconnected. If it breaks, then the energy coming from the VTX will have nowhere to go and actually gets "reflected" back into the VTX itself, which could burn it out
twilit ridge
Is there a RHCP whip antenna?
lilac wind
I think by their nature, those whip antennas are linearly polarized
I'm not exactly sure how they work, but those and dipoles I believe are non polarized, or "linearly" polarized
VitroidFPV probably has an article on it
twilit ridge
will check it out, thanks for ur response
I literally disamble it today and had no idea what to do
twilit ridge
So I broke my goggles antenna and ordered another one since it's available in my country
lilac wind
there's a few cool 3d diagrams of how linear and circular polarization works in that article
lilac wind
So I broke my goggles antenna and ordered another one since it's available in my...
ah makes sense
glad nacelle
I'm not exactly sure how they work, but those and dipoles I believe are non pola...
Whip antennas are litteraly just a piece of straight wire, that's why it is linear polarized, it's because it isn't polarized
glad nacelle
The field goes wibby wibby in the axis of the antenna
Ok, I thought linear was when there is no polarization
hidden nova
All light is polarized, what we call unpolarized light is actually just light where each photon has a random polarization
glad nacelle
ok
glad nacelle
Is there a RHCP whip antenna?
you can get a truerc smol, it weights 0.25g, so it is lighter than most whip antennas, but it has poopoo durability, so mount it somewhere safe
