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Hi!

I just mounted my horyzon cam from foxtech on my quad to test it with the AQ controler. It is known, that the cam interferes with 433mhz control systems but it seems to disturb the autoquad/esc32, too.

If I fly with recording cam there are quite much glitches from the engines...
In this vid you can hear the glitches... https://dl.dropbox.com/u/39112771/Film.mp4

I mounted the UHF shield from foxtech for the cam but the glitches are still there.

Here is a log file, where I moved the powered camera over the flightcontrol and esc https://dl.dropbox.com/u/39112771/001-AQL.LOG

the camera is powerd by the receiver, which is powered by the AQ. When I switch the cam off the glitches are gone.
Maybe anyone can see something in the log file...

Bye
Boris

I reviewed the HoryzonHD for Foxtech.. It has extreme UHF disturbance.

Did you redo the dynamic calibration (calibso) after mounting the camera?

Jesse

Hi Jesse,
thanks for your reply! No, I did not do calibso again after mounting the camera. I hoped that mounting the UHF shild would be enough to solve the problem but as mentioned it did not.

I am wondering if the UHF disturbance effects on the flight control or the ESC; the display oth the camera is mounted directly over 2 ESC...

Boris

yes, my rx was connected! and I already flew the cam with some plane and another copter without rx problems... just now together with my autoquad i could see these problems.
in which graphs can i see the interference when i am looking at the log file?

Thanks
Boris

If it's that noisy, get the power feed away from your Rx, AQ, and maybe even your flight battery altogether. Or at least a separate BEC with a filter, just for the cam. Connecting wires to a noisy device is like opening a direct pipe to the interference.

-Max

Ya, the rx was connected but the TX not powered while logging...
Next i will test an external BEC for powering the cam

An external BEC with a noise filter could solve the problem.
If it doesn't we might add a warning to the Wiki, mounting the cam as far away from the FC as possible.