Fat Shark FPV setup and Head Tracking on Spektrum DX8

[@sunderll]

Jimmy, I'd like to thank you publicly for making this video. I'm convinced I'd never have had success because several of the steps you mentioned just aren't anywhere. Your instructions were spot on and I had everything working in about 20 minutes!!

[@lineagetechlab2931]

Like others have said, thanks for including the missing info for how to change the settings. Fat shark dropped the ball on their manual. 7 years later and your video is still helping people!

[@hughbatchelor8599]

Thank you for the informative video. Just a tip regarding holding down the trainer switch. You can set a different switch on that channel, i.e. change it to one of the toggle switches which you are not using for something else, then you can just manually switch the tracker on and off. Hope this is useful. Cheers.

[@rossmcdonnell1796]

How do you go about doing this please. I have a DX8 series 1 and I can assign the trainer switch to do other things but can’t find a way of assigning the training mode to another switch.

[@MrVerno1960]

Thanks Jimmy for posting. Completing an exact set up on a Super Sky Surfer with my DX-8.. Your video saved me lots of headaches.. BTW for other viewers, you can find these pan and tilt set ups at hobby king for $21 plug and play. Just search in FPV section.

[@chrisvidal1683]

where? can you post a link. I found one, but its about $70, its a Fatshark 600tvl pan/tilt camera by itself.

[@CharlesLe-thephotographer]

thanks so much for posting this. Because of your video I finally managed to get my setup to work after sitting on the shelf for six months.

[@jsnyder1025]

No problem!! be sure to read through the comments below for some issues/hop ups others have found.

[@mikebindley4567]

gr8 job! Filled in answers to Questions nobody else has. Alas have no joy getting FS TELE v5 head tracking to go!

[@rcgreaves]

Jimmy let me add my thanks to the others. I can't help but marveling at how Fat Shark/Horizon et al can ever expect to stay ahead of the curve on cool products like these Goggles. I've had mine a couple weeks and welll you've opened my eyes

[@drwgreg]

Jimmy, Thanks for making this video, it saved me a bunch of painful brain work.

[@flysullivan]

Thanks for the video! It really helped. Their needs to be better setup instructions for these products. After I get mine going I am going to do a full video tutorial of everything from what to buy to how to setup this head tracker with links to everything. LOL

[@BackRoadsOutlawsRC]

NICE JIMMY!!!!..your the first to help us out on this damn thing....now i just gotta figure a way to keep the button depressed....hahahaha..THANKS SO MUCH bud...Rod

[@jsnyder1025]

Yes! thats where I am Im afraid to change my switches on my expensive spektrum. However I have an old DX6i I can practice on :)

[@IbnAir23]

Don't destroy your radio . U can make another switch work as the trainer switch, you don't have to use the button. Thx a lot for the info!!!

[@1kdoc]

I have fatshark trinity HT, which needs 3 aux channels for pan, tilt and roll. Is there an option for three channels setting on your fatshark? (I'm yet to receive my goggle and DX8)

[@rich52mag]

Hay Jim how did you know you had to use a mono plug. I have a Fatshark Trinity head tracker that I'm trying to use with my Hitec Flash 8 that also uses a stereo plug. Can't get it to work. I'm a little afraid to use the mono plug. Might cause a short in the transmitter.

[@Stizo7777]

Good video by the way.

[@mmmasterscross7915]

Thank for the great info.

[@NosadfacesChannel]

Can this be used with 5ch to 7ch? Is an 8ch radio reeded for full movement?

[@RedDevilSquadron]

Good walk through. A couple questions. So that's all it takes, switching the two channels in the trainer mode set-up, and it works? Does it really need that mono adapter?

[@jsnyder1025]

I found it does. I havent tried it without the mono since i set it up. Maybe Ill try it and comment again.

[@RedDevilSquadron]

Jimmy Snyder Well I got it and did everything you did but I keep finding things are getting jumbled around, it will switch to roll for left to right and then I lose tilt, and the worst part is that the camera is centered when I click on the buddy box button, but once I lift it to turn it off, the camera points to the side. How do I fix this? Really flustered. Paid the extra to get the head tracking and it seems to be pretty poorly set up...or it could just be me...

[@jsnyder1025]

***** Let me look into your problem. I think I had this camera issue as well. I will check that. I understand your frustration. You have Dx8?

[@RedDevilSquadron]

Jimmy Snyder Well after some working I got it all figured out, finally. I am using a DX18QQ which isn't an "official" working radio for it, but it "unofficially" does work. After some tinkering, I got the head tracking to work and got the servos all centered up. The thing that sucks about the head tracking is that you can't have control of the plane and use head tracking at the same time...unless you can?

[@MID_LyFe_Gamer]

***** Can you please tell me how you fixed the problem of your camera pointing to the side? Min points to the left when I release the trainer button. When I press the button it centers and begins to work.

[@OllyFPV]

Is that satellite receiver any good What is the range like + v. Useful video

[@Iceman700Y]

Do you really HAVE to have the 8 channel receiver? I want to set it up with a 200QX and I don't know what receiver it uses. Also, what camera is that?

[@jsnyder1025]

I do think so, offhand. I just happened to have an 8ch. You have to have whatever your aircraft needs plus 2 for the head tracker obviously lol. and the camera is the 600TVL i believe. Thanks!

[@Stizo7777]

Sorry it is a DX18 the guy is using. He also has a good video but totally rewired his stereo jack and swapped it for a mono, but you did it the easy way and bought a plug so you have both! Bravo! Also, for you guys that want a head tracking cord for your Fat Shark or SkyZone goggles which you want to connect to an EzUHF Tx…. your cord will need to have an S-video plug on both ends which I believe was included with my SkyZone Goggles. Now all we need is a video which includes all of this info together in one video. KZbin is awesome. Everybody can contribute. Knowledge is power!

[@mathewstenbo6514]

Do you still have control of channels 1-4 when you press the trainer switch?

[@javieruriel]

Do you have a more close photo of the pantilt?

[@pedrocano4857]

Hi!, great video man but i have a question... Where can i find the servos mount to control the movement of the camera??? is there a specific one that i have to buy to get these thing work? Thanks a lot!

[@jsnyder1025]

Thank you! I followed the links on the fatshark web site. But just google "pan tilt fpv mount", that will get u in the right direction. I forgot where I got it from haha. Good luck!!

[@pedrocano4857]

Thanks for the reply! I´ll do that jimmy

[@jsnyder1025]

Pedro Cano Also, If you are somewhat familiar with how servos work and have a little DIY in you and/or extra servos at home. You could make a mount relatively easily. Sometimes its easier to spend the $40 or so and call it a day tho lol

[@pedrocano4857]

Thanks Jimmy, i really appreciate the time you have spent in sharing this info. probably i´ll do the test in making my own mount of servos, if it doesn´t work i´ll buy it. Thanks again and keep it up!.

[@tommyjakobsen5504]

did you ever get it to work, Without hold the trainer down

[@wimross2173]

Could these goggles be used just for fpv only and not for head tracking?

[@rossmcdonnell1796]

Did you ever work out the switch problem please?

[@indikailleperuma]

very good video... I just did the exact steps and it worked without any trouble. I have a question. when comparing the PPM signal which is coming from the goggles is almost double the PPM singal the specktrum sends out (when the radio is OFF. when the radio is ON it accept a PPM singal and when the radio is OFF it transmit a PPM signal) So do we need to put a resister between the goggles and the transmitter? As the PPM signal is a digital signal there should not be an effect for the information the signal carry even the voltage is dropped via a resister. guys please advice.. Im sure no body want to burn the spectrum... My worry is that if the spectrum can transmit a low voltage signal PPM signal shouldn't it also accept a similar voltage input PPM signal.. (not double) In theory spectrum expect the PPM port to work with another spectrum radio. As all the spectrum radios have the same PPM voltage they wont harm one another... I'm using a dominator with trinity head tracker, dx7s

[@jsnyder1025]

Haha I think you are speaking a little above my expertise level... Anyone else on here can help us out???

[@skylarsims2124]

I followed your tutorial and everything works... except the wrong way. When I move the goggles up and down the head tracker pans, and when I move the goggles left and right the head tracker tilts. Do you know how to reverse this?

[@jsnyder1025]

Hmmm... Maybe the cable is plugged in backwards ? Not sure or possibly check how it's mounted maybe yours fits opposite from mine. Nonetheless let me know what happens!

[@1afmxswarrior]

Just curious, where did you buy your pan/tilt servos? Outstanding video by the way!

[@jsnyder1025]

+Brenden Shaw I got it from hobby king... Ive see videos where people have made their own. I was surprised when I recieved it I noticed it was pretty much 2 servos linked together perpendicular. Thank you! Hopefully have some new quad videos soon!

[@schelling53]

I can't seem to get help anywhere on the subject:-( I have a dx7s which is basically the dx8 I have the same trainer page and settings minus the 3rd aux. I have set this up at least 50 times now and every single time my radio says "warning no slave" and the tracking will not work. If anyone knows how to help or could walk me through the transmitter side of things or something that would be great. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong here.

[@Stizo7777]

if you look on my channel I have a Headtracking playlist selection and there is a DX9 head tracking setup video that shows this switch change.

[@b13wng]

can you tell me where you get the stereo to mono adapter

[@Silvertinge291]

do you always have to hold trainer button to activate HT? is there a way around this?

[@jsnyder1025]

From my findings you do. I believe you can set it to a different switch. Check out some comments on here and ask these guys too. alot of them know alot more than i do! good luck and feel free to post your findings!

[@mrbajz]

Does anyone else know how to solve that?

[@weaverjames9]

***** I am not using my trainer for head tracking but the same should apply with head tracking as it does with a normal trainer setup. On my dx6 under the trainer menu I'm able to to set the trainer on any of the switches on the transmitter. I have had other transmitters that had a "preassigned" trainer switch that it would only work when that switch is in the trainer position and most times they are spring loaded. The only ways I know to get around this is to ether add a external mechanism to hold the switch in the trainer position or to replace the momentary/springloaded switch with a standard toggle switch. You can assign the trainer switch on most modern transmitters so you want to make shore that you can't before you dig into one of your transmitters. .

[@badkeene]

Did you explain how to set up the dx8 or did i missed it ?

[@pilotagenyc]

Thanks!

[@Stizo7777]

I have a DX9…that is the way it is on my radio. DX8 may be different.

[@alexmonk3367]

Is it any different for the dx7

[@daronvague7372]

What size mono plug did you need to order?

[@jsnyder1025]

A Standard 3.5mm plug worked for me. The fat shark supplied the cable from the 3.5mm to goggles cable.

[@markeggert2163]

If you aren't using flaps, you still need eight channels and can't us a six channel Dx6i?

[@Stizo7777]

Ibn Air is right. In your trainer port setup where you set your masters and slaves scroll down till you see the switch setting and change it to one of your toggle switches.

[@jsnyder1025]

Thanks!! Ill be sure to check yours out!

[@SkymotionColombia]

How can I do this? I selected gear for the trainer in the switch select option but I can make it work from there.

[@rossmcdonnell1796]

@@SkymotionColombia If you are still wondering the switch setup says Trainer and gives options. This means the trainer switch can be set up to do "Inh, Gear, aux1, aux2 or aux3". Why you would want the push button switch to do gear I don't know.

[@MILLERS066]

Is this the same set up for the dx6?

[@jsnyder1025]

I am not 100 percent sure although I would think it is. I have a broken DX6 unfortunately so it would be difficult to try. but same programming so I dont see why not.

[@aldoyosbel1728397263]

try to use a different battery for the video, because you going to have a lot noise on your video from your ESC

[@jsnyder1025]

also prop wash is an issue, I did use a separate batteries. The trojan holds alot of weight and still flies wonderfully.

[@aldoyosbel1728397263]

Jimmy Snyder make more videos to see it

[@mulchymcgregor5250]

I just woke up and video was over wtf happened

[@zippomaker2239]

Hi Jimmy, is it possible to do it with 3axis gimbal? I have problem to set Fatshark: www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2340240#post30700240 How can set the Fatshark channel? thnaks

[@MrVerno1960]

Cres.. I just ordered one from Ready Made RC.. Here is the link to the pan and tilt set-up. You will have to provide your own camera.. www.readymaderc.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11_408&products_id=1644

[@johnmillermreleutheromania305]

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