This is going to be a small series of me assembling a ZOHD Talon GT in an INAV configuration.
I have the Talon on order already, and am waiting for it to arrive. Banggood was kind enough to supply me with a MATEK F405 WING flightcontroller, a Ublox M8N GPS, and an FrSky XM+ receiver to test this configuration 😁 The Talon was paid for regularly, mind you. Just to be clear and transparent on that.
This makes an INAV configuration possible, but the most obvious next step would be to introduce a long-range transmitter module / receiver combo. The XM+ shoud have a decent enough range to fly line of sight, and maybe some FPV, a little further out, but an FrSky R9M setup (ca. €100), or even better: a Crossfire setup (ca. €200), would be the way to go for this type of flying. I don't have those yet, so donations are always welcome! That can be as simple as clicking on any of the (affiliate product links in this blog, and ordering something from those stores that are linked. It does not even have to be linked product, anything will do. Roughly 5% of that turnover will be added to my account, which can then be used to purchase further products. Right. With that out of the way, let's go prepare what we can, as far as we can!
We start off by taking a closer look at the flightcontroller. The Matek F405 WING is specifically designed for flying with fixed wing aircraft. That could be a flying wing, or a traditional airplane, or a blend of those, like the ZOHD Talon.
As listed in the title, I added a GPS, obviously - otherwise Cleanflight or even Betaflight would be enough, instead of IVAV. But I also bought an FPV set (DYS Mi200 VTX, plus a Runcam Eagle2), and a SpeedyBee BlueTooth module to configure INAV in the field with my phone. As receiver, for now, I use an FrSky XM+. Finally, I put an XT-60 connector on a piece of cable so that the flightcontroller could be powered by a battrey. The initial connections can be seen below.
I only powered the VTX with 5V from the board, and did not route the video signal through the Matek F405 WING On Screen Display (OSD) just yet, because that would mean I would have to cut that signal cable, solder it to the corresponding pins, and later cut the cables again to make them to length. For now, just verifying that enough power is delivered to power the camera through the VTX from a single 5V pad is enough. And that works 😁
Also, the BlueTooth module works, as is can be seen above, from the receiver tab of INAV on my phone.
Happy with this, for now, I await the arrival of the Talon with great anxiety. I sure hope that it will arrive before I have my one-week holiday soon. That would be so nice!
To be continued! Stay tuned...
I have the Talon on order already, and am waiting for it to arrive. Banggood was kind enough to supply me with a MATEK F405 WING flightcontroller, a Ublox M8N GPS, and an FrSky XM+ receiver to test this configuration 😁 The Talon was paid for regularly, mind you. Just to be clear and transparent on that.
This makes an INAV configuration possible, but the most obvious next step would be to introduce a long-range transmitter module / receiver combo. The XM+ shoud have a decent enough range to fly line of sight, and maybe some FPV, a little further out, but an FrSky R9M setup (ca. €100), or even better: a Crossfire setup (ca. €200), would be the way to go for this type of flying. I don't have those yet, so donations are always welcome! That can be as simple as clicking on any of the (affiliate product links in this blog, and ordering something from those stores that are linked. It does not even have to be linked product, anything will do. Roughly 5% of that turnover will be added to my account, which can then be used to purchase further products. Right. With that out of the way, let's go prepare what we can, as far as we can!
We start off by taking a closer look at the flightcontroller. The Matek F405 WING is specifically designed for flying with fixed wing aircraft. That could be a flying wing, or a traditional airplane, or a blend of those, like the ZOHD Talon.
As listed in the title, I added a GPS, obviously - otherwise Cleanflight or even Betaflight would be enough, instead of IVAV. But I also bought an FPV set (DYS Mi200 VTX, plus a Runcam Eagle2), and a SpeedyBee BlueTooth module to configure INAV in the field with my phone. As receiver, for now, I use an FrSky XM+. Finally, I put an XT-60 connector on a piece of cable so that the flightcontroller could be powered by a battrey. The initial connections can be seen below.
I only powered the VTX with 5V from the board, and did not route the video signal through the Matek F405 WING On Screen Display (OSD) just yet, because that would mean I would have to cut that signal cable, solder it to the corresponding pins, and later cut the cables again to make them to length. For now, just verifying that enough power is delivered to power the camera through the VTX from a single 5V pad is enough. And that works 😁
Also, the BlueTooth module works, as is can be seen above, from the receiver tab of INAV on my phone.
Happy with this, for now, I await the arrival of the Talon with great anxiety. I sure hope that it will arrive before I have my one-week holiday soon. That would be so nice!
To be continued! Stay tuned...
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