When changing the arm, a soldering iron is required, to remove the ESC + and - battery cables.
Note: The choice of soldered connections here, instead of the much more convenient
connector option may not seem ideal.
Various connectors were tried, but one compact enough, robust enough, and capable of
carrying > 20 Amps per motor was not found.
A custom connector suitable for this application will be included in a future revision of the
Vortex to simplify the in-field replacement of arms.
Camera Mounting Plate
Flight Camera
The Vortex flight camera is suspended from a dampened carbon fiber plate. This reduces the
amount of Jello due to unbalanced (or slightly damaged) props.
The camera mount itself allows a
tilt of up to ~45 degrees,
compensating for frame tilt due to
high speed racing.
NOTE: The camera pivot point is
intentionally tiltable without tools.
Because of this, it may move after
the occasional ‘hard landing’, and
should be checked before the next
launch.
The Vortex frame was designed for the family of FatShark cameras with lightweight plastic
cases, from the 600, and 700 TVL CMOS cameras, through to the 900 line CCD.
The Vortex is shipped with the 600 line CMOS installed (certain quads may be shipped with
the slightly improved 700 line version).
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