/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1121137
>I'd say over-arm ESCs instead of under, keeps them from getting roughed up on landings.
ESCs would be enclosed. Pic related.

And even if they weren't, with a battery strapped on the bottom there's not much chance of the ESCs touching the ground anyways unless I land on a pointy rock.

>I wouldn't fall for the motor tilt meme, the whole point of the x frame is . . .
Yeah, I'm talking camera tilt. And streamlining oriented for high-tilt flight.

>You might need to re-design the top plate and standoffs to be tilted so you can slap the runcam on there easily without wasting space.
Yeah. But easier said than done, I'm afraid. An HS1177 or such can simply be shifted forward of the FC stack, but with the Runcam I have no choice but to stick it on top. I've already slammed the FC and top plate to less than 1 cm, but down that low I have precious little space between the prop arcs themselves. It's starting to seem like I might just be forced to mount the camera up high, Wall-E style - which doesn't really seem well-suited to podding in. Maybe I should just forget about the idea of an aeropod altogether.

>Never use the HD recording cam for FPV. low-latency isn't no latency
You're not familiar with the Runcam2, are you? It's every bit as fast as a board cam.

>and if you're concerned about having fairings to increase speed, then you're going way to fast for any latency.
I've FPV'd fixed-wings far faster than any multirotor, using even a slowpoke Mobius for FPV, no problem. It's not the speed that will get you, it's proximity and/or rates.