Hi
We are working on a full scale electric vehicle project that requires remote control.
Radio control is not my area of expertise, I would love some guidance on good quality equipment to use.
(I preface that this is an internal demo platform, testing in private proving grounds, with independent secondary cutouts etc.)
It is a simple electrical drive and we have sorted the electro-mechanical control of brake/throttle and steering functions.
I would like to use a Radio Control and a FPV system for our next stage of testing.
A radio transmitter, with reliable long range. ( is 500m line of sight, flat ground, achievable ? )
2 proportional channels, minimum. But more will be useful for additional features.
Some ON/Off digital channels would be good for Lights activation etc…
Receiver which can be wired to an external antenna.
Servos which have 12 bit positional resolution (I could work with 10 bit)
The servos, will actually be used to drive existing potentiometer inputs, so they do not need lots of torque.
A FPV camera and transmitter, HD quality if possible. External antenna for the FPV transmitter system.
FPV reciever feeding goggles and an external monitor.
Any additional kit, power supply, devices you think will help.
My budget for radio control equipment is under £400 and under £400 for FPV system. I have some flexibility in this, However, I wish to buy Good equipment, not just expensive, any spare budget can then be re-invested elsewhere in the project.
I don’t really know in detail what is possible, so any thoughts or advice on RC kit and FPV kit would be appreciated.
John.