Clover Leaf Antenna Build for 5.8Ghz FPV - IBCrazy

by bmsweb | May 8, 2012 | (24) Posted in Projects

This is how I go about building 5.8Ghz Antennas. They seem to work great and significantly increase range and quality of video feed. In any case I hope you find this video helpful. Its worth noting that this is the IBCrazy design antenna and not mine and the technique I use to build it is for the most part as per David's method on his web site http://www.rcexplorer.se/

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JoeTapia on May 16, 2012
great tutorial! it really cleared up the part of the build i was a bit fuzzy on. thanks!
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bmsweb on May 17, 2012
Thanks for the feedback, I'm happy it helps. David has his article on this site too now, so you plug in your figures :)
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Manuel on September 29, 2012
This is extremely helpful. Thanks so much for this video.
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bmsweb on November 5, 2012
You're very welcome :)
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Funky Diver on May 12, 2012
I never quite got the curves right with the SPW / Clover... but I know guys that swear by these antennae.

I went down the virivent / windmill route instead :)
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schraut5 on May 9, 2012
Nice build! What size/type of wire are you using here?
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bmsweb on May 10, 2012
This once is a little too thick. I ended up using 1mm thick wire, I'm pretty sure 0.8mm would have been better . . The up side is it work and works really well
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Jet760 on May 16, 2012
Really a great build, made things easy to do. Thanks
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bmsweb on May 17, 2012
Thanks for the feedback :)

Don't forget to check out Davids article on this site :)
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joneill4 on March 16, 2015
First, great tutorial. This looks very DIY doable. Hobby King sells these for $6. Some friends of the site sell them for $70. With such a short parts list, where could the difference possibly be?
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jonathancod on October 7, 2015
Branding.
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Clover Leaf Antenna Build for 5.8Ghz FPV - IBCrazy