FPV antenna cover

by JackJonesGT | January 15, 2014 | (0) Posted in Tips

FPV antenna cover

Following I will show you how to create an very easy antenna cover for your FPV  “clove leaf antenna”. You can see that cover on the picture of my FPV ground station. It is the yellow “umbrella”.

 

What do we need?

-          “Kinder Surprise” Egg (the big one!)

-          a peace of balsa wood or foam (50mm x 10mm)

-          glue (hot glue gun)

 

 

First you have to take the big or the small part of the plastic from the “Kinder Surprise Egg” (Attention: You have to get the extra-large "Suprise Egg"!). I have used the smaller plastic part.

Then you take your balsa wood or foam peace and cut it until it fits into the middle of the Egg housing.

In the middle of the balsa / foam part you can cut out a small area for your antenna cable. Fix your balsa or foam part with a little bit of glue (hot glue) on your antenna cable. Put on the plastic cover and fix it on the balsa / foam part. That’s it!  


 

 

 

 

 

 

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COMMENTS

Kurt0326 on February 12, 2014
AWSOME idea! Except the last I've heard USA has out lawed the "Kinder eggs". I would think we Americans can use a large plastic Easter egg to the same success. Thank you for the idea.
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Trippey on March 3, 2014
What about the larger acorn capsules from vending machines?

http://s8.postimg.org/4xs8ns245/2_inch_acorn_capsules.jpg
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marc60 on March 11, 2014
I used the lid of a deodorant spraycan Fits nice. And there are a lot of sizes :P

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JackJonesGT on April 4, 2014
Thank`s for the idea with the deodorant spraycan cap. That is a good idea. I will have a look on that for a cap for my Tricopter because it is much smaller.
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