:Date: 2018-01-17 13:08 .. index:: drone, fpv, visuo xs809hw, eachine tx01 FPV upgrade =========== A while ago I got into `FPV `_. During this adventure, I bought some nice stuff and come not so nice stuff. The `VISUO XS809HW `_ is part of the not so nice stuff. It is a decent drone with about ten minutes of flight time. It also does everything as announced. But not a single step more. In addition, this was the first drone i got with WiFi-based FPV and boy: there is a lag. I basically cannot fly this drone out of sight and just by looking at the screen. It hits the wall before I can even react to what is shown on the screen. So this drone was more for fun-flying-when-bored. It is not the most agile one either. But it is small, easy to carry and easy to handle. -------- Until now. I had this `Eachine TX01 `_ lying around for quite some time. Considering my almost non-existing soldering skills it was kind of a stretch to get these two together. But it has been done. I have soldered the FPV transmitter onto the VISUO drone, drilled a small hole into the chassis and now there is real FPV. This drone can now be flown in-house without crashing with anything. .. image:: /_images/images/gallery/2018/placeholder/20180105185030_drone.jpg :scale: 50 :alt: The soldered camera You see the additional cable attached to the battery connector. One thing though: I should have attached it to the actual switch, not the battery. The camera is on now as soon as I put in the battery, no matter the state of the drone. Still some testing to do regarding the battery life-time, the range and how stable it is.