FPV Camera
Real-time video captured from FPV camera is sent to the pilot's
FPV goggle | control screen | monitor | smartphone device | tablet
through a video transmitter (VTX).
Camera
Video Transmitter
Monitor
Latency
Analog Racing Camera
4ms
typically over 100ms
If you fly racing drone or high speed flying. The lower the latency, the more quickly the pilot can react.
If flying at 100Km/h, a delay of 100ms (0.1s) means your drone will travel 2.78m before you can react on the sticks, the drone has already crashed before the pilot realizes it.
The latency of your FPV camera is caused by the camera processing all of the information from the image sensor. Action cameras like the GoPro are processing highly detailed images (up to 4k) while also outputting live video to your FPV transmitter. This means they have a lot more information to process.
Size
FPV camera sizes are determined by the width – the distance between the two side mounting holes.
The common sizes are:
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Standard, aka “full size” (28mm)
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Mini (21mm)
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Micro (19mm)
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Nano (14mm)
Specification
FOV
Field of view (FOV) is the maximum area of a sample that a camera can image.
Camera Angle
Camera angle increases, you have more thrust pushing you forward. This means not just that you can fly faster, it means that you have to fly faster to maintain a constant altitude at that angle.
Thrust
Thrust
Thrust