Alien 5" Radio Tray

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This radio tray is for the ImpulseRC Alien 5" quadcopter, to help tidy up the installation of the radio equipment in the quad. The Alien Quadcopter range can be found here https://impulserc.com/collections/alien. This design will allow you to mount your VTX & RX simply and makes for a very tidy installation. The design caters for both the RH & LH side SMA VTX's and you can always install an LED in the other spare hole... However, I should say there are two schools of thought on the solution; 1. mounting the radio kit, RX & VTX close together is not a good idea as may cause intermodulation product and the possibility of the VTX power over driving the sensitive front of the RX, (FGA) resulting in blocking and a reduction in range, 2. the other view suggests that there is no impact based on practical experience (LeDrib)... I would suggest that you make your own checks and draw your conclusions. But for me, and my flying it works... @finalglideaus - suggests you should separate your RX & VTX if you are going to fly long distances - Chad likes the idea of radio hardware & the antenna of the two systems being mounted as far apart as possible. Drew's view is that it all seems to work well, even when mounted close together, and Drew has not had a lockout yet... @drewcamden - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HltLZR9lMbQ Move to about 23 mins 41 secs in the video. This design was inspired by @drewcamden aka LeDrib... http://shop.miniquadclub.com/shop/accessories/mqc-fusion-commdock/ Drew's 'commdock' was designed for the MiniQuadClub Fusion Frame - http://shop.miniquadclub.com/shop/frames/mqc-fusion/ This radio tray has been designed specifically for the Alien 5". And has a number of features Drews doesn't have in his design namely; a front & rear brace structure, square holes in the rear brace to help align the VTX, a reduced diameter rear plug in the RX antenna tube hole to help locate RX antenna tubes. This is the 3rd iteration of this design which has been optimised to print with TPU using 2mm support structures... Please follow Drews channels... Twitter @Drewcamden Facebook https://www.facebook.com/andrew.camden YouTube https://www.youtube.com/LeDribFPV Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drewcamden/ Please follow me... Twitter - @heliboy Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DavidOwensuk YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu8jFGkgTAqEUlK7dj1jhxw Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dowens234/ As always please; download, like and subscribe... Please feedback if you would like changes made to the design.