Walkera F210 Pictures & Details

She sure is a looker, and the Walkera F210 works well with my FatSharks.
Click through for more detail pictures of the F210 and more descriptions of this cool mini-quad.

The arms and baseplate is 3mm, under that to the right you can see the 2mm belly cover shield. (total 5mm of structural strength)   to the far right you can see the USB connector for the F3 flight controller.
*once again, Walkera have made a smart move by choosing a open market flight controller. 

Another look at the ESC plugin, you can also see the light "roll cage" to the left in the image, its the anchor for the CF boards and give additional strength to the frame around the electronics and power board, notice the power board in the center is not part of the structural frame.   to the right you see the front light which is in a cast aluminum block.

 The 800tvl camera can be tilted back further than what most will need.   the egg shaped shield goes over the camera for some protection.  I would consider moving the camera back by drilling new holes in the mount so that it will get more inside the protector.

 The XT60 connector is at an angle on the back part of the quad.

All the metal DO affect the weight,  the flying weight with the stock battery is 532 grams, however this thing is build like a tank, and I suspect it will take some serious crashes.  the build and finish is beautiful and it feels solid like a brick in the hand.  give you the feeling of a mercedes door rather than something flimsy.

 Not sure why, but Walkera still don't have the OSD right,  notice how the horizon line is leaning the wrong way in the picture.   Please walkera, this can't be difficult to fix in post.
In the top right corner of the image you have the flight timer and the bottom left have the battery voltage.  make sure you aim to land by 14.2v.

 One more look at the stacked design.  notice the solid mounts supporting the video antenna,  the VTX is on the bottom of the stack. you can see where the antenna is plugged in.

 I padded the front of the battery compartment with about 15mm of the black hard foam from the shipping case,  push the battery up against that and you got the COG pretty right.
The battery compartment is 100mm long by 40mm wide.  keep in mind you need the battery to not be much more than 90mm so there are room for the cables.

 On the belly you can make out the solid door protecting the electronics, that is cut int the belly plate which is 2mm board,  release 4 screws and pop out the plate to expose the electronics. no need to worry about a branch or rock punching out your VTX or OSD.

 The one missing spot, is where to put my Mobius,  in the end I printed a little block that fit in front of the battery. done deal.  its tilting back at about 30degrees to keep the camera level when I stick the quad and get some speed going.


  Another look at the quad with the Mobius mount installed.     Nuff said, lets go flying.

****** Im working on the unbox video right now.. it should be ready wednesday or thursday.. subscribe to my youtube channel and stay tuned for more videos. :-)

Comments

[Bo Lorentzen]

Hey Bjørn, FatShark v2? jeg antager det er en dominator SD v2? :-)

Med en 210 har du en LHP antenna, så du skal have en tilsvarende på dine goggles.
FatShark er ikke en 100% frequency match med den inkludered video modtager, men jeg har brugt den i årevis uden problemer. bare toggle gennem frekvenserne til du har et klart billed.

En bedre løsning er at købe en Furious diversity modtager, den har 40 kanaler og auto-search, fantastisk modtager.
Bo

[Bjørn Ibsen]

Jeg har lige købt f210 3d og ligger inde med et par fatshark v2... hvordan skal jeg sætte senderen så jeg kan få et billede?

[Bo Lorentzen]

Brandon, the F210 is not really designed for long-range flying ;-) its much simpler using a directional antenna to increase the range of the aircraft.

[Brandon]

To anyone who may know I'm curious as to learning how you might be able to upgrade the fpv 5.8 ghz transmitter on the walkera f210 . I'm upgrading the Devo 7 controller with a signal booster.and I'd like to have 400 mw or greater of video signal? If you could recommend a transmitter and a bit of installation instructions I would be very grateful.

[Ken]

Hi,

Actually i have a bad vtx signal as well, after few meters away, the signal is lost. my spec is below.

- 3D edition without any update into the firmware
- did not change any setting on the flight controller
- VTX: TX5825 200mW (pre-installed) or TX 5829 25mW (bought additional)
actually the 25mW give me more stable image within few meters.
- Goggle: fatshark dominator 2
- VTX: beta band http://goo.gl/5VU4x0 or alpha band http://goo.gl/MfkDuW
- Antenna: TBS triumph on tx & rx

I think the pre-installed VTX had faultly and TX5829 one did not match my environment.. I am trying to get one more 200mW VTX to fix the issue...

If you have any advice, please let me know!
Thank yoU!

[Bo Lorentzen]

Hey Mark, sorry for the slow reply.
Check the frequency charts and make sure the frequency you pick are a close match on both units.
Im fascinated with this actually as I use FatSharks and have no problems, I get video out to about 300-400m without any problems.

[Mark]

Im at a loss I've spoken to FS and Walkera forum I can't get a clear pic to fly FPV on my Dominator V3 could you tell me what module you use on yours and dip switch settings please, I ended up buying left and right antennas 2 beta modules just incase one was faulty but I still can't get more than 20 feet away before I lose picture. The dip switches on the F210 are all in the on position I'm at a lose and it's putting me off FPV. I enjoy flying the drone and want to get into the FPV so I can practice and maybe on day race but it's becoming frustrating please help

[Bo Lorentzen]

Hey Andre, thank you for the kind words,
I never said they run on the same band, however they are close enough (check the frequency chart) and you will get a very good match, honestly I use them at great range without any problems at all.
for a perfect match you need to use the beta-channels receiver as that have all the channels, but then again, Im not telling you anything I have not already said many times.

[Andre paul]

You fucking laying piece of shit. The f210 and fats hark do not run on the same band. I'm so mad at you.

[Bo Lorentzen]

Hey Mark,
pull out the user-guide for the beta-module. you need to learn how to change BANDS..
OK next to avoid ghosting. turn on your 210 and walk it maybe 15+ meters away... then look at the first band, toggle all the channels, and repeat until you have a nice clear video image. done deal. :-)

[Mark]

I'm in need of some help please I have the F210 brought it after your reviews and watching your you tube testing download. I have the Fatshark dominator V3 and I cannot get a good signal soon as the F210 is about 10 feet away it's not possible to receive anything, could you show me if at all possible what your switches are set to on the beta modual I believe I'm suffering from bleeding but I'm at a loss what to set the switches to on the modual

[Christian Paul]

Hi, my fatshark predator v2 is compatible with onboard came on f210.
Sometimes there is a lot of interference that Really bugs me out. Last time we where out flying I looked in to my friends feed and there where no static/interderance at all. I think it is because the onboard system for Fpv it not that great. I got a CMOS 700V2 camera from fatshark it Came with the googles (predator v2) the vtx is a 5.8, 25mW A/VTx from Immersion RC. How can i disabli the onboard TX and camera on the f210 and instead use the new one that hopefully gives me the same nice clear pictures I saw using my friends camera and Tx. Please help!!'n best regards Christian Paul!

[Bo Lorentzen]

Drew you need to buy a 5.8ghz receiver and then take the video out from the receiver and plug into your monitor.

[Drew]

How do you connect a monitor to the quad

[Bo Lorentzen]

Hey Drew, you can make any monitor receive the video signal if you attach a appropriate 5.8ghz receiver to the monitor.
However its hard to fly proximity FPV with a monitor, I strongly recommend goggles with a racing mini-quad

[Drew]

can you connect the eachine monitor to the fpv camera on the quad

[Bo Lorentzen]

It have a low-voltage buzzer. however not a real lost-quad buzzer. normally I just stick a lipo-alarm on the battery balance tab
We really need a REAL crash buzzer, with its own battery so if stuff is disconnected it will work for say 30 minutes, need to detect a loss of power, crash, inverted, OR lack of motion for 10 sec and start beeping. once ever 5 sec.

[Shawn]

Hi, does the 210 have a buzzer for finding it if you lose track of its location in an FPV crash? If not, do you think one could be installed? Thx

[Bo Lorentzen]

Hey D-J YES you can.

[Bo Lorentzen]

Hey Albert, the Teleporter works ok, its just that in general I prefer the Predator and up.

[Bo Lorentzen]

Personally I use the regular FatShark HD's with the standard fast hark rx, there is a small discrepancy, however I have perfect video signal so no problems, the beta channels rx is better for Walkera though.

[Ana]

I have dominator v3 goggles and can't connect with my immersion rc 5G8 600 reciever.

What reciever are you using to connect? And have you found a favorite channel?

[D-J]

Hello mate, Just wondering if I could use the Eachine VR-007 googles with the F210?

Thanks

[Chris]

Does anyone know how to get the osd back after firmware upgrade? I upgraded to betaflight and now I do not have osd any more. Play with all combination from both switches (on osd board and main board) without success?

[Albert Sanchez]

Why would you avoid the teleporter for this drone?
I am probably getting my hands on a teleporter v4 but saw your comment and whant to know if its a really bad choice.

Thanks