Just How Good is UBAD? Today, we're going to find out! Good Day Everyone and Welcome
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This is our second video in our Micro FPV Drone Parts Video Transmitter Series. The
first video was on teh TBS Unify Pro HV Race 2. If you missed that, no worries-a link will
pop in the upper right hand corner of this video for you to go ahead and check it out.
Today, we're going to go over the UBAD MiMiC-X
Mini. We'll go over its dimensions, take a
look at its power outputs on the ImmersionRC RF Power Meter, and then take it out for a
test flight on both its minimum 25 mW setting and also its maximum 200 mW setting. Let's
get started! Its coming in at 20.6 mm by 17 mm by 4.8 mm with the LED display. And its
weighing in at 3 grams. And here's a summary of its features. As we stated last time, what
we're looking for in our VTX for Micro builds is small in size and weight. And, we're looking
for dimensions that are less than or equal to 30 mm. We would like a maximum output power
of greater than or equal to 200 mW and we're finding out for Micro Quads you don't need
much more than 200 mW anyway. We do like to listen to our motors while we're flying. So,
we would like either a mic on the VTX or an audio input pad. Preferably, an audio input
pad. If you have an audio input pad, that gives you the flexibility to use the microphone
on your camera if you have that option available to you and you just solder in the wire from
the camera audio to the audio input pad on your VTX. Or, preferably, you can install
an external microphone such as an electret microphone which went over in our video on
FPV Audio. There's a link to that in the upper right-hand corner of this video as well. You
can check that out. We would like an MMCX connector because those are more durable then
the IPEX or UFL connectors, and preferably we would also like Smart Audio or Tramp which
allows us to change the video transmitter frequencies and powers using our transmitter
and our OSD. In this case , the UBAD MiMiC-X Mini does not have Smart Audio or Tramp but
we'll demonstrate just how easy it is to change the power and the frequencies using the small
button on it. We just went over the size and weight. The input voltage range is only 3.2-5.5
volts, so you have to keep that in mind when you're installing--or prior to installing
this video transmitter--you're going to need a 5-volt pad, as opposed to on the TBS Unify
Pro Race 2 which can take 2S - 6S input voltage straight from your LiPo pads. The output power
is 25 mW minimum and it can step to 50 or 200 mW. It does have the audio input pad,
MMCX and Pit Mode. It comes in at a price of $15.99 right now which is about half the
cost of the TBS Unify Pro. This information down here we went over last time in our first
video on the TBS Unify Pro Race 2 so we're not going to go over that again , but basically
we are using the same procedures for the UBAD MiMiC-X Mini that we did in testing out our
TBS Unify Pro Race 2 and we'll continue to use those same procedures for each of the
subsequent video transmitters we test in this Series. On a VTX power output setting of 25mW
on channel F4 which is 5800 MHz and our ImmersionRC RF Power Meter set at 5800 MHz, we are getting
28.4 mW. With a VTX ouput power setting of 200mW, on channel F4 at 5800 MHz, we are getting
187 mW. On Raceband 1, which is 5658 MHz, and our ImmersionRC RF Power Meter set at
5650MHz, and a power setting on our VTX of 200 mW we are getting 179 mW. And on Raceband 1
at 5658 MHz with an output power setting of 25 mW we are getting 26.5 mW. Okay, these
are the overall results for the output powers for the UBAD MiMiC-X Mini across Raceband
channels 1 - 8 and also channel F4. the output powers seem to be VERY consistent for the
50 mW and 25 mW settings and fairly consistent for the 200 mW setting. Not bad for this size
of a VTX. Now I did mention earlier that I was going to demonstrate how simple it is
to change the power, bands, and frequency on this UBAD MiMiC-X Mini video transmitter.
There's a small button right here which is located on the side, which is a good design
because its actually very accessible on the side of the board to operate. There's an LED
display right here which shows alpha-numeric characters and the alpha characters are going
to be the bands A, B, Raceband, etc. F and then also the numeric designations 1-8 will
show here as well. These 3 little LEDs right here show the different power levels. If no
LEDs are lit then its in Pit Mode. If this first LED is lit then its on 25 mW. If the
2nd LED is lit its on 50 mW and if this 3rd LED is lit its on 200 mW. So you can see the
bands and channels through this LED display and you can see the powers through these tiny
little LEDs. I'll go ahead and show you how to do that now. You short -press this button
here to change channels 1-8. You hold it in for about 3-4 seconds to change bands and
then you hold it in for slightly longer period of time to cycle through the 3 different output
powers. So, right now, its on F4 and the first LED is lit which is 25 mW. So, we're just
going to change the channel by pressing this small button in, short-press it. Now its on
F5, 6,7, 8. If I hold it in for a few seconds, it will change bands to Raceband. That designation
with the 1 vertical line and 1 horizontal line in the middle is Raceband. A, B, E and
I want to go back to F. F. Now I want to go to F4. Short-press, 2, short-press 3, short-press
4. Now I'm going to change power to the 50 mW setting by holding it in until the power
switches. And there it switched to 50 mW. I'm going to hold it in again to go to 200
mW. 20. The next step is Pit Mode where they all go out. Now its in Pit Mode. And, one
more time, I'm going to go to 25 mW on channel F4 which is what we're going to be flying
with initially. And there we have it! 25 mW, F4. Okay, as mentioned earlier, we're using
the same procedures for each of the MIcro FPV video transmitters we're testing. Consequently,
we're using the same field, and the same flight path as we did for the TBS Unify Pro HV Race
2. And, we will do so for all subsequent video transmitters that we test during our Micro
FPV VTX Series. The reason we're doing that is so if you want to compare one video transmitter
versus another, you can actually stack the flight videos from each one, one on top of
the other and run them simultaneously. And I'll demonstrate that so you know what I'm
talking about. Just go to the two videos of the Micro FPV video transmitters that you're
wanting to compare. Open one window for each, then make each window approximately the same
size and re-arrange them by stacking them one on top of the other, or side-by-side if
you wish, then play each of them simultaneously. Since, we're using the same field and the
same flight path for each of the Micro FPV video transmitters we're comparing, if you
do this, you should get a fairly good comparison of one video transmitter against another.
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YOUR time, Thanks for Watching, Happy Flying and IT'S FLY TIME!