FPV transmitter bench box

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I was looking for a compact box to hold a small vtx on my workbench where I could keep all the wires organized. I came across the Tevo mosfet box, thank you Razzerback for the initial design, and used it as a starting point. I raised the standoffs in the interior corners and removed the dimples for the mosfet board holes to make some improvements. Then I designed a new bed that would act as a shelf so the wires could go underneath and the vtx can sit on top with zip ties securing it, also making the shelf easily removable. Next, I modified the lid to have a vertical wall where a camera can be mounted with holes for wires to pass back down into the box. Since I plan to use an Eachine mini vtx, the antenna will stick out of the non-fan end. The enclosure has room for a slip-in 30mm fan at one end to keep everything cool and I will power it from a 2s lipo with a bec. I was working on setting up micro minimosds for fpv flying wings and found that the process from camera focusing to programming the osd inside the model was quite frustrating. It would be nice to have a bench vtx where everything is out in the open but compact and a single unit that can easily hook things up to. I will upload pictures when it's done. My heater element burned out about 99% of the way through printing the box, but it looks good - the shelf needs to be a few mm wider and instead of 5mm thick should be 3mm thick as mentioned earlier. I expect some additional tweaks once all the guts arrive in the mail this week, perhaps a tray to hold a 2s lipo so I can run the connector out the round hole on the side of the box. I got my fan yesterday and made a few changes to the box - moved the hole in the side down and made it bigger so that I can get the wire through with a jst connector, also made the tabs that hold the fan a little longer and added 2 channels at the bottom of the fan space for the wire to pass through. I also added some additional holes on that face of the box where I will use a velcro strap to hold the battery on. I printed out the last version yesterday and realized a couple of things - the hole in the side of the box wasn't big enough for the jst connector to fit through, so I simplified it. The design for the lid was too elaborate and not as sturdy as I wanted, so I made it simpler with just cable passthroughs and a 3mm hole in the lid for a screw to hold down a runcam mount. The picture of the actual thing is of the next-to-last design - it works well enough for me but I took the learnings from putting it together and made the mods to end up with the final design.