DarwinFPV TinyApe 600mW VTX
Of the 81 other 5.8 GHz analog video transmitters in our database, 23 have a lower maximum power than the TinyApe 600mW VTX (600 mW, 28 dBm), 6 the same and 52 a higher one; the class median is 800 mW. The TinyApe 600mW VTX steps through 25 / 200 / 400 / 600 mW, which is 14 / 23 / 26 / 28 dBm: the top level is 14 dB above the lowest, about 4.9x the free-space range on the same antennas.
| System | analog |
|---|---|
| Max power | 600 mW |
| Power levels | 25 / 200 / 400 / 600 mW |
| Frequency range | 5.8 GHz |
| Input voltage | 5V |
| Power draw | 600 mA at 5 V |
| Channels | 40 |
| Weight | 3.5 g |
| Price (approx.) | 34.99 USD |
Choosing between systems? See analog vs DJI vs Walksnail vs HDZero.
Where this data comes from
Read 2026-09-24 off DarwinFPV's own shop, the twelfth VTX manufacturer catalogue read beside the US retail scrape and the first brand this catalogue carries no transmitter of at all. The product page carries a labelled Specifications block and every figure here is a line of it: 'Output Power: 25/200/400/600mW(adjustable)', 'Frenquency: 5.8Hz 40port', 'Power Supply Voltage Range: 5V', 'Weight: 3.5g', 'Protocol: SmartAudio'. The brand names this part three ways on one page - the title is 'DarwinFPV 25/200/400/600mW VTX', the spec block's own Name row says 'DarwinFPV 600mW VTX', and the only variant is called 'TinyApe/CineApe VTX'; the model recorded here takes the variant's product word and the block's power. channels is the block's '40port', which is the brand's wording for 40 channels; the '5.8Hz' beside it is a typo for 5.8 GHz. mount_mm is deliberately empty: the block's only dimension line is 'Pitch: 28*15mm(length*width)', and a figure the manufacturer itself annotates as length by width is the board's outline, not a mounting pattern - the seventh burst's mount-holds-body-dimensions rule, this time stated by the brand. antenna_connector is empty for the same reason: the board's u.FL is visible in the product photographs and the packing list names a 4-pin cable, but no line of the block states a connector. DC 5 V in, 600 mA draw, powered from the flight controller's 5 V rail. power_draw is the maker's own supply figure, 'DC5V input, the power consumption is only 600mA' in the Features list of DarwinFPV's product page (no output level is named beside it), read 2026-10-20 through scraper/propose_vtx_power_draw.py (the store's products.json, common.UA); it is the VTX's input draw, not its RF output.