R/C airplane, wireless video, and too much time on my hands.....

cohocarl · Post by **cohocarl** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:22 pm

It didn't turn out real great, but I mounted a wireless video camera on an old r/c airplane. The camera was mounted so it looked almost straight down, and I see I need to re-do the mount so it's looking more foreward, and isolate it from the plane's vibration.I had not flown in about 10 years, so I was a little nervous about taking off again, but after two semi successful flights, (bent the landing gear on the 1st landing) the plane is flyable again.I'll have to work on a new camera mount.The video isn't very good, but it was fun to make. Oh ya, no sound to it either.The file a 1.1mb wmv file. Carl's AirCam

GMJAP · Post by **GMJAP** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:25 pm

I'll take some of that extra time you have..... I've always wanted an RC plane. One of these days....

iinan · Post by **iinan** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:25 pm

thats pretty cool kinda like a helmet cam that a parachuter would use..

cohocarl · Post by **cohocarl** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:29 pm

Quote, originally posted by GMJAP Â»I'll take some of that extra time you have..... I guess I should have rephrased that....I was taking a break from my busy schedule....

Viben' round · Post by **Viben' round** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:29 pm

hey that's prety sweet dude. now you just have to fly it low over some brawling neighbors and send it into some TV show!

rasermon · Post by **rasermon** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 9:05 pm

Lol, that is pretty cool Mike. I could see your tall antenna in the back yard. If you continue to fly your plane you better mount a red blinking light on top of it.

jeffgtx · Post by **jeffgtx** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 3:57 am

aint technology great sometimes? i mean, when it works cool video!

ZubenElGenubi · Post by **ZubenElGenubi** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 9:17 am

If you're interested in this sort of thing, you should check out rcgroups.com...lots of guys are doing amazing things with aerial photography and video.My brother is a semi-expert at it himself and has some cool videos here:http://www.fengshwa.com/rc/slowstick.htm

scherry2 · Post by **scherry2** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:09 am

Thats pretty cool mike. glad your spending your down time usefully. you better look at the video again I thought I saw crop circles in one field.

rasermon · Post by **rasermon** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:11 am

Thanks for the info. Your brother did a great job with his video on such a small light weight RC plane.

cohocarl · Post by **cohocarl** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 1:06 pm

Quote, originally posted by ZubenElGenubi Â»My brother is a semi-expert at it himself and has some cool videosWow, those are cool. I'm not a good enough pilot to strap a $250 camera to though.... I wouldn't think the electric would have enough guts to take the camera up, but I see the camera weight is only 4.6oz's, which is less than I thought. Tell him thanks for the videos.

R/C airplane, wireless video, and too much time on my hands.....

R/C airplane, wireless video, and too much time on my hands.....

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