FPV in IRL

[Ron]

Oh oops.
My mistake.
Yes the mind does play tricks.
Well, mine does anyway :oops:

Of course I have a Booby.
It's in another box on a shelf  

I really must se if I can get some more of those round things...

[Ron]

Interesting about your ham licences.
I still have an IC-718 looking at me accusingly from the back of the bench.

[Happy Days]

Well that’s a modern delight Ron.  You should be putting it on air on a regular basis. Particularly now that the sun spot cycle is starting to improve the HF bands. ( I used to love “Grey Line” 80mtr Dxing during the autumn and spring equinoxes)

Here I’ve an old Kenwood TS830s. (One of the hybrid rigs that were produced before reliable solid state PA’s were available.) Don’t know where it is, probably up in the loft along with a couple of mobile 2mtr and 70cms rigs I used.  

I lost interest about the turn of the century.

I like to change my hobbies every twenty or so years! :lol:

K.

[Fred]

Hey Ron,
Welcome back ! Sorry to hear about all the bad news, hope everything will get better!

Back sloping, good for the mind  

[Ron]

Hi Fred,

Yes, it's been too long.
But things are looking good so far.
One thing problems like this really do, (getting a bit serious here - sorry :wink: ) is make you re-evaluate what's important in life.
And I actually checked and re-charged the TX and RX batteries yesterday.
That's for the EasyGlider.

[JJ]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3GhCLlTkbI[/youtube]

Easyglider pro wings on a DIY airframe.
MVVS 960 redliner  motor   11x8 propeller
4900mhA lipo battery
AUW 2kgs

[liutas009]

for your atention lads http://photoflight.ie/
My m8 doing photos from rc

[Ron]

Hi Petras,

Nice web site and great photos.
What camera are you using?
Must be fairly light.

Ron

[Happy Days]

A very engaging slide show Liutas. :clap:  
I’ve often said that stills are better than movies. Much clearer images and better depth of field.

Very enjoyable, thank you.

Where were the images taken?

Keith

[Ron]

Where were the images taken?

Up in the sky of course  :lol:  :lol:

Oh, you mean which part of the sky.....

(Yes it's been one of those days  :roll:  )

Ron

[liutas009]

Ron, im not Petras, he is my m8.
Just he was ahead of me doing Aerial Photography.
 Im going in both soon, photos and video. Plane nearly done.
Its going to be something really nice

Cameras about 250gr
Plane is really slow, made for AP.
I think you can find locations on website were pictures were taken.

[Ron]

Sorry Liutas,
My mistake.

I'm trying to get going on AP, and fpv too.
So far it's mostly in the planning and getting organised stage, and trying to decide what equipment to use, especially cameras.

However, I have made a quad with a GoProHD mounted underneath, and the resulting vid, including crashes, you can see here.

Planning a fixed wing with fpv and video, and maybe still too.

Ron

[liutas009]

i got all my FPV equipment. Just had bad luck, crashed the plane. So it took a wile for recovery. In few days will be back in the air with new photo camera. And then will go for gopro as well for video

[Ron]

What is the photo camera you have gone for?
I've got a SLR which is way too heavy, so I'm looking for a smaller camera with a decent lens, and not too much weight.

Ron

[liutas009]

Im going for something different than usual Aerial photographers do. Will show you when ill get it.  
If i had more money to get few cams, will go definitely for next-5. Its much lighter (300gr) and quality is amazing.
By the way RON, do you use any stabiliser on your quad? Looks like its not stable sometimes. Dont you wana get gyros or something better?