HD First Person View RC plane flying over cotton

I stuck a fairly heavy HD camera on the plane and flew with it on a windy day. This is the third day I've ever flown an R/C plane, and I went for a crosswind landing. First person view really does make the flying easier. FPV means I'm flying the plane by watching the video downlink on a TV, rather than watching the plane itself.

The stripes at the bottom of the video are how the CMOS camera shows the propeller. Not as interesting as the freeze frame effect of the CCD camera

It's flying over cotton. I would have gone lower, but the wind gusts were pushing it around.

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• first
• person
• view
• fpv
• pov

[Tokenekie]

What does your first-person setup look like? I remember you saying you used an aiptek camera for recording, but you weren't using that as your main camera were you?

I've got a Hobbyzone Challenger and Firebird that I've been trying to fly. I crashed the former one into a cattle ranch after putting it into a spiral dive, partially because of the wind and partially because I couldn't see it.

[bbrockert]

@Tokenekie This time I got tired of the fritzing of the recorded video, so I just stuck the Aiptek A-HD+ on the plane and hooked it to the video transmitter. I stabilized the battery first, it had vibration issues.

It made the plane a bit heavy, but that probably helped in the wind. I'm going to remove some unnecessary plastic and get a DC/DC converter so that the transmitter and camera are powered from one battery.

Here's a photo: twitpic dot com slash 2a0v2z

[Barnekkid]

Are the changes in motor speed such as around 2:00 and 2:42 by your control or is the battery draining?

[bbrockert]

@Barnekkid My control. I was going full power for most of the first part because the plane was heavy and it was windy, but I pulled back after I saw how it was flying.

When the battery gets low the speed controller just pulses the motor.

[khyar]

awesome

[adriank9]

You put those googles on your head or watching it on your phone? How can I get one to instal onto my rc heli?

[gamblemadman]

Awesome

[justonething100]

and the battery runs out..... damn lol :D

[Guitarheroproudution]

SO COOL!