Ready For Winter

Finally, after a 12 months, I have both aerial platforms set up and working how I want them to.

360 degree panning camera mount, 20 minute flight times, air speeds from 15-30mph, flight range of about 1/2 mile. Gyro stabilized camera mount. Launches in 15 feet on skis. Works great at 11,000ft. Functional in 10-15mph winds. 13 pounds flying weight.
http://fritzrips.com/Gallery1/albums/Heli/IMG_7095.jpg

180 degree panning, 7 minute flight times, air speeds of 0-40mph or so, flight range 400 feet visually. Infrared stabilized. Functional in 15mph winds. 11 pound flying weight. Works well at 11,000ft, haven't gone higher yet.
http://fritzrips.com/Gallery1/albums/Heli/IMG_5856.jpg

The camera mount on both will also double as a cable cam mount.:D

Tres Chic!

Any pix of the plane w/camera mounted?

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Originally Posted by Tippster

Tres Chic!

Any pix of the plane w/camera mounted?

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No, because I smashed by piece of shit Pany SD1, and I'm trying to decide what to buy to replace it.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/25/t...80i-camcorder/

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.en...-a100f-440.jpg

How about http://sablogs.com/media/users/admin/lawnchair.jpg

You are the fucking man! This project of yours interests the geek and the skier in me (if only I were a photog), so I'm eagerly anticipating your TR's this season. Hell, I would probably donate to see them!

Does it relay some kind of picture to a monitor so you can tell what the camera is pointing/zoom/pan at? (Maybe you've aswered this somewhere else). or how do you deal with that part?

I'm also impressed the copter is faster than the plane.

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Originally Posted by FrankZappa

Does it relay some kind of picture to a monitor so you can tell what the camera is pointing/zoom/pan at? (Maybe you've aswered this somewhere else). or how do you deal with that part?

I'm also impressed the copter is faster than the plane.

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Yes, the image from the camera is relayed via 2.4ghz to a 7" lcd monitor. The camera gimbal is operated by a second person.

The fixed wing flys by itself, so I can operate the camera and fly it, sort of.

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Originally Posted by Tippster

http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/25/t...80i-camcorder/

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.en...-a100f-440.jpg

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looks neat, but that AVCHD format is a real pain in the ass.

But 1440 x 1080 at 60fps could be interesting, or is that fields per sec?

Looking forward to seeing what you are able to do with these two setups this winter.

Very cool; I just got an Panasonic HVX200 for work - with two 8 gb P2 cards and a 60gb P2 store - the thing is amazing.

Shooting at 100mb/sec runs through the cards pretty quick (!) but the video is unreal.