Comments on: Gyro controlled video via R/C plane

By: best flying rc airplanes

best flying rc airplanes — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:36:27 +0000

Not bad at all with the images and flying. I will have to see about building one if there was a list to do and oh wait, money I do not have. LOL!! Got to find a cheap way I guess.

By: Haku

Haku — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:47:14 +0000

Controlling the pan/tilt on a camera on an RC plane has been around for quite a while, the guy who made that video & setup posts on the forums at http://www.rc-cam.com which contains a mine of information about what electronics to use, what LCD glasses etc.
I've had a wireless camera on my RC car for years, it's great fun to fire it up and drive around 2 inches above the ground using LCD glasses.

By: cwc

cwc — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:55:24 +0000

@patman: Would you mind sharing that list? Pretty please? :D My friend is into r/c planes and we’d like to try this, though we may not have the budget for it. I’m guessing the most expensive piece is the HMD. I believe I’ve seen some HMDs that were ~$250, maybe not the best quality, but we’re just interested in getting working video. Even a black-and-white display would be fine as long as it’s made for both eyes.

By: David

David — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:56:11 +0000

hey, this rocks, but couldn’t seem to find all the parts. would be cool if some one could shoot these to me. also I didn’t see a schematic? I know no pain no gain. I understand that the head (gyro that controls the pan, tilt, etc,.) unit is separate from the control of the aircraft.

By: Patman

Patman — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:47:44 +0000

I have added up the total cost for parts:
having scrounged through many sites and searched many products, the grand total should come out to be around $1,500 with shipping.
However, the base electronic hardware can also be used in virtually any plane you want. It's a pretty simple "hack", even for a novice like me.

But honestly, It's gotta be so cool to have your own personal UAV.

By: Jet Pilot

Jet Pilot — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:28:09 +0000

This type of flying is AWESOME ! Its the closest to being inside of a plane that you will ever get without leaving the ground. To see more videos like this go to http://www.youtube.com/user/JetPilott

By: Kilrah

Kilrah — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:39:05 +0000

@felix: That can be done in 5 minutes. However, it's nothing like natural anymore. Are you really used to fly a plane by moving your head? No, you naturally move the head to look around even without thinking of it (which we can see when no head tracking system is used, people still move their head around where they would like to look, even if it doesn't work). It would feel really weird to have to go against that natural reflex. Very tiring.
@nick: Low flight is not a problem either. http://youtube.com/watch?v=-3RI0WrzbV4

By: Kilrah

Kilrah — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:51:27 +0000

“Brilliant, but I wonder how long most users will last before the vestibular occular discontinuity causes severe motion sickness.”
No problem even after a 50min flight, or several in 1 day. Never heard of someone experiencing this in the community. As long as all the controls don’t lag, it’s no issue.

By: patman

patman — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:23:56 +0000

.......wow

absolutely breathtaking

im going to build one!!!!

By: blackhawk1793

blackhawk1793 — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:36:01 +0000

Wow, that is an excellent hack. Although this isn't new. It's still very good.

I'm especially impressed with the distance between the plan and the guy. No video cuts.

By: unsupported

unsupported — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:32:28 +0000

Darn if he could not do this in the US. Homeland Security would be all over his ass.

By: Case

Case — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:19:05 +0000

Absolutely great. With the dissapointing progess of VR these days, I think the logical replacement is immersive remote viewing. I’ve been working on a homebrew NVG/remote viewing setup based on the $25 HMD you posted a while back. It’s even simpler than this but it’s still a blast.

By: Felix Ferite

Felix Ferite — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:11:03 +0000

I think that a great next step for this project would be to run the gyro input straight to the plane’s controls and just fix the camera to look straight ahead. When I had a rc plane, it just ran on throttle and rudder input, so this gyro should be able to fly basic rc planes at least

By: jeff

jeff — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:54:11 +0000

amazing. camera setup ideal for other projects.

By: justdiy

justdiy — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:16:03 +0000

re-fried or not, that is coolest damn hack I’ve seen in a while, thanks for sharing!