Featured Title: Bending the Boyne: a Novel of Ancient Ireland
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Video about the Hastings-Bexhill link road and the site of the possible battle. See at 4:29 in for aerial view and diagram of Iron Age bank apparantly being wiped out by the link road.
davidmorgan
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New Message Posted!2013-05-05 08:03
I've got a bit carried away looking into all this. DJI450 looks good and this guy has got wireless video feed stuff for the GoPro...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGoAvjM_nIQ
My mind has been blown! Carbon fibre propellers! Wow.
davidmorgan
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New Message Posted!2013-05-05 06:32
What a brilliant rescue! Interesting kit he has there, what with the goggles. I wonder how many cameras he has on board - I'm guessing one controllable GoPro and one linked to his goggles. Definitely hardcore!
Just reading the comments, someone asks:
"how did he connect the GoPro to the glasses or the screen?"
reply - "all done by wireless video transfer"
and "it is simple only looks complex, all it is transmitting video wireless"
"Was that a converted Laptop monitor in the case? If so, what is it used for?"
"Just a normal flat screen for others to see what I seeing"
"So the view in your goggles is fed from the gopro cam?"
"I got two cams on it the gopro and my main FPV [First Person View] cam, yes that is the view in my goggles"
Also...
"i have no more free channel on my RX, all 8ch use up, my TX is a 12ch but the RX is only 8ch" !!!
[ This message was edited by: davidmorgan on 2013-05-05 07:01 ]
Andy B
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New Message Posted!2013-05-04 23:31
h_fenton
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New Message Posted!2013-05-04 22:45
David, this drone got caught by the strong arm of the law:
New Message Posted!2013-02-04 10:13
Apparently, with the new GPS and extra RAM attachment, you'll be able to send the drone on an automated mission and then return home.
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New Message Posted!2013-02-03 21:19
Well yeah, wi-fi is not exactly known as a long distance communications mechanism and ipads hardly have efficient antennae.
http://www.safeinschool.org/2012/01/ipad-iphone-wi-fi-radiation-and.html Despite the scary commentary on this page the readings are really f*** all in radio comms terms and of course they fall off very quickly with distance (inverse square law etc) (that's not to say I'd want them beaming into my kids' lap all day)
Drones are good for doing low fly-overs of course which you can't do with a kite. Probably more suitable for videos than still photography.
There's an amazing 3D sequence in Werner Hertzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams where the camera flies out over a lake - not really connected to the rock art but still good.
You can see their prototype craft at 0:13 on the video - more on your level of impressive DIY-ery Hamish!
[ This message was edited by: Andy B on 2013-02-03 21:37 ]
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New Message Posted!2013-02-03 14:17
It looks like the communications range is not great. Lots of "lost drone" videos on YouTube
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