RC flying to take aerial picturesI started flying a model plane to get a camera in the air. Here you see the various stages from getting the plane in the air first time spring 2003 until its fatal crash in May 2005 Plane / Construction
1st brushless Motor: Lehner 1515 2nd brushless Motor: Hacker B40 3rd brushless Motor: Hacker B50 Still shotsSnapshots with video transmitterfirst I was using a small wireless camera to transmit video. June 2003 The quality was not acceptable, so I built a case for the Nikon Coolpixand flew this much heavier camera. July 2003 I did not want to ruin the Nikons zoom lense, so I purchased a fixed focus Fuji F402which performed great in many flights: Convent church look straight down Trying to achieve even better image quality, I purchased the Sony T1Setup / first pictures quite an improvement of the image quality VideosVideo transmitterfirst videos were taken with the wireless mini camera, here a few snapshots as video the interferences were terrible, so I tried a Kodak MC3The small device is just fine for RC flying, and it served on many flights: Panasonic DV cameraonce my plane was able to lift 500g, I flew my DV camera a few times: Sony T1this camera can also be used for videos Video Windisch with some impressions Crasheswhat goes up must come down...August 2003 was a real crash month... Dive 150m into trees (video taken with the Sony T1 which survived unharmed) Dive 50m into a road the end of the motor Some of the airfields2009: The story continues |