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... 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 |
August 2003