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GoPro on RC plane?

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Free_Haven
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Has anyone done it with a transmitter so you can fly it by the camera? if so how did you or does anyone know a way to do it cheaply?
May 11 2011 9:25PM
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SeanTom
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Someone rigged a 7D to a RC helicopter once.

but i do remember a youtube video of some guy who did it. also attached a nerf type gun to the same craft.
May 11 2011 9:33PM
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Parrish
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Ask the TSP crew
May 11 2011 9:34PM
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pomme-de-terre
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if i had a gopro i would do it, i bought a real big spitfire from my boss awhile back.
May 11 2011 9:41PM
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john.stossel
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go pro on penis during porno ftw
May 11 2011 10:29PM
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Charlie_Kelly
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May 11 2011 10:30PM
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Deezy
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you are going to want a video transmitter and one heafty ass plane.
yes it can be done.

use the video out to a transmitter and get a monitor on the ground.
winning.

google video transmitter. you might have to build your own to jack up the distance and lower the weight.
May 11 2011 10:32PM
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pelle_munch
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I think that's what you're talking about

also, here's a Go pro on an RC airplane, don't know the details about it though.
May 11 2011 10:58PM
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jason...
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level 1 did that for some park shoot stuff last year as well. my friend a go-pro on an RC plane, said it was pretty shaky and the footage didnt turn out so well unfortunately.
May 11 2011 10:59PM
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alexat955
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stonebroke films aka trent palmer aka copter kids llc does the dslr + helicopter thing
May 11 2011 11:07PM
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matthew.
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someone also did it for one of the boreal contests... i remember seeing that
May 12 2011 12:11AM
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RubberSoul
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threads, cool shit
May 12 2011 2:05AM
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Shark.
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that first vid was fucking amazing
May 12 2011 2:42AM
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jblaski
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This thread reminded me of this picture the other day.
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BrainFarm doing some next level shit for the "Art of Flight" movie.
May 12 2011 4:01AM
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RudyGarmisch
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Small gas heli + 7D + good RC pilot = best follow cam shots ever.
May 12 2011 4:18AM
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yuck
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does anyone know the video where there is a go pro on a RC helicopter and it shoots balloons with roman candles?

i searched but could not find it
May 12 2011 9:44AM
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flexpattern
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Isn't there a shot in Eye trip where you see a rc helicopter over a jump and theres an arial follow cam?? I forget whose section...
May 12 2011 9:52AM
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TechnoPotamus
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first RC copter video was so fucking awesome
May 12 2011 10:06AM
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Rob.
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You can use a video transmitter to send the live signal from the GoPro to a ground station where you can use goggles to see what the aircraft sees in real time. Quality depends on what transmitters you get, as well as a few other things. It's quite common actually, just search for FPV RC.

You can take it a step further and incorporate pan-tilt mechanisms which let you control the direction of the camera. With some programming and GPS, you can have the camera geo-referenced so that it will continue pointing at a certain target on the ground. Similarly, you can stabilize the camera.

Here's a picture of an aircraft which was designed around autonomously spotting targets on the ground using a GoPro with a pan-tilt mechanism:

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We got the FPV components from New Generation Hobbies: http://www.nghobbies.com/cart/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1
May 12 2011 10:24AM
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stupendous-man
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May 12 2011 7:36PM
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POWDER.RANGER
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all you need is the handlebar mount
May 12 2011 7:43PM
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ESAND
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Guy on TGR named trackhead set up some sort of HD camera on an rc helicopter about 2-3 years ago and shot some awesome video, you might want to send him a PM.
May 12 2011 7:47PM
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ESAND
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This is the rub^

I assume the reason you want to set up a camera to fly by is so that you can fly out of the range of what you can see, which actually sounds absolutely fucking awesome.  The problem is range. Most affordable and even not really affordable radio data transmitters that could handle streaming a video of any quality won't have shit for range. What you'd need is probably going to cost a few pretty pennies and may or may not (not sure) require some shenanigans with the FCC.
May 12 2011 8:00PM
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