The purpose of this thread is to explain what and why I am doing what I am doing, get ideas from others that may or may not be doing what I am doing with different intentions, and to document my progress. This will be a somewhat slow process as I am just now getting into the hobby because of this family request. This crow scouter may start off to be very simple, but could end up to be fairly interesting.
The goal: Create (or use an existing design) a medium range airframe capable of at least average flight time that will carry two separate video transmitting systems that are individually controllable. My idea is to fly fpv from a front facing board camera that is capable of basic pan and tilt, even if it is just controlled by two three position switches on my transmitter. The second camera (probably a mobius) will be facing strait down on another basic pan and tilt system, or a gimbal if I want to get fancy. This second camera will be controlled by my father/brother-in-law who will be the ones interested in looking at how their crops are doing. They will be able to view the flight real time and then review it after on a larger screen with better quality video strait form the mobius. This should not be too hard, I just need to pick the right airframe that can take the weight and do it while flying fairly smoothly and slowly.
My initial plan: A Storch flown by my Taranis, and the mobius with a basic pan and tilt controlled with some basic/cheap radio. My fpv on 1.3 and the mobius on 5.8.
Possible issue with my initial plan: I am not sure if the fuselage is wide or deep enough for me to tuck the mobius and the simple pan and tilt in and under the fuselage...let alone a gimbal setup. I may have to go with a bigger bodied plane such as the Guinea, or even the Flying Box Car! Any input on this is greatly welcomed.
Sadly I do not have any cool video or pictures to share at this time as this is just an idea as of now. I do have some more details in my head about the fpv equipment, but I will get around to that at a later date. Just an fyi, range wise, I am talking about under one mile and mostly open line of sight. I plan on having the mobile ground station in the truck cap of my pickup with the receiving antennas well above the norm from what most are used to.
Until next time, stay imaginative!
The goal: Create (or use an existing design) a medium range airframe capable of at least average flight time that will carry two separate video transmitting systems that are individually controllable. My idea is to fly fpv from a front facing board camera that is capable of basic pan and tilt, even if it is just controlled by two three position switches on my transmitter. The second camera (probably a mobius) will be facing strait down on another basic pan and tilt system, or a gimbal if I want to get fancy. This second camera will be controlled by my father/brother-in-law who will be the ones interested in looking at how their crops are doing. They will be able to view the flight real time and then review it after on a larger screen with better quality video strait form the mobius. This should not be too hard, I just need to pick the right airframe that can take the weight and do it while flying fairly smoothly and slowly.
My initial plan: A Storch flown by my Taranis, and the mobius with a basic pan and tilt controlled with some basic/cheap radio. My fpv on 1.3 and the mobius on 5.8.
Possible issue with my initial plan: I am not sure if the fuselage is wide or deep enough for me to tuck the mobius and the simple pan and tilt in and under the fuselage...let alone a gimbal setup. I may have to go with a bigger bodied plane such as the Guinea, or even the Flying Box Car! Any input on this is greatly welcomed.
Sadly I do not have any cool video or pictures to share at this time as this is just an idea as of now. I do have some more details in my head about the fpv equipment, but I will get around to that at a later date. Just an fyi, range wise, I am talking about under one mile and mostly open line of sight. I plan on having the mobile ground station in the truck cap of my pickup with the receiving antennas well above the norm from what most are used to.
Until next time, stay imaginative!
