I recently completed a build of a versacopter and it flies great. I've been flying fpv with it and love it.
Unfortunately my time for flying is limited (work, kids, etc). Most of the summer I've been starting to fly around 7pm which has worked out well. But now it is dark by 7pm. I'm looking for ideas on how to fly a versacopter at night.
I've consider putting LED's all over it, but I don't think that will work for distances farther than about 100feet because it is easy to lose orientation on a small quad. I'd like to do more than just hover and fly short distances. I want to fly it like I do in the daytime (around trees, through the swingset, skimming the corn, etc.)
Flying fpv at night sounds interesting, but the cheapo camera I have currently is too dark to see much. I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas for fpv quadcopters at night. I've ripped apart a night time security camera which has the IR LED's on it. It did work well when I tested it inside. It is like a spot light that shines about 50 feet. In a room its great, but when you go outside and everything is far away, you can't see much (basically the LED's don't shine to far).
I'm considering trying FPV with a couple 10 watt bright white LED's on the front of the quad for illumination. Does anyone know if this will work? I'm concerned about the LED's blinding the camera because they would be too close.
I have build an X900 tricopter with LED's on the arms and a 100 watt LED on the bottom on toggle (you may have seen it at flitefest this year). I love flying it at night, but that isn't FPV. I'd like to get a veracopter up at night with FPV.
I have looked at starlight(?) cameras (the green ones in the movies). They are way to expensive.
What do you think?
Pie.
Unfortunately my time for flying is limited (work, kids, etc). Most of the summer I've been starting to fly around 7pm which has worked out well. But now it is dark by 7pm. I'm looking for ideas on how to fly a versacopter at night.
I've consider putting LED's all over it, but I don't think that will work for distances farther than about 100feet because it is easy to lose orientation on a small quad. I'd like to do more than just hover and fly short distances. I want to fly it like I do in the daytime (around trees, through the swingset, skimming the corn, etc.)
Flying fpv at night sounds interesting, but the cheapo camera I have currently is too dark to see much. I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas for fpv quadcopters at night. I've ripped apart a night time security camera which has the IR LED's on it. It did work well when I tested it inside. It is like a spot light that shines about 50 feet. In a room its great, but when you go outside and everything is far away, you can't see much (basically the LED's don't shine to far).
I'm considering trying FPV with a couple 10 watt bright white LED's on the front of the quad for illumination. Does anyone know if this will work? I'm concerned about the LED's blinding the camera because they would be too close.
I have build an X900 tricopter with LED's on the arms and a 100 watt LED on the bottom on toggle (you may have seen it at flitefest this year). I love flying it at night, but that isn't FPV. I'd like to get a veracopter up at night with FPV.
I have looked at starlight(?) cameras (the green ones in the movies). They are way to expensive.
What do you think?
Pie.
