RE: What Is The Best Wireless Video System for under $500.00
Well..... all this got me to thinking. Just *what* do I have in all these birds laying around here? After I figured it up at over a $G a copy I tried to calculate what "shoestring" would cost.....
I fly a tuff-as-nails ZN5.0 wing of my own design so each one is scratch built, but I'm cheap so I'll start with it.
$100 - AP Platform - Base build labor/materials
$150-$200 - Brushless power plant and ESC w/prop and adapter
$300 - Camera - Video or 3.2 + MP Digital Still
$100 - Flight and Camera Batteries (seperate)
$ 50 - HD Metal geared flight servos (2)
$ 50 - 6 Channel RX
This does not include the flight TX.
So.... on the low end, you're looking at around $700 that could do some commercial quality work. And that is being pretty generous. This doesn't include any support gear like chargers, extra batteries, props, computers, cabling etc, etc, etc..... at least another $G or so.
Commercial AP - Not for the faint of heart - or pocketbook!
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