Spanky1

Good day.

We put the video equipment in the back of a pickup with a couple of lawn chairs. Took the plane off, hopped in the back of the truck and went down the road. Found out a few things. Total drive was 4 miles (2 miles then turned around) the plane flew approx 7 miles.

It was truly a success. After talking and driving the route for some time we tried it.
I can't tell you how satisfying it was to complete this.

The next challenge is to fly to a friends farm and land approx 5 miles away.
The plane passed over 3 farms and several hunting shacks. 28 degees out, we were froze when we got back.

Spanky

raytheon

What video system were you using ?? Just wondering and gather information.

aaron2874

You gotta get a camcorder and film this. That is a vid I would love to see.

Spanky1

Good day.

Hi aaron2874 it has been recorded to a hi-8 camcorder, then to vhs. In fact all the flights are recorded. The intent was to duplicate the video and give it to the farmers. Those guys always stop and watch. In a couple of weeks we will be getting a laptop w/all the stuff for downloads of the videos, including burning.

raytheon, this equipment is the absolute cheapest stuff you can buy. (ebay) it was $55 for a 1500mW camera w/transmitter. With me knowing so little about this video area I wasn't about to spend any MORE money than need be to see if the idea worked. Well.....it works. REAL good. I would like to upgrade to a nice camera that the forums talk about, but, it would have to be REAL NICE for the extra bucks.

This flight was 15 minutes, the 9 volt was replaced with 2 old cell phone batteries, actually 8 AAA's in size. Gives approx 1/2 hr of good video transmission. The charger is from an old 1978 futaba radio, puts out at 45 mah about 11 volts, took 7 hrs to get it from 8 volts to just over 10.

I'll call upon the gurus once the ability is there to download this video. Real interesting.

Spanky