backyard123

I am thinking about getting into aerial photography, and i was looking at cameras. How heavy of a camera can most electric park flyers carry? Maybe something like a Slow Stick.

randall1959

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most of the guys that use slow sticks are using some sort of pen cam. Aiptek makes one you can hook up a switch to that will plug directly into your receiver. Search for Aiptek in the forums and see what comes up.

critterhunter

I have an 800mw $40 ebay video mini cam (the kind that has a seperate TX card). Once I lost the RCA plugs, shortened the wires, and mounted it on a "L" shaped mount the total weight was around 1.8 ounces. This is without a battery as I'm trying to run it off the plane's. It's being carried on a Challenger and the plane handles OK with it although you have to adjust the controller trim slider to get it to climb better at full throttle.

chicken hawk

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I'm using the slow stick with a fairly heavy cam I got from ebay hooked to a 9volt batt. The cam is in a metal case, not sure what its weight is. So far it flies ok but i'm afraid when the DA goes up, there might be a problem. My climbouts are less than spectatular.

plasticjoe

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Depends basically how much $$ you wanna spend. I have an Aiptek Pencam wired with a switch that ran me about $75 ( 2 ounces ) , and that is what got me hooked on A/P. Now I have a pentax optio S4i with an MX switch. ( 4 unces ) That ran about $350 but it's a 4 megapixel camera that takes awesome pics. The slowstick can carry about 5 ounces of camera without being modified maybe more. When I was testing mine, I hauled up 10 ounces of weight on mine cause I have a 12 ounce canon 5 megapixel camera that I was hoping to haul up, but that was just way too much weight, even with a brushless motor setup.

backyard123

Wow! I wasn't expecting it to be able to carry any where close to that much weight. I will probobly go with the Aiptek Pen Cam with a servo attached to it. Does the 1.3 mp camera take good photos?

Tall Paul

I use a Pencam 1.3 SD with the MR. RC-CAM electronic switch..
It's a superb camera..
The images can have great detail.
However, the imager in the camera is subject to vibration, and occassionally the image will show wiggles..
And I mounted it extremely crudely on the YardStik..
And then made up a full-fuselage for the YardStik wings and tails, with the camera mounted on a tilting mount that permits the viewing angle to be changed in flight..