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Amature aerial photos from my Aerobird - 9/3/2004 4:38:52 AM   
manateemedia



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Status: offline 		I'm getting a bit better at this aerial stuff, but am still having to take stills from the 2 min of
video I can get from my Aiptek. Would like to get the Cam Man project done, but am afraid
I'll probably botch it. I wonder what the best way would be to get a servo to trigger the camera
instead? Hmm...

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RE: Amature aerial photos from my Aerobird - 9/3/2004 11:45:53 AM   
stevennh


 

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Status: offline 		Nice shots. Thats pretty high for the Aerobird!

Steve

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RE: Amature aerial photos from my Aerobird - 9/5/2004 12:30:27 AM   
joseph77


 

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Status: offline 		Hello manateemedia

some nice pics, cqn you tell me what weight of av you can lift in the aerobird?

Joseph

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RE: Amature aerial photos from my Aerobird - 9/5/2004 6:19:16 AM   
manateemedia



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Status: offline 		Well, I think this is about the max you would want to put on the Aerobird. I put the Aiptek mini pen cam with two AAA batteries and
it flies, but take off is sluggish. It would be better if I finished the "Cam Man" project, but I'm not sure if I'll ever get around to it. Would rather someone else do it and I just pay for it

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RE: Amature aerial photos from my Aerobird - 9/5/2004 6:20:56 AM   
manateemedia



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Status: offline 		Thank you! I'm surprised how high I've taken it. My first Aerobird was defective, but I sent it back and they replaced it
with a brand new one. Not sure how high I had it up? The real challenge will be getting the Cam Man project done... if I dare.

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RE: Amature aerial photos from my Aerobird - 9/5/2004 6:45:45 AM   
AutoMike


 

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Status: offline 		manateemedia , Branson on the watertower??.....ah, home of the Thrown Roll Resturant
Nice photos

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RE: Amature aerial photos from my Aerobird - 9/5/2004 6:49:57 AM   
manateemedia



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Status: offline 		ha ha... yes, it is Branson behind Wal-Mart. Believe it or not there is a pretty nice area to fly behind wally world. I'm tempted to take
the Aerobird up even higher, but wonder if I'll lose it. I wonder if anyone makes any glasses that you could put on that would magnify your viewing area by about 2x so you could see what direction your plane is going?

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RE: Amature aerial photos from my Aerobird - 9/5/2004 9:53:18 AM   
SeacretsOceanCity



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Status: offline 		I have seen a set of binos on a bracket around your neck type deal,so you could look back and fourth hands free.Nice pics

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RE: Amature aerial photos from my Aerobird - 9/6/2004 9:35:03 AM   
ashleyhall


 

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Status: offline 		I have a wireless tiny camera from EBay with receiver on the ground, Aerobird handles the same, no lack of performance at all, including the camera and a 9v battery!

Here's a snippet of the aerial video...

http://www.a-hall.com/_temp/rc/Final_Version_chunk_1_processed.avi

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RE: Amature aerial photos from my Aerobird - 9/6/2004 6:19:33 PM   
Deltageek2



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Status: offline 		Nice job, Manatee and Ashleyhall! I wouldn't want to look towards the sun with those 2x glasses on- Your po' retinas would feel like an ant beseiged by the Magnifying Glass from Hades!

What remains to be done on your camman system? I've found that 'getting in the mood to start' is the biggest challenge sometimes... everything else is easy.

Try replacing the 9V battery with a pair of small lithium poly cells- like a 340 ma or so. Only 7.4 V instead of 9V but the duration would be 30 minutes or more. Another option is to parallel another 9 v to the power sytem if you can haul that much more iron aloft. Same voltage, twice the capacity.

Good luck, purdy pix.

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RE: Amature aerial photos from my Aerobird - 9/7/2004 4:20:35 PM   
manateemedia



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Status: offline 		Downloaded the video, but can only hear the audio... something must be screwed up with my software

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RE: Amature aerial photos from my Aerobird - 9/7/2004 11:50:37 PM   
ashleyhall


 

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Status: offline 		Ahhh, you'll need the XVID codec, there's an EXE in the same directory, grab that and you'll be fine (remove the filename from the filepath to view the rest of the files in the directory.)

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RE: Amature aerial photos from my Aerobird - 9/8/2004 1:55:02 AM   
manateemedia



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Status: offline 		It worked! Thanks... great video! How much did you pay for the camera and do you know what I would search for the get one myself?

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RE: Amature aerial photos from my Aerobird - 9/8/2004 10:23:21 AM   
ashleyhall


 

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Status: offline 		Hey dude,

Thanks! Thats just a tiny clip from a 5 minute video, would post the rest on there but they're rather large!!

Took the video via a wireless camera from EBay, search for exactly 'Wireless Camera', however don't pay more than £30 for one (including shipping), and beware of those shipping them from Hong Kong, you want one thats sourced from the UK straight to you.

A lot of them also put them on for only £20, but load it with a £24 shipping fee!! Beware of these too!

Good luck mate, post your findings here and I'll let you know whether or not its worth bidding! Also 2.4ghz is preferable to 1.2ghz as its longer range, you'll need between 200m-500m range, nothing less (as some of the wireless cams on there are only 40m!!)

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RE: Amature aerial photos from my Aerobird - 9/8/2004 8:29:27 PM   
Cyclic Hardover



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Status: offline 		I went looking on that webpage you gave out. How does this exactly work. I mean I see the camera and mount it somewhere but how is the video saved or transfered and the power source. Is it on constantly or by servo? Thanks,