Hi,
I finished my CCD board camera mount a few weeks ago and mounted it on my 80 in. Cub. Its a blast to fly the plane around with the screen on my Mini-DV while recording. (don't tell the AMA). Its made of 1/16 ply and I use an Hitec HS225 servo to rotate it. I got the camera from supercircuits.com. It has 460 lines of resolution, has a 74 degree field of view and is connected to a 900mhz video transmitter. The only thing I don't like about the camera is the fact that it doesn't have a microphone. I found a circuit for a microphone pre-amp and I will build it so I can have sound. The transmitter and reciever both have sound.
We fly at a grass airfield and the main runway is 2650 feet long. Since I know the angle of view and I had the entire runway in view, I calculated my altitude at 1600+ feet. My Cub was so small, I could barely tell its orientation. I'm gonna have some fun with this setup. Thanks
CASniffer