Would you guys be interested in a cam like this?

A little bit more made with RC in mind, cars, planes, boats and heli's.

This one takes 2 gigs of video and can also be set to take photos at timed intervals.

Tilting head is cool.

I was thinking of making an order if there is enough interest.

Specs:


Specification
Device color black/grey
Image Sensor: Color
Resolution Video: 640*480 @ 30 FPS
Resolution Snap Shot: 1280 x 960
Video Format: MP4
Battery Life: 2.5 Hours Between Charges
Field of View: 4.3 mm
Field of View: 70 Degree
Internal Memory: 2 GB
Audio: High Performance Microphone
Adjustable Tilt: Manual 90 Degrees
PC Connection: USB 2.0
Product Weight: 0.03 KG
Size: 82 mm x 22 mm x 22 mm

Features
• Color Camera
• Takes Video
• Takes Snap Shots
• Ultra Light Weight
• Rechargeable Internal Battery
• 2 GB Internal Memory

Simple Operation
1. Completely charge camera.
2. Slide selector to DV for video or DC of snap shots.
3. Slide power button to on position.
4. Press OK to take video or snap shots.
5. Press OK again to stop video or take next snap shot.
6. Slide selector to off position.
7. Attach to your computer and view video or snap shots.

LOL....
One word of advice Ronnie.... GET A SAMPLE!!

I have already been contacted by this company, got a sample, camera worked for less than 5 min before crapping out.... Does not power up at all now...
Flycam took better video too!

yikes


yeah have one coming

Freaking looks like a LANTIRN pod. I'd be cool to hang it from an F-16 inlet.

Ohhhh, I'd be very interested if the quality is there! I'd be interested to find out how it'd handle vibration to (Especially if it were mounted on say a single cylinder gasser versus a Turbine)

George

I got the sample in

It's very small and comes with a mount

I took some pictures of it on the mount to show size, next to my coffee spoon this morning

I will do some sample video from it here in a sec.

Just went and took this test video out the backdoor window.
Quality so far is so so.
Will get some flight testing on it tomorrow






[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lequvVF21LQ[/youtube]

cute little bugger for sure

Hello Ronnie:

It is a fantastic idea !!!

Please, can you put a photo of the camera ? Many thanks in advance.

I am making a LANTIRN pod too for my F-18.

Regards from Spain.

Carlos.

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sure let me go put it in photo mode and I will have it take some pics

ok just put it in photo mode, takes a pic every 15 seconds.


tomorrow I will get some in flight

I would definitely be interested.. its exactly the size needed to stuff into the TCS chin pod on my F-14 project

I want to see what happens to the sun in the image. Black Hole Sun?

The camera was a success.

Im uploading to youtube now.

Got 2 video flights and one flight for pics.
Will post here in a moment

here are some photos during one of the flights

Ok here is the first flight video.
Camera is mounted ahead of the canopy.

Crosswind was pretty bad, dead crossed, although this landing wasn't near as bad as the next video.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGByYPK8jIw[/youtube]

This is the second flight, well it's 2 flights actually.

This time the camera is mounted to the leading edge of the wing with the lens facing slightly down.

This is my favorite.

The first landing was very hard, so we lined up and went for another. That landing turned out even worse and we ended up in the grass.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPQDAdpP-cQ[/youtube]

Very nice.

Do you have pictures of how it looks when installed in your plane ?

no but if you look above at how I had it on the mount it comes with you can see basically that the camera is underslung on its mount and then I just screwed the mount to the nose with some servo screws.

Don't bother... get a Hero!

http://www.goprocamera.com/index.php...2&productid=27

Here is a video with a bunch of aeirals mixed in using the Hero cam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bLse...e=channel_page

At about 5.25 there's a shot of the pilot trying to barnstorm a canopy and knocking the camera right off the plane. Camera was and is still working fine after.

I've been amazed to see what this little camera will produce and put up with.

PaulD

That's some great footage, and the quality is awesome! You've convinced me. 1 Hero coming up!

Yeah the footage is good, its also almost $200 lol


This camera is more like $60

Here is my poor rendition of what you are trying out with the pod camera. I use a video downlink. If you are looking for quality video, in a pod, it can be expensive due to having to find a quality camera and lens for the job. A cvs camera does a great job for the money. The problem with those is that they are hard to fit into a pod. Of all the cheap cameras I have used, the little cvs camera had the best quality. The flycam was another good one and read for a pod. Some folks are putting servos on the lens for movement.

http://www.vimeo.com/5155157


MACE

Same debate as JetJoe vs JetCat

Get what U pay for....

If your camera can work for the $ then there will be lots of buyers. Esp if it takes SD cards so you can just plug and play.

PaulD

I think you missed the idea of this thread. It isn't about a camera you like or use. It's about this one in particular.
There is no debate here. This thread has nothing to do with the camera you posted. But yet you decided to jump in and post all about it.
What for? I don't remember asking about "other" cameras.
If I make a post about my P-60 are you gonna jump in and tell me all about an AMT motor?

Yeah I could tie an HD camcorder to my plane and have great video

or I can spend 60 bucks for a camera that actually looks pretty cool, like it's ordinance, takes video and pictures.


thanks for the spam though