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Carlos Sa
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 Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:36 pm Post subject: Test Flight - an opportunity to play with gadgets! |
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Two things came to mind when I read this post.
Some time ago, one of the members of this list had his first flight performed by someone else. The plane crashed, the pilot did not survive.
Every time I think of my first flight, this event comes to mind. I think I'll do it myself...
Now the second thing that comes to mind: gadgets!
A few links to Youtube clips were posted recently, that show some interesting uses for video cameras.
Some additional samples below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCy_UdUYPnE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JIUL9-xTHg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rASASPZ_k6s
My idea is to have a camera mounted on board, trained on the instrument panel and transmiting to a ground crew. They would help monitoring the instruments and would warn the pilot of any abnormal readings.
This would possibly reduce the pilot's workload - or at least provide some comforting "company" -, and, if recorded, a great tool to review the flight.
I don't know much about electronics or video, but there seems to be lots of equipment out there that could do the trick. Below a few links I found. Millions (literally) of hits.
http://www.wirelessvideocameras.com/
http://www.microvideo.ca/
http://www.rf-links.com/
Probably the most time-consuming part of this project would be the equipment selection...
Happy building
Carlos
CH601-HD, plans
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amyvega2005(at)earthlink.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 2:29 pm Post subject: Test Flight - an opportunity to play with gadgets! |
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great videos! I hope your first take off is not as bumpy as the cherokees"
Juan 601 xl Tampa
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Gig Giacona
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: El Dorado Arkansas USA
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:28 pm Post subject: Re: Test Flight - an opportunity to play with gadgets! |
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There aren't that many things you will need to be watching when you do your first flight. Did you have cameras in the cockpit when you first soloed?
I think you time and money would better be spent either going somewhere and flying a plane like yours or if you just must have gadgets setting up warning lights for out of nominal instruments.
That said I think the idea of a video camera set up to shoot the panel and and your control inputs isn't such a bad idea. But, there's no reason to be sending this data to someone on the ground.
The time spent with them figuring out what they are seeing and discussing it with you would probably end up with a smoking hole.
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craig(at)craigandjean.com
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:39 pm Post subject: Test Flight - an opportunity to play with gadgets! |
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Heck, with a wireless camera, an RC transmitter and the right servos why
send a pilot up at all? (just like that recent video of the RC plane with
the camera in it) But I guess it is illegal to test fly an 800 pound RC
airplane.
-- Craig
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