Well I have a rc tiger moth that carries my gumstick camera that flys at 4 to 10 mph we were supposed to hook up last summer Darcy <br><br>Jim<br><br><span style="font-family:Prelude, Verdana, san-serif;"><br><br></span><span id="signature"><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;color: #999999">-- Sent from my HP TouchPad</div></span><span style="color:navy; font-family:Prelude, Verdana, san-serif; "><hr align="left" style="width:75%">On 3 Jun 2012 9:14 PM, Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@tricolour.net> wrote: <br></span>On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 01:13:57PM -0400, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
<br>> On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 12:59:46PM -0400, Darcy Whyte wrote:
<br>> > Kites are another cool idea!
<br>> >
<br>> > But Squirrel planes fly best in little or no wind. In fact, I think I'll be
<br>> > able to get the best videos in those conditions.
<br>>
<br>> Good point! Hadn't thought of that. :)
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<br>Oh man, this would be a weird combination... A flying (dead) cat
<br>chasing a flying squirrel (plane):
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<br> http://io9.com/5915156/this-quadcopter-is-made-from-a-taxidermied-cat
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<br>Norm, are you reading? ;-)
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<br>> > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@tricolour.net>wrote:
<br>> > > On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 11:19:59AM -0400, Darcy Whyte wrote:
<br>> > > > I want to take pictures of Squirrel model airplanes while they are flying
<br>> > > > but from above. Also some dolly shots from behind the plane while it's
<br>> > > > flying.
<br>> > > >
<br>> > > > Anybody have a helicopter that can carry a camera? If not, I'm game to
<br>> > > make
<br>> > > > a helicopter. If I do this, I'd like to make it autonomous. Perhaps to
<br>> > > > follow a beacon mounted on the plane. I guess, I'd need to be able to
<br>> > > tell
<br>> > > > the copter to return if it follows the Squirrel into trouble. I suppose a
<br>> > > > second beacon could be used (or the machine could remember it's starting
<br>> > > > point).
<br>> > > >
<br>> > > > I think this would be a good project to get into this sort of robotics.
<br>> > > >
<br>> > > > Any ideas where to start?
<br>> > >
<br>> > > The obvious one to me only because I've been exposed to a couple of
<br>> > > "practitioners" is Kite Aerial Photography. There are several I can
<br>> > > think of in the city...
<br>> > >
<br>> > > My friend Christian:
<br>> > > http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=8439028@N07&q=kap
<br>> > >
<br>> > > Local photographer Rob Huntley:
<br>> > >
<br>> > > http://www.flickr.com/groups/kiteaerialphotography/pool/with/2911311023/
<br>> > > http://www.robhuntley.ca/
<br>> > >
<br>> > > And another friend Eric Brackenbury, a jeweller who I know through the
<br>> > > local Linux community who does photography and kite-surfing.
<br>> > >
<br>> > > Combine it with robotics if you like to get more predictable results...
<br>> > >
<br>> > >
<br>> > > slainte mhath, RGB
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<br>> slainte mhath, RGB
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<br> slainte mhath, RGB
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