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Posted: 8/8/2005 5:58:36 AM EDT
For those of you who aren't familiar with the original thread, I encourage you to read it in it's entirety for all the details. Unfortuneately I had to remove the original pics to make room for the new ones. I'm still saving up for a new camera that can actually tage good pics, but here's what I have anyway. Enjoy!!
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Posted: 8/8/2005 6:00:38 AM EDT
[#1]
And here's some of the chopper.
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Posted: 8/8/2005 6:00:52 AM EDT
[#2]
That is pretty awesome, you have your own UAV.
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Posted: 8/8/2005 6:01:19 AM EDT
[#3]
Nice work! That's going to be even more awesome when you get some fall color.
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Posted: 8/8/2005 6:01:36 AM EDT
[#4]
sweet, how high?
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Posted: 8/8/2005 6:04:05 AM EDT
[#5]
I'm slowly getting better. The highest shots are around 100 feet. I have done some at close to 200 feet, but that's too scary.
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Posted: 8/8/2005 6:06:30 AM EDT
[#6]
tag for when your photo server is feeling better, I've always thought a rig like that would be fun to have.
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Posted: 8/8/2005 6:09:17 AM EDT
[#7]
Sorry guys, the server is coughing up blood at this point. I'll see if I can do anything.
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Posted: 8/8/2005 6:28:46 AM EDT
[#8]
Seems better now.
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Posted: 8/8/2005 6:30:23 AM EDT
[#9]
Sweet. So what's the price tag for a rig like that? Can you give some links to the equipment used?
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Posted: 8/8/2005 6:32:15 AM EDT
[#10]
Goddamn. The places I call home, while special in my heart, are about as ugly as it gets.
Thanks for reminding me of this.
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Posted: 8/8/2005 6:34:06 AM EDT
[#11]
More than I care to recall. 
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Posted: 8/8/2005 6:34:35 AM EDT
[#12]
You got Hellfires on that thing yet?
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Posted: 8/8/2005 6:34:48 AM EDT
[#13]
Not sure I understand that statement. 
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Posted: 8/8/2005 6:35:31 AM EDT
[#14]
Your'e not the first person to suggest that. 
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Posted: 8/8/2005 6:37:49 AM EDT
[#15]
Now get some video on that puppy and the ability to control the zoom and ya got one pimp lil UAV for scouting out zombies and stuff
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Posted: 8/8/2005 6:37:54 AM EDT
[#16]
I see pot growing in the 5th picture.
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Posted: 8/8/2005 6:40:44 AM EDT
[#17]
Cool........now for more info...........
Is the chopper completely electronic? etc etc,.... How do you actuate the cam? How do you know what you are even shooting? I do remember the first thread ......this IS cool beans |
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Posted: 8/8/2005 6:42:41 AM EDT
[#18]
I think he means that you have a nicer house than his? Cool pics! Bring it higher! 
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Posted: 8/8/2005 6:46:04 AM EDT
[#19]
Yes, completely electric. Uses a 3 phase electric motor that spins about 24,000 rpm's, and makes about 1.5 horsepower. I use a servo with a microswitch mounted to it to close the shutter circuit, which is wired directly to the shutter switch in the camera. I use a live video transmitter that is connected to the camera's preview out to send down to a downlink with a 7" LCD screen to frame up the shots. Thanks for the interest. I have spent countless hours designing/modifying the mount/system. It's getting better and better.
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Posted: 8/8/2005 6:48:23 AM EDT
[#20]
big deal...the .gov did the same thing for 80 million.....
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Posted: 8/8/2005 6:52:31 AM EDT
[#21]
cwd10,
Nice! As soon as I looked at your pictures I thought "man, that looks like home." Then I checked out where you were from. So, what ya at in PA? I grew up just south of Gettysburg. ~Dg84 |
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Posted: 8/8/2005 7:03:39 AM EDT
[#22]
Right smack in the middle of the state. in CENTRE county.
Added: I like gettysburg a lot. The civil war museum/display is cool. |
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Posted: 8/8/2005 7:06:59 AM EDT
[#23]
The electric choppers are pretty quiet, huh?
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Posted: 8/8/2005 7:30:12 AM EDT
[#24]
Yea, you can still hear them. Mostly rotor noise, but definitely quieter than a Nitro or gasser.
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Posted: 8/8/2005 7:35:25 AM EDT
[#25]
Cool pics!!!!
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Posted: 8/8/2005 7:36:12 AM EDT
[#26]
The other thread had a video, can you put it back up? (www.putfile.com)
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Posted: 8/8/2005 7:51:41 AM EDT
[#27]
You ever been to Kansas?? |
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Posted: 8/8/2005 7:52:27 AM EDT
[#28]
You have got to be kidding! Most of those pictures look like a good 300 feet! Maybe it is a wider angle lens than I am used to. |
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Posted: 8/8/2005 7:56:11 AM EDT
[#29]
Wow! So it almost sounds like you can fly the chopper using the LCD. If, that is you are getting a refresh rate of better than 3-4 frames per second. Get the refresh rate to 20 FPS or so and throw in a electronic servo for the mount so you can tilt up or down while in flight, and you have yourself a VERY GOOD UAV! maybe not cheap, but very good for a DIY'er. |
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Posted: 8/8/2005 7:59:28 AM EDT
[#30]
that is so cool!
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Posted: 8/8/2005 7:59:44 AM EDT
[#31]
Yes, it is a wide angle, with the zoom all the way back. I also misspoke, The highest shots you see here are actually at about 200' but not any higher than that. |
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Posted: 8/8/2005 8:00:03 AM EDT
[#32]
Holy taggage Batman. That's some cool shit!
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Posted: 8/8/2005 8:00:45 AM EDT
[#33]
Yea, that stuff is cool, but expensive and heavy. I would have to do some serious upgrades to make that happen. $$$$ |
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Posted: 8/8/2005 8:01:46 AM EDT
[#34]
I will post the video again soon, but I have to remove the soundtrack first. |
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Posted: 8/8/2005 8:02:53 AM EDT
[#35]
"You ever been to Kansas??"
Ok, I get it now. 
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Posted: 8/8/2005 8:07:56 AM EDT
[#36]
Very good pics.
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Posted: 8/8/2005 10:31:50 AM EDT
[#37]
Neighbors gota pool?
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Posted: 8/8/2005 10:35:34 AM EDT
[#38]
I'd send that thing over a military base just to watch them blow it out of the sky
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Posted: 8/8/2005 10:35:47 AM EDT
[#39]
Yea but, we don't get along with the ones that have the pool. They let their dogs run around and kill local livestock. It's a looong story.
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Posted: 8/8/2005 10:36:34 AM EDT
[#40]
Where are you at in the pics?
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Posted: 8/8/2005 10:38:02 AM EDT
[#41]
You can't see me. I'm stealthy!! 
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Posted: 8/8/2005 10:39:58 AM EDT
[#42]
Very cool............
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Posted: 8/8/2005 10:56:46 AM EDT
[#43]
bookmarked -- nice work. What other R/C stuff have you done?
Is there a good, forgiving, electric, starter model heli (w/o camera)? Is a circling hover that out of reach for a newbie? |
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Posted: 8/8/2005 11:04:20 AM EDT
[#44]
Thanks. I have been involved in RC boats, planes, cars and heli's for many years now. The helicopters are my newest phase. I don't do any of the others any more except for just playing around with a Traxxas E-Maxx truck. Helicopters are by far the hardest to learn AND master. I really don't know what the best micro/trainer is these days, but you can go here, here or here for a lot more info than I could give you. Whatever you do. Plan on spending three to five times as much on choppers as you would for anything else.
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Posted: 8/8/2005 1:24:53 PM EDT
[#45]
Naked wimmens tanning in picture six
Cool pics! |
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Posted: 8/8/2005 1:48:05 PM EDT
[#46]
Thanks, the neighbor has a nitro car I can borrow, I think that would be a good starting point. |
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Posted: 8/8/2005 1:54:28 PM EDT
[#47]
Are those home-made pontoons on the copter?
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Posted: 8/8/2005 2:01:53 PM EDT
[#48]
I swear some of thoes look like pics of a model
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Posted: 8/8/2005 2:02:38 PM EDT
[#49]
Actually they are swimming pool noodles. They are for three purposes. To make it easier to maintain left and right orientation during high altitude ops (hence the different colors), to stabilize the struts while in the air and to dampen vibrations while in the air and on the ground.
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Posted: 8/8/2005 2:05:22 PM EDT
[#50]
I don't know if that's good or bad.
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