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Old 12-23-2007 | 09:52 PM
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oxxyfx
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Default First Person View....

Hi guys,

I am new... very new, just subscribed. I am more an Rc flyer, I mostly fly airplanes, but now it is winter and snow in Canada, so I cannot fly. But I can tingle around with some electronics...

Last year about this time I've got myself into the so called "First Person View" or in short form FPV flying. This is when you install a camera in an airplane and you fly through video goggles, seing exactly what the camera on your plane sees.

In order to test the technology out, I installed a camera in a cheap radioshack monster truck called Rammunition. The first thing I did was to throw out the cheap electronics and install real receiver, real proportional speed controller and steering. This is not a race truck - it would not even go close to any of your super equipment - however the elctronics inside is interesting.

Pictures of the build are here: http://www.ngctech.com/photoalbum/th...s.php?album=53

Two days ago I finished a so called On Screen Display module - which when connected to a camera will overlay the flight data. This works with a GPS sensor. Please check out the following video for this:

http://www.vimeo.com/448858

I hope you'll like it.

Oxy.
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