RE: Clones by Drones29 Mar 2016 13:22
just cos i'm bored.....
they have essentially banned the main thing i want to do with drones, which is first person view, its like being in the cockpit a of a real plane / heli / drone, you wear some goggles like these..
http://www.rclegends.co.uk/fat-shark-dominator-hd-v2-fpv-video-goggles?gclid=Cj0KEQjwz-i3BRDtn53Z5Z7t4PUBEiQA23q2AAWLFXJzYAQhAxWj9RwhRk6Re_Vxk-nlmHMQjhXdzA0aApZc8P8HAQ
but in the UK, you also need an observer, not wearing goggles that can clearly see the R/C craft to ensure safety...boring.
most R/C equipment has a range of about a mile, too far to see such a small craft, you can get specialised stuff that will go up to about 4 miles, expensive stuff, and illegal to use in the uk.
batteries typically last for 20-30 mins at best, so you cant go too far anyway
its an expensive and time consuming hobby, they crash...a lot, and take time to repair, part costs soon add up, and new stuff comes out all the time, which of course you want....
weather spoils it, far too windy / rainy where i am most of the time, though the latest tech does have better gyro's to keep things stable, gps also has made things much easier.
true automated control is awesome, like in this video, but you need to be in a room with motion capture video for it to work, we don't yet have the tech to achieve what you see without it..
fun stuff..
https://www.ted.com/talks/raffaello_d_andrea_the_astounding_athletic_power_of_quadcopters?language=en