Re: gEDA-user: OT: Video camera hack

[Syed Faisal Akber <faisal@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, DJ Delorie wrote:

>
> > http://www.georgiajets.org/video/PinCushion_Goes_To_Lake_Wales.wmv
>
> A friend of mine once put a video downlink in a model helicopter and
> flew using the monitor instead of watching the helicopter.  I always
> thought it would be cool to put a pair of cameras in a model plane,
> and hook them up to VR goggles and fly it that way.

Unfortunately, the Canadaian and probably the American governments
classify this as UAV (Unmanned Arial Vehicles) and thus it becomes illegal
for us to do.  You can put a camera on a model plane but point it towards
the ground not forward and not use it to fly either.  This was told to me
by a friend of mine who happens to be an Industry Canada inspector.

>
> > I know this is off-topic, but I thought it was pretty neat :)
>
> Hacking electronics seems on-topic to a hobby electronics group :-)
>
I concur.