Re: gEDA-user: OT: Video camera hack

[Steve Meier <smeier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Would the same apply if I were to use a kite instead of a radio
controlled plane? I can understand limiting the range of the radio
signals so the plane can't stray far from the piolet but limiting what
the piolet may do within the bounds of a typical radio controlled flying
area seems excesive.

Steve Meier


On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 19:00 -0500, Syed Faisal Akber wrote:
> 
> 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.
>