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Re: gEDA-user: OT: Video camera hack

How quickly the human race forgets that kites were once military tools.

Steve M.

Syed Faisal Akber wrote:

A kite is different though.  A kite cannot be directly controlled in terms
of position and speed.  It has a lot more reliance on wind than an
airplane.  But that is just my opinion.  I'd consult a lawyer or gov't
official first.

Faisal

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, Steve Meier wrote:



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.