>I know these gadgets are just in the development stages Not really. FPV or First Person View is the big thing in some RC circles. Your aircraft is fitted with an HD video camera, autopilot, gyro and a device to generate an onscreen display of the necessary flight info. There's a transmitter or down-link to send the info to the pilot who either looks at a screen or wears something like the Fatshark glasses with the stuff built in. So you fly or merely steer the aeroplane and use the first person vision from the cockpit while the OSD or HUD gives you the instrument readings.
See: http://rcmodelreviews.com/fy21ap_review.shtml http://rcmodelreviews.com/fatshark.shtml And a host of videos on YouTube. Just search for FPV. What's cool about these systems is that they give the teenager on the Clapham omnibus all the UAV look and kill abilities of someone in Langley Virginia but at a fraction of the cost. There's a video on YouTube of someone claiming a world record of 40 kms with this gear and another of someone flying between the rooftop radio towers of some highrise in Austria. Quite chilling really… but no more than a fully armed UAV piloted by some government paid teenager in camos. D On 09/02/2011, Catherine Conway <[email protected]> wrote: > Cool idea - how do you focus that close? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 09/02/2011, at 8:56 AM, "erich wittstock" > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > PDA's / iPad's etc are so passé... > It's 2011 - this the future: > <http://www.geekiegadgets.com/2009/maverix-hud-sunglasses-for-your-pda-or-smart-phone/>http://www.geekiegadgets.com/2009/maverix-hud-sunglasses-for-your-pda-or-smart-phone/ > > <http://igargoyle.com/archives/2006/07/homemade_video.html>http://igargoyle.com/archives/2006/07/homemade_video.html > > I know these gadgets are just in the development stages - but so has > everything else been before it's been accepted by skeptics. > Display everything: 3D Flarm, 3D airspace, 3D beercans, last thermal > markers, landable fields and so on... > You won't even want to take your eyes away from what's around you. Smart > interfaces would limit the information to only the most needed information: > What would I need airspeed indication for if I am flying at the correct > speed? Best heightband only get's displayed if I am getting close to the > lower / upper margins... > > > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 16:49, Todd Sandercock > <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > That's what gliding instruments need!!! > > ________________________________ > From: Scott Penrose > <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Tue, 8 February, 2011 2:04:45 PM > > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Ipad > > Check this out: > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NotK4TVQ-6E> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NotK4TVQ-6E > > It shows a Pixel Qi screen against an iPad in full daylight. > > Scott > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > To check or change subscription details, visit: > <http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring>http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > To check or change subscription details, visit: > <http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring>http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
