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Some Recent Experiments in R/C Aerial Photography

Both Paul Hinson and Robin Simpson have been experimenting with mounting digital cameras on their EasyStar trainer aircraft.

EasyStar Camera Mount

 

Here's a camera mount that Robin made from 2mm plywood for his EasyStar .
It sits where the canopy normally clicks in and is held down with three
stout rubber bands. 3 Megapixel Nikon Coolpix camera, HiTec HS55 servo.

Golden Jubilee Flying Field - The Movie! 

Here's a QuickTime movie of a circuit around the field taken with the camera setup above.

QuickTime movie -  Golden Jubliee Field Circuit

The movie file is 2Mb in size. If you are on a dialup line or a slow link,
you may prefer to
Right Click (Windows) or Control Click (Macintosh) here
and Save the file to your computer to view the movie.
If you don't have a QuickTime viewer there are free versions
for both PC and Macintosh available
here from Apple Computer.

Aerial Photos of Golden Jubilee Flying Field Taken With This Kit

A shot of Robin taken by the on-board camera as he
is about to launch the EasyStar. The shutter is operated by the
Flaps/Undercarriage switch on the transmitter (Channel 5).

Golden Jubilee Field looking South East. The car-park and our pits area
is top centre of the photo, just beside the baseball diamond.
The path and fence at the bottom of the photo marks the boundary
between the field and the Kuringai Chase National Park.

Golden Jubilee Field looking almost due South. The baseball diamond
is clearly visible in front of the mesh fence centre right, and below the
diamond the white speck is SSC President Peter Smith. The blue speck
is yours truly, busily flying the EasyStar and clicking away on the Flap switch!

Golden Jubilee Field looking South West. The car-park is behind the trees
at the end of the path, right centre. The communications tower marks the SES
and Rural Fire Brigade headquarters. We give the SES lots of practice
rescuing our aircraft from their roof and the local glider-eating trees.

Last updated on 5 October 2004 by Robin

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