flingwing
Heliman
Location: London
| Hi all.
This is my first effort at aerial photography/videograpy. With a lot of help from this forum, I decided to climb into the project with everything I had. As a result I have managed to substantially deplete my bank account but think that I have landed up with quite a professional setup. The photos of the actaul camera ship are slightly out of date, (in that you can't see the zoom servo on the video camera, my still photo camera setup or the video transmitter aerial) but all in all, the ship still looks pretty much the same. Check out my first decent aerial pics taken on Friday, (be gentle on me :-) ) I am still working on some small vibration problems but all in all I am very excited about the progress. The machine is a, (rather radically) modified Vario Benzin. I have the following features on my camera setup.
- Full pan/tilt functionality
- Vibration isolation
- Zoom in/out functionality
- Camera shutter trigger
- AV Transmission to a ground station, (500m range)
The camera is a 5Mp Cannon G5..
Most people that I have shown it to are very impressed with the design and the finish. The true results are yet to be seen however, (client approval). I am practically ready to get into the market now. All that is left is insurance cover...
Let me know what you think..
FlingWing Flyer.
Here is my ship
Close-up of the servo setup
The results with reduced quality due to downsizing for internet presentation.
Questions/comments are very welcome... All the best |
