{"id":2450,"date":"2016-04-24T18:03:26","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T01:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/?p=2450"},"modified":"2016-04-24T18:03:26","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T01:03:26","slug":"old-fashioned-drone-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/archives\/2450","title":{"rendered":"Old-Fashioned Drone Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in my early Sony<\/a> days when I worked at RedZone Interactive, a friend and I got into RC planes. Since the rest of the studio didn’t generally roll in until about 9:00 or 10:00, we had the opportunity to take our planes out in the lot behind the office in the mornings while the winds were quite gentle. It’s a fond memory.<\/p>\n

About the same time, I saw online a wireless video camera that was about the size of a matchbook and immediately thought of attaching it to the plane to get a cool POV video while flying.\u00c2\u00a0I should note that this was 2004. GoPro didn’t exist yet let alone the\u00c2\u00a0whole ‘sports camera’ category. Neither did drones that are so common nowadays.\u00c2\u00a0Am I a trend setter? Not really. I just thought it was a fun idea.<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, it was very jerry-rigged. The camera with built-in transmitter was mounted on a stick protruding from the side of the canopy attached to a 9v battery for power. The receiver was on the ground attached to a video camera recording the results. My friend had to spend the entire flight watching the small screen on the camera while constantly adjusting a tuning knob on the receiver to keep the signal usable. The results are pretty poor by today’s standards, but I<\/em> think it turned out pretty good, all things considered:<\/p>\n

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