Links
 
Links
 
Radio Control
Radio Control experience is crucial to the operation of the CropCam. If you do not have Radio Control experience we strongly recommend you acquire these skills to ensure success. Also you should have a radio control pilot as a safety pilot for all CropCam flights.
 
Getting started in RC
Here is a link for beginners in RC.
http://www.geistware.com/rcmodeling/articles/beginner_1/#basic_engine
 
Suitable RC Trainer
Here is a trainer one of our clients is having luck with, it is capable of taking some punishment and handles similar to the CropCam. The link to the site is below.
http://www.hobby-lobby.com/easyglider.htm
 
Video systems
The additional items needed for video can be purchased through a RC hobby store:
  • Separate RF Transmitter and Receiver
  • Remote transmitter with wiring harness and antenna (1.5 ounces)
  • TV card for laptop to convert the analog signal to digital
 
For more on video systems see link:
https://www.futurehobbies.com/items.asp?id=1
 
CropCam User Links
For questions relating to GIS, see Greg Lewis at www.odis.ca
 
For a slideshow Greg Lewis see Overview of CropCam by Greg Lewis, On-Demand Imagery Services Slideshow
 
On first hand experiences with CropCam, read this to avoid mistakes and errors. http://mekri.joensuu.fi/crop/
 
Download a program that converts a CropCam Logfile to a Google Earth file. Program is free, and you can get it from http://mekri.joensuu.fi/alpo/croplog/
 
Here are some details about Lentsika, developed to assist with flight planning
http://mekri.joensuu.fi/alpo/lentsika/