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/
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