Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Helicopters / September 2004

See here car boat and air with a wireless minicam movie.
http://lookat.homeip.net:6600/index.php?module=Static_Docs&func=view&f=movies.htm
TM

Thanks............I have won the camera on ebay so will have a bit of fun
with it in My Heli's

Regards...............Mark

I have put these on a couple of airplanes thusfar and I found that the 800mw
version does not do any better than the 200mw version.  So you might as well
use the 200mw version and make sure to mount it on the bottom if you can so
that the plane itself does not interfere with the reception.  You need to
make sure that your exaust doesn't come anywhere close to it also as I have
found that cleaning glow fuel off of these is damn near impossible.  You
also need to play with different antenna's for the reciever.  If you have
any HAM radio operators that are friends they usually are more than happy to
help you with it.  I also foulnd that there is a 5 volt regulator in the
cord of the camera and that using regular 9 volt batteries is a mistake as
they will only last 1 flight before giving up.  Better to use a rechargable
9 volt or if you can support the weight, I used a regarchable 9.6 volt r/c
car battery purchased from radioshack to run it and it will run an entire
afternoon with no problems.  Just make sure to shut it off between flights
because the camera gets a bit warm.  I am currently going to have my Jedi
Master of heli piloting take one of my camera systems up so I can get some
video to put on our clubs website.  Check it out soon at
http://www.heliraisers.com

Later

Jamie