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Permalink Reply by James Ross on May 26, 2008 at 8:23pm

A microcontroller is one system that might be used as an autopilot. The autopilot might be programed to fly to a certain GPS waypoint and take a picture once it gets there. There would be no human input from the ground.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Haliburton on May 27, 2008 at 4:33pm

if you want a pic based controller for RC aerial camera control use see

http://rc-cam.com/project1.htm

I have used this for several cameras. Samples of the photos and how the camera is mounted are here:

http://www.lobstercove.ca/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1160323567

Jim H

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Permalink Reply by Neal Kelley on May 22, 2009 at 6:48am

I used a refurbished Kodak C913 ( 9.3 megapixel camera. ).. after figuring out the the button to trigger the flash. .i soldered wire to it. the cool part is that I got a small micro switch and attached a micro servo to it.. and glued it all together.. ( Camera, Servo and Microswitch ). I plugged the servo into the retract port of the reciever.. and now when ever i trigger the retract button.. the camera flashes... Microswitch was about $1.29 from Fry's electronics.. and microservos are about 8 or 9 bucks..

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Permalink Reply by James Cohen on May 22, 2009 at 7:29am

Great write-up.

Can I suggest:

step 1.1 remove battery
step 1.2 wait 1 hour

I'm guessing an hour would be enough time for the flash capacitor to discharge?

To be honest I would do:

step 1.1 remove battery
step 1.2 get impatient after 10 mins

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Permalink Reply by Neal Kelley on May 22, 2009 at 8:56am

yeah.. I got zapped a few times....

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Permalink Reply by Infinite Aerospace on June 3, 2009 at 9:08pm

Here is the system I used, utilizing a sub micro servo to actuate the shutter button. Works well, self titled the "Orion 1.1 / 1.2" system. Works well on the Parkzone Radian electric sailplane.

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Permalink Reply by wayne garris on June 4, 2009 at 7:07am

nice pics !! how well did your mount survive landing?

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Permalink Reply by Infinite Aerospace on June 4, 2009 at 11:01am

Thanks! I have flown a few flights with it so far with no problems. Only one incident of breaking off the stinger mounts due to long grass ripping it off. Going to add small parkflyer type wheels soon.

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Permalink Reply by Joe on November 23, 2010 at 8:24am

What is the total weight of your add-on camera system? Did it impact the flight abilities of the Radian? Does anyone know how much weight would be possible to take up there? I don't have a camera yet, but am wondering how big would be possible.

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Permalink Reply by bGatti on June 4, 2009 at 1:36pm

I love it, explaining how to use a voltmeter in a project which requires the use of a microcontroller.

So that's why I'm late to the party, I spent to many years just figuring out the damn voltmeter ;)

- kidding - I'm really just acknowledging the endless effort to find the right balance of technicality when explaining technical projects. Been there, done that, got the headache.
Ben

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Permalink Reply by NorthSweden on June 4, 2009 at 2:47pm

I have one suggestion about this hack! why not use a transistor to trigger the camera!

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Permalink Reply by wayne garris on June 4, 2009 at 4:29pm

sure but whats going to trigger the transistor? you could easly use a 555 timer.

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