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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Nathaniel Caner on June 2, 2010 at 5:09pm

#2 above
Anyone have any comments on Rembizi's OSD?

What other hardware are people using successfully with it?

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DeveloperPermalink Reply by Doug Weibel on June 2, 2010 at 9:08pm

Nathaniel,

Although there are people here who are in to FPV, I think you would get more response to your questions if you posted them in a FPV oriented forum.

I have little FPV experience. I'd answer your questions as follows:
1 - the camera doesn't have to be CCD. It is just a matter of the weight and picture quality you want. Some people use CMOS cameras.
2 - There are many OSD systems on the market. Remzibi is relativly inexpensive and there are people working on integrating it with ArduPilot so that you don't have to have 2 gps on board.
3 - 100 mW sounds low to me. I use 500mW. But I am no expert.
4, 5 - yes

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Permalink Reply by lionel on June 2, 2010 at 10:19pm

This is the Video subsystem I currently use:
Sony Webbie
Range Video OSD
1.3 Ghz Tx 1500mW (my RC is 2.4Ghz, thus 2.4Ghz Video is out of question )

Hope this helps

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Permalink Reply by Austin Duff on June 10, 2010 at 5:01pm

@lionel, where did you get your TX video system?

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Permalink Reply by Roger Guess on September 8, 2010 at 12:47pm

lionel, do you have sample video? What is your airplane?

Thanks,

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DeveloperPermalink Reply by Michael Smith on September 8, 2010 at 2:08pm

Just to note for anyone considering this; at least in the USA this frequency/power combination requires an amateur radio license.

They are easy to obtain, but necessary.

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Permalink Reply by space_nut on September 9, 2010 at 12:05am

Not a big expert but I'm testing a few bits and pieces.

I use the Range Video stuff and it works fairly well. I still use XBEE telemetry because, even with the OSD, you can get out of range quite easily.

I also send up a Sony MHS-PM1 (bloggie). Nice features are the posable head and very light battery. You can get the older model at sub-$100 prices. The nice thing about having both cameras is I can focus on FPV without bothering about picture quality since I'm not recording that signal.

The cool thing about your Telemaster is that you can lift some really nice HDD or Flash memory cameras without difficulty.

The next thing to overcome is stability (See my post).

Coupla things I'm working on

1) using the Sony camera for FPV aand recording simultaneously
2) rotating jig - most of the kits can only handle the smaller cameras

As for the display device, I've got a small portable Sony DVD player that doubles as a display. Also, picked up a USB video input dongle which let's you use your laptop for the video signal. This way I can use the laptop for Video and Groundstation - you also eliminate the OSD since the Groundstation gives you the same data.

I guess you could go nuts on the full blown kit with VR goggles and head tracking but.. I'm more interested in fairly good quality recordings.

BTW - loved your earlier vids - are you using flycam?

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