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Permalink Reply by james sowell on July 14, 2012 at 11:25pm

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1555543&highlig...  see if this helps I whould read all then ask

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Permalink Reply by Delfin Magote III on July 15, 2012 at 4:35am

I have viewed that page 2 days ago but just scanned through the whole discussion since its 305 pages. But i'll just read it again in case I missed something.

Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by vincent rigaud on August 31, 2012 at 4:45pm

Hi

I am planning on building a quadcopter with some of the componants you are using. I'd like to know how do you change the video source of your video emitter during flight? With the video switcher i guess, but how do you operate it? If you could help me on that, i have been looking around for quite some time...

Vincent

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Permalink Reply by Delfin Magote III on August 31, 2012 at 5:38pm

check here. There's a manual attached, it is not that comprehensive though. Basically it is controlled by a three-position stick (RC transmitter) but I'll be using the APM2.5 and telemetry to switch cameras. I have not experimented with it yet since I'm still finishing the coating and modifications to the X8 airframe.

:D

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Permalink Reply by vincent rigaud on September 3, 2012 at 2:23pm

Hi,

Thank you for such a quick answer! Will it be possible to get pictures or diagram of your wiring work after you finish it? There is actually some knowledge that i didn't get...I'm building a quadcopter with APM 2.5 and 2 cameras as well, but i haven't finish the frame yet either...

Thx

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Permalink Reply by Delfin Magote III on September 3, 2012 at 8:38pm

Ok. But i'll be posting it next week since I am being sent to a symposium by my university, so all the electronic stuff for the drone will be done next week. 

You might want to drop by the ArduCopter group. They can help you with your quadcopter build.

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Permalink Reply by vincent rigaud on September 4, 2012 at 8:30am

Great! That's really kind of you! Thank you for the advise, i've been around this forum for two month, there's a huge amount of usefull information there! Just another question, are you planning on powering the "video part" of your project via a second smaller battery? That's what i'm planning on doing. I've look at the possibilities of this setup, in order to recharge a second 1S battery with solar pannels, thanks to this king of hardware:

solar panels:

http://adafruit.com/products/262

battery charger

https://www.adafruit.com/products/390

Setup

http://www.ladyada.net/make/solarlipo/index.html

Would it be possible, from your opinion? i'm really new to electronics...but highly motivated!

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