I was wondering if anyone has built a drone with a realtime video downlink. I have seen many here with photos and video taken onboard but none that are fed live down to the ground. What would it take to do this? I am curious because I would like to build one.Mike
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Most of our UAVs have real-time video transmitted to the ground. See the GeoCrawler 1 link on the home page for one example. As Paul says, we tend to use Black Window or Range Video equipment. If you're using 72Mhz RC, you can use 2.4 Ghz video downlinks, but if you're using 2.4Ghz RC, you should use 900Mhz video downlinks to avoid the interference. Check out the various tutorials on the GeoCrawler links for real-time pan-tilt and other features.
It is pretty expensive. I think you would need to buy a real-time video system, which can cost anywhere from 50$ to 200$, plus a camcorder, and probably a converter since the video will be in composite format, and which most laptops cant run.
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Most of our UAVs have real-time video transmitted to the ground. See the GeoCrawler 1 link on the home page for one example. As Paul says, we tend to use Black Window or Range Video equipment. If you're using 72Mhz RC, you can use 2.4 Ghz video downlinks, but if you're using 2.4Ghz RC, you should use 900Mhz video downlinks to avoid the interference. Check out the various tutorials on the GeoCrawler links for real-time pan-tilt and other features.
Chris