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Webbie Test Flight

Posted by Mike Bakula on January 18, 2010 at 6:00pm
The Project SOAR group at Embry-Riddle got into the air again today. Although we couldn't get any time on the Autopilot (some problem with reading the Ublox5 GPS) we were able to test the Webbie as an on-board camera. The camera was attached to the EasyStar with 2" Velcro, which works well;

We mounted it screen-down, so the video would be upside-down. This is easily fixed in IMovie.

And here's the result!

Tags: webbie, camera, easystar, fpv
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  • Mike Bakula January 19, 2010 at 3:50am
    Apparently I didn't manage to get the embed right for the video;
    http://diydrones.com/video/webbie-on-ezstar

    Mark, the uBlox is hot-glued to the adapter, so far that has worked well. I think I am going to move the camera to the other side for better balance, but there's stuff to run into there as well. I Initially worried about the camera coming off, but it only weighs 115 grams, so 4 square inches of Velcro holds very well. The camera is free-running for now; I'll probably mod it after we get the Arduino ProMini working for mission management.
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    Mark Colwell January 19, 2010 at 1:08am
    The camera could detach in a crash and possibly damage the uBlox antenna, maybe move gps to other side, but hopefully you won't crash.. I would heat shrink the whloe uBlox as the interface connector is not reliable.
    Did you hack the camera for remote control? or just let it free run...
  • Doug Connell January 18, 2010 at 7:38pm
    Hi Mike -

    Thanks for sharing, looks like a nice mount. I look forward to any results that you are willing to share using the Webbie. I use a flip with the magnetic lens attachment and we are still trying to figure out the best way to stabilize the video. For right now it is all in post with Final Cut and the smooth cam filter.

    thanks,

    Doug
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