I love that my P3P is a fantastic photography platform. It's what I bought it for; it's what I love it for.
But... it sure would be nice to do some FPV flights once in a while. I'm not talking about racing or flying slalom between trees... I'm thinking of casual flights over interesting scenery, or those few occasions where my line of site/distance may not be optimal for being able to rely on the latency and poor screen size of my phone. Having goggles would also give me the ability to share the experience with other goggle wearers (friends, family, etc).
I'm considering getting a small dedicated camera and transmitter and bolting them to the P3P. If I do it right, I could even make them easily clipped on and plugged in when necessary.
The question comes down to where on the quad do I attach it. My thinking is that the easiest would be to extend the landing struts (somehow), and have the new camera nicely centered under the existing one. I'd run a small cable up to the main body, and would hack into the electronics to tap the voltage needed to run the system. The antenna for it could drop directly down, or I'm not opposed to having it stick up straight out of the center of the existing body.
Thoughts? Concerns? Any major problems that you'd foresee that would prohibit this from working?
(Note: This is a repost of my note on Reddit, as I'm not sure what the overlap is in readership between here and there.)
But... it sure would be nice to do some FPV flights once in a while. I'm not talking about racing or flying slalom between trees... I'm thinking of casual flights over interesting scenery, or those few occasions where my line of site/distance may not be optimal for being able to rely on the latency and poor screen size of my phone. Having goggles would also give me the ability to share the experience with other goggle wearers (friends, family, etc).
I'm considering getting a small dedicated camera and transmitter and bolting them to the P3P. If I do it right, I could even make them easily clipped on and plugged in when necessary.
The question comes down to where on the quad do I attach it. My thinking is that the easiest would be to extend the landing struts (somehow), and have the new camera nicely centered under the existing one. I'd run a small cable up to the main body, and would hack into the electronics to tap the voltage needed to run the system. The antenna for it could drop directly down, or I'm not opposed to having it stick up straight out of the center of the existing body.
Thoughts? Concerns? Any major problems that you'd foresee that would prohibit this from working?
(Note: This is a repost of my note on Reddit, as I'm not sure what the overlap is in readership between here and there.)