Re: Change camera
I'm in the process.
Going to borrow a gopro 3+ silver/black that has the built in wifi.
Going to do some test first with portable wifi that will arrive this friday.
http://www.dx.com/p/vonets-mini300-mini ... ite-321706
Firstly.. this is only theorectical as I dont own a GoPro (yet - deciding is the 3+ black better than the 4 black in value).
It's an alternative and it will not provide IOSD (yet).
Flame me as much as you want as any feed back is good feedback.
I'm looking at 2 paths. One is to use my existing vision plus with a $400 zenmuse gimbal; and the other is going down the $1500 path with a Phantom 2 + H3-3D (950), immersionRC (100), Black pearl 32 channel (299), mini IOSD (75) - go pro not included.
The $1500 is tested and stable and does not have immediate video feed cut-out, and hence the premuim
I DO NOT want to go down the DE swappable path. $400 is a little expensive.
What do i know..
GoPro operates on 2.4Ghz and that will not interfere with the vision series controllers (5.8ghz).
Some of the GoPro models have wifi streaming back to IOS and Androids via the app.
The app can change video settings, capture images, record on the fly.
There will be no radar and telemetry as the IOSD cannot be fed back.
There is 2-4 second video lag (dont fly out of visual range i guess)
There is a 75-100 feet LOS limitation for video feeds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gvbUtaKymc
This would be great for flyers like myself who don't like to venture far.
I've seen many AR drone users create wifi extenders with battery pack to to overcome the distance limitation.
What i cannot prove (until i obtain a GoPro) is whether a wifi extender like below would work.
http://www.tp-link.com.au/products/deta ... TL-WA750RE
You can then later get a battery and make a portable wifi extender.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5kl6FhzTDI
We know the zenmuse gimbal is working on the vision series with a limitation of the 7th channel.
I assume that the Phantom tool will resolve that
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/111 ... 2-tool.rar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhrVaDR3fhA
Can anyone see any problems?
This guy below has seem to take the same approach. His video isn't well documented and he hasn't posted the results.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3q3i2DTHi4[/youtube]
And just a note.. Phantom 2 + Zenmuse H3-3D = $950. Zenmuse H3-3D on its own is $350-450.
I'm sure i would be able to make a hot swap plate to switch between GoPro and back to vision.
This is why its a conflicting path...