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HI All
When I started flying the Phantom I knew that just looking at it was not for me, because being of advanced years my sight is not comparable to that of a Greek God.
Far from it in fact, so when I orderd the kit I also invested in the Live View KIt as well. I did have some trouble with it, and in the interim I just flew the Phantom with a GoPro recording everything and the ''Better Half'' being a spotter (Also with a video camera filming it all as well) .
In addition I added for a while a light tether just in case. This worked well as I had about 150 ft of line to play with, and the downwash of the props kept it well below the Phantom frame. It had NO trouble lifting the line. Where I practice there are NO obstacles at all.
Here's a little video of it in action, this is a first flight so ........
https://vimeo.com/64720911
So now the FPV works well but it is on the 7" monitor, bigger ones are mega expensice. OK that's alright but it set me wondering if there is a way to connect the monitor to say a bigger laptop. Which I just happen to have handy.
The Gp Pro has an A/V out and it says you can add goggles for a second person etc, so why not a laptop. It would be self powered, but I am not a techie and have no idea what is involved.
Is there a way?
Cheers
When I started flying the Phantom I knew that just looking at it was not for me, because being of advanced years my sight is not comparable to that of a Greek God.
Far from it in fact, so when I orderd the kit I also invested in the Live View KIt as well. I did have some trouble with it, and in the interim I just flew the Phantom with a GoPro recording everything and the ''Better Half'' being a spotter (Also with a video camera filming it all as well) .
In addition I added for a while a light tether just in case. This worked well as I had about 150 ft of line to play with, and the downwash of the props kept it well below the Phantom frame. It had NO trouble lifting the line. Where I practice there are NO obstacles at all.
Here's a little video of it in action, this is a first flight so ........
https://vimeo.com/64720911
So now the FPV works well but it is on the 7" monitor, bigger ones are mega expensice. OK that's alright but it set me wondering if there is a way to connect the monitor to say a bigger laptop. Which I just happen to have handy.
The Gp Pro has an A/V out and it says you can add goggles for a second person etc, so why not a laptop. It would be self powered, but I am not a techie and have no idea what is involved.
Is there a way?
Cheers