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I'm currently leading a small project where something like that would be extremely handy. Copenhagen Suborbitals (copenhagensuborbitals.com) is doing five test
by mixmax 15y ago
I'm currently leading a small project where something like that would be extremely handy.
Copenhagen Suborbitals (copenhagensuborbitals.com) is doing five testlaunches of rockets this summer from the baltic sea. My job is to get live video from the launch to the Internet. There are several interesting problems in this, one is getting good footage of the launch and preparations.
The rockets will launch from a specially built self propelled vessel that sails from Copenhagen to The launch site aacompanied by a navy vessel that will act as support and crew ship. On launch the navy vessel will be around one mile from the launch platform, so getting good footage of the launch and preparations will be difficult.
I've thought that aerial remote robotics with cameras would be a good way of getting some really great shots. It's not easy though; you're operating over water, with one mile to the support vessel, and you'll need to steer the remotes via the Internet since there won't be available space for an operator on the navy ship (there will be a reasonable good internet connection available from the support ship)so you need remotes that can be operated over the Internet and send footage back.
If this sounds interesting, or if you have any ideas let me know, either here or by email. My mail is in my profile.
- Wistar 15y agoI just tried to find a link but have failed but, a few months ago, there was a video showing a camera-equipped quadcopter that autonomously tracked a water-skier. Not only was the flight path dictated by the course of the water-skier but the camera oriented continuously to frame the water-skier using a radio-beacon on the water-skier. The guy who built the rig had a tutorial site showing how he built the beacon and receiver. Beyond that, I haven't much insight into how such a platform would be built but, figuring that out is what the no-worries-about-money time would be spent.