Friday, July 27, 2012

Mission Space: Research Day

Accomplished:
Today was a relatively lite day due to the last couple of days of frustration and learning. Today I started my research on both telemetry and video/OSD. After learning more about telemetry through DIYdrones.com and the internet, I decided to buy a kit. I bought the 3DR radio telemetry kit - 915 MHz, and some cables for the servos. I then did some extensive research on video/OSD options. I found out the on screen display or OSD, is like telemetry with a live video feed. The problem I came across was how does the video transmit and receive? After going on the internet I learned that there needs to be a transmitter on the plane and a receiver on the ground. Still need to do some more research on which camera to buy.

Questions:
  • Which FPV, first person view, camera should I buy
  • Is OSD necessary now that I have telemetry?
  • Once received how will the video come up on my laptop?

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