Quadrocopter with FPV and/or onboard sd memory for recording.

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Okay, it's a bit of a mouthful but he goes nothing.

So the idea is to have a quadrocopter that has a camera on it that will transmit to a screen in my hand. for the camera i will want to use something small and then be able to remote toggle recording mode while it hovers above.

The main idea to get going is the camera part. which cameras would be easy use with an arduino uno while also wirelessly tranmitting feed. (im thinking a separate video tranmitter for the wireless screen part.)

So..

  • #1. I need to be able to toggle recording mode on/off with arduino uno board(means it needs to save somewhere as welllike an sd card on a ssheild or something)
  • #2. I need to somehow (maybe not with arduino uno board) tranmit video data to a reciever on the ground.

I was thinking a camera like this:
http://www.miniinthebox.com/mc900d-v9-mini-hd-1-3-cmos-cctv-security-surveillance-fpv-camera_p1090575.html?currency=USD&litb_from=paid_adwords_shopping&gclid=CMzlxN-RhMECFeJcMgod0VwA5Q

if this isn't feasble i also have 1 other option.
that is to put a gopro hero 1 camera in place of the camera.
it is a bit larger but is also has its own software for recording and its own sd slot.

let me know what ya think thanks!.

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You are better off posting to a specialist site about quad's

e.g. DIY Drones. As the older versions of their flight controller (The APM 2.5 etc) is based on the Arduino Mega2560

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Ask at rcgroups.com as they probably have a better cross section of people but...

depending on how big your quad is will depend on how much you can do. I doubt you'll be able to record locally as none of the FPV cameras and transmitters I've seen allow that although with a gopro you could.

That's the next question, what sort of quality do you want? If SD is fine then just record whats coming out of the FPV receiver on the ground, then you don't even need an arduino :slight_smile:

In almost every application that you want to record HD video your quad batteries are going to run out before you fill up the card with video, so swap cards when you swap batteries and edit out the stuff you don't want afterwards

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Okay, well I guess my only other question may be if there is an easy way to operate the gopro while it is in the air. like when to start/stop recording.

I figured it would be an easier way with a mini cam and an arduino but if not then oh well.