Guy mounts steerable camera in RC F16

[DieselSmoke]

Thats cool as shit..

And the tail flash on it is Hill AFB 4th Fighter Squadron, my old unit

[MustangPoser]

these days its not so much money. You can set up an FPV system for under $100. Add a $150 hobbyking plane and your good to go.

For real, my latest UAV has a 7 foot wing, FPV/OSD (HUD) with small cam, gimball cam, and autopilot (waypoint flying, gps/barometer/gyros/airspeed/etc,etc) and I'm in it maybe $1,000. You could easily start from scratch and have a quality system for $400-500.

[black2002ls]

I have always wanted to get into R/C planes/heli's but never had the money. I've been kicking around the idea of putting together a quad rotor.

[ceyko]

For the lazy

I did that with an RC helicopter and I was using video goggles. I got the fucker up in the sky so high the video dropped out. I took the goggles off and...

I had no fucking idea where the thing was. It was up so high I could neither see it nor hear it. Scared the living fuck out of me. Can you imagine a flying lawnmower capable of taking your head off and having no idea where the thing is?

Thankfully I was able to spot it after awhile and brought it back.

Never did that shit again. WAAAAY too dangerous, LOL.

Slight twist to the phrase "Death from above."

[line-em-up]

U got proof? And I'm not talking about some YouTube BS, or some conspiracy website?

Of course I don't have proof in that I haven't gotten video of them in a hangar then see them fly out to be used for surveillance, but I have read articles about it form sites such as usatoday, washingtontimes, etc. Do you consider these legitimate news sources? I guess you you say I was wrong because that number isn't projected to be complete for a few years, but the fact that they have been approved for that use should be enough cause for alarm.

[yellowstang]

Poor mans version is a wireless X10 camera and a balsa wood airplane with a bigger rubberband on it.