Way cool toy

[goof]

I want one...

RC Plane + VR goggles

[Desmo]

With a half second lag between plane and goggles
God I want one!
That must be one of the coolest toys ever.

[Gresh]

Think what the military/police could do with those! They could... well I dont know but it'd look sick in a movie

[Enigma]

Mise en mémoire tampon.

hahahah... tampon

[xphread]

Very cool. Might have to buy some more electronic toys and dust off those planes hanging in Dads shed.

My Dad and I thought of something similar when he was muching about with a video system to help with car/truck reversing.
We were gonna chuck a camer in the cockpit of one of our RC planes and set up an arcade style simulator on a trailer to take where we wanted to fly - getting a birds eye view of what we were flying around.
(also easier to fly as you dont have to reverse the controls when you are flying back towards yourself!

Pity we never ended up doing that, but the whole gyro tilt think is a VERY cool idea.
only problem is see is that when the plane tilts, your view would without your head moving. Camera needs to stay verticle, if your head is verticle - despite what the plane does. (wonder if thats the case? )

11 out of 10 for geting that working guys!

[sathid]

xphead - what happens when you are a pilot tho...your head moves with the plane.

I'd think it would seem a little odd otherwise, and the shot would look kind of strange when you went upside-down

would be awesome with two cameras side by side to give a more 3d view in the goggles.

[xphread]

xphead - what happens when you are a pilot tho...your head moves with the plane.[/b]

Nope
when I bank(turn) its just like riding a motorbike - you keep your head level with the horizon and look through the corner.

trust me - it would feel very weird to me having the horizon turning with my head still upright.

[FireStorm]

Nope
when I bank(turn) its just like riding a motorbike - you keep your head level with the horizon and look through the corner.
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Bank harder man.


Either that or its time to upgrade and get out of the tigermoth....

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Bank harder man.
Either that or its time to upgrade and get out of the tigermoth....
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45 degrees is optimum for thermaling.

And thats further over than you'd think. (airliners are limited to about 30 degrees and they never use it all with pasangers onboard.)

If you can keep up more than 45 degrees for much more than 360 degrees ... well done. (even though you wont be climbing as fast as me.)
(and you WILL get a sore neck as your head will try and stay level - same as riding a bike.)

[dugy]

Could get some great footage at Barbagallo with that.

...and the beach...

[Flyboy]

*looks at model airplane*

Hmm....pity it looks stupidly expensive. Would be awesome though

45 degrees is optimum for thermaling.

And thats further over than you'd think. (airliners are limited to about 30 degrees and they never use it all with pasangers onboard.)

If you can keep up more than 45 degrees for much more than 360 degrees ... well done. (even though you wont be climbing as fast as me.)
(and you WILL get a sore neck as your head will try and stay level - same as riding a bike.)
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Strange....i frequently use 60 degree AoB for thermalling. Its harder to keep up at first, but if you can keep it in the heart of the core longer, you will climb faster. Obviously though it depends on the strength and size of your thermal though.

You just need to be careful of maintaining steep turns in clouds though. Theres no AH in a glider so you can get disoriented very easily.

But I normally spend most of my time in my sailplane upside down anyway

[Dingo]

Shame VR googles dont work for those of us without stereoscopic vision

Awesome Toy Tho!

[Machast]

I like how they point out the camera is operated wirelessly... good thing when its mounted on a plane

[xphread]

Strange....i frequently use 60 degree AoB for thermalling. Its harder to keep up at first, but if you can keep it in the heart of the core longer, you will climb faster. Obviously though it depends on the strength and size of your thermal though.
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Umm no again. Check your theory. 45 degrees is optimum. Any more than that and you are losing too much of your lift component and converting it to speed. The faster you fly, the more the drag and the slower up you go. You also risk sliding through the thermal with greater bank and end up sinking rather than climbing.

You just need to be careful of maintaining steep turns in clouds though. Theres no AH in a glider so you can get disoriented very easily.[/b]

ummm... seriously, you better check your theory - and operational rules. You dont need to worry about steep turns in cloud as you are not allowed within 1km to the side of cloud or 500ft above or below. - same as any aircraft not fitted with AH etc AND a pilot who is IFR rated!

To get back on topic a little more - you agree that you tilt your head to pretty much keep level with horizon to look where you are going?

[sathid]

well there you go! lol

so what would happen when the plane went upsidedown tho?

[xphread]

well there you go! lol

so what would happen when the plane went upsidedown tho?
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Yeah - youd then need to have a limit - whatever angle your neck extends to.
Then the camera would try its best to attain as close to horizontal as possible (upright or upside down if you rolled round) with that neck extension limit being a stopping point.
(upside down would be exactly upside down because then you are viewing the horizon level.)

but its still cool enough they got that much going.