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Sep 27, 2010 4:05 PM

Flying in first person

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Holy head gear! Fabien Blanc-Paques, a research and development engineer has created a rather unique way of piloting a UAV. Using a R1OSD connected to video goggles positioned on a helmet, Fabien is able to fly his RC plane with the vantage point of a first person view. With, what he calls, an Augmented Reality Experience, he is also able to get a host of information such as distance and direction to his position, power usage, speed, altitude, distance from a home point, and much more sent back to him in real-time through his goggles heads up display. Fabien say’s, “As personal projects, I Have Developed A Whole range of equipment for UAS (unmanned aerial systems): ground stations, diversity Datalink, Airframes, augmented reality navigation systems, head up display, I Have Always Been Interested in innovation and technology and I enjoy working with synergistic combinations of technologies (mechanical, electronic, computer, control engineering). etc.. “ With his incorporation of a noise suppressor, which helps with signal loss, this is the ultimate in UAV flight.

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Technical details of the R1OSD, (currently in rev. 2.0) and more can be found at Fabien’s web-site: http://www.wiredhouse.fr/projects/  His other projects are worth a look as well.

 


I'm not one to make tactical aircraft, but this project would be amazing just to experience a first person flying experience. Small enough so it doesn't feel like you are driving a car, you can lay in bed and just fly. I say, increase the visual resolution, and everyone would buy one for fun. And, the craft could use the homing capabilities to automatically fly itself home when low on power. Simply wonderful.

 

 

Cabe

 

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  • fabien_bp Level 1
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    1. Oct 7, 2010 4:45 AM (in response to Cabe Atwell)
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    Hello,

     

    I am the person who created the R1OSD device. I just discovered this article written by Cabe, so I joined the Element14 community.

    Feel free to ask any question about this system !

     

    Fabien

  • Cabe Atwell Level 10
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    2. Oct 7, 2010 9:43 PM (in response to fabien_bp)
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    Fabien,

     

    Welcome to Element 14! I am so honoured to you read my article.

     

    If you didn't gather from my words, I like your project very much.

     

     

    Aside from the tactical abilities of your UAV, I am mostly excited by the first person flight ability and the homing functionality. I do have some questions though, how much latency do you experience between actual position of the plane and your view? Can you transmit a higher resolution image with the communication device on the UAS, ie: what bandwidth is possible?

     

    I think adding the control system to a remote control dirigible(blimp) would be interesting too. Removing the constant fear of crashing, would make your UAV project more atractive to the average consumer. That is, if you plan on selling it in that fashion.

     

    Any chance you may realease the plans and code for your UAS?

     

    Cabe

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    3. Oct 8, 2010 5:48 AM (in response to fabien_bp)
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    That's an awesome project Fabien. Hopefully I can get a bit of time to have a look at your site and see how it is done. The area in the film looks lovely as well! Where is that, south of France?

  • rc26204 Level 1
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    4. Oct 10, 2010 12:54 PM (in response to fabien_bp)
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    Hi fabin,

     

         I need help with a project i am working on in school. I am restoring and improving a rc car that already has a video camera mounted inside of it. I am asking for help about increaseing the range of the video camera. The camera's frequency is 2.4Ghz and runs on 9DC volts.

     

    The area i lose the video link is when i drive it out of my classroom and down a hallway. the hallway has lockers on both sides. I still have control over the car because i can here it move when i use the controls but i can't see a thing. I saw on your website about the noise suppressers. would those help with my problem?

  • fabien_bp Level 1
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    5. Oct 19, 2010 3:55 AM (in response to Alistair Winning)
    Re: Flying in first person

    Hello,

     

    I flew over the gulf of St Tropez, in the south of France.

     

    Regards,

  • fabien_bp Level 1
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    6. Oct 19, 2010 3:59 AM (in response to rc26204)
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    > The area i lose the video link is when i drive it out of my classroom and  down a hallway. the hallway has lockers on both sides.

    > I still have  control over the car because i can here it move when i use the controls  but i can't see a thing.

    >I saw on your website about the noise  suppressers. would those help with my problem?

     

    No, noise suppressors will get you rid of local EMI/RFI - mainly noise from speed controllers.

    You should use a robust 2.4GHz video wireless link, ideally with a diversity mode to avoid RF reflections (google: yellow yacket diversity receiver).

     

    Regards,

    Fabien

  • Cabe Atwell Level 10
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    7. Nov 19, 2010 12:00 PM (in response to fabien_bp)
    Re: Flying in first person

    Fabien,

     

    Any updates on your project?

     

    Cabe

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