Maccadude33
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Hi all,
Sorry if this seems too trivial or has been asked before, but I was wondering if anyone could offer me tips on installing a camera into a Level 2 high powered rocket and how I might go about transmitting a live photo or video stream from it. From what I've gathered, I know a few people on here have mounted Contour and GoPro cameras in their rockets and retrieved footage off of SD cards; have any of you tried streaming those photos/videos from your rocket in realtime?
I like the fact that one of the Contour cameras I've come across has built-in GPS and Bluetooth chips, but since I'm considering installing a separate GPS or RF transmitter into my electronics bay, they're not that big of a deal. Those chips probably wouldn't do me much good at several thousand feet in the sky anyway! Anyhow, a friend of mine also recommended I look at Epic cameras as well. I'm not sure what to think about those. Has anyone here had any experience with one of these cameras? For those of you who have, what could you tell me about them? Did you mount your camera(s) beneath an overhang/canopy facing the ground, or have you tried something different? I'm prepared to build my own mounting system so I'm open to all suggestions!
For the transmitting side of things, I thought I might buy a Raspberry Pi sort of device, connect one of the aforementioned cameras to it, and then program it to relay what photos/videos the camera captures to the ground via radio, kinda like what this one guy did with a balloon. Thing is, I'm brand new to working with broadcasting equipment; what sort of methods/transmitters could I look into for this purpose?
Thanks for any advice, I appreciate it!
Sorry if this seems too trivial or has been asked before, but I was wondering if anyone could offer me tips on installing a camera into a Level 2 high powered rocket and how I might go about transmitting a live photo or video stream from it. From what I've gathered, I know a few people on here have mounted Contour and GoPro cameras in their rockets and retrieved footage off of SD cards; have any of you tried streaming those photos/videos from your rocket in realtime?
I like the fact that one of the Contour cameras I've come across has built-in GPS and Bluetooth chips, but since I'm considering installing a separate GPS or RF transmitter into my electronics bay, they're not that big of a deal. Those chips probably wouldn't do me much good at several thousand feet in the sky anyway! Anyhow, a friend of mine also recommended I look at Epic cameras as well. I'm not sure what to think about those. Has anyone here had any experience with one of these cameras? For those of you who have, what could you tell me about them? Did you mount your camera(s) beneath an overhang/canopy facing the ground, or have you tried something different? I'm prepared to build my own mounting system so I'm open to all suggestions!
For the transmitting side of things, I thought I might buy a Raspberry Pi sort of device, connect one of the aforementioned cameras to it, and then program it to relay what photos/videos the camera captures to the ground via radio, kinda like what this one guy did with a balloon. Thing is, I'm brand new to working with broadcasting equipment; what sort of methods/transmitters could I look into for this purpose?
Thanks for any advice, I appreciate it!