Add a cheap video camera and you give the drone “eyes” that can be used for terminal course correction.
“Add a cheap video camera and you give the drone “eyes” that can be used for terminal course correction.”
Good point. I need to update the blog!
This has been discussed in the related blog on the UAV at Glasgow that could easily have been a failed terrorist attack in the Landing Approach Kill Zone (LAKZ) (blog pending):
“Passenger plane involved in near miss with UFO near Glasgow airport”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3015077/posts?page=33#33
Here is a high quality amateur YouTube video of a cargo ship under way shot by a quadcopter under FPV (first-person view) control by a merchant seaman.
The quadcopter is highly maneuverable even in blustery over-water wind conditions and appears to easily achieve altitudes in excess of 3,500 feet, the Glasgow UFO intercept altitude.
“Cruddcopter FPV - Seaman Style (GoPro 3 Black) HD”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xvmOEmbyco
The seaman is pictured in the video with a FPV headset that looks like this “FatShark” headset system: