Remote Flying with VR Glasses

[hankthecrank]

I will never have a plane but with this I can get close

Man I want this set up

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/remote-flying-with-vr-goggles-and-a-camera-202964.php

Here is a post from Gizmodo link above

Here's a remarkable video shot from the cockpit of a radio-controlled airplane. The camera's video is transmitted to the flyer on the ground below, who's wearing VR goggles. When he moves his head, the remote camera's pans and tilts correspond exactly to his movements. The result is a extraordinary feeling of actually being in the plane. Shouldn't all R/C airplanes be made this way? – Charlie White

[negativenihil]

1. neat!

i had seen this video from another source a while back - and wow was it rad.

if only i had the time and money to sink into this hobby, i'd be ALL over it!

[RebelOne]

2. I'd buy one of those.

[trekbiker]

3. Wow, thanks for the link. I have the perfect application...

I fly cross country RC soaring competitions here in California. This is an obscure part of the RC airplane hobby that only a very few people know about or even attempt. Typical models are about 15 ft in wingspan and very high tech. We fly XC routes on rural county roads. Distances achieved in single flights (no motors on these gliders) are as long as 100 miles. Altitudes can reach several thousand feet and are only limited by your vision. And this is a problem. It's no fun losing a $2,000 model when you lose sight of it at altitude doing 60mph down the highway in the back of a pickup.. This device could be incredible these flights. Many times I've entered large thermals several thousand feet up circling with the hawks and buzzards. One time I was in a thermal with about 50 pelicans and three other RC gliders.. Imagine what it would have been like had I had this device and been able to look around at everything in that thermal... Got to try it..

check out this link if you're curious about RC soaring cross country
http://www.xcsoaring.com/index.htm

[wakeme2008]

4. Only problem is the electronics and batteries probably

weight a lot..