Saturday, February 21, 2009

T-rex 450 Conversion - Aerial Video Platform

I've always enjoy taking in-flight videos with onboard cameras. I’ve done it many times with planes but never with a heli. My heli flying skills have improved a lot lately and I’m planning to take my first heli in-flight video soon with my T-rex 450 Helicopter. The video camera I will be using is the Speed DX8, which is quite a light video camera with 640x480 resolutions. Instead of using the origonal 2200 mah li-po I’m also planning to use a 1100mah battery instead to reduce the flying weight. Here are the modifications I made on my T-rex 450.

1. remove battery tray
2. relocate the Speed Controller and BEC to the side of the air frame
3. secure the Speed DX8 video camera with rubber bands
4. 1100 mah li-po secured underneath the air frame

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