1. That is quite possibly one of the coolest things that I have seen in quite some time. rather simple, but breathtaking.

Posted at 3:33PM on Nov 8th 2007 by Carl Trott

2. Here's a Wikipedia article on FPV -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Person_View

Posted at 4:15PM on Nov 8th 2007 by Five Fingers

3. Brilliant, but I wonder how long most users will last before the vestibular occular discontinuity causes severe motion sickness.

Posted at 4:37PM on Nov 8th 2007 by monopole

4. I saw this like a year ago. I thought I saw it here.

Posted at 4:57PM on Nov 8th 2007 by eric

5. Mmmmm... Refried hacks

Posted at 5:37PM on Nov 8th 2007 by Jonathan

6. re-fried or not, that is coolest damn hack I've seen in a while, thanks for sharing!

Posted at 7:16PM on Nov 8th 2007 by justdiy

7. amazing. camera setup ideal for other projects.

Posted at 9:54PM on Nov 8th 2007 by jeff

8. Absolutely great. With the dissapointing progess of VR these days, I think the logical replacement is immersive remote viewing. I've been working on a homebrew NVG/remote viewing setup based on the $25 HMD you posted a while back. It's even simpler than this but it's still a blast.

Posted at 3:21AM on Nov 9th 2007 by Case

9. Darn if he could not do this in the US. Homeland Security would be all over his ass.

Posted at 7:33AM on Nov 9th 2007 by unsupported

10. Wow, that is an excellent hack. Although this isn't new. It's still very good.

I'm especially impressed with the distance between the plan and the guy. No video cuts.

Posted at 1:36PM on Nov 9th 2007 by blackhawk1793

11. "Brilliant, but I wonder how long most users will last before the vestibular occular discontinuity causes severe motion sickness."
No problem even after a 50min flight, or several in 1 day. Never heard of someone experiencing this in the community. As long as all the controls don't lag, it's no issue.

Posted at 4:13PM on Nov 9th 2007 by Kilrah

12. I think that a great next step for this project would be to run the gyro input straight to the plane's controls and just fix the camera to look straight ahead. When I had a rc plane, it just ran on throttle and rudder input, so this gyro should be able to fly basic rc planes at least

Posted at 6:27PM on Nov 9th 2007 by Felix Ferite

13. @ monopole
Depending on the altitude and speed it might be under the threshold of most people. That is to say that as the plane goes higher, the ground seems to move less, thus at a certain point, the sensation will be too low to cause discontinuity, and the less than desirable traits that follow.

Posted at 7:17PM on Nov 9th 2007 by Nick

14. .......wow

absolutely breathtaking

im going to build one!!!!

Posted at 7:41PM on Nov 9th 2007 by patman

15. @felix: That can be done in 5 minutes. However, it's nothing like natural anymore. Are you really used to fly a plane by moving your head? No, you naturally move the head to look around even without thinking of it (which we can see when no head tracking system is used, people still move their head around where they would like to look, even if it doesn't work). It would feel really weird to have to go against that natural reflex. Very tiring.
@nick: Low flight is not a problem either. http://youtube.com/watch?v=-3RI0WrzbV4

Posted at 3:57AM on Nov 10th 2007 by Kilrah

16. This type of flying is AWESOME ! Its the closest to being inside of a plane that you will ever get without leaving the ground. To see more videos like this go to http://www.youtube.com/user/JetPilott

Posted at 10:30AM on Nov 10th 2007 by Jet Pilot

17. I have added up the total cost for parts:
having scrounged through many sites and searched many products, the grand total should come out to be around $1,500 with shipping.
However, the base electronic hardware can also be used in virtually any plane you want. It's a pretty simple "hack", even for a novice like me.

But honestly, It's gotta be so cool to have your own personal UAV.

Posted at 4:49PM on Nov 11th 2007 by Patman

18. hey, this rocks, but couldn't seem to find all the parts. would be cool if some one could shoot these to me. also I didn't see a schematic? I know no pain no gain. I understand that the head (gyro that controls the pan, tilt, etc,.) unit is separate from the control of the aircraft.

Posted at 7:00PM on Nov 11th 2007 by David

19. @patman: Would you mind sharing that list? Pretty please? :D My friend is into r/c planes and we'd like to try this, though we may not have the budget for it. I'm guessing the most expensive piece is the HMD. I believe I've seen some HMDs that were ~$250, maybe not the best quality, but we're just interested in getting working video. Even a black-and-white display would be fine as long as it's made for both eyes.

Posted at 9:05PM on Nov 11th 2007 by cwc

20. Controlling the pan/tilt on a camera on an RC plane has been around for quite a while, the guy who made that video & setup posts on the forums at http://www.rc-cam.com which contains a mine of information about what electronics to use, what LCD glasses etc.
I've had a wireless camera on my RC car for years, it's great fun to fire it up and drive around 2 inches above the ground using LCD glasses.

Posted at 9:49PM on Nov 11th 2007 by Haku