Holy head gear! Fabien Blanc-Paques, a research and development engineer has created a rather unique way of piloting a UAV. Using a R1OSD connected to video goggles positioned on a helmet, Fabien is able to fly his RC plane with the vantage point of a first person view. With, what he calls, an Augmented Reality Experience, he is also able to get a host of information such as distance and direction to his position, power usage, speed, altitude, distance from a home point, and much more sent back to him in real-time through his goggles heads up display. Fabien say’s, “As personal projects, I Have Developed A Whole range of equipment for UAS (unmanned aerial systems): ground stations, diversity Datalink, Airframes, augmented reality navigation systems, head up display, I Have Always Been Interested in innovation and technology and I enjoy working with synergistic combinations of technologies (mechanical, electronic, computer, control engineering). etc.. “ With his incorporation of a noise suppressor, which helps with signal loss, this is the ultimate in UAV flight.
Technical details of the R1OSD, (currently in rev. 2.0) and more can be found at Fabien’s web-site: http://www.wiredhouse.fr/projects/ His other projects are worth a look as well.
I'm not one to make tactical aircraft, but this project would be amazing just to experience a first person flying experience. Small enough so it doesn't feel like you are driving a car, you can lay in bed and just fly. I say, increase the visual resolution, and everyone would buy one for fun. And, the craft could use the homing capabilities to automatically fly itself home when low on power. Simply wonderful.
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