rc tank

[littleyellowdifferent]

Yeah so i have attacked two credit card sized cameras onto it. Im trying to thigur out how to show stream both at the same time and how to attach one to the barrel of the tank as it goes up and down. Also they are really crap and need alot of light so i will eventually be purchasing a wireless colour one with night mode. Im just wonderingif anyone can give some input on things i could try? At the moment i have a long :mad2::mad2::mad2: usb cable attached hehe and i will probably use a piece of coat hanger to keep the cable above the tank and out of the way of the tracks

[Drake]

Very cool sounding project :thumbsup:
Also they are really crap and need alot of light so i will eventually be purchasing a wireless colour one with night mode.
Not sure if it's what you're going for, but it seems to me that purchasing a light source would be cheaper :rolleyes:

[littleyellowdifferent]

Yeah ive already tried all that with the cameras but it doesnt pick it up, ill use the hard out 7 mega pixel one wen dad brings it back :D hehe that will have no problem.
I think i need a new tank i managed to drive it up onto a couch and it fell and the barrel was a lil broken it doesnt seem to fire now i will have to open her up :D Im still trying to think what elese i can add to the tank i managed to capture a mission where i snuck up on tara (my dog) it was pretty cool she didnt no what to think :D

[littleyellowdifferent]

http://hallert.net/misc/tankcam/tankcam.html

[Yukyo]

looks like fun and seems like a cool project :D

[unacceptable_risk]

Cool, I luv any project that involves remote control vehicles and cameras.

Just the other day I was thinking about This underwater cam (http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/426ca4fc069529c62740c0a87f9c075b/Product/View/L5917) and my M8's RC minisub :D.

I think what you need is Infra Red, and lots of it. The cam on your site has 6 little IR leds giving basic light, but you can get new superbright leds and make some tank spotties. an easy way to check is to point a TV remote at the camera, and press buttons, it should light up the end of the remote on screen. I have enough IR lights in the office that turning off the fluro's doesn't change the picture. You can also get little IR spotties for such cams if you don't want to make one from parts.

The other thing is, you get a stealth tank :D

[littleyellowdifferent]

Yeah i actually bought 40 tv remotes at 50 cents each and have desoldered alot of the infared led out :D

[Evil_Genius]

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[littleyellowdifferent]

Yeah i was bidding on a simalar night vision camera except it was battery operated i dont no if that one was aswell now im just looking into new ways of controlling the tank with..um okay my minds gone blank.

Oh yeah different types of signal because the current signal only lets me control the tank from 30 feet away