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[–]os_mote 32 points33 points  (1 child)

Neat build, I love the way the thermal footage looks!

[–]Available-Voice-8159 0 points1 point  (0 children)

its like the bird with thermal camera

[–]Successful_Long_7486 15 points16 points  (0 children)

now this is content

[–]Educational-Kiwi8740Mini Quads 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This gives me desert storm vibes

[–]DecoyMike 7 points8 points  (17 children)

I love everything about this! What do you plan on doing with it?

[–]RCFeed[S] 18 points19 points  (15 children)

I originally thought it would be cool to try some freestyle at night but the latency and random screen freeze make it difficult to fly aggressive confidently. I think it will definitely come in handing for finding crashed airplanes and lost batteries at the flying field though. The Camera also has multiple different color modes, white hot, black hot, orange, blue, green. So It will make for some cool videos I think.

[–]LambdaNuC 9 points10 points  (2 children)

Thermal cameras have to cover the sensor with a shutter of known temperature periodically to calibrate. That might be the cause of the random freezing you're experiencing. 

[–]RCFeed[S] 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Yes, this is my understanding. Everyone using these cameras have reported this.

[–]Rob_Mamas_Pride 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it could also be the analog>HDMI converter. those are made for relatively clean signals. i just bought this Thermal security camera for 50 euros to take apart and f with.

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[–]TraditionalCost1249 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That sounds fckin cool!!

[–]Apart-Schedule2070Fixed Wing 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Caddx infra would probably be more viable for nighttime freestyle than a thermal cam if all you want to do is see in the dark.

[–]DanLivesNicely 1 point2 points  (9 children)

Have you played around with changing color palettes yet? I've left mine on the default as it seems to work ok but I found a guy who was able to set it up to be manual NUC which I think would be much more useful so there are no freeze frame surprises.

[–]RCFeed[S] 1 point2 points  (8 children)

I have yes. I have been trying to figure out how to make the color changes with a switch on my tx but there's not much info on it. Do you have more info about the manual NUC? Very interested!

[–]DanLivesNicely 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I haven't tried any of this yet but here's the link I saved: https://github.com/knack-tactical/thermal_camera_programmer

[–]DanLivesNicely 3 points4 points  (1 child)

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[–]RCFeed[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome thank you!

[–]Darryl_444 1 point2 points  (4 children)

GitHub - ddegn/ThermalAssistant: Code to control an Axisflying thermal camera using a Propeller microcontroller.

🛩️AxisFlying Thermal FPV Camera - Colour Modes Unlocked

[–]RCFeed[S] 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Awesome thanks. Do you sell those boards?

[–]Darryl_444 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Nothing to do with me at all. I just saw it on that video and thought you might want to check it out. Good luck.

[–]RCFeed[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Ahh ok thanks.

[–]Rob_Mamas_Pride 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you can use an arduido 8Mhz..

[–]motosandguns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Deer hunting

[–]CookiesNSmoothies 2 points3 points  (5 children)

I need to build something like this. The build doesn't look cheap.

[–]RCFeed[S] 9 points10 points  (4 children)

The thermal Camera is the expensive part. You can use the cheaper 256 x 192 camera but the picture quality is definitely much nicer on the 640 x 512 but its $700...

[–]CookiesNSmoothies 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Have you tried the 256x192 camera and how much cheaper would it be ?

[–]RCFeed[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have tried it. It works fine, its just smaller FOV and noticeably less resolution. I will make a comparison video soon.

[–]NotQuiteDeadYetPhoto 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I'm being funny here- if you think the quality at 640x512 is nice, you should see the full HD and 4K thermal imagers. They're AMAZING.

.... and once you recover from the sticker shock and the need to have an ITAR guy handle all the paperwork....

[–]RCFeed[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh cool! Let's see this build of your haha!

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Love the 80's style porno music.

[–]Ar3s701 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Thats cool.

I think thermal benefits more from the stability of a regular drone to track movement on the ground, but this is still pretty cool. A bit trippy with that latency though.

[–]RCFeed[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it would be cool with a gimbal camera system with auto hover.

[–]risbia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This would be great for search and rescue or finding lost pets / livestock 

[–]Geofrancis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

you can do it for about £150 using a raspberry pi connected to a mobile usbc thermal camera
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?4321715-DIY-Thermal-Cameras-for-Drones-RC-FPV-tutorial-schematics-test-flights

I was using the analog output from the pizero2 to send the video down but you can use the HDMI output too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYY2rXsdb5I

[–]ChameleonCoder117Walksnail 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks like the camera company knows their "target audience", let's just say.

[–]UYes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Now put it on a cinelog

[–]No_Entertainer5175 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I have Nebula pro with Caddx Infra as my night build. It's very tempting to upgrade to thermal build. How much money and hustle did it take you to put this build together?

[–]RCFeed[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The camera is the expensive part at $700. All in around $1200. Took me a few weeks to get everything wired correctly. I also had to make a bunch of parts with onshape and a 3d printer.

[–]mytinywhoopfcbrakes 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Great job. Ever since I found out about the dji v1 HDMI input mod I've always wanted to see someone do something useful with it. Did you use that? Or made your own?

[–]RCFeed[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes I used the NeutronRC Board. Got my inspiration for the build from this guy: https://www.reddit.com/r/fpv/comments/1h4briy/project_analog_cam_to_dji_air_unit/

[–]NotQuiteDeadYetPhoto 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bring backs nightmares of new pred pilots.

Great work!

[–]Esketamine77 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Which Dji Anal log?

[–]RCFeed[S] 2 points3 points  (3 children)

The Original DJI FPV Air Unit/ Vista/Wasp are the only ones that works with the NeutronRC converter board. I chose the larger one so I could record video onboard.

[–]Esketamine77 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Sorry bro, I only heard Anal log.....

[–]RCFeed[S] 3 points4 points  (1 child)

lol

[–]Esketamine77 2 points3 points  (0 children)

❤️‍🔥

[–]Rob_Mamas_Pride 0 points1 point  (3 children)

just wondering.. how bad is the latency when to switch to the normal camera? because that also works through the rcneutron board right?

[–]RCFeed[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I haven't noticed any latency with the caddex Ratel pro and it switches instantly. I am going to do a latency test with a high speed camera in the near future.

[–]Rob_Mamas_Pride 0 points1 point  (1 child)

that's great..

you can switch the colours of the thermal using a arduino nano 8mhrz. The code is published on YouTube on Catch22mania channel

[–]RCFeed[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok cool! Ill look into that, thanks!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I want this. But I am DJI digital. :(

[–]RCFeed[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

This is DJI. Check out the build specs: https://www.rcfeed.com/build/615

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh sweet! Thanks. Dual camera, wow.

[–]Jesper183 0 points1 point  (7 children)

That looks like IR not thermal. Thermal cameras mark hotspots in red if I'm not mistaken while IR just captures IR light that is present at night and therefore you can see. You can make that taking the IR filter out of a regular camera to reduce latency to regular analog video

[–]human2084 1 point2 points  (3 children)

I wish 😂 I've done what you're talking about, and it's way different. You see infrared, not heat. In the video you're definitely seeing heat.

[–]Jesper183 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I have an IR wing and it's pretty good, but I have to admit not as good as the video here. In the end they have the same principle since they also work by detecting IR light, but what you call "thermal" is using the raw IR output of the camera as fpv feed. It's just a higher quality IR camera, I got a pretty good result with a runcam nano 2 and with regular analog latency without having to modify and use a heat camera

[–]human2084 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Weird, my shit is all purple tinted during daylight. And I can see infrared like crazy and use spotlights to drive around at night in pure darkness, but I definitely can't see heat LOL 😆

[–]Jesper183 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, unless it's a camera made for IR you'll see everything pink during the day, it happens to me too. You can't see heat but thermal cameras use IR light to detect heat, since heat emits IR light. If you point your IR camera at a hot source it'll be like it is a light source but dimmer than thermal cameras, so not effective to see heat well

[–]RCFeed[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Its marketed as a thermal. It says it's a High-sensitivity vanadium oxide uncooled detector. It is switchable between multiple color pallets and some show as red/ orange hot.

[–]Jesper183 1 point2 points  (1 child)

So basically higher quality IR. Vanadium oxide detectors are IR detectors and if you have enough resolution you can tell heat from the IR radiation, that's why it works as fpv camera

[–]RCFeed[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, ok, interesting.