MAKE (Out) Wednesdays
I absolutely love the projects MAKE does and I have been inspired to start soldering! Although this project is probably very expensive and extremely intricate, it is very creative and motivates me to try and make my own flying camera crew. Unlike the still camera, hooking up a video camera seems like it would be easier (streaming capture), and if you use a small camera (such as the $18 camera from Alan K's IndyMogul Weekend EXTRA), you wouldn't have any weight issues (except for those concerning that entire cake you ate last night).
Putting a camera on a remote control plane/helicopter might be cool too. This is the kind of high tech stuff that the government does. And they'll probably throw you in Gitmo for being a terrorist if they catch you flying a plane around with a camera on it (so avoid cities and other sensitive places...but please send me some footage of Area 51).
Well, it's time for me to start looking for a heavy duty, remote control helicopter. If anyone has some footage of projects like this that they've already done or some other ideas on the topic, then send us in the video or post your ideas in the comments box below.
Ciao!
Actually you could just throw a video camera on the bottom of the crossbars of a picavet. i made a rig with two painters sticks and some string once and it worked great!
You could use a lego mindstorms nxt kit to build that.