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Night FPV with thermal cameras – First person view night flying in total darkness with FLIR cameras

Flying First Person View or FPV has a lot of addicts in the RC models community. The basic idea is that a video camera is mounted on the nose of the model and hooked to a wireless video transmitter. The pilot can then watch the video stream, either on a screen mounted on a tripod, or with special video goggles such as the ones in the picture below.

A complet FPV setup from FatShark. The camera, attached to a video transmitter, will be mounted on the RC model, while the pilot will wear the glasses to view the video stream in real time
A complete FPV setup from FatShark. The camera, attached to a video transmitter, will be mounted on the RC model, while the pilot will wear the glasses to view the video stream in real time

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