The GoPro line of HD cameras seem like they were specifically developed for use with quadcopters. We say that because the small, light-weight video devices present a payload which can be lifted without too much strain, but still have enough horse power to capture video of superb quality. Here’s a hack that uses the video camera to offer a remote first person view so that you may pilot the aircraft when it is out of your line of sight.
The video camera in question is a GoPro Hero 3. It differs from its predecessors in that the composite video out port has been moved to a small USB connector. but it’s still there and just a bit of cable television splicing will yield a very clear signal. The image above shows the video camera in the middle, connecting through the spliced cable television to an FPV transmitter on the right. This will all be strapped to the quadcopter, with the signal picked up by the receiver on the left and piped to a goggle display worn by the pilot. You can see the cable television being construction process in the clip after the break.
If you’re searching for other cool stuff to finish with your GoPro video camera check out the bullet-time work [Caleb] did with ours.