There has been a lot of discussion about the frequencies used and distances achievable with the various FPV systems but nobody has brought up using FPV over a cellular network. There would be many ways to do this with a cell phone in the vehicle. Additionally Apple's iPhone has the built-in ability to do "FaceTime" which is basically real-time video chat. That would mean a iPhone in the vehicle and another iPhone or iPad (nice big screen) on the ground and you might solve your distance issue in a big way.
Boeing has developed an Iphone app to do this very thing http://www.suasnews.com/2011/09/8547/boeing-iphone-app-flies-drone-3000-miles-away Too bad I am an Android guy :-\
I am also a Android guy (Nexus One) but the iPhone just had the FaceTime thing installed by default and I have seen several of the flyer's at the field using iPhone's and iPad's so I only mentioned that. Anyway, I'm sure some of you guys could manage to do it for a few bucks less than Boeing.
LOL - funny video w00d. Android has a free developer kit available. Then there could be an app-for-that... FPVOC (First Person View Over Cellular)
The problem with the cell is lack of bandwidth. I've tried several times to facetime and it doesn't work at all. It's even a little bit flaky on my DSL connection. Maybe in a better world you could do it, but I don't see it as an option right now for the common man. ...Tiger
Strange. I am running some IP video cameras at home and I can view them over my crummy T-Mobile service on my Android phone from anywhere. There is some dropped frames, but certainly it is usable.
Maybe someone in the RogueBots club might have an idea on FPV over cellular. Do you know if any of them uses either the iPhone or Android developer kits?
