I was out shooting video of a wildland controlled burn yesterday (I am a fire dept. Captain. Yes, I had permission to be there filming. Yes, the incident commander was aware. Yes, everyone that participated was aware that I was shooting video. No, there was not a TFR in effect). The idea was to research how drone deployment on wildland fires could help incident commanders conduct firefighting operations. One thing that came up was having a video monitor in the command post. While on this operation, we tried using a HDMI cable to a field monitor. Problem is that when you plug the HDMI cable into the RC, it disables the video to the iPad. That being said, I found it easier to fly using the field monitor than the iPad anyway since the sunlight was so bright that I couldn't even see the iPad screen.
Sometimes the IC is mobile and sometimes it is stationary. What I am looking for is some way that we could use a receiver that would passively receive the Inspire's video feed directly (the signal is out there) and view it on a portable field monitor. Does anyone here know of such a setup? Something that won't break the bank since I am financing this project (for now, I hope) out of pocket.
Oh, and I learned something else rather quickly: don't fly in the smoke column. It's dirty and the thermal activity will throw your bird around. :-/
Sometimes the IC is mobile and sometimes it is stationary. What I am looking for is some way that we could use a receiver that would passively receive the Inspire's video feed directly (the signal is out there) and view it on a portable field monitor. Does anyone here know of such a setup? Something that won't break the bank since I am financing this project (for now, I hope) out of pocket.
Oh, and I learned something else rather quickly: don't fly in the smoke column. It's dirty and the thermal activity will throw your bird around. :-/