I Taped A Thermal Camera To A Drone And Saved $4,500
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Drones are fun, infrared thermal cameras are fun, what happens when you combine them? An airborne thermal camera can find humans and animals, locate caves, scout your house for heat leaks, and do all kinds of other fun things! Normally these cost around $5,000, so they're normally only used by police, military, or rescue teams.
I wanted my own thermal drone for closer to a $500 budget. Thanks to HikMicro's thermal camera products, a little duct tape, some zip ties, and a used drone from @gardenfork, I finally have one!
You can find the Hikmicro Mini2 camera for Android here:
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I'm still working on the legal paperwork for this contraption, because it's definitely too heavy to fly without registration and licensing. Until then, here are some test runs indoors in my surplus geodesic space radome!
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I freaking love Gabe. "Sure I'll review your product. In exchange for that product and another product." Love it.
I really wanted one that streamed over Wifi, I was pretty disappointed with the Kaiweets camera that claimed it could do that and then actually didn't. I still want to use the thermal drone in real life once I have all the paperwork done!
@@saveitforparts You're gonna get it, I'm sure! And then thermal cat videos galore :)
@@markjarrodhughesThe Thermocat™
The "bald eagle event" is like deep saveitforparts lore
the drone sim with the wires is a brilliant way to dodge the FAA haha
Cracking up at the "drone simulator" 😂
If there are any future Minnesotan statues specifically regulating drone flights inside of geodesic domes, we'll know why.
Kitty was lookin like the Mothman or somethin😅
That Hik cellphone thing is actually better looking than the FLIR one that I have.
flir is prop trash but the lic ran out now CHina can build theirs and ofc they're much better since there is now a race to build the best and the cheapest
Sweet. I'd love to see more drone videos from you, would be fun to see what you can make out of a bunch of old parts! Just FYI, there are libraries to use the mini cameras with a Pi, and you can use the analog video output to output the thermal video to an FPV VTX
This makes me smile. Brilliant Gabe. 😀 Eric.
I'll get it out there for real once I have the paperwork done!
Thanks FAA. Wonder how big of a kite you would need.
It's not the same rules but kites and balloons are also regulated, just FYI. They're not unrestricted just because they're tethered/unpowerded
I posted this in a separate comment, but since it applies in this thread...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kite_aerial_photography
8:55 Real life Predator scenario - GET TO DA CHOPPA
hi, i tried something similiar some months ago using a dji phantom 3 and also a thermal camera from hikmicro, the e20 plus, in combination with a raspberry pi 4 + wifi adapter to stream the video
since you were unable to test the signal interference from the drone while flying, in my experience it gets really bad, unuseable, id say no more than 50m before the wifi connection is lost,but local video recording worked fine
As a professional Thermographer it was interesting to see how full featured that cheap thermal camera is, quite impressive really. The software seemed quite stable which is often the biggest problem with most systems.
attaches broken drone to tree lines with a thermal camera
FCC: WAIT, LETS MAKE THAT ILLEGAL TOO!!! STOP HAVING FUN!!
Fairly certain you can fly in a cave too as an "indoor space" where drone law doesn't apply! I do appreciate that you touched on and actually followed the laws though, even with as silly and restrictive as they've gotten to be. Too many would have just completely disregarded them.
Bet you never thought you’d turn the geodesic dome into an aerodrome (aerodome?) when you saved it for parts!
I've been saying for probably 20yrs that Bigfoot and Chapacubras should be easily found with thermal cameras. 😆
That's true, but I think I just spotted Bigfoot at time 15:37 walking away. 😉
@@electronixTech I was hoping someone would say that. 😆
I agree. I have been saying this for years as well. Makes you wonder why they are not using drones with thermo cameras to find these things if they exist.
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I have always said: they say samsquatch, I say special ops in a ghilli suit. They can't verify.
FWIW: For years I have been interested in finding an *AFFORDABLE* _thermal infrared camera_ {with remote zoom} for _Kite Aerial Photography_ and _Kite Aerial Video._
*EDIT #1→* HOW DID I MISS THIS VIDEO FOR 13 DAYS??!! 🤦♂️
*EDIT #2→* en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kite_aerial_photography
That could be an interesting use for thermal! And with Wifi you'd know what you're looking at. Can you aim a kite much, or is it just where the wind happens to take it?
I love your videos it got me into HAM radio things
Gotenna mesh or lora so tiny light mesh. 62 miles range per hop
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🇺🇦 too ❤❤❤ but also hout and ru
I like the price of the cellphone infered camera. At $199 its affordable & I will know where to go should I really need one.
With the yard footage, anyone else getting 'Predator' vibes? All that's missing is the three laser dots for targeting.
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It's not truly viable for anything but close in drone work.
However, if it had a video out port, that could be wired to a drone vtx, and that would give you range and cut the latency.
Very cool video.
@ 5:12 Yep, I knew it. Kritty Krats are soulless demons.
How times have changed. I remember attaching a little BST thermal module to a RC airplane to make one in the early 2000s. It was old enough that it had a gas engine that used a mix of nitromethane and alcohol but modified to use nitromethane and diesel once it warmed up. The video was recorded as still shots on it but also transmitted as video over RF to a display in the controller. Also recorded regular video. ❤
I have a Fluke iSee TC01A that attaches to my phone, and I'm planning on connecting the phone display to my TV.
While its admirable to not want to break regulations, something tells me if you flew that drone 20 or 30 feet in the air nobody would (should) care.....
I mean if i can throw a football up that high, why does the FAA care?😂
Unihertz just released the jelly max, it's about the size of the iPhone 4 but quite thick. They claim it's the smallest 5g phone on the market. You might be able to get them to send you one idk.
I picked up a thermal camera, recently, that attaches to my cell phone. It works great, but the battery doesn't last that long. Pretty cool to play with so far. Not gonna attach my phone to my drone tho..... my luck is pretty shitty.
got one of those infarai cameras for 89 bucks. crazy how cheap these are. the ones from china dont have to play the ITAR game either so theyre wayyyy better
I personally had good experience with HIKMICRO, the pocket camera is nice all rounder and it's micro lens really steps up the game for the price.
I still have my old 3DR Solo with gimbal and several GoPro hero 3 and hero 4s. Gave one away years ago and want to get rid of this one too
I'm waiting for Christmas to get my youngest son a thermal cam. He has everything else 😂 already. Even a 2023 digital radiation detector 🦅 I want him to build a Pip-Boy from fallout. He has everything for it I'm even stockpiling titanium to build the housing.
Mum can i get a drone with a thermal camera. Mum we have a drone with a thermal camera the drond at home.
Just joking good job
low price thermals are a dream of mine.
Thanks for doing what you do, I always enjoy seeing the variety of projects pop up on my feed 🤟
Can I introduce you to this?
MATEK Mateksys H743-WING V3 ArduPilot
High end autopilot for drones or planes or cars or boats or submarines.
Drop in replacement for a drowned dji.
Thermal cameras are also getting cheap! Flir no longer has a monolopy on imaging cameras. I just got a 32x24 for $40. I need it for electronics purposes and the resolution isnt really necessary 256x192 can be had for less than $200 which is fantastic.
I have a drone and i want to add a dipole to the drone and a yagi antenna both vertically polarized to extends its range. Havent done it yet but will in the near future
Not sure how it works it the US, but in Norway we need to give the National security authority, NSM a heads up before we are flying a drone with Thermal Camera.. Its really strict the Drone rules in most of europe though... Can get huge fines, and get the drone confiscated.. Alot of tourist have lost their drones flying illegal in Norway this summer as you need a proper sertificate to do so
hah.. I guess you're in a good place to be a fugitive or hide from Predators at least.... 😉
interesting results by the way. great for many potential uses sometimes, especially checking heat leaks from above your house in winter etc.
I'm not sure what they mean by "calibration", but the clicking noise you usually hear with thermal cameras is a Non Uniformity Correction. Calibration is done at the production facility and can't be done without a known temperature source. It's a bit misleading for HikMicro to call a NUC a calibration
.pause. 0:53 something interesting?? Aerial Thermal??? Oh, I’m excited
8:35 OMG - You YOU!! I so entered this thinking oh great another YT’r f’n up my hobby. NOPE - kudos. I’m so impressed. If you need a certified 107 pilot let me know
Probably don't use this commercially or export it because of ITAR.
Excellent 👍 This is very 😎 thank you for sharing with us
i think you have the same phone and phone case as me! Google Pixel 4a 5G with an OtterBox Commuter series case. (same case at least)
Yep! They're pretty great! I still smash my phones but with the case it takes a couple years instead of a few months!
i bet he flew it outside after making the videeo lol
That hikmicro seems to be nearly the same software as my flir one. The hardware seems to be a little slower refresh rate but tbh it seems fine
If you can find a FRIA flying field near you, you wont need Remote ID. But you will need a 107 because you have a monetized channel.
Instead of using a phone, use a raspberry pi zero w for the wifi...
I'm not sure if that would run the thermal software, but it could be interesting to try!
So useful against Russian fuel convoys can see how full fuel tanks are. Fires. Cigarettes. Battleships. Beautiful cheap flexible modular
Oof. It was brutal back on the 3rd lol. I had been moving the week prior. I blame my mom since she came up to help…from Arizona.
LOL the title just goes to show, DUCT TAPE IS THE BEST TOOL.
Velcro better
I was just looking at the $4500 thermal drone. I have no use (or $) for it, but it's cool.
I just bought a second hand thermal camera brick from an old fire fighter department in the country at a charity auction and strapped it fully integrated into a hexadrone. Custom RCs can be automated so easily. I use it for architectural purposes, in the winter, it's a very good tool to see where heat escapes a house. A lot of people do the obverse and look for cold spots from the inside, but one should do both, and the RC is the logical step. I used to climb a ladder, but that ain't fun at all. All in all, 1500 eu pesos and it works even better than a commercial one from 2021 i saw in use. The old thermal cameras might not be as fancy as the new ones and they're quite finicky, but ... man, you can't beat integrated prism and glass, true heat maps (not an overlay) ... and it being a firefighter's unit, it's meant to work exactly for what i'm using it. As fabricobbled things i've made, probably one of my best tape jobs. :)
Actually come to think about it, an iPhone 12 mini motherboard with just a screen and lightning port assemlbly is probably lighter that 90g, just need to worry about bringing DC power to it
Even mavic can lift gotenna/lora + hotspot + apple iphone se gen1 + thermal seekr all at same time with 40ish minutes battery.
There's a newish category of no-license-needed drones - "actively tethered" drones - but it looks like it's only for public safety organizations (so, firefighting drones "on a leash" don't need the firefighters to be 107-licensed.) Likely doesn't cover your work currently, but they've expanded the scope a few times, might be worth keeping an eye on...
I saw that, and yeah it seems like it's only for cops and fire. Apparently they're used in stadiums as well to get a flying camera platform that's powered from the ground, but that probably falls under the indoor flight rule.
The used computer store that are in most areas where they carry used cameras, I bought a apple 4 for only $40 dollars for my old Flir Thermal Camera One
Lol this video was awesome
Your stringy test drone killed me 🤣
I think you are like me 😅 I had this exact thought thermal systems for drones are disgracefully priced for something so simple
Atom mini or jelly or android tv hdmi dongle usb headless ??? Or rpi?
I like how your overcame paperwork issues - first by using drone like a camera crane and second by flying indoors. You just need some friend with very big hall.
Another awesome (and seriously funny) video. Keep ‘em coming! 👍🏻
the tinniest smartphone I've heard off is the Unihertz Jelly Star, actually reminds me I want to get one somehow to play with
If you have a sufficient number of 200g drones in a swarm with lines attached to the camera, regulations defeated!!!
A still Click the thumbs up before I watch the video😁
I have the Klein Tools thermal camera and it has the “cal” pop up as well.
Make them ship to Brazil.
The one upload where the cats actually was helpful... 😁😁😁
Can you connect the thermal camera to a mini mobile phone and put it in front of the drone camera so instead the normale view you see the thermal view and you have the 2km view.
Hey, show us all how that paper jams and go find Bigfot with that thing, already
Very cool! Love the channel!
Take a photo of some circuit boards to see if it will isolate hot spots
Add in yagi or 4g cellular?
i have a mavic gen 1. but even old versions of the dji software say it is not for use in my region
If that camera has av out there's nothing stopping ya from hooking it up to a vtx
599.00 not a cheapy. Maybe go to my trashy Temu $150
This thermal will have to be a purchase item.
Unihertz makes some damn small phones.
Awesome drone flying.
can it connect to a PC?
❤way too dank
One of the features of that case that I'd like to know is does it have space in it to cache the cable and USB extension dongle? My IR cam has enough space in the case to keep the USB-C to MicroUSB adapter. It's just in the space in front of the camera within the case, it would be nice if there was a 'slot' to store it. That adapter is not one that came with the camera, it was something I needed because I switched from a camera with a MicroUSB charger port to a phone with a USB-C port. (Had I known I would need to switch to that, I would possibly have gotten an IR Camera with the USB-C port, but as you say, it's sometimes handy to have the adapter anyway.
Also working on getting my FAA Remote Pilot license. Lots of material to cover yet.
One thing I would wonder is if you can use the phone mounted ir camera with a Raspberry Pi Zero v2. I'm expecting it's not supported by the stock software, for the Pi, but there may be other options. If the camera, pi and a battery that will power the Pi and camera for under 50 grams, you should be good with the 200 gram drone.
Yep, I can stuff the cables into the cases. Pretty convenient!
W thermal camera drone
predator vision
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Those thermal cameras can work with a raspberry pi zero2, that combo may work for using this on a lightweight drone
you could add a WIFI booster to your camera to get further range and if you fly the drone early in the morning and at night.
The picture would be better if you use black hot in black and white mode or red spot mode.you could also change the reflective temp settings to.
Right on bro. Another great video.
Are there similar restrictions on ornithopter ?
I'm not sure!
Congrats on nearly 200k subs :)
I hope someone in ukraine watches this and buys some of them for this exact purpose.
EDIT: Nevermind, I have actually found purpose built thermal cameras for drones on Aliexpress for about 200€
love your collection of cool "junk".
If you want a thermal camera for your drone that clips straight on get the 19mm 30hz one get this one it called .
Teledyne FLIR VUE PRO 640 x 512 19MM 32° HFOV - LWIR Thermal Camera for Drones
4000€, not cheap
If export or fly across borders may need to limit fps to 14? Dbl check laws. Android tv stick much lighter? 32g?
I have the therm app camera 9hz 360x160 resolution 19mm lens it cost me $2500.00 It connects to my phone.
I'll visit you in jail 😢
He's trying to be legal. Inside your house is fine.
@@FranklinBryan it's a joke