Pentax Camera Optio are A20, A30, A40 (A40 may not be available
in some parts of the world)
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$350.00
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Discontinued Optio models that will still work are s5i and
A10
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Requirements Pentium II, 500 MHZ, 256 MB Ram
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Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP recommended (not Vista)
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Recommended Software to Stitch Images
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PT-GUI Software (www.ptgui.com)
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$80.00
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AutoStitch free software from the University of British
Columbia
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(http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html)
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Free
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RC Field Box (Prices from Local RC Store)
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RC Receiver and Transmitter, either Futaba or JR Propo (Do
not use Spectrum 2.4)*
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$200.00
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Thunder Power RC 1010C Li Poly Programmable Battery Charger*
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$200.00
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FMA Direct five dean pin parralell board (CMP-HC-5) *
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$20.00
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6 oz fiberglass cloth (for repairs)
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$6.00
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# 64 rubber bands (per box)
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$3.00
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Extra set of flight batteries 4 packs x $70
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$250.00
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Thunder Power L-Polymer 2100 mah / 11.1 volts (3 cell)
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Additional items (Prices from Hardware
/ Sporting goods store)
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Large Tool Box for use as a Field Box
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$13.00
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DC to AC converter to power laptop and radio modem
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$44.00
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Q-tips and alcohol for cleaning camera lens
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Paper towels / Windex for airframe
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* NOTES:
The RC transmitter and receiver needs to be a minimum of 5 channels.
JR or Futaba with a preference to JR.
http://www.greathobbies.com/search/results/?srchtype=AdvSearch&srchcat=QA
Due to fail safe features, the Spectrum DX7 2.4 radio transmitter
is not recommended.
Thunder Power L-Polymer 2100 mah / 11.1 volts (3 cell)
http://www.rctoys.com/rc-toys-and-parts/TP-2100-3SPL/RC-PARTS-THUNDER-POWER-3-CELL-LITHIUM-BATTERIES.html
Thunder Power RC 1010C Li Poly Programmable Battery Charger
http://www.rctoys.com/rc-toys-and-parts/TP-1010C/RC-PARTS-CHARGERS-BALANCERS-POWER.html
To charge the batteries at the same time we use the FMA Direct
five dean pin parralell board
(CMP-HC-5) soldered on the output leads.
Link- http://www.fmadirect.com/products.htm?cat=35&nid=3
Revised October 4, 2007
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