Thermal camera on a drone

[hurunge1]

I have a dji mini 3.

Just saw a thermal camera made for phones and started to wonder if its possible to put the camera on thr drone?

I guess i would need a battery a and connect the camera to something that can send the video signal to my hand controller.

Anyone knows what I would need?

The thermal camera i was thinking och its the infiray t2 pro.
Seams like a great camera and its possible to detect animal over quite a big distance.

 

[mavic3usa]

Unfortunately putting a thermal camera on a drone similar to those found in quite a few mobile phone today is nothing less than gimmicky and would not have any professional application. Serious drones already have thermal camera options and while they are not cheap they are readily available and they work quite well. Pretty much any consumer level drone can use a camera mount which you can affix all sorts of equipment including those cheap thermal cameras but there's a reason why it isn't very popular.

 

[chadCO]

Using the FlirOne on a galaxy Note 8, I built a frame that would hold the phone and flir in front of the drones camera so you could see on the video feed what was on the camera. It actually worked... but like mavic3usa says, it was gimicky and was a pain to align and setup. I waited until the thermal camera was released and bought that.

 

[hornj]

https://support.dronesmadeeasy.com/hc/en-us/articles/8160429529876-Installation

Try this.

 

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[AMann]

It would be a much better quality image and more affordable than adding a comparable camera with a video transmission system to purchase a used drone with a thermal IR camera already installed.

But if that’s not the route you want to go, maybe try looking for a small thermal IR outdoor security camera that has WiFi built in? Most of those are not thermal IR though- just standard IR with built-in IR LED lights for illumination.

Another option is getting a small video transmitter to go with a thermal IR camera- something like this if it fits and doesn’t interfere with your drone or is too heavy: video transmission system

 

[hornj]

Yeah, I am in agreement with most of you, it will be bulky. It will be heavy. It won’t be near as good and you’re not gonna have any ability to keep a signal to it. It’s just gonna be too bad too much I think.

 

[hornj]

I’ve been thinking about the same thing with a light pod since LEDs have gone so far in the last 10 years.

 

[hornj]

And since I mentioned it, what’s everyone else’s thoughts about a light pod for a spotlight?