BEN RITCHEY wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

 BR> * An ongoing debate between Roy J. Tellason and Ben Ritchey rages
 BR> on ... 

 RT: >> He's also got himself an itty bitty camera from someplace,  and
 RT: >> was planning to put it into one of his airplanes.  I haven't
 BR>> Now that would be cool in a Gas-Helo craft  though powering
 BR>> the transmitter would be a challenge, IMHO.

 RT: > I thought so *years* ago,  back when a camera was a whole lot more
 RT: > bulky.  Why do you think that power would be that much of an issue?
 RT: > You don't want the airfcraft to get further away than your control
 RT: > radio can reach,  anyhow,  and that doesn't require a whole lot of
 RT: > power to get a camera signal back the other way.

 BR> Portable electrical power (i.e. batteries) would be an issue simply
 BR> because of the extra weight involved  especially on a gas
 BR> powered craft. I didn't say it was impossible, just challenging, as
 BR> it would be for *me*. [:-)

I think that you'd be surprised at what could be done these days, 
particularly since they're using batteries to *run* the darn things.

 BR> Many moons ago I was given a tethered gas (glow type) plane, and
 BR> that has been the extent of my experience.

I know the kind you mean,  I never got that far with 'em.

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