Essendon Airport web cam

[John Eacott]

We've a new web cam showing the ramp outside our office at Essendon Airport, and able to be controlled remotely. Click here, (http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/) and in the menu at the bottom of the page, select "Camera".

It will give you 20 seconds control atm, I'm still working on refining it.

Enjoy :ok:

[Capt Hollywood]

Great idea John, very clear images and love the control function.
CH :cool:

[Thud_and_Blunder]

Great idea John, very clear images and love the control fucntion.

I have to agree! Lovely to see a real mix of types (2 Daks and a Skycrane, for starters - don't get that where I fly these days). Disappointed to see that you weren't there though - OK, so it's 7:20pm where you are, but surely you aren't doing well enough to have gone home by now?!

[John Eacott]

Thud,

At home, trying to change the camera to a night setting :rolleyes:

It will pan around to the west (the ramp is to the ENE), which is where our weather usually comes from. Except the hangar gets in the way to the south, but since it's Heritage Listed (it was Reg Ansett's first), we can't do much about it ;)

[VHAUS]

Hey John,

What a fantastic idea. Gotta love the control function. Well done.:D

Aus

[MBJ]

John, it's a really boring subject (particularly at half past midnight your time!) but a fantastic idea. Well done. Now for one on the beach at St Kilda?:ok:

[John Eacott]

Try it now: daylight, and plenty of early morning (aircraft!) movements ;)

[bladepitch]

i think i saw a time limit on it. i was just getting into it and some buffoon hi jacked controlled and decided to focus on a motor vehicle number plate.

Not happy jan! :( lol

[22clipper]

Those poor little pan/tilt/zoom servos.....at least the 3 sliders only allow us to wear 'em out one-at-a-time.

So where is the 'fire' or 'shoot' button? And how long before we have live cam downlinked from the helos themselves?

Nice job Johno, what's it cost for a setup like that? I reckon webcams are brill. Met forecats are one thing but a peek at some live video at your destination or enroute refueling points is hard to beat. I log onto the Scenic world blue mountains webcam west of here & if I can't see the cable car for cloud then I know I ain't gettin' over the ranges today.

[John Eacott]

R22Clipper: So where is the 'fire' or 'shoot' button

Above the Start Control & timer, what looks like an elongated rectagular target sight ;)

Click on that, and a panoramic view will allow point and click "snap to" of the camera, when you have control. It allows up to 50 users, so when there is a queue the 30 second limit comes in, to give fair goes all around :ok:

I'm setting up some preset camera angles for the thresholds, etc.

[John Eacott]

Bristow Australia's Super Puma BZB is being offloaded from a truck atm: arrived air freight yesterday into YMML, due for test flying Wednesday/Thursday.

[Kulwin Park]

Nice work! Great Camera idea .... dont drop it off the truck! :eek:

[Beaucoup Movement]

I must admit, not seen that anywhere else before! Nevertheless, its a brilliant idea. :)

Why can't all operators at airports around the world have a webcam like that?? Mind you, for some it could be seen as a form of "espionage"! :hmm:

BM

[rotorboater]

I love it, have you got a link of where I can get one and how much it costs?