Need someone smart to work this out for me..

[SeeUAV]

Hello smart people. I suck at maths and physics stuff. I was wondering if based on the size of the camera and the angle of the lens if it is possible to calculate how many meters high I need to fly my P2V+ to cover a specific measured area on the ground. For example, how high off the ground would I need to fly to see in full a 60m wide park?

I am sure there probably is a mathematical way so I can just punch in my height off the ground to work out how much ground I can record, I am just not smart enough to understand what it takes to do it. Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[kgarrison]

If it wasn't 1am I could probably do the math on it, but being generally lazy I don't really see the point. I would just fly up to where I could see the park and get the shot without worrying about how high I needed to be. It's going to be a few hundred or so.

 

[Flighttime]

Yep, as kgarrisson said, you could just fly and see.

But if for some reason you like the challenge and do some calculations then you'd find that to cover a 60m park at full 110 degrees FOV you'll need to fly at approx. 21m.

The formula you'd want to use for 110 FOV is:

x = (n/2)/tan 55

n is the width of the park or any subject matter you'd like to cover in full

 

[SeeUAV]

Thanks heaps, this is more for planning flights as sometimes I work out exactly what shots I want and how high I need to be. This is awesome!