More information can be found here.

Onboard Video (right-click, save-as)
DougsB25_high (18.30mb WMV)	DougsB25_med (8.44mb WMV)	DougsB25_low (2.78mb WMV)

 

Graupner Mini Piper:

The Mini Piper is an expanded polystyrene model airplane. With a 30" wingspan, it has a wing area of approximately 166 square inches. This design does not offer much cargo capacity margin. Through the use high-end electronics (typically used on models much more complex and expensive than this) the weight has been kept down. Even though the plane was built in a stock configuration, some deviations were made to ensure a good power to weight ratio. Namely:

The rest of the hardware:

With the addition of a video camera system, the Mini Piper has been converted from a standard trainer into a valuable asset in the pursuit of information gathering.

Before	After
Sample Video (right-click, save-as)
Video 1 (1.56mb WMV) Using CMOS camera	Video 2 (2.62mb WMV) Using Panasonic CCD camera
Aerial Tour of Burro Canyon 12.7mb Tour of Burro Canyon Shooting Park taken from the Minipiper platform.