SIKSKIER
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Have watched tons of video with and without a stabilizer which is called a gimbel.You do get some jello effect but not as much as I thought with the DJI Phantom.
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Drone view of ski resort
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I don't see why anyone makes a delineation between a quadcopter or an RC helicopter. It's like "Drone" is this new category of craft. It's a different type of heli is all. It's remote control. Any laws applying to remote control anything should apply to quadcopters automatically.
"Drone" makes it sound like ti's autonomous and not piloted at all.
"Drone" makes it sound like ti's autonomous and not piloted at all.
bobbutts
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The dji and blade will both return to home on autopilot, the kickstarter one I linked in the 1st post can autopilot through waypoints or follow me mode. I don't really know the formal distinction, but I believe the ability to fly without input I think makes them drones technically.
That's just a safety mechanism though right? Although yeah, follow me mode would be pretty cool and probably easily achieved with a smartphone app connected to it so it can communicate your location to the drone.
Soldiers in the future with drone-follow support?
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I've been messing around with aerial photography a bit, and last year I made a 30 second aerial video for an internal competition while I was working at Heavenly in S. Lake Tahoe as an epic mix photog. The theme was "why your workplace is awesome" or something like that. http://youtu.be/StfmLGDvalI (hopefully the link works, I was flagged for music infringement, and haven't had a chance to fix it, since the timing was specifically set to Muse's Hysteria).
Aerial filming is the hoots, but you have to be careful. I'm no expert, but here's some of my observations so far:
1) You can get up in the air with a camera for relatively cheap (sub 500), but if you want perfect video, it will cost you time and money. Vibration is a bitch to get rid of at the camera, and requires a lot of attention, from a dampening system, frame rates and resolution (lower res usually helps get rid of jello effect at the sake of clarity), balanced props, etc. Its nearly impossible to find a perfect package in an inexpensive form, without having to tinker a bunch yourself. And its not fun to watch the video move back and forth, so you'll end up wanting to add a gimbal system to stabilize the camera, which is more $$. I started with a homebuilt kind of like the DJI Phantom, moved to a new frame that puts the camera further out, built my own gimbal, and now am adding a bought gimbal. Unfortunately my current system is a bit maxed out with all this extra weight now, so I will have to move up to a more powerful battery system. Basically, its a $$ sink to chase the "perfect" shot. And with all these upgrades/tinkering, I haven't flown as much as I should to justify the expense. And this is just with a Gopro3B. Things get crazy if you want to carry larger cameras.
2) If you crash (and it definitely happens, no matter how careful you are), you are out $$ and time. Even though the autopilot systems really help with flying, it won't avoid obstacles (unless its set up with proximity sensors) and mechanical failures. Props can break mid flight, motors can die, etc. I don't have a lot of extra cash lying around, so i have found myself being a little gun-shy about flying the way I want to and getting the really cool shots, especially over water shots.
3) If you hit somebody or something, you will do some damage. I've seen videos of people suffering from pretty bad cuts and even losing fingers from coming in contact with spinning props. The props spin with a lot of energy, which makes sense when you're trying to lift a 4 lb package up in the air. So you don't want to fly in populated areas where you can put bystanders in harms way.
4)Its magical to watch three (or more) rotors work in unison to fly in the air every which way. Even more magical is to watch it hover in place even when the winds are blowing. The most magical moment (and nerve wracking) is to turn off the transmitter in order to test the failsafe, and watching the multicopter fly back towards the spot it took off from and softly land…….
If anyone is interested in learning about multicopters, check out rcgroups.com. Theres a forum for that, along with aerial photography. It'll be overwhelming at first, but after a while you'll start to recognize the terminology and names, etc…...
Aerial filming is the hoots, but you have to be careful. I'm no expert, but here's some of my observations so far:
1) You can get up in the air with a camera for relatively cheap (sub 500), but if you want perfect video, it will cost you time and money. Vibration is a bitch to get rid of at the camera, and requires a lot of attention, from a dampening system, frame rates and resolution (lower res usually helps get rid of jello effect at the sake of clarity), balanced props, etc. Its nearly impossible to find a perfect package in an inexpensive form, without having to tinker a bunch yourself. And its not fun to watch the video move back and forth, so you'll end up wanting to add a gimbal system to stabilize the camera, which is more $$. I started with a homebuilt kind of like the DJI Phantom, moved to a new frame that puts the camera further out, built my own gimbal, and now am adding a bought gimbal. Unfortunately my current system is a bit maxed out with all this extra weight now, so I will have to move up to a more powerful battery system. Basically, its a $$ sink to chase the "perfect" shot. And with all these upgrades/tinkering, I haven't flown as much as I should to justify the expense. And this is just with a Gopro3B. Things get crazy if you want to carry larger cameras.
2) If you crash (and it definitely happens, no matter how careful you are), you are out $$ and time. Even though the autopilot systems really help with flying, it won't avoid obstacles (unless its set up with proximity sensors) and mechanical failures. Props can break mid flight, motors can die, etc. I don't have a lot of extra cash lying around, so i have found myself being a little gun-shy about flying the way I want to and getting the really cool shots, especially over water shots.
3) If you hit somebody or something, you will do some damage. I've seen videos of people suffering from pretty bad cuts and even losing fingers from coming in contact with spinning props. The props spin with a lot of energy, which makes sense when you're trying to lift a 4 lb package up in the air. So you don't want to fly in populated areas where you can put bystanders in harms way.
4)Its magical to watch three (or more) rotors work in unison to fly in the air every which way. Even more magical is to watch it hover in place even when the winds are blowing. The most magical moment (and nerve wracking) is to turn off the transmitter in order to test the failsafe, and watching the multicopter fly back towards the spot it took off from and softly land…….
If anyone is interested in learning about multicopters, check out rcgroups.com. Theres a forum for that, along with aerial photography. It'll be overwhelming at first, but after a while you'll start to recognize the terminology and names, etc…...
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I don't have enough money for this hobby.
gmcunni
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drone used to view Sugarbush condo fire
@dartmouth01 ... Thanks for all that info! That was awesome
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spiderpig
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Okemo did this last season, too. https://www.facebook.com/okemomountain/posts/571765802851163
planb420
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I work for ESPN and can confirm this is untrue....the camera used is a "Spyder Cam" system...which is a camera mounted to a cable track and then operated by 1-2 people depending on the complexity of the rig.
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