Drone Video

[Cookee]

Originally Posted by C2 RIBS

One of our clients just completed a drone flying test to get a licence, told me they retrun to point of lift off, so a little bit of a problem for boaters

That is a failsafe mechanism only.

[Cookee]

Originally Posted by thomas

Watch some of the later videos, he does loose one or two

I'd love to have a go at filming boats but I don't fancy landing a quadcopter on my RIB, tempted to try one of these frames - Home page - and just land in the water.

The problem with using them for commercial applications is once you start charging you then flying for reward and need a commercial pilots licence.

You will need to build that one yourself and heat build up can be a problem - there are some forums about these and those are discussed on this forum

[thomas]

I'd only have a waterproof one as I'm a bit of a coward, plenty of people fly them over water but not only is ruining the model a problem but they sink too!!!

I was thinking of just using some conduit and sealing where the wires come out with hot glue, the motors would have to be open to the elements and they do survive a dunking as long as they're not spinning at the time - as for heat, I have some fairly standard motors that pull under 15 amps at full beans, and happily lift a Gopro and video gear, running off 30amp speed controllers so they should be fine, you really have to be over powering them before they overheat.

Most of this stuff can be very cheap and could almost be sacrificial, just the Gopro you'd not want to loose.

[Andy B]

Here's a few Stills I pulled from flying my DJI Phantom this morning

[Andy B]

Oh And here's a close call I had with the wet stuff

DJI Phantom Dunk. - YouTube

[Andy B]

Originally Posted by thomas

I'd love to have a go at filming boats but I don't fancy landing a quadcopter on my RIB.

I think the prefered method is the "hover and grab" method
at least that's the one i'l be using
The thing is very stable and easy to catch (On land anyway )
The return home fail safe is a worry though out at sea. As it sets it's GPS home point before it takes off! the thing is to have a timer running, know your battery status and watch the LED's
You can override the failsafe if it decides to go home but I haven't tried that yet...

Here's a short clip from this morning of me practicing the old hover catch release.
You'll have to excuse the scruffy git, it's my day off

Hover hold release DJI Phantom - YouTube

[Dhf]

Originally Posted by Cookee

Done some research on this - the Phantom by DJI is the best off the shelf by far, the also make a 4 blade (DJI450) and a 6 blade (DJI 550) kit which are better in stages, the trick is to get a good gimbal to remove the jello effect and they aren't cheap - the other thing is the bigger and more expensive you go the more stable it will be, can cope with more wind and the longer the flight time - and then there's FPV, this is live video viewed through a monitor of goggles and enables you to see what you're filming - makes it a lot less hit and miss!.

I've researched a few and must agree, the one's fitted with a good brushless gimbal give much better results. the phantom certainly looks more novice friendly, I'm very tempted with the phantom vision, 25 min flying time and it comes with FPV built in, but the built in camera doesn't offer the quality as the Gopro with gimbal mounted versions, most of the pro's seem to be using the Gopro 2.7k video setting and then digital zooming in, during the editing, which is good for excluding any unwanted prop view, some editing programs also include video stabilizing software with fantastic results. As you mention, the more invested the better quality the results are for sure. I don't think you'll find one that'll keep up with the Bananashark though.


Tidy vid and pics above btw.

[whisper]

Originally Posted by Andy B

Oh And here's a close call I had with the wet stuff

I bet you had to change your trousers after that one

Great recovery

[Andy B]

Originally Posted by whisper

I bet you had to change your trousers after that one

Great recovery

Yah think

[thomas]

I wouldn't fancy trying to catch one at sea on a bobbing boat - again, not brave enough to take a Gopro over water without a case either. Hobbyking do prop guard not which could be a solution.

I had a DJI controller decide to take the model off where it felt like, fortunately hit a tree before it got very far, it was a cloudy day and the GPS signal wasn't great. The great thing about theses is it's not easy to do much damage to them.

[Crusher]

Originally Posted by Andy B

Here's a few Stills I pulled from flying my DJI Phantom this morning

Nice pictures of Ashlet creek!

[Jizm]

Originally Posted by Crusher

Nice pictures of Ashlet creek!

He can see his house from there....

[Andy B]

Originally Posted by thomas

I wouldn't fancy trying to catch one at sea on a bobbing boat - again, not brave enough to take a Gopro over water without a case either.

you don't have to use the mount they provide for the GoPro, I have mine in it's water proof housing

Originally Posted by thomas

The great thing about theses is it's not easy to do much damage to them.

They are quite robust, I've crashed mine a few times! And apart from having the change the props, it's been fine

Also you'll find a lot of pilot error, these things are easy to fly but it's silly stuff like not waiting long enough for the GPS home lock.
Or in my case pushing it to far on the battery.....lol

One last fly by, DJI Phantom low battery crash. - YouTube

I do a recalibration after a stuff but it's never been out.
A lot of people who have problems with "flyaways" aren't installing the default configuration parameters after a firmware upgrade.

[Swain Marine]

Luck to get away with that. Was that taken at hatchet pond?

[Andy B]

Originally Posted by Swain Marine

Luck to get away with that. Was that taken at hatchet pond?

Yes mate

[thomas]

I do have an old Gopro on my black one, I don't use a case as hope the arms will protect it in a crash, works really well but you do see the props in the video, it's made for video flying and having fun so not really a problem, I've not fitted my gimbal to the other one as I don't have a Gopro3 yet as can;t decide to get an older version or the latest.

Like you say, they are pretty tough, I hit a tree and it fell 30 feet with no damage, I expect where I was flying and the weather contributed to a poor GPS signal as I've never had an issue since.

[Andy B]

It does amaze me the number of people who crash them and it's never their fault....

I can honestly say that all my miss haps are operator error to some extent

Here's one of My favourite Phantom video's.......Sorry, but they're not RIB's

DJI PHANTOM CHASING SUMMER TIME - BIMINI, BAHAMAS - YouTube

[thomas]

Course it wasn't my fault!! I do have the remains of a tricopter that I flipped and had no idea which way up it was though.

This is a Gopro mounted on the wing of an old glider, not quite in the same league as your video though, those sorts of views are rare at East Head this time of year, well, those views are rare at East Head period!

Alex F5B - YouTube

[Jizm]

Originally Posted by Andy B

It does amaze me the number of people who crash them and it's never their fault.... I can honestly say that all my miss haps are operator error to some extent Here's one of My favourite Phantom video's.......Sorry, but they're not RIB's

Like anyone's looking at the boats....

[ribsforsale.com]

Amazingly still morning at JBT Marine, Trafalgar Wharf - YouTube

JBT Marine RIB Stock @ Trafalgar Wharf Filmed with DJI Phantom 2 Vision - YouTube