Video - Riding down the river while filming with quadcopter

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Video - Riding down the river while filming with quadcopter

#1 Post by Berkshire 514 » Thu Feb 12, 2015 8:45 am

Riding down Blind River in my pontoon with my friend driving and me practicing my skills with my quadcopter.

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#2 Post by Ddancers » Thu Feb 12, 2015 8:52 am

Great! Video and idea.
What Drone did you use - I have the AR Drone 2.0 - you got me thinking I might give it a try.
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#3 Post by Seon » Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:04 am

Another toy to buy :lol3 . Great video.
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#4 Post by killerkernrich » Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:24 am

sure would be nice ....when posting that we would state what state the river is in.
I know you are in Louisiana, but a person could be floating down another state??
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#5 Post by Tailgate115 » Thu Feb 12, 2015 10:51 am

great video quality and smooth flight...you've got some skills...
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#6 Post by TDJ2591 » Thu Feb 12, 2015 10:57 am

Man, that great video makes me a little homesick. My kids grew up waterskiing on the Blind River where I believe you shot this video. I really miss boating and finshing in those La bayous and rivers.

Great job! Thanks for sharing.
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#7 Post by HandymanHerb » Thu Feb 12, 2015 11:03 am

:thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup
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#8 Post by ArkieBoater » Thu Feb 12, 2015 12:55 pm

Loved the video, very smooth and great video quality. It would be awesome to have some footage of my boat cruising the lake like you are doing. Thanks for sharing it with us.
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#9 Post by PlaynDoc » Thu Feb 12, 2015 3:04 pm

my luck.... id drown the drone...... and lose the $$$$$$$$ invested...
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#10 Post by RcgTexas » Thu Feb 12, 2015 3:19 pm

Back in the 70's I took some refinery vessels up blind river, Ponchatrain and lake Maurepas all the way to Airline highway. That's a beautiful place.

That is an awesome video, and you seem to have a handle on the operation of that quadcopter.

Thanks for the post! :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup
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Re: Video - Riding down the river while filming with quadcopter

#11 Post by NonHyphenAmerican » Thu Feb 12, 2015 7:03 pm

PlaynDoc wrote:my luck.... id drown the drone...... and lose the $$$$$$$$ invested...

Yeah, me too.
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#12 Post by RcgTexas » Thu Feb 12, 2015 8:15 pm

The video was about five minutes long. How long does the quadcopter stay up? and how fast will it go?
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#13 Post by grouser » Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:12 pm

Nice job!!! I fly RC helicopters and understand how you keep the aircraft in your sight,,, but how do you keep your boat in frame on the camera???? :donno
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#14 Post by Rustynuts » Thu Feb 12, 2015 10:29 pm

Saw your post over on phantom pilots. Nice vid and nice pilot skills. Had my V2+ for about 8 months now and practicing for our summer dune season.
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Re: Video - Riding down the river while filming with quadcopter

#15 Post by Rustynuts » Thu Feb 12, 2015 10:38 pm

grouser wrote:Nice job!!! I fly RC helicopters and understand how you keep the aircraft in your sight,,, but how do you keep your boat in frame on the camera???? :donno
With most quads, they are flown FPV (first person view) using a monitor or in most cases cell phone via a wifi link to the quad and you see what the camera on the quad sees. If you notice in the video he keeps looking down at the controller where the phone is clipped on to. It takes practice, but after a bit, it's easier to fly by FPV than line of sight.
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