One of my buddies has been testing out his copter lately. Took it for a test run down by the beach in OC. He's looking to make some tweaks trying to figure out what he can and can't do. Cool perspective though.
Yea, at the very beginning, you can see him in the neon. He had all his gear in a pack and was riding ahead and then filming. All the footage is from one run. He uses the first person goggles that he says are easier to fly with. I guess the copter can be set up to follow gps way points and some other tricks once you know where you want it to go. I think the reception cut out on the gimble is the reason it went wonky a couple times. It has a pretty good range line of sight, but can apparently get out of contact in the mountains. I think if it loses reception completely, it flies back to where it took off from via gps.
That's because you already know the super secret location....that is damn near impossible to find if you have any access to the internet or google maps.
I talked to a few dudes who are filming themselves riding by recording GPS way points on the trail, putting them in to the quadcopter as a route and going back up and re-riding the route with the quadcopter following them.
cheap. you can build your own starting from around $200 and up. for $1500 like kazlx's friend spent, you can build a massive multi rotor with a nice gimbal, gps unit and fpv system
Just like everything, some enjoy the process of building, some want to use it. I don't know crap about RC stuff other than he enjoys shooting and making vids and it's fun to actually have some footage. There are tons of rides where I wish I had some sort of pictures/videos, but never brought anything. I'm sure there are cheaper/DIY/more awesomer/whatever rigs out there, but he has this pretty dialed and keeps getting better every time he takes footage.
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