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.
Some Quadcopter Testing
- Thread starter kazlx
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GET TO DA CHOPPAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! 
very rad.
siick dude! so jealous
too many trees around here : /
too many trees around here : /
rad for sure.
does he have some device to "see" the perspective of the whirly-cam?
does he have some device to "see" the perspective of the whirly-cam?
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.
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Cool stuff. Is that an off the shelf one or did he build it?
I think he said about $1500ish he has in it. I think it's off the shelf with some mods.
The programming on that quad sounds pretty awesome. Now you need to get some footage a little further up the ridgeline.
There's not much else up there. A little singletrack down to where we were at.
That is the "Top of the World" at Laguna. Although it's deceiving because it's not very high :-/
That is the "Top of the World" at Laguna. Although it's deceiving because it's not very high :-/
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I believe you..
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.
cool stuff. im starting to build my multi rotor now as well as a few planes.. cant wait to start another expensive hobby!
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
Found out he is using a DJI Phantom 2.
and thats why its so expensive.
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.