LSO Round 2 Aerial View

[bill34207]

Here's something a little different. Round 2 LSO heat from 9/23 as shot with a HobbyPartz "Dice cam" on board a Hoverthings HT-FPV.
Just as s a note, there was no FPV involved. I was just guessing on which way to point it.

http://youtu.be/PxkLvEcnvbo

[dana]

The video is cool but the audio is just ungodly. Be cool of you cut out the camera audio and put in some music

[bill34207]

Working on a sound track swap for you dana. It should take effect in a little while.

[Brushless55]

Awesome Bill!
love the aerial photography stuff

[bill34207]

Thanks B55. I just wish the hobbypartz dice cam made a better quality video. Or that my GoPro was of the newer Hero2 version so I could set it for the 127* FOV. The 170* that mine has is just way too wide and makes things look really small unless you're right on top of them.

I had some more "fun" with the quad last night since it's equiipped with LED lighting (hooked into the retract channel on my radio so it can be turned on/off, red on the left front boom, green on the right and cyan across the back). The air was pretty much dead calm here around 8:30 last night so I took it out and flew it some around the house. At one point, put it up about 100 feet and just started spinning it. Before I got it back down below roof top level there was about half a dozen people from the next street over gathering to check out the "alien".

[Brushless55]

Cool to see it with the GoPro
I did not know you could change the view angle on the new version..
dig this aerial video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVMOnVvfGWE&feature=player_embedded

with this quad.. not sure how good they are..
post yours Bill

http://xproheli.com/quadcopter/xp2-rc-aerial-video-quadcopter

[srislash]

That is a cool BMX vid T. Ah to be younger again.

[bill34207]

Cool to see it with the GoPro
I did not know you could change the view angle on the new version..
with this quad.. not sure how good they are..
post yours Bill
http://xproheli.com/quadcopter/xp2-r...deo-quadcopter

Mine is not a RTF it was a kit http://www.hoverthings.com/frame-sets/htfpvcamo.html (and considerably less $$) Got the Naza FC from the same place http://www.hoverthings.com/accessori...ntrollers.html Mine is the basic $230 Naza but plan to add the GPS soon.
Motors and esc's came from Hobby King. (4 of each)

[srislash]

Ahh,I definitely now see you're concern over water Bill after checking those links.It'll be tough to make that "floaty".

[bill34207]

Ahh,I definitely now see you're concern over water Bill after checking those links.It'll be tough to make that "floaty".

Chances are some pool noodles cut to wrap around the arms would provide enough flotation to keep it at the surface. My biggest concern is what the water would do to the electronics in it.
I've considered the possibilty of a full shell (saw a neat youtube clip of a flying aircraft carrier one day) but it would require dead calm to fly. Nose that much body area down in a wind and it would have the same effect as big elevator bringing the ground (or water) "up" to meet it at a high rate of speed. Or if it pitched up would probably flip it over backwards. Either way it wouldn't be pretty.

[dana]

Much better with music thanks for sharing

[bill34207]

Much better with music thanks for sharing

I hve to agree dana. Much better wih music. (might not be rendered in yet and a little off topic since it's not of a boat) I'll justify it by mentioning this was shot with one of the Hobby King hi def "wing cams". Not quite Go Pro quality but a 1/3 of the $299 GoPro price. And waaaayy better quality than the dice cam used for shooting the LSO heat. This was done about 7:45 this morning before I started work. (shot more or less in - around the parking lot and not the best lighting condiions). The local weathercasters had predicted really nasty weather for around quitting time and they were right for a change.

http://youtu.be/z9DQ7TWo38g

[Brushless55]

I love this FPV stuff!!