Anyone fly a Phantom or other multirotor?

[phillrulz]

Just installed a gimbal and pitch lever on my remote and feeling pretty happy, TBH its a pretty cool bit of tech.

 

If anyone wondered how technologically advanced civilian "drones" are here is a quick top up of knowledge:

 

My particular quadcopter the DJI phantom FC40 has the ability to fly at 10m/s which is 22mph/34kmh

It uses GPS and an onboard computer to maintain its position regardless of wind

In stock configuration it can maintain remote control ~1km and video connection of 300m

With a modded version or higher version people have passed 5km

It has the ability to fly itself back to the user via gps and compass if remote connection is lost

With higher models you can set fully autonomous flight paths and routes.

With higher models it can use GPS to stop dangerous take offs ( within given distance from airports)

The fastest multirotor was clocked at 81mph/130kmh

HD cameras can/are mounted to these multirotors giving some amazing footage, this can be DLSR GoPros

The camera that comes with the FC40 has a built in wifi router and streams the video directly any apple/android deivce. and records in 720p.

The batteries used in these ( LiPo) are explosive when charged.

 

 

My question is are you fearful of multirotors ? if so why?

[Freaky_spider]

i dont know why everyone is crying about drones...

 

Just dont sit naked in your garden... 

 

Drones are pretty cool tho, just to expensive atm

[phillrulz]

i dont know why everyone is crying about drones...

 

Just dont sit naked in your garden... 

 

Drones are pretty cool tho, just to expensive atm

 

I agree, especially the last one.....

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

No but oddly enough I saw one of these behind the store clerk at Barnes and Noble.

[Kyuubixchidori]

I was relaxing on the front of my boat, and one flew over about 20 feet in the air. I jumped up and waved. Every since then i wanted one. these can go 22 mph? imagine how sweet tubing/wakeboarding videos would be from one of these things

[NewAndreas]

Cool!

[phillrulz]

I was relaxing on the front of my boat, and one flew over about 20 feet in the air. I jumped up and waved. Every since then i wanted one. these can go 22 mph? imagine how sweet tubing/wakeboarding videos would be from one of these things

Fastest was 81mph there is a multirotor i saw on kickstarter or indiegogo that sort of thing for wake boarding or of road biking, you attach a wrist band and it follows filming ill try find a link

 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/airdog/airdog-worlds-first-auto-follow-action-sports-dron

[phillrulz]

I was relaxing on the front of my boat, and one flew over about 20 feet in the air. I jumped up and waved. Every since then i wanted one. these can go 22 mph? imagine how sweet tubing/wakeboarding videos would be from one of these things

Also one of the most famoud Phantom videos is called Pipeline its surfing

[Kyuubixchidori]

Fastest was 81mph there is a multirotor i saw on kickstarter or indiegogo that sort of thing for wake boarding or of road biking, you attach a wrist band and it follows filming ill try find a link

 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/airdog/airdog-worlds-first-auto-follow-action-sports-dron

thats awesome! but yeah, we always have someone with a cannon 70D on the boat. do you have any idea how hard it is to focus on a wakeboarder when your on a boat? your bouncing, they are bouncing, both are moving, and the second you move the center of the camera off of them, it auto focuses to the background. and dear god if there is water spray. 

 

last time we went on a camping/boating trip, we(mostly me) took 2,300 pictures over 4 days. out of that, there are 150ish that I really liked. and by really liked, I mean some came out amazing. like professional quality looking. having this or really any quadcopter would be sweet.

[Leonard]

Just installed a gimbal and pitch lever on my remote and feeling pretty happy, TBH its a pretty cool bit of tech.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIYa1DMD1X8

 

If anyone wondered how technologically advanced civilian "drones" are here is a quick top up of knowledge:

 

My particular quadcopter the DJI phantom FC40 has the ability to fly at 10m/s which is 22mph/34kmh

It uses GPS and an onboard computer to maintain its position regardless of wind

In stock configuration it can maintain remote control ~1km and video connection of 300m

With a modded version or higher version people have passed 5km

It has the ability to fly itself back to the user via gps and compass if remote connection is lost

With higher models you can set fully autonomous flight paths and routes.

With higher models it can use GPS to stop dangerous take offs ( within given distance from airports)

The fastest multirotor was clocked at 81mph/130kmh

HD cameras can/are mounted to these multirotors giving some amazing footage, this can be DLSR GoPros

The camera that comes with the FC40 has a built in wifi router and streams the video directly any apple/android deivce. and records in 720p.

The batteries used in these ( LiPo) are explosive when charged.

 

 

My question is are you fearful of multirotors ? if so why?

Nice work. I want to do a project with a drone what i have a taser  or paint gun and send it to fight crime.

[SaucyFingers]

http://bc.ctvnews.ca/man-catches-drone-hovering-outside-vancouver-apartment-1.1965557

 

No peepin!