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by hills » Tue 24 Jul 2012 10:09 pm
This is something I've been messing around with lately. Here's an elevated view of where my webcam points:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpyE5n3v ... ture=g-upl
I'm thinking I might need to take a chainsaw to the pine trees.
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by water01 » Wed 25 Jul 2012 12:14 am
David
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by hills » Wed 25 Jul 2012 12:41 am
Lol, yes, I am the bee whisperer.
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by PaulMy » Wed 25 Jul 2012 12:58 am
Nah, keep the copter up there all the time
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by hills » Wed 25 Jul 2012 1:11 am
haha, I would but changing the batteries every 10 minutes would be an issue.
This is the beast:
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by WestOz » Wed 25 Jul 2012 3:17 am
I thought you'd already started to use the chainsaw when I heard the noise
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by ironeagleuk » Wed 25 Jul 2012 6:01 am
hills wrote: haha, I would but changing the batteries every 10 minutes would be an issue.
This is the beast:
That's cool, I want one
What camera did you use?.....was it a stand alone thing, or was it on a very long USB cable? lol
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by hills » Wed 25 Jul 2012 6:50 am
Hmmn, that's not a bad idea, I could use the USB cable to get it out of trees when I crash.
Don't tell my wife but it was her 10Mp Samsung digital camera mounted on the front. For fathers day I'm going to ask for a gopro 2 hero 1080p camera as they're much lighter.
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by nking » Wed 25 Jul 2012 8:38 am
Phil,
What a great toy!! Us boys do like them - what is it, how much and is it easy to fly?
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by hills » Wed 25 Jul 2012 9:02 am
Hi Neil
Its a Gaui 500X quadcopter. Its easier to fly than normal RC helicopters, which I also have, but not something you can just pick up and fly straight away (well I couldn't anyway
).
You can get many different options and add ons so depending on what you get it can cost between about $500 - several thousand.
This is what it looks like under the hood.
Here's another video I took:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqMBzVUe ... ture=g-upl
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by steve » Wed 25 Jul 2012 9:15 am
Mmmmm. Me want.
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by nking » Wed 25 Jul 2012 10:04 am
hills wrote: Hi Neil
Its a Gaui 500X quadcopter. Its easier to fly than normal RC helicopters, which I also have, but not something you can just pick up and fly straight away (well I couldn't anyway
).
You can get many different options and add ons so depending on what you get it can cost between about $500 - several thousand.
Here's another video I took:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqMBzVUe ... ture=g-upl
Great video! Excellent flying by you taking it through the trees. I take it that it was you standing in the shelter? Now when the wife asks me what I want as a present I have the answer.....
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by hills » Wed 25 Jul 2012 10:18 am
Thanks mate, yes that was me in the shelter, I was flying it remotely via a small video screen. I use that picnic ground as a training obstacle course when no one is around.
That was also my first attempt a video editing.
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by hills » Wed 25 Jul 2012 10:29 am
steve wrote: Mmmmm. Me want.
I bet there'd be some great scenery to capture up your way Steve (if the wind permitted)!
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by steve » Wed 25 Jul 2012 10:53 am
hills wrote: (if the wind permitted)!
I did wonder about that, but from a video I found, they seem remarkably capable in the wind.
Steve