elevated view

hills · Post 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.

Post by **water01** » Wed 25 Jul 2012 12:14 am

What was it taken with a swarm of bees?

hills · Post by **hills** » Wed 25 Jul 2012 12:41 am

Lol, yes, I am the bee whisperer.

PaulMy · Post by **PaulMy** » Wed 25 Jul 2012 12:58 am

Nah, keep the copter up there all the time

Paul

hills · Post 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:

WestOz · Post by **WestOz** » Wed 25 Jul 2012 3:17 am

I thought you'd already started to use the chainsaw when I heard the noise

ironeagleuk · Post 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

hills · Post 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.

nking · Post 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?

hills · Post 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

Post by **steve** » Wed 25 Jul 2012 9:15 am

Mmmmm. Me want.

nking · Post 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.....

hills · Post 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.

hills · Post 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)!

Post 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.

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