Drone time
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Lilspeed
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Awesome! 8)
I'd never seen a drone in action in the flesh until my mate brought a Phantom(?) home from work. Properly dropped my jaw! Never knew they were so easy to fly and so stable.
He used it to look down his chimney in preparation for fitting a log burner flue!
Any good footage yet?
I'd never seen a drone in action in the flesh until my mate brought a Phantom(?) home from work. Properly dropped my jaw! Never knew they were so easy to fly and so stable.
He used it to look down his chimney in preparation for fitting a log burner flue!
Any good footage yet?
250buggys
Well-known member
Good for a 1st flight, you done well not to park it in that tree. You will be zipping in and out of those old window holes in that ruin soon.
I've got a vortex 250 pro racing drone (60 mph out of the box, insane) and some fat shark goggles, currently learning how to fly FPV. I've got a blade 350 and hubsan x4 for indoors, it's an addictive hobby!
I've got a vortex 250 pro racing drone (60 mph out of the box, insane) and some fat shark goggles, currently learning how to fly FPV. I've got a blade 350 and hubsan x4 for indoors, it's an addictive hobby!
250buggys
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There is some good drone footage here filmed from inside the car, all Steele's videos take a while to get going, drone action from aprox minute 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCQWQnWBujY
This is a sweet drone vid, mad location wouldn't want to go there myself but makes for a good video, again takes a while to get going so suggest pick it up from about minute 5.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU9_AizbSw0
Danny, you will be making videos like this in no time and finding better and better locations, last time I went out I flew over an abandoned naval base quite close to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCQWQnWBujY
This is a sweet drone vid, mad location wouldn't want to go there myself but makes for a good video, again takes a while to get going so suggest pick it up from about minute 5.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU9_AizbSw0
Danny, you will be making videos like this in no time and finding better and better locations, last time I went out I flew over an abandoned naval base quite close to me.
ChaosMS
Active member
Danny that is a fantastic picture quality - very very stable, whats the flight time on it??
I'm building a drone at the mo, I got myself a 3d printer recently to do some prototyping work and also found the models to put together a large drone so im putting it together when i have free time, not sure its going to be as stable as that though - thats super smooth - nice work
I'm building a drone at the mo, I got myself a 3d printer recently to do some prototyping work and also found the models to put together a large drone so im putting it together when i have free time, not sure its going to be as stable as that though - thats super smooth - nice work
Danny
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ChaosMS":2sx3lntl said:
That was in 25mph winds as well
The flight time is about 27 mins which to be honest is actually enough time most of the time... I have also got 2 more spare batteries
The stability is what is important for me to be honest... I need to be at a high standard as I am upping my game a bit on youtube now and a drone is the next big step... Jane is also learning to fly it as she wants to do some stuff for her travel site
(the one she has barely started)
ChaosMS
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Hi Danny, I bought a cheap CTC dual Extruder printer, it was basic but I knew that when i got it, but it has all the kit you need and the printer prints its own upgrades!! ive just taken a big step and bought a pair of all metal hot ends for it to allow me to print all the exotic filaments easily and at the right temp - stuff like carbon fiber filament / Nylons / flexible so I should never need a mounting bracket or a rubber boot again!!
I have to be honest with a few small upgrades (that only cost time and a bit of ABS filament) the print quality is superb just as good as some of the more expensive machines (we have a very expensive machine at work and as no one sets it up correctly and calibrates it accurately the prints are total crap - my cheap £280 machine produces far better prints (even with the inclusion of the e3d v6 heads it only takes the cost to £380)
So what thickness of metal will yours cut? or is it mainly an engraver (good to know when we need VIN plates!!)
I have to be honest with a few small upgrades (that only cost time and a bit of ABS filament) the print quality is superb just as good as some of the more expensive machines (we have a very expensive machine at work and as no one sets it up correctly and calibrates it accurately the prints are total crap - my cheap £280 machine produces far better prints (even with the inclusion of the e3d v6 heads it only takes the cost to £380)
So what thickness of metal will yours cut? or is it mainly an engraver (good to know when we need VIN plates!!)
Danny
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Nice and that price is really cheap.
My laser wont cut metal :-( it cuts 12mm plastic no bother though... I have been cutting and engraving control panels for a few weeks now... nothing exciting but still quite handy...
Jane uses it mostly http://www.craftycrocs.com/
My laser wont cut metal :-( it cuts 12mm plastic no bother though... I have been cutting and engraving control panels for a few weeks now... nothing exciting but still quite handy...
Jane uses it mostly http://www.craftycrocs.com/
Danny
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haha yeah I got few now
first day using the drone and the bike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUEeO3wQkxk
then this day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSFx17pTDCM
then here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKe_V2KacY4
then here.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ_bpsRLTlM&t=7s
I have had a crash so the next few I had a fault before I realised I had dones some dame...
first day using the drone and the bike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUEeO3wQkxk
then this day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSFx17pTDCM
then here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKe_V2KacY4
then here.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ_bpsRLTlM&t=7s
I have had a crash so the next few I had a fault before I realised I had dones some dame...
Danny
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I was flying sideways to try and get 3 hair pins in the the shot and forgot about the side of the mountain and the trees... slight loss of concentration...
They do have a lot of sensors but not when flying backwards or sideways...
The only damage was the gimbal popped out of its holder took me a day or so to realise so some later videos the footage is not good but thats life!
Jane also flew through a tree and did not crash somehow the day before
They do have a lot of sensors but not when flying backwards or sideways...
The only damage was the gimbal popped out of its holder took me a day or so to realise so some later videos the footage is not good but thats life!
Jane also flew through a tree and did not crash somehow the day before
250buggys
Well-known member
Danny what camera do you use on your bike, is it a GoPro?
Here is a video for you from my drone, post editing the quality was good but when uploaded to youtube it looks washed out and grainy, not sure why? I might try a different file format next time and see if that improves things.
https://youtu.be/QGmzIoyc6Z8
Here is a video for you from my drone, post editing the quality was good but when uploaded to youtube it looks washed out and grainy, not sure why? I might try a different file format next time and see if that improves things.
https://youtu.be/QGmzIoyc6Z8