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)DibblyDobbler said:
never ceases to amaze me how narrow the gap into upper loch Torridon is - looks like you could almost jump it with a decent run up 
You'd regret that as it's really deep! There's a fun current thing going on in the gap. If you stop a boat there, it starts to spin (clockwise) really quite fast. Minutes of useless amusement.
GetCarter said:
DibblyDobbler said:
never ceases to amaze me how narrow the gap into upper loch Torridon is - looks like you could almost jump it with a decent run up
You'd regret that as it's really deep! There's a fun current thing going on in the gap. If you stop a boat there, it starts to spin (clockwise) really quite fast. Minutes of useless amusement.
Some of these areas look beautiful to fly in, well captured
Does a racing/acro quadcopter count?
I need to get a camera - this is from the FPV feed in a field near Guildford:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-fp9azGbeg
Does a racing/acro quadcopter count?
I need to get a camera - this is from the FPV feed in a field near Guildford:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-fp9azGbeg
I was toying with the idea of buying a proper drone.
Flicking through this thread and you guys have made me realise I NEED one.
I live in the West Mids, so as such there are lots of abandoned industrial grounds dotted around which I'd love to photograph.
I have a little mini quad copter which cost me ~£50 and is mostly for indoors. It's not too easy to fly, so It's great practice keeping it in the air.
Is it worth staging my way up to a big boys drone? I'd love to get into photography eventually, but don't want to go buy a Phantom 3 for example, only for me to plant it into a lake. I'd rather learn to fly and use them properly first, although I can appreciate a proper drone will often do most of the hard work for you while you're first starting out.
Cheers!
Flicking through this thread and you guys have made me realise I NEED one.
I live in the West Mids, so as such there are lots of abandoned industrial grounds dotted around which I'd love to photograph.
I have a little mini quad copter which cost me ~£50 and is mostly for indoors. It's not too easy to fly, so It's great practice keeping it in the air.
Is it worth staging my way up to a big boys drone? I'd love to get into photography eventually, but don't want to go buy a Phantom 3 for example, only for me to plant it into a lake. I'd rather learn to fly and use them properly first, although I can appreciate a proper drone will often do most of the hard work for you while you're first starting out.
Cheers!
Sycamore said:
I was toying with the idea of buying a proper drone.
Flicking through this thread and you guys have made me realise I NEED one.
I live in the West Mids, so as such there are lots of abandoned industrial grounds dotted around which I'd love to photograph.
I have a little mini quad copter which cost me ~£50 and is mostly for indoors. It's not too easy to fly, so It's great practice keeping it in the air.
Is it worth staging my way up to a big boys drone? I'd love to get into photography eventually, but don't want to go buy a Phantom 3 for example, only for me to plant it into a lake. I'd rather learn to fly and use them properly first, although I can appreciate a proper drone will often do most of the hard work for you while you're first starting out.
Cheers!
It's REALLY difficult to crash a phantom 3. The great thing is, you just let go of all the controls and it stops and hovers - so you just need to get the 'Don't panic' thing embedded into your brain! Flicking through this thread and you guys have made me realise I NEED one.
I live in the West Mids, so as such there are lots of abandoned industrial grounds dotted around which I'd love to photograph.
I have a little mini quad copter which cost me ~£50 and is mostly for indoors. It's not too easy to fly, so It's great practice keeping it in the air.
Is it worth staging my way up to a big boys drone? I'd love to get into photography eventually, but don't want to go buy a Phantom 3 for example, only for me to plant it into a lake. I'd rather learn to fly and use them properly first, although I can appreciate a proper drone will often do most of the hard work for you while you're first starting out.
Cheers!
The only thing you must never do is both sticks down and in together - which turns the motors off. But in over 2 years of flying I've never even thought of doing that - there would be no reason.
If you're up for something cheaper, the Spark may be what you're after - equally easy to fly - but you'll need the remote controller as using the phone to pilot is rubbish.
Spark review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwfD6Ybb5SU
ETA - lots of second hand P3's out there.. some refurbished with guaranty... cheaper than Spark.
HTH
Edited by GetCarter on Tuesday 22 August 09:47
You are very fortunate if you have lots of abandoned industrial buildings to drone photo.
Near me is an abandoned theme park, an abandoned test circuit, countless industrial mills etc but there is no point doing them as everyone has done them before me and are readily available on YouTube.
With no original material to shoot, I thought I'd perve on next doors Mrs in the bedroom and bugger me - even that's on YouTube!
Seriously though, the view these machines give of industrial landscapes which will disappear in our lifetime is amazing.
The Phantom 3 is good enough not to crash and cheap enough to repair or replace if you do.
Near me is an abandoned theme park, an abandoned test circuit, countless industrial mills etc but there is no point doing them as everyone has done them before me and are readily available on YouTube.
With no original material to shoot, I thought I'd perve on next doors Mrs in the bedroom and bugger me - even that's on YouTube!
Seriously though, the view these machines give of industrial landscapes which will disappear in our lifetime is amazing.
The Phantom 3 is good enough not to crash and cheap enough to repair or replace if you do.
GetCarter said:
Sycamore said:
I was toying with the idea of buying a proper drone.
Flicking through this thread and you guys have made me realise I NEED one.
I live in the West Mids, so as such there are lots of abandoned industrial grounds dotted around which I'd love to photograph.
I have a little mini quad copter which cost me ~£50 and is mostly for indoors. It's not too easy to fly, so It's great practice keeping it in the air.
Is it worth staging my way up to a big boys drone? I'd love to get into photography eventually, but don't want to go buy a Phantom 3 for example, only for me to plant it into a lake. I'd rather learn to fly and use them properly first, although I can appreciate a proper drone will often do most of the hard work for you while you're first starting out.
Cheers!
It's REALLY difficult to crash a phantom 3. The great thing is, you just let go of all the controls and it stops and hovers - so you just need to get the 'Don't panic' thing embedded into your brain! Flicking through this thread and you guys have made me realise I NEED one.
I live in the West Mids, so as such there are lots of abandoned industrial grounds dotted around which I'd love to photograph.
I have a little mini quad copter which cost me ~£50 and is mostly for indoors. It's not too easy to fly, so It's great practice keeping it in the air.
Is it worth staging my way up to a big boys drone? I'd love to get into photography eventually, but don't want to go buy a Phantom 3 for example, only for me to plant it into a lake. I'd rather learn to fly and use them properly first, although I can appreciate a proper drone will often do most of the hard work for you while you're first starting out.
Cheers!
The only thing you must never do is both sticks down and in together - which turns the motors off. But in over 2 years of flying I've never even thought of doing that - there would be no reason.
If you're up for something cheaper, the Spark may be what you're after - equally easy to fly - but you'll need the remote controller as using the phone to pilot is rubbish.
Spark review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwfD6Ybb5SU
ETA - lots of second hand P3's out there.. some refurbished with guaranty... cheaper than Spark.
HTH
Edited by GetCarter on Tuesday 22 August 09:47
It works pretty well fro a newbie, seems quite safe and geofence means you cant be too much of a moron.
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