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    DJI FPV rc car that uses Phantom controller

    Freefly makes wheeled RC camera platforms in addition to their professional drones, but I don't think that was the price range you were thinking of.
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    Nooksack Falls, Washington

    Thanks! I forgot to say, it was recorded on a simple Zoom H1.
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    Nooksack Falls, Washington

    I took 5 audio samples from various spots around the falls and then manipulated the sound levels to simulate them being recorded by the P3P- so it is audio from Nooksack Falls but not actually recorded by the drone.
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    Nooksack Falls, Washington

    Nooksack Falls is an 88-ft waterfall in northern Washington with a viewpoint that doesn't afford a very good view of the entire waterfall. In order to get a better view, one must climb terrain which has proved fatal to 11 or so people. So why not use a drone (in this case a Phantom 3 Pro) to get...
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    Flying a drone over an airport

    Thanks! I made with video with 4 flights/batteries. It certainly wasn't windy at ground level but you can see some wind effects on the treetops. All but one of the panning shots were using the POI function. The lone manual pan started at 3:28. I have noticed subtle shakes before and have always...
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    Flying a drone over an airport

    Actually, it is a former airport. I got in contact with the owners of a farm in the lower Skagit Valley of western Washington state because their property used to be a private airport and was actually modelled by ORBX as an payware airport add-on to Microsoft Flight Simulator X/Lockheed Martin...
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    FAA Tests FBI Drone Detection System at JFK

    I wonder if they'll publish how many drones they actually detect. It would be nice to have something to either corroborate or contradict sighting reports.
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    Boulder Creek at Mt Baker, Washington

    Thanks. I've found that when in the mountains, propeller incursions are real challenge to deal with and still get scenery, much of (or most of) which is higher than the drone can even fly. My next Cascades drone expedition will have an even higher starting point :) but I still will have to watch...
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    Boulder Creek at Mt Baker, Washington

    If your doing video, be careful with PL filters. Their effect changes as you change the viewing angle relative to the sun so panning around with a polarizer attached is pretty much impossible to properly fix the color. Actually, the camera has such a wide angle you can see the polarization...
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    Boulder Creek at Mt Baker, Washington

    Sorry, I left out some pertinent info: No, it was 4K 30p and I used the D-Log color profile.
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    Boulder Creek at Mt Baker, Washington

    Thanks! I used manual settings with ISO at 100 and for shutter speed I used both 1/50 and 1/60 in conjunction with a Taco ND16 filter. The highlights were still blown out somewhat on the snow of Mt Baker though. I probably could've gotten away using a ND32 filter.
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    Boulder Creek at Mt Baker, Washington

    Further explorations of Boulder Creek which flows down Mt Baker into Baker Lake in the northern Cascades of Washington state. Enjoy!
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    Was it a drone? British airways flight

    Are you saying that ALL airports should be NFZs? One thing that is not constant however is the engineering controls built in to the drones. As the large drone (I'm excluding tiny toy drones like the Hubsan X4) population increases, the proportion that are newer models with altitude limits and...
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    Was it a drone? British airways flight

    I have never seen a risk assessment methodology which only cares about worst-case (that will result in utter paralysis every time and all forms of flight, manned and unmanned, would be unthinkable). Even the most basic forms of risk assessment include both probability and severity of identified...