I've had a great day today and have actually only invested less than a couple hours (including video editing). I made three separate flights today, the first being bisected by a crash. The video I've linked to here is the first half of the first flight (so it really is the maiden flight). It is no more than a climb, a little translation and some (ok a lot) of rotation, and a descent, with some other gyration included. This part of the flight ended when I landed hard, bounced and then landed hard again and rolled forward and ended up upside down.
The first flight was actually a little more complex than it needed to be because I though I would be cool and also film the activity with my Nikon and iUSBport-camera system. The latter really complicated things because I was trying to do too much! I ended up not correctly filming with the D800 and the iUSBport-Camera (and only caught a 10 second video of me picking up and resetting the crashed Phantom.
The second two flights today were much less exciting and a lot more learning (with a few oversights that will teach a bundle), twice I forgot to put the Micro-SD card in and had to come home and insert it (with the power on by the way).
The first video continued through the crash even though I didn't realize it. I've edited the video down because it was way longer than I had expected. This is the first 2 1/4 minutes that ends with the bounce and crash.
OK, somebody help me figure out how to post a video here!
This is great fun!
Tom
The first flight was actually a little more complex than it needed to be because I though I would be cool and also film the activity with my Nikon and iUSBport-camera system. The latter really complicated things because I was trying to do too much! I ended up not correctly filming with the D800 and the iUSBport-Camera (and only caught a 10 second video of me picking up and resetting the crashed Phantom.
The second two flights today were much less exciting and a lot more learning (with a few oversights that will teach a bundle), twice I forgot to put the Micro-SD card in and had to come home and insert it (with the power on by the way).
The first video continued through the crash even though I didn't realize it. I've edited the video down because it was way longer than I had expected. This is the first 2 1/4 minutes that ends with the bounce and crash.
OK, somebody help me figure out how to post a video here!
This is great fun!
Tom