Sea Shepherd in Baja

[gringorio]

For a few weeks now I've been the drone operator on a Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship targeting endangered species poachers in the Sea of Cortez. The project is called Operation Milagro III - Vaquita Porpoise Defense Campaign | About Campaign. All of the flights are from the ship when we at sea looking for nets and poachers in a refuge. In calm seas I take off from the deck and hand-catch. In more bouncy seas another photographer will hand launch and catch for me. Since I signed a copyright agreement, I can't post the best video that they will use, so here is a random mix of unused clips from the last three weeks:

 

[Suhail78]

Awesome clip!!

how do you calibrate the compass from the ship with all that metal around you?

 

[gringorio]

Awesome clip!!
how do you calibrate the compass from the ship with all that metal around you?

Thanks! I was worried about all the metal too. I ended up calibrating the compass on shore and there have been no problems launching from the ship, no error messages, despite being all metal.

 

[TalonJ]

Wow! Your job is a lot cooler than my job. What model are you flying?


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[Suhail78]

Thanks! I was worried about all the metal too. I ended up calibrating the compass on shore and there have been no problems launching from the ship, no error messages, despite being all metal.

That's awesome man, and great to know!

 

[gringorio]

Wow! Your job is a lot cooler than my job. What model are you flying?
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I've been using a P3P, Mavic and a P4. Next week I'll have a P4 Pro... Update: We now have a Matrice 100 with a flir camera.

 

[klongx]

very cool ! I was watching an old episode od Whale wars and thought the use of drones would be a game changer
Subscribed to your channel

 

[NewMexicoFlyer]

My favorite video I've seen so far on here! Thank you for sharing!


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[Kai Mele]

Terrific, thanks for sharing!

 

[gringorio]

Awesome clip!!

how do you calibrate the compass from the ship with all that metal around you?

I calibrated the compass on shore. Seems just fine...