So... Just a little over a week and a half in.. (2 videos)

[ThatRobbGuy]

Learning to fly this thing, more from the videographer/photographer side of things than the "hey, this is a cool toy!" side. Lol. It's a bit of a curve, for sure. The #1 hardest part for me so far: smooth turns and direction changes. :/

Anyways.... Here's 2 videos, both the results of just over a week (10 days or so) of flying and learning, random locations around town.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0DrfemUspM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvhKGsUZ3zM

As an aside... I wish there was a way to trigger "stills" from the gopro. There needs to be a remote trigger on the controller.

 

[Suwaneeguy]

Re: So... Just a little over a week and a half in.. (2 video

10 days? Yeah right.
Maybe if you flew a few hours every day.
Obviously you have had other copter experiences.

The gopro manual says you can use the remote to capture stills while recording video.
Which I have yet to do.

 

[chapsrlz]

Re: So... Just a little over a week and a half in.. (2 video

cant wait to put my hand on mine (arrives next thursday )

about the gopro im pretty sure you can shoot video and stills at the same time without the remote.

 

[RedRyderMedia]

Re: So... Just a little over a week and a half in.. (2 video

It's a bit of a curve, for sure. The #1 hardest part for me so far: smooth turns and direction changes. :/

Yep! Turning is easy.....smooth turns are tough! And they get tougher the farther you are away from something you're trying to focus on. Good progress.....keep practising.

 

[ThatRobbGuy]

Re: So... Just a little over a week and a half in.. (2 video

10 days? Yeah right.
Maybe if you flew a few hours every day.
Obviously you have had other copter experiences.

I'm going to take this as a compliment, because I ordered my Phantom (from http://www.flyingcameras.ca in Vancouver, Canada) on June 26th, it Shipped on 2014/07/03, and delivered on 2014/07/07, and my first trip into the air wasn't made until the 9th. That's when I was done reading all the literature, manuals, and I'd drunk enough to kill the fear of flyaways, and the weather permitted. Since then, I've flown an average of once a day, as I only have one battery, and charging time takes forever! And I'm a stay at home dad to two boys (who you can see in the clips).

Aside from the few flights I have taken (totaling about 3 hours of actual flying time) I do have a pretty good understanding of flight mechanics, as I have been around aviation my entire life. (My dad was a pilot, and I do a lot of flying at aviation photography). And I pick things up quickly. (It took me two hours to figure out snowboarding... And my wife hates me for it, lol)

Honestly... I have never owned a gopro before buying this one for the zenmuse, and I have never flown a real quad prior to this one, aside from a little traxxas toy I had for a couple days while waiting for my phantom, just to "train" on how the controls worked.

So. Yeah. Thanks for the confidence boost, and veiled compliment.

It's a bit of a curve, for sure. The #1 hardest part for me so far: smooth turns and direction changes. :/

Yep! Turning is easy.....smooth turns are tough! And they get tougher the farther you are away from something you're trying to focus on. Good progress.....keep practising.

Thanks!!