Using Phantom as hand-held camera?

[theTastyCat]

Hey all - GF asked if I could film some things at ground level with my P3P in 4k. Seems to me that the gimbal would try to keep the camera facing whatever point it started at, thus would be hard to move around people in a circle - anybody done this? Any tips?

Thanks all!

 

[royster]

Somewhere there is a post of a guy flying through a forest, just crazy till he admitted he was walking/running with his Phantom, quite good, see if I can find it

 

[Noodle]

Yes, it works and the gimbal performs admirably, however you will look kind of silly walking around holding a drone.

 

[42FrankZ]

Yes, it works and the gimbal performs admirably, however you will look kind of silly walking around holding a drone.

I have likely had moments where I looked sillier...

 

[theTastyCat]

No kidding! So "yaw"-ing the drone by hand works? All I needed to know! I figured the gimbal would try to keep it steady...awesome!

 

[John searle]

Have done this in a crowd of people. Took the props off and just walked around them. Raising and lowering the drone as i went .,it all turned out great. Plus the wife was seeing what i was filming as i walked.


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[RocketBrew]

Works great, did it "flying" into some old mines openings in the Big Bear area, planned to cut it into the aerial footage, but haven't done any editing yet...

Just be careful when looking down into a shaft, the shoes in the frame are a dead giveaway.


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[dirkclod]

A old thread https://www.google.com/url?q=http:/...ds-cse&usg=AFQjCNEsvFDU-pUrHDZm1Z3VR-6sbsJkjg

 

[GrammatonxXXxCleric]

Have done this in a crowd of people. Took the props off and just walked around them. Raising and lowering the drone as i went .,it all turned out great. Plus the wife was seeing what i was filming as i walked.


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That would be a situation where you would not want the Drone following the lovely young woman in the crowd

The Nether world

 

[RocketBrew]

I was tempted to do this down the isle of the airplane tonight, would that count as flying the Phantom at 38,000 feet?!


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[Michel Rivet]

I took a very tiny rope example 36 inches long (1 meter) tied the ends together and put the drone in the middle I then took the rope in the front and the back of the drone and that made it
the cost is around $ 0.25 cents

 

[Neon Euc]

Oddly enough you can buy a handle that straps to the drone and use it but.. You have to clip the handle on to the props which I don't like the idea off

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[GrammatonxXXxCleric]

(Does it include a drone?) (wide eyed look)

 

[Noodle]

(Does it include a drone?) (wide eyed look)

And the phone/tablet device holder?
What do you think?

 

[John searle]

Think what?????

 

[Michel Rivet]

Neon Euc this looks nice but I would be afraid to attach somethings to the motors while the rope hold the drone a better way
and beside the rope cost only $0.25 cents. I can hold the drone with one hand and hold my ipad air 2 in the other one.
This is not something people uses often.

 

[Neon Euc]

I totally agree. I would rather have Velcro going under the drone to carry. To much weight dangling of the motors. It is said tho this is the same kind of pressure that the bird goes through anyway as the props lift it up which I can understand but still... I rather not do this option

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[Teamfour]

Yesterday I walked around my living room just to show my wife how the gimbal kept the picture steady. Now I have a 1 minute, 7 ft, flight logged in the Go app.

 

[GrammatonxXXxCleric]

Yesterday I walked around my living room just to show my wife how the gimbal kept the picture steady. Now I have a 1 minute, 7 ft, flight logged in the Go app.

Did it's visual positioning sensors avoid the wife?....

 

[Teamfour]

Did it's visual positioning sensors avoid the wife?....

For my wife, they would zero in on her. Interpret that as you see fit.