First documented flight attempt (no camera on drone)
This is my first documented attempt to fly a drone in my backyard.
Lessons learned:
- Use propeller guards for your first flights, especially if you fly in a tight space
- Big trees will block and confuse your GPS signal, drone will not cooperate
- You WILL hit something you didn’t want, and you most likely cause some damage to either your drone, your house, people, or both…
- RC remotes are sensitive and tricky to master
First flight with camera on drone
This flight I used the Vivitar simple camera mounted on my drone with no shock observers or gimbal of any sort.
The video had to be treated for moving shutter correction and most of the footage was unusable. Read more…
First flight with GoPro HERO 3+ Black and an Airy brushless motor Gimbal
Now we are talking. First video that didn’t require almost any post editing except for some cropping/zooming. All shots are with original footage, otherwise, no stabilization, no color corrections or any moving shutter (anti-jello) filters…
Also, this is the first time I had a better idea of guessing what the camera will capture, and how to have the drone follow my intentions a bit closer. Read more…
Practicing flights in tight spaces
This is a short summary of some failed attempts to control the drone in tight places with poor GPS reception. But not all of it was bad. Read more…
The Frank Lloyd Wright statue
Attempting to fly close to the FLW statue and other locations in the area Read more…
Old Town Scottsdale
Flying through parts of old-town Scottsdale. Read more…
The Boulders – North North Scottsdale
Taking some nice shots in the northern point of Scottsdale I’m familiar with, as of now. Read more…
Margruite Lake – Scottsdale
Flying next to real people attracts a lot of attention. Read More…
Looking for blooming cacti
Flying in Scottsdale looking for the blooming cacti . Read More…
Final search for blooming cacti
Flying in the Sunrise trail in Scottsdale. Read More…
Flying at SkySong – Scottsdale
Flying through the beautiful SkySong structure south of downtown Scottsdale. Read more…
SkySong #PostItWar – Scottsdale AZ June 2016
During the hot days of June 2016, The two main buildings of SkySong innovation center in Scottsdale AZ started a PostIt war. Here are some videos and photos captured during the first couple of days. FatDrone note: unlike my other videos, I allowed some still photos in this video because it was first a documentation of the PostIt war, and the drone was only a tool….