Thread: D3 at Fraser

Please tell us more about your set up, what model etc. Do you have goggles or a a screen in this FPV setup?

sorry, realise its been ages since posting this ...

happy to see so many people liked the footage !

I certainly made sure I was well clear of the times that aircraft would be approaching, as well as being far enough and low enough away ...

anyway, the setup is a fairly customised team black sheep discovery frame. go pro hero3 black on the front as well as a very wide angle camera for the first person view. this transmits real time video to the goggles i'm wearing while the driver takes car of the car and observer makes sure its in visual range at all times.

in terms of range, the control radio is capable of in excess of 25km, depending on weather & things in the way of the radio. video range is dependant on antennas used on the ground station. normally its around 1km when with my high mobile setup, but a static groundstation will deliver over 10km of video - there are a LOT of dependants on it tho. not to mention the legality of flying out of visual range.

this setup is around $2.5k for copter & ground station hardware. I get around 10 - 15 minutes of flight per battery (and I carry a fair few of them around with me) depending on how its flown & atmospheric conditions.

its not a cheap hobby, but I've had some great times & have some awesome footage of interesting things. have built a few of them for friends too.

I recently installed a gimbal on it for the gopro - it keeps the horizon perfectly level while the frame moves around in flight. makes a big difference to the fluidness & feel of the footage....

What a brilliant piece of fun! I want one.

But I thought their was laws associated with camera's on RC gear?

I have been witness to an Yamaha RMAX in flight, just amazing! - A CASA UAV Controllers Certificate is required to fly them though, and I heard YMA had to take the camera's off them due to a privacy law..

So Rad!! I want one...

Thanks for sharing. That was really cool. Great hobby!

awesome..i must have missed this thread

Great video - I loved the different perspective of the surfers.

I can't find that Lamb song on my trawl through itunes - which one is it?

Great video