I am looking to buy a drone for work, I have seen some guys use them here but I would like the ability to have a live view/record. I have a decent budget to work with, let me know what you guys have or recommend.
Thanks!
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I would wait for this bad boy.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/airdog/airdog-worlds-first-auto-follow-action-sports-dron
Be careful with how you use it, the FAA is becoming increasingly "annoyed" with the people using them commercially. A friend of mine and I started a side business with one but we are holding off on payed jobs until they finish the regulations, supposedly should be out next year.
As far as a build goes, you can either buy a full budget kit like the popular DJI Phantom series, or go custom. Our build consists of a Tarot Ironman 650, Tarot two axis camera gimbal with GoPro Hero 3, Sunnysky 2814-11 kv 700 motors, Hobbyking blue 30 amp escs, NAZA V2 w/gps, Futaba 8J controller, Boscam FPV, and still undecided on batteries.
With my current configuration my rig weights in just under 2400 grams (about 5 lbs which is the max weight for this particular model) and I can get about 14 minutes of flight time on a 3S 8000 mAh LiPo and about 12.5 minutes on a 3S 6400mAh battery. However I am carrying a GoPro camera, a stabilized gimbal assembly, an OSD (On Screen Display) module for FPV (First Person View), and a 400mW video transmitter in additional to the receiver, the GPS, and the on-board nav system. Now the newer Phantom 2 quad-copters have a flight time of over 20 minutes! However this is in their bare-bones configuration. The more "stuff" you add to the platform the faster the battery drains. Personally I find that 12+ minutes of flight time is more than enough for the type of shooting I do.How long can yours stay up UM?
We went to the La Jolla portion of the annual Big Bay Boom fireworks show down here in SD, there was one of these guys flying out and through the fireworks. It stayed up the whole time (25min), I think I was more blown away by that thing than the actual fireworks. I keep searching YT for him to upload it. I bet the footage is unreal.
Well initially with the Futaba T8FGS radio and the stock receiver I was getting about 1 kilometer of range before eventually losing contact and initiating an automated RTH (Return to Home). Yes these hobbyist multirotors will automatically come back and land where they took off from when they lose signal from the radio transmitter. I wasn't happy with that though so I replaced one of the two receiver antennas with an 400mm unit from an R/C boat. I've been out as far as 1800 meters with the new antenna and still maintained contact. Problem is at anything over 750 meters the damn thing is not visible with the naked eye so FPV is a must at those distances. I feed the output from my GoPro through the GCU (Gimbal Control Unit) and then it's sent back to me via the on-board transmitter. I have a 9-in LCD receiver I place on a tripod and use for my remote viewing with both a Helical Axial Mode and a 5 lobe Mad Mushroom antenna. Een at 1800+ meters as long as I have direct line of sight I get clear color video from the GoPro as seen here:That looks pretty cool UM!! What kind of range do you get?
That looks pretty cool UM!! What kind of range do you get?
Op, what are you trying to do? I have the phantom vision and the camera is disappointing. I would much rather have a gopro but the fpv is really cool. DJI recently released the way point autonomous flying app and it's pretty cool.
I would wait for this bad boy.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/airdog/airdog-worlds-first-auto-follow-action-sports-dron
FAA just announced last week that flying an R/C anything with goggles is illegal according to their rules. Big fight between the AMA and FAA is ensuing.Dude if your gonna do it then do it all the way with FPS goggles and all...
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FAA just announced last week that flying an R/C anything with goggles is illegal according to their rules. Big fight between the AMA and FAA is ensuing.
U.M.