Cherokee140
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First off let me say if this is the wrong area just move it to where you feel best.
I have posted up a few videos I have shot from my multirotor and have gotten quite a few comments on them that I figured there might be enough interest in these flying machines to start a thread....if not it will die a quick death.
I don't claim to know even 1/10 about multirotors, but I have been flying RC for over 30 years. I know a little about them, but it is a moving target and things are in change all the time.
Why would this community care about this stuff? Well first off it is kinda fun. Second they are very handy for checking out things ranging from storm damage to seeing if you need to clean out your gutters on your house....so if you think you can see a use, fun or otherwise read on.
Costs....first thing everyone wants to know is how much does it cost....and the usual answer it depends. They can cost as little as under $100 to well into the tens of thousands for "hobby" classed aircraft. But for under $500 you can get into the air with a good quality unit that will be repairable and large enough to carry a camera.....you can go up from there.
Differences.....in painting with a very wide brush there are two types of birds.
Manual, this you fly the thing 100% of the time.
Autopilots....there are really two different auto pilot type birds out there, one is APM, the other is DJI/Naza/Wookong (Phantom) These are really the two most popular at the moment.
The difference with the auto pilot machines is that they have sat. tracking in them so they can be programmed to follow a "mission", this can be handy if you want to fly a grid over a crop field to look for damage, or even if you have some cows that got out. They can also be set to hold at a given altitude and you can move the machine where you want....really whatever you can think of.
Cameras.....there are really again two basic types of cameras, the kind that record, then you bring it back download it to your computer and watch the video, the other is live video or FPV (first person view)...this is where the video has a radio link to a receiver on the ground and it is plugged into some type of monitor...you see what the camera sees in real time.
Again if there is any interest in this I will be happy to explain more....if not, it took me 5 min to type this up.
Here is a little example of the type of video you can record for well under $500.
I have posted up a few videos I have shot from my multirotor and have gotten quite a few comments on them that I figured there might be enough interest in these flying machines to start a thread....if not it will die a quick death.
I don't claim to know even 1/10 about multirotors, but I have been flying RC for over 30 years. I know a little about them, but it is a moving target and things are in change all the time.
Why would this community care about this stuff? Well first off it is kinda fun. Second they are very handy for checking out things ranging from storm damage to seeing if you need to clean out your gutters on your house....so if you think you can see a use, fun or otherwise read on.
Costs....first thing everyone wants to know is how much does it cost....and the usual answer it depends. They can cost as little as under $100 to well into the tens of thousands for "hobby" classed aircraft. But for under $500 you can get into the air with a good quality unit that will be repairable and large enough to carry a camera.....you can go up from there.
Differences.....in painting with a very wide brush there are two types of birds.
Manual, this you fly the thing 100% of the time.
Autopilots....there are really two different auto pilot type birds out there, one is APM, the other is DJI/Naza/Wookong (Phantom) These are really the two most popular at the moment.
The difference with the auto pilot machines is that they have sat. tracking in them so they can be programmed to follow a "mission", this can be handy if you want to fly a grid over a crop field to look for damage, or even if you have some cows that got out. They can also be set to hold at a given altitude and you can move the machine where you want....really whatever you can think of.
Cameras.....there are really again two basic types of cameras, the kind that record, then you bring it back download it to your computer and watch the video, the other is live video or FPV (first person view)...this is where the video has a radio link to a receiver on the ground and it is plugged into some type of monitor...you see what the camera sees in real time.
Again if there is any interest in this I will be happy to explain more....if not, it took me 5 min to type this up.
Here is a little example of the type of video you can record for well under $500.