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Staying in Seaworthy Shape

Ronnie

Ronnie

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Due to poor planning my family didn't get on the water today. We hiked Mission Peak near Fremont, CA instead. 7.5 miles round trip, I think the max. elevation is in the 2,000 foot range. The high was 75 degrees. If I looks like I did this with a quad copter strapped to my back that's because I did. No $300 pelican case for me, a back pack and two bungee cords worked just fine. I'll post an edited video in a few days/weeks for now, here is a clip (1 of 3).

 
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That's awesome. Love my quadcopter. I need to take it to the island we always anchor at, I bet I could get some great videos with my gopro.
 
Quadcopter looks awesome.. Any recommendations ? $500 budget that I can connect my goPro too.
 
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Big Shasta said:
That's awesome. Love my quadcopter. I need to take it to the island we always anchor at, I bet I could get some great videos with my gopro.
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I've always thought it'd be cool to have one out at Shell Island.
 
glad you got out for the day, thanks for sharing the video
 
geiger41 said:
Quadcopter looks awesome.. Any recommendations ? $500 budget that I can connect my goPro too.
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This is the one I recommend in that price range. You can get it a little cheaper if you don't want the extras like the optional gopro camera mounts and blade guards but this is less than half the price of their Phanton 2 Vision but comes with more than half of the features of its bigger brother.

Incidentally, I didn't want to carry my Phantom 2 up the mountain yesterday so I took my son's Phantom 1 with a gopro 3 (white edition) mounted to it instead. Its pretty much the same as the quadcopter I recommend below just without the DJI camera. What I like about it is that it is a little lighter and less complex since it does not have a separate display (smart phone or tablet) on which to see what the copter sees or to be used for camera control or telemetry (e.g. battery condition) reception.

http://www.amazon.com/DJI-Quadcopter-Transmitter-Tightening-Propellers/dp/B00HTQCZUQ/ref=sr_1_5/177-8874581-8412812?ie=UTF8&qid=1407163373&sr=8-5&keywords=dji fc40
 
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Yeah I already have Go Pro Black edition with a lot of mounts/covers. So yeah something that I could just pop that on would be the best fit.
 
You tricked me Ronnie! I thought you were putting in a plug for Seaworthy Speakers, the stock speakers Yamaha used up until 2013, when they switched to Polk DB651's. I have 4 (seaworthy) sitting on the workbench that will end up in a box, until I sell them or piece them out one at a time to guys that still have those speakers and have a blown one.

But I did want to say, your flight skills with those copters is amazing, along with your film editing and production. I would love to do both, but I don't seem to understand the editing, and I sure didn't understand the go pro hero 2 that I had. Maybe if I spent less time here and more time on research on those? NAW! I like jetboaters.net! Great videos and I can almost imagine myself in the copter when watching one of them...amazing.
 
Every time I see a quad-copter video I'm just a LITTLE bit closer to parting with my money...
 
Thanks guys. I brought the qua copter up there once before and didn't get the footage i wanted so i did it again yesterday. It was a lot windier than the first time so I intentionally flew farther out from others. I can tell I don't have a natural ability for riding that some members here do but I will keep trying anyway, at lest until I stop enjoying the challenge. Here is a pic my son took with his phone on the walk back down the hill. I probably won't be doing that hill again anytime soon.
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Wayloncle said:
I've always thought it'd be cool to have one out at Shell Island.
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I have one that I custom made that I REALLY want to bring out there. It's about 3 feet across...10" blades. I have it disassembled right now because I was upgrading the flight control board to a DJI Naza board. But I was trying to come up with a cool mount I could 3D print. I just need to zip tie it all on the frame, I don't have the time I wish I did to get it perfect. It's DEFINATELY big/powerful enough to carry a gopro (or 4) That makes me think...We have 3 at work and with mine at home, I could make a 360degree mount with 4 cameras recording....Hmmmm....All I need is time.

The DJI's are awesome. Well worth the money.
 
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