Multirotor, multicopter and quadcopter discussion - The Drone thread

Russinating · 2 Jul 2015 at 16:55

Just put together an updated showreel. Thoughts appreciated!

Direct link for fullscreen (OcUK never allows this for me?): www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGb3OWfXGZA

Tackle_Berry · 2 Jul 2015 at 17:12

Russinating said:
Just put together an updated showreel. Thoughts appreciated!

Direct link for fullscreen (OcUK never allows this for me?): www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGb3OWfXGZA

Really good work, nice editing and the colours look great.

Must be cool being able to fly pretty much wherever you want.

Rilot · 2 Jul 2015 at 19:53

Ash2097 said:
Must be cool being able to fly pretty much wherever you want.

The thing is though, he can't. As a PFAW holder he's actually more restricted than a hobbyist flier.

Stupid isn't it.

Russinating · 2 Jul 2015 at 21:35

Rilot said:
The thing is though, he can't. As a PFAW holder he's actually more restricted than a hobbyist flier.

Stupid isn't it.

Quite. The caravan park was actually on the edge of a Danger Zone (specifically permitted for long-range UAV activity interestingly) so had to give the local radar a call. Can be a faff but all for a good reason.

Genoma · 3 Jul 2015 at 12:06

Russ, I like it but I'm (uninformed, out of touch, not in this market at all type caveats etc

) not a fan of the faded colour scheme in the first half, could confuse potential customers?

Maybe stay consistent through the videos, try and match the colour/white balance across them? I would also have your brand/logo at the start to reinforce it.

[TW]Taggart · 3 Jul 2015 at 13:51

Genoma said:
Russ, I like it but I'm (uninformed, out of touch, not in this market at all type caveats etc ) not a fan of the faded colour scheme in the first half, could confuse potential customers?

Maybe stay consistent through the videos, try and match the colour/white balance across them? I would also have your brand at the start to reinforce it.

I would agree with the vlog look, it makes some of the shots look slightly over-exposed. For me it take too long for the music to kick in, id look at editing the music down for a shorter intro.

bit of inspiration of a vid i help cut

Russinating · 3 Jul 2015 at 14:54

Genoma said:
Russ, I like it but I'm (uninformed, out of touch, not in this market at all type caveats etc ) not a fan of the faded colour scheme in the first half, could confuse potential customers?

Maybe stay consistent through the videos, try and match the colour/white balance across them? I would also have your brand/logo at the start to reinforce it.

Fair! Will have a play. It was inspired by the old recording you're right, clients are stupid and they probably won't get it.

[TW]Taggart;28264915 said:
I would agree with the vlog look, it makes some of the shots look slightly over-exposed. For me it take too long for the music to kick in, id look at editing the music down for a shorter intro.

bit of inspiration of a vid i help cut

Wish we had bikini-clad models jumping out of helicopters for no apparent reason!

Russinating · 3 Jul 2015 at 18:58

Second cut! Don't agree with a logo at the beginning but rest I've agreed with

Flukester · 3 Jul 2015 at 22:16

Rebuild complete.... H3-3D which was only 1 month old was toast so had to fit my old chinese gimbal

. DJI stopped making 1038 props so forced to Graupners. Frame is HK H550 clone for £15. Got some flanged lock nuts coming in for props but silly turret nuts will have to do for now. Not sure is she flys yet. Big test toms

Flukester · 3 Jul 2015 at 22:20

Russinating said:
Second cut! Don't agree with a logo at the beginning but rest I've agreed with

Looks fantastic... the only bit I don't like is the shot of moving grass before you see car, but hey what do I know

Genoma · 4 Jul 2015 at 10:57

I like it much better now. The swimming pool shot is superb.

Flukester · 4 Jul 2015 at 15:36

Dam Graupner props at 10*5 on 3S haven't enough thrust... back to drawing board

DJMK4 · 4 Jul 2015 at 15:41

Had a great flight with the 250 this morning. Video feed much better since the vtx secured. Showed my brother he was impressed with my flying skills. Really getting confident with rate mode now. Cant wait to get it tuned in more.

Also had a flight with the 450. Feeling much more better without the lumpy landing skids on, back to white legs and flies much better

almoststew1990 · 5 Jul 2015 at 16:39

almoststew1990 said:
Sodlering questions...

Well today had my first go at soldering with my Dad's 'model soldering iron' at my parents place- sucess! Finally got my quadcopter back yay

Didn't bring battery charger, doh! New life skill learnt.

DJMK4 · 5 Jul 2015 at 17:20

Going for a tuning session.

Little bit windy though

DJMK4 · 5 Jul 2015 at 18:40

Omg ghandi thanks fpr your example pids. Using them as a base, mobius camera not charged so cant look at on board footage to see if any oscliation but flies fast, locked in, rolls and loops really responsive

Will use this as a baseline then just finetune it

DJMK4 · 5 Jul 2015 at 19:30

Stil needs sone tuning but rapid response and very quick.

Fractured one the pcb board coming down too hard. Oops

Going to setup two profiles. The one im tweakikg from defaults and the one im tweaking from the example

gandhi · 5 Jul 2015 at 22:46

Cool. I'm very happy you found them useful

I've been on holiday in cornwall for a week, took the quad but the only times flying was vaguely possible it was blowing a gale. Still, tomorrow is another story. Monday off, weather looking ok and a new version of cleanflight to test.

Cyclone · 6 Jul 2015 at 10:37

Getting closer to the sweet spot with the settings on the P3P. I just need to find another place to fly as Im getting fed up taking pics of the same field

gandhi · 6 Jul 2015 at 11:57

Ash2097 said:
I found a few 3D parts on ThingVerse which looked good. So was then looking for local 3D printers and came across 3DHubs which lets you send your files to 3D printers in your area. Anyway I thought it was pretty handy, only cost £8.70 and turns out the guy only lives 5 minutes away.

-15 degree mobius mount (will use Poron and stick it to the ZMR250)
-10 degree HS1177 FPV camera mount
- Rear bumper for LED strip

this is incredibly useful

Thank you! I've just found a 3d printer round the corner from me, so going to be using that soon!