Drones

[John Luciano]

Anyone out there flying a RC Drone? Quad copter .. Looking to take video. What kind? Any suggestions. Not looking at spending a ton of money .....

 

[rhino 2]

My Wife Drone's on a lot.. Does that count?

And she does spend a ton of money...:gah:

 

[John Luciano]

Like this

 

[Veritas44]

Researched RC Copters for the Boy's Christmas Present.
The Quads w/Camera that saves stills onboard are around $150-$200.
The ones that save onboard and transmit stills/video to the Controller and can be controlled by an App on Smartphone or Tablet or Laptop will run @ $300 & Upwards.

The ones with above in higher resolution and user controllable Camera (pan, tilt, zoom, etc) usually start around $425.
Suggest pay close attention to Battery size/Flight Time capabilities, extended Range, Freq Band of Communication, and multiple Channels.
Radio Shack has a pretty decent selection and scope of Products to look at and research Specs and such.

Needless to say, the Boy got an $80 "standard" dual Rotor Copter....
For the time being, It still lives.
I don't know how but it does. Testament to its durability anyways I suppose.
Only has about 9-10 minutes flight time due to size and limitations of the small li-ion onboard battery. But it does fully charge in about 45 minutes hooked to AC.
Nifty and fun little deal. Only thing so far that will get him off the Crack-Box (X-Box) and outside voluntarily.

 

[tom w]

saw our local law enforcement playing with there drone the other day. looks pretty cool . criminals beware!

 

[Blueribbon]

R/C - Take it from someone who has been into model R/C since 1967, do NOT buy from Radio Shack. Most likely after a bad crash, you will NOT be able to get spare parts, and now your whole quad copter is TRASH. I've had over 100 R/C planes and choppers. Slowly went from fuel to all electric.

If you have a local hobby shop, deal with them. They will support you in parts. Or go to Tower Hobbies - there prices are generally within the very bottom of the price. But if you buy from Tower, do not expect the local hobby shop to support you in rebuilding or trimming help.

Same for buying batteries. No cheap ones. You can find 2000 mah batteries that vary in weight (and quality) by 4 or 5 oz. On a quad chopper, that 5 oz may mean the difference in the quality of camera you can carry.

It can be an expensive hobby, but very rewarding and quite fun.

If there is a club, go hang out with them.

You can find near-by clubs by going to the Academy of Model Aeronautics web site, and if there is a registered club in your area, it will be listed.

 

[John Luciano]

We have 3 or. 4. Clubs in the area. I flew gas planes in the 70s. One club is all electric. Will hang out there when it warms up. The video I showed was an $88 quad. With a $29. Nimbus camera. Record video or stills.

Button control on tran

 

[Pegasus1300]

Anyone out there flying a RC Drone? Quad copter .. Looking to take video. What kind? Any suggestions. Not looking at spending a ton of money .....

Check with [h=1]champsman97045[/h]He took some fantastic video of the 2013 Western Trike rally with a really nice quad copter. BTW I went looking for that video but couldn't find it. Does anyone know where it is.

 

[Phu Cat]

And by ALL means, stay away, far away, from the nudist club at the corner of Harrison RD and Dalton RD.

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[Papa Zook]

A guy from the fishing forum Im on posted this trip to Australia that he filmed.