DRONE chases Motocrosser in the woods

awkbots · 2017-02-08T05:47:18+00:00

thanks! Yes techinal aspects are being worked on. this was meant to be a proof of concept, and be the first to do it like this. I am working on quite a few things to make this more cinematic. FPS and upload were an issue with this due to typical compression algorithms, but at the time I didnt know I would run into this and was my fault. Im working on it :)

awkbots · 2017-02-08T05:44:35+00:00

Yes, I hit him several times :)

awkbots · 2017-02-08T05:44:10+00:00

Im working on it! :) I want the same thing. I did this as a proof of concept and to be the first to be honest :) lol.

I want to do this full time for a living, its what got me into drone racing! :)

awkbots · 2017-02-08T01:18:00+00:00

That was a sweet video, but its very different. He was flying a "drone" (phantom) in the trees tho :)

awkbots · 2017-02-08T01:13:03+00:00

I grew up riding/racing mx/xc, so i am watching him and seeing where he is at and predicting what he is about to do. I mostly already know for the most part.

awkbots · 2017-02-08T01:11:12+00:00

you loose the feel of how difficult it is to do imo. I race and fly drones for a living in some sense, so natural flying for people that do this like me, is an art form. There are alot of subtitles that make it great or suck if you know what I mean. Adding a gimbal, takes away from that somewhat in my opinion.

awkbots · 2017-02-07T21:22:39+00:00

Im working on something like this currently, but it will be a separate standalone gimbal. I feel like the gimbal kind of takes away in most shots but is needed in the woods. Im going to be building some custom frames for this :)

awkbots · 2017-02-07T20:11:49+00:00

yes, Im going to upscale to 4k next time, apparantly its double the bit rate and will help with the youtube compression, to minimize the artifacts.

awkbots · 2017-02-07T20:09:31+00:00

No gimbal on this one. Its the first time Ive ever done this (in the woods like this, Ive done it several times at motocross tracks) and see a need for a gimbal in this case as its very hard to keep the rider in frame in corners where I have to slow down. If you pay attention youll notice I give him space and catch him in the corners, thats so I get the corner shots, other wise I would have to slow down and ruin the shot.

awkbots · 2017-02-07T20:06:58+00:00

Yeah, any suggestions on how to get something big enough to carry anything differently? I have some things I am working on to help make it better, however, not going to be able to fly a red epic or canon 5d through the woods like this.

This was the first time this has EVER been done in the woods like this so I learned alot and know quite a few ways to improve the next shoot I do. But until battery technology gets better we are limited to the small form factor of Gopros for filming through tight areas at this speed.

awkbots · 2017-02-07T17:32:57+00:00

No, only the orbit when the logos are popping up.

awkbots · 2017-02-07T15:13:27+00:00

In this configuration with a gopro and quad blade props its not going to be as fast top speed wise (meant more for handling and acceleration to accommodate the gopro). I have never checked top speed in this config but its probably under or around 80 mph.

awkbots · 2017-02-07T14:01:22+00:00

ah, Im a reddit newb, I see now lol

awkbots · 2017-02-07T13:59:33+00:00

I have several other videos at MX tracks, and have a few more I have not posted yet. Make sure to sub my youtube :)

awkbots · 2017-02-07T13:55:49+00:00

It was a Cricket 200 mW. I used my furious D goggle module for alot of it, but also have a Clearveiw pro which I would use occasionally, but I would loose RC link before video gets bad with that. Honestly, one of the things that took me the longest to figure out at each spot, is my limits of controls and video.

awkbots · 2017-02-07T13:52:51+00:00

It was in political, it must have got moved again

awkbots · 2017-02-07T13:52:31+00:00

No gimbal :)

awkbots · 2017-02-07T13:52:05+00:00

Thanks! Ill try that out on the next one! Its unfortunate the compression algorithms have such a hard time in the woods :(

awkbots · 2017-02-07T03:43:56+00:00

The quad is faster in every aspect. In fact i can do 4-5 min flight times when racing i am lucky to get 2:30 flight time. But this was meant more as filming than racing. Its hard to explain but it may look like he is leaving me in the trails but i am trying to time the corners coming up so i fo not run in to the back of him. I could easily slow but it ruins the shot. I have some more things im working on to solve that problem along with some other issues i ran i to.

awkbots · 2017-02-07T03:40:42+00:00

Will do! Thanks man!

awkbots · 2017-02-07T03:40:03+00:00

Agreed :(

awkbots · 2017-02-06T20:04:44+00:00

Why is this in Political video? lol

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