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remote control helicopter HD footage

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Created by myusernam > 9 months ago, 25 Mar 2013
myusernam
QLD, 6160 posts
25 Mar 2013 8:33AM
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this is a promotional video for a fishing kayak but check out the quality of it. Shot with a remote control heli (you can see it at the end). Before the days of the remote it would have been a very expensive vid! thought it was worth sharing.


cisco
QLD, 12365 posts
25 Mar 2013 11:04AM
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I think it was more of a promo for Yonder Blue Video.

Great clip, thanks for posting.

FlySurfer
NSW, 4460 posts
25 Mar 2013 3:20PM
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Too steady for a helicopter, are they sure it's not a quad??

stuk
NSW, 894 posts
25 Mar 2013 8:48PM
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deejay8204
QLD, 557 posts
25 Mar 2013 7:59PM
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FlySurfer said...
Too steady for a helicopter, are they sure it's not a quad??


Yep I say Quad. If ya skip to 1:09 you can see it in the shadow on the kayak.

mrrt
WA, 72 posts
25 Mar 2013 9:28PM
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deejay8204 said...
FlySurfer said...
Too steady for a helicopter, are they sure it's not a quad??


Yep I say Quad. If ya skip to 1:09 you can see it in the shadow on the kayak.


It's actually a Hexacopter (six rotors) as you can see if you count the arms of the shadow. :-)

airjunkie
WA, 142 posts
25 Mar 2013 9:58PM
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mrrt said...
deejay8204 said...
FlySurfer said...
Too steady for a helicopter, are they sure it's not a quad??


Yep I say Quad. If ya skip to 1:09 you can see it in the shadow on the kayak.


It's actually a Hexacopter (six rotors) as you can see if you count the arms of the shadow. :-)


. . . surely if we were to split hairs all of the above are still called a helicopter:

hel·i·cop·ter
[hel-i-kop-ter, hee-li-]
noun
any of a class of heavier-than-air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine.


i am now an expert on the subject coz i gooogled it 2 mins ago
(oh yeah - and took the first listing as gospel)

myusernam
QLD, 6160 posts
26 Mar 2013 10:49AM
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yeah, its a 6 rotor thing. you can buy the same rig. it's called a cinemax or something like that. then you just throw on a camera. they use a lumix SLR - didn't think they were that good but they must be. They fly it indoors too. Can get the same effect as those cinematic rigs with the camera on a boom and tracks without all the setup.

Id just want to fly it into the ladies changeroom at the gym or hover out the window...

FlySurfer
NSW, 4460 posts
27 Mar 2013 12:40PM
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deejay8204 said...
Yep I say Quad. If ya skip to 1:09 you can see it in the shadow on the kayak.


Well spotted

My quad is shaky and unstable :(, and my heli is virtually unflyable ... maybe I need a hexacopter

Macroscien
QLD, 6809 posts
27 Mar 2013 1:49PM
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For a long time I have be considering heli -copter platform hovering above but with teether cable supplying electric power from the ground.
Such stable platform could hover indefinitely over land or buildings 10 -100 meters or even a kilometer to supply constant video for ie forest fire, road traffic, beach surveillance etc or serving as wifi or cell phone transmitter.

Even better could be tethered airships but then size and maneuverability in strong winds could limit their use.

Are there any way to test the idea and supply existing copter with cable after removing internal battery ?
Could copter be setup to keep in one spot exactly above the ground without the need for constant attention ( steering ) ?



sn
WA, 2775 posts
27 Mar 2013 12:02PM
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Macroscien said...
Even better could be tethered airships but then size and maneuverability in strong winds could limit their use.

Are there any way to test the idea and supply existing copter with cable after removing internal battery ?
Could copter be setup to keep in one spot exactly above the ground without the need for constant attention ( steering ) ?


popular mechanics magazine had a write-up very similar to this a while back- tethered wind generators,
it is currently under full scale testing someplace.

stephen

Buster fin
WA, 2599 posts
27 Mar 2013 6:04PM
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Macroscien said...
Could copter be setup to keep in one spot exactly above the ground without the need for constant attention ( steering ) ?






Sure! I've seen them out fitted with GPS enabling them to crop-dust accurately and efficiently, and to measure beach erosion.

Macroscien
QLD, 6809 posts
28 Mar 2013 12:40AM
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Perfect, if there is any copter available on eBay with brush less motors ( that last) ,
without plastic gearing ( too last longer) that i could buy to perform my next experiment on levitating copter over my own property supplied by electric cable from the ground ?
Usually toys like that are designed to last few minutes then fail

I have already few copters like that in my shed.

Something that could stay in the air for few days ?




myusernam
QLD, 6160 posts
28 Mar 2013 10:05AM
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Macroscien said...
Perfect, if there is any copter available on eBay with brush less motors ( that last) ,
without plastic gearing ( too last longer) that i could buy to perform my next experiment on levitating copter over my own property supplied by electric cable from the ground ?
Usually toys like that are designed to last few minutes then fail

I have already few copters like that in my shed.

Something that could stay in the air for few days ?







mate you would need one with a lot of lift capable of holding the weight of a cable. To save on weight you could just have a power cable and either stream the data for the controll over the power cable or use wireless. Then you would need a whole heap of automation for the thing to fly itself, including some great software on the ground. I think the power weight balance would need real cutting edge materials and technology to get right. It's not a bad idea, but I fear you lack the skillz to go anywhere near pulling it off - I would say a team of people from multiple disciplines at a top university might be able to do it in after a couple of years if it's possible at all. I daresay the lift required to hold a power cable up to a usefull height with the weight of the craft would be too hard on any scale.
I'd also say that after a few days of continuos running motors would be fxcked.



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