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04-13-2014, 11:34 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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GoPro2 on a Parachute.
Hey guys.. Was feeling a little bored today.. With a little too chilly of weather to go out and fly more than one pack.. So I stayed in and my mind started to wander.
Ended up mounting a servo to release an elastic that held my GoPro2 attached to a parachute on the underside of my Blade 500x. Here's the video: [ame]http://youtu.be/VnHDKQWZOsE[/ame] I found the deployment of the chute to be a little too quick.. working on something to try and slow it down and hopefully net some free fall! Worse comes to worse, I'll mock up a 'drop box' with a receiver and another servo to get some free fall. I like to tinker... Oh, and BTW. Yes, the Heli was landed fine and concentration was on the heli at all times.. (I know I'm in a park.. It was for a test run, and Really I shouldn't have done it so High, I was just caught up in the moment and having fun. I'll be at my local farmers field next time) Leave comments! And suggestions!!
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04-14-2014, 06:41 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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You found a way to get past the FAA ban on pictures from a drone!
Parachute photography! Now to simply mount a gimbal to stabilized it....
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04-15-2014, 05:26 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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I like seeing the heli dive past the camera.
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04-18-2014, 12:35 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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There's a few that the camera is looking it the right direction to catch the heli fly past..
I have one where I drop the camera, and it flips over and watches the heli float away! It's really neat! I'll try and get a few more uploaded. I plan on making a 'Drop box' type unit that I can just clip onto the heli, remotely trigger the drop.. And on the 'drop box', have another receiver with a remotely triggered parachute! I like the idea of "Going skydiving" without having to pay the price for it. Anyway, I think I'll work on building the 'drop box' today, since it snowed 4-6" over night...
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04-18-2014, 03:12 PM | #6 (permalink) |
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Very impressed you could land the heli and then still catch the camera.
Good job.
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I won't mention that I nearly crashed on the landing... but it was a hasty landing..
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04-19-2014, 10:04 AM | #8 (permalink) |
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That was awesome! Keep it up
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04-24-2014, 05:57 AM | #9 (permalink) |
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GoPro2 on a Parachute.
Epic...live the snag at the end....out of nowhere u come running in and grab it at the last second...cant wait for more
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I rigged up a box with a receiver and a servo so that I could have a friend remotely deploy the parachute. It didn't work the first time.. lol! but after that, it worked every time. Once I figure out a way to stabilize the free fall, I'll post some videos. It's really cool to have that free falling video! All the ones I have now have quite a bit of spinning when it's in free flight. Maybe I'll post one though..
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