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This is an aerial photo taken with my DJI Phantom 3 Advanced Quadcopter. In this image is Steubenville, Ohio and the Market Street Bridge lit in it's neon blue.
This was primary goal with yesterday's flights ... to capture an aerial sunset at my favorite Great Lakes Lighthouse: Little Sable Point.
Taken with a Phantom 2 quadcopter, a Zenmuse H3 3D gimbal and a GoPro Hero 3+ "Black Edition" camera.
I also use a first person view (FPV) setup to help me compose the shots.
Sunday morning I put the DJI Mini 2 quadcopter up over Panama Flats to see to what extent the flood had subsided.
Main Trail is open which permits users to travers the park as the builders of the Inland Interurban Trail intended.
DJI Mini 2 Drone Return to Panama Flats Park September 2021
Here's one of my favorite drone photos!
I just released our new quadcopter/drone set of tutorial videos in our store at store.stuckincustoms.com/collections/tutorials/products/d...
These are some really fun lessons aimed at all levels, from beginner to advanced. One of my favorite lessons there is the one about how-to-edit drone videos. Hopefully, I can help save you from many of the mistakes I have made!
Flew the quadcopter out over the Wilmette Harbor to grab this aerial view of the harbor looking toward the Baha'i Temple.
On September 17th 2059, infamous bandit Ivy Cash robbed the Mesa Verde bank in Peralta, NM. As usual, she shook off any pursuers – man and drone – to disappear in the desert she knew so well. Since that day, nobody ever heard of her. Until today.
Behind the scenes:
The character of Ivy Cash started off as a female heroine my wife made with parts from build-a-minifig at the local LEGO store. Her radiant take-no-cr**, give-no-sh** attitude intrigued me … and to no one’s surprise she became a gangster. The southern theme developed as a nod to the Breaking bad/Better Call Saul franchise; avid fans might even pick up one or two easter eggs in the description. There is one MOC about her that I made a while ago (flic.kr/s/aHsme9QY8Y), and this new one represents the ending I feel her story deserves; I hope that there will be more prequels to follow …
SPIKE and I went out for a little flight last night in Holland, Michigan.
Shot with a DJI Phantom 2 quadcopter and a GoPro Hero 3+ Black edition camera.
Anyone considering a drone should get one of these first. Flying a drone is not easy. You can learn on one of these since they're virtually indestructable. Once you learn how to fly, then get a bigger more expensive drone.
That's a pear in the background.
FuriBee F36 Quadcopter
This is what happens when you press the "Go Home" button on the drone. It works well, except that it might land a few feet away from the takeoff point, which could be in the middle of a bush.
I was working the gimbal on the way down and still haven't gotten the hang on which way is up and which way, down.
Anyway, this is SOOC (straight out of camera). A bit of contrast and saturation would improve it.
DB4 “Sketto” Gunship Quadcopter
Concept
My motivation behind this thing comes from the many inspiring drawings at the Concept-Ships blog, and the theme itself is an integration of actually three themes: First a foremost the evolution of the Bell H1 Huey, second is Road Warrior and then Star Wars! You may also notice a big influence of other aircraft: Bell 47 Chopper, F9C Sparrowhawk / USS Macon, F-4 Phantom, B-25, 1960’s U.S. Navy paint schemes. Its roll is in Patrol, Defensive, Support, Heavy Lift and Re-Supply. Operations are undertaken in Gas Planet Mining Colonies. No land = no landing gear. Instead it hooks off a large Mother Ship (Airship).
Fun Facts
-107 Brickarms
-1600+ Bricks
-32 Feet of Tubing
-275 DBG Minifig Hands
-Took 3 months to build.
-“Sketto” A four winged blood sucking Star Wars creature.
Construction
-Main construction is made from the tubing and large panels, any bricks used are for the engines and detailing. Lego sail cloth and string are used in the fuselage. Decal / Sticker material used throughout.
-Panels are Light BLY with both the inner and outer sides cover in large full custom decals.
-The fuselage is all tubular construction with Lego sail cloth underneath. To help hold it in place, string runs along the inside of the tubing. The rear engine heat shield is also Lego sail cloth covered in an aluminum sticker material.
-Engines can tilt forward and back 75 deg, and in and out 25 deg.
-Weapons bay hold two ADC500 500lbs “Blockbuster” (Atmospheric Depth Charges)
-Rocket pods hold 28 BR-9X 60lbs “Shrike” Short Range Heat Seeking Missile (4 Pods)
-Docking Hook can be extended. This works like the F9C Sparrowhawk / USS Macon did in 1930’s. While in the Navy I worked in the hanger for the USS Macon, as well as the Mythbusters!
Took the quadcopter for a spin this morning over the lakefill at Northwestern University. This shot looks over the south campus with downtown Evanston in the background.
On September 17th 2059, infamous bandit Ivy Cash robbed the Mesa Verde bank in Peralta, NM. As usual, she shook off any pursuers – man and drone – to disappear in the desert she knew so well. Since that day, nobody ever heard of her. Until today.
Behind the scenes:
The character of Ivy Cash started off as a female heroine my wife made with parts from build-a-minifig at the local LEGO store. Her radiant take-no-cr**, give-no-sh** attitude intrigued me … and to no one’s surprise she became a gangster. The southern theme developed as a nod to the Breaking bad/Better Call Saul franchise; avid fans might even pick up one or two easter eggs in the description. There is one MOC about her that I made a while ago (flic.kr/s/aHsme9QY8Y), and this new one represents the ending I feel her story deserves; I hope that there will be more prequels to follow …
This aerial photo shows San Pablo Park in the foreground, with Southwest Berkeley, Emeryville, San Francisco Bay, and the Bay Bridge in the background. Yep, that's me on the grass below.
San Pablo Park is one block from my house, and is my local testing ground for aerial photography gear.
This process of using a quadcopter for aerial photography started in the summer, when I bought two inexpensive, lightweight (dare I say "toyish") quadcopters to learn how to fly such craft. It was not easy, and there were many dramatic crashes and retrievals from tall trees! Luckily the spare parts from the second quad did not run out until I could fly the thing respectably.
Earlier this month, I ordered a "real" quadcopter. It is made of aircraft grade aluminum, and is a thing of beauty! It weighs just under 2 lbs, has about 8 lbs of thrust, and it was tuned to fly like an absolute rocket ship when it arrived. I felt that if I gave it any significant amount of throttle, it would go so high as to be invisible in just a few short seconds. Scarey!! I must admit that I had a couple of hellacious crashes in a very large, wide open space. And that aircraft aluminum can be bent back into shape fairly easily ;-)
Luckily I was able to tune the copter so that it now flies very level, less like a rocket ship and more like the barge that I want it to fly like. I have decent control when flying it now, and it seems like it can be an excellent platform for aerial photography. The frame of the Armattan quadcopter I own is not designed for lifting a camera, but I chose it for the beauty of its design, the fact that it was shipped completely built and ready to fly, that it included the flight controller that I wanted to be using, and that it was very affordable.
This photograph was taken with a Fuji F20 camera, which I haven't used in years. It uses the old xD memory cards, and I only could only manage to find a 512 MB card in my drawer! I had no way of triggering it, other than to put it into continuous shooting mode and to use a powerful rubber band to hold a shirt button down on the shutter button. The high-frequency vibrations of the quadcopter don't work well with optical image stabilization, and this is the only camera I had around without OIS. I have a new Canon point and shoot on its way which will be better suited to the job.
I'm not sure how much I will ultimately use this technology for my aerial photography, but I love to fly these machines and it has been fun and challenging getting to this point.
Taken by a camera lofted by a quadcopter.
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DB4 “Sketto” Gunship Quadcopter
Concept
My motivation behind this thing comes from the many inspiring drawings at the Concept-Ships blog, and the theme itself is an integration of actually three themes: First a foremost the evolution of the Bell H1 Huey, second is Road Warrior and then Star Wars! You may also notice a big influence of other aircraft: Bell 47 Chopper, F9C Sparrowhawk / USS Macon, F-4 Phantom, B-25, 1960’s U.S. Navy paint schemes. Its roll is in Patrol, Defensive, Support, Heavy Lift and Re-Supply. Operations are undertaken in Gas Planet Mining Colonies. No land = no landing gear. Instead it hooks off a large Mother Ship (Airship).
Fun Facts
-107 Brickarms
-1600+ Bricks
-32 Feet of Tubing
-275 DBG Minifig Hands
-Took 3 months to build.
-“Sketto” A four winged blood sucking Star Wars creature.
Construction
-Main construction is made from the tubing and large panels, any bricks used are for the engines and detailing. Lego sail cloth and string are used in the fuselage. Decal / Sticker material used throughout.
-Panels are Light BLY with both the inner and outer sides cover in large full custom decals.
-The fuselage is all tubular construction with Lego sail cloth underneath. To help hold it in place, string runs along the inside of the tubing. The rear engine heat shield is also Lego sail cloth covered in an aluminum sticker material.
-Engines can tilt forward and back 75 deg, and in and out 25 deg.
-Weapons bay hold two ADC500 500lbs “Blockbuster” (Atmospheric Depth Charges)
-Rocket pods hold 28 BR-9X 60lbs “Shrike” Short Range Heat Seeking Missile (4 Pods)
-Docking Hook can be extended. This works like the F9C Sparrowhawk / USS Macon did in 1930’s. While in the Navy I worked in the hanger for the USS Macon, as well as the Mythbusters!
It will now remain an interesting memory and a learning experience of how not to fly.Have to plan to build my own now. Will keep all posted on progress of the new build. This picture was taken by the quad when I was carrying it for launch.
some more shots from the little toy quadcopter
Biscuit & Treacle continue their games, Saxon is ever vigilant, Lotus turns her back :-)
I've been playing around for the past couple of months with a very small quadcopter, a four-propellered flying machine with a built-in gyroscope for stabilization.
Luckily I ordered two of these copters at once, because, having never flown any kind of remote-controlled aircraft before, I knew I'd be having many gut-wrenching, destructive crashes.
I was absolutely right! When I broke a motor, propeller, or arm, I was able to simply cannibalize parts from the second copter to repair the damage and get the thing back in the air.
Now I can fly the quad for half an hour at a time, enjoying the fantastic grace of the thing, without having any unsightly "situations". I do this several mornings each week, and find the experience very relaxing, even somewhat Zen-like.
It's all an experiment to see how well I'm able to pilot such a craft, with the thought of possibly moving up to a larger model capable of flying a good quality camera. Whether or not I decide to take that next step, I'm happy that I've become familiar with these marvelous contraptions.
Taken by a $44 HD mini-cam velcroed to the bottom of a $45 quadcopter.
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Well, I don't think it's actually a quadcopter, but I'm sure she could play one. I saw her in concert twice with Hans Zimmer, and she always trashes apart her bow-thing. It's called a bow, right? This is a good indication of how little I know about playing music… And how cool is that cello?
- Trey Ratcliff
Click here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
After a month of research and two months waiting for parts, my 250 size FPV quadcopter is finally ready.
It's first flight was also my first time flying a quad, but even after some hard "landings" and some grass cutting, it's as good as new!
You can check my first flight here: youtu.be/x9-L1QLTJUA
When no one is around it is quite fun to fly the drone for a different view. This is a late afternoon, early spring in the Adelaide Hills, which is higher than most of Adelaide, with relatively lower temperatures and higher rainfall than the plains, similar to LA.
Below are lush farms and boutique wineries that will soon turn brown over summer and subject to bush fires in the less cleared areas.
DB4 “Sketto” Gunship Quadcopter
Concept
My motivation behind this thing comes from the many inspiring drawings at the Concept-Ships blog, and the theme itself is an integration of actually three themes: First a foremost the evolution of the Bell H1 Huey, second is Road Warrior and then Star Wars! You may also notice a big influence of other aircraft: Bell 47 Chopper, F9C Sparrowhawk / USS Macon, F-4 Phantom, B-25, 1960’s U.S. Navy paint schemes. Its roll is in Patrol, Defensive, Support, Heavy Lift and Re-Supply. Operations are undertaken in Gas Planet Mining Colonies. No land = no landing gear. Instead it hooks off a large Mother Ship (Airship).
Fun Facts
-107 Brickarms
-1600+ Bricks
-32 Feet of Tubing
-275 DBG Minifig Hands
-Took 3 months to build.
-“Sketto” A four winged blood sucking Star Wars creature.
Construction
-Main construction is made from the tubing and large panels, any bricks used are for the engines and detailing. Lego sail cloth and string are used in the fuselage. Decal / Sticker material used throughout.
-Panels are Light BLY with both the inner and outer sides cover in large full custom decals.
-The fuselage is all tubular construction with Lego sail cloth underneath. To help hold it in place, string runs along the inside of the tubing. The rear engine heat shield is also Lego sail cloth covered in an aluminum sticker material.
-Engines can tilt forward and back 75 deg, and in and out 25 deg.
-Weapons bay hold two ADC500 500lbs “Blockbuster” (Atmospheric Depth Charges)
-Rocket pods hold 28 BR-9X 60lbs “Shrike” Short Range Heat Seeking Missile (4 Pods)
-Docking Hook can be extended. This works like the F9C Sparrowhawk / USS Macon did in 1930’s. While in the Navy I worked in the hanger for the USS Macon, as well as the Mythbusters!
Story Line
Like the Bell H-1 Huey, the Sketto was designed as a support aircraft that later was modified into a bad ass gunship! However the Sketto as a civilian aircraft and didn’t have the military money to back its transformation into a gunship, instead what happen was a collaboration between the Aeten Mining Colonies and the Lantillies Shipyard. It was however the mining colonies necessity to retrofit there DB4’s into gunships that started it all. That’s where the Road Warrior look comes into play. The Star Wars theme comes in with the look and feel of the Minifigs and the interplanetary mining operation.
The Aeten II Mining Company specializes in many different types of mineral and gas extraction. They’re particular good at extracting the rare HH3 or (Heavy Hydrogen 3). HH3 is found in the lower levels of some gas planets. Very specialize equipment is designed to hover just above these lower gas levels. Here the HH3 is pumped up throw long hoses into storage tanks onboard the large Aeten Tankers. However this isn’t without it challenges do to its value. Local disputes often arise over whom has the rights to these gas planets, as well as the threat of pirates raiding mining colonies for their extracted HH3.
To help combat these threats, the miners came up with a gunship design based off the Lantillies Shipyards DB4 Support Ship. It’s quick, light and maneuverable even in the larger heavier gas planets. Its weapons system is both offensive and defensive capable. Four gun turrets can ward off just about any attack from any direction, while the main cannons can strike a heavy blow to eliminate the threat!
Its main deck normally used for resupply can be retro fitted with seats for 8 Aerial Raiders. Raiders can be deployed via the lower hatch crane, two side doors or vertical grappling hook cannon.
Specifications:
Fuselage length: 10 Bricks
Length: 10 Bricks
Height: 10 Bricks
Weight: Empty 33,226. Gross up to 73,000 pounds
Speed: 225 mph
Ceiling: 45,000ft above 29.9 SBP “Standard Barometric Pressure”
Range: 1,240 nautical miles
Power plant:
4 J59e Turboprop’s - HH3 injection system
2 J59b Turbojet / Turboshaft Hybrid - HH3 injection system - Electromagnetic high capacity
Crew: Six – Pilot, Reo, 4 Turret Gunners and a Mech Droid
Builder: Lantillies Shipyards
Armament:
4 Turrets - ABY Twin Laser Bo-Cannons
2 - ABY Single Laser Bo-Cannons
4 ABY J7 Heavy Laser Cannon
2 ADC500 500lbs “Blockbuster” (Atmospheric Depth Charges)
28 BR-9X 60lbs “Shrike” Short Range Heat Seeking Missile (4 Pods)
4 BR-56x 150lbs “Rampage” Medium Range Radar guided Missile
This morning, I have added a few photos taken on 3 July 2020, on the way home after a drive to Forgetmenot Pond, west of Calgary. The Pond was my main destination.
The weather forecast was for several rainy days in a row, so I wanted to make the most of a sunny day. The past week, I have had to be careful about how many kilometres I drove, before getting a service after the maintenance light came on a week ago, as I didn't want to mess up my car warranty.
On 3 July, however, I decided to drive west of the city, just into the eastern edge of the mountains. It's not a long drive and I was hoping to find some wildflowers before they all go to seed. I almost gave up trying to photograph wildflowers, as it was too windy to keep the flowers in the viewfinder.
What a nightmare few hours, as I think half of Calgary decided to do this trip. So many cars and so many people. Parking lots were overflowing and the main highway was lined with parked cars in many places.
My first stop was at a forested area to have a quick look for wildflowers and to see if there were any fungi that had started growing yet. Very little variety in wildflowers, and I only came across one single mushroom plus a little group of a different species.
From there, I kept driving till I reached Forgetmenot Pond. This is actually a man-made pond, left over from the excavation of a gravel pit. The water is crystal clear. It's just a short walk around the pond, but enjoyable to do. The main road this far into Kananaskis only opens in June each year, as a winter gate at Elbow Falls closes in December for the winter months, to protect the wildlife in the area. This day, though, the path around the pond had so many people on it, and some people (families?) had actually set up various tents near the path. I had to keep walking through the trees to avoid everyone. As for Elbow Falls, there were so many cars there that there was no way I was going to even try and call in briefly. This was a Friday, not even a busy weekend day. I guess this is what it is going to be like the whole of the summer - yikes!
I found the following 4-minute video on YouTube, taken by Kenneth Lori using a DJI Phantom 3 Professional quadcopter and taken on 16 June 2016. It travels over Forgetmenot Pond and the surrounding river and mountains. So beautiful.
Later, it was such a contrast to drive a few of my favourite roads closer to home. A few cyclists and a few cars, but, in between them, it was so quiet and peaceful. Felt so good. There was even one Snipe on a fence post to make this extra bit of driving worthwhile. Not that I need any more Snipe photos to post : ) You might be glad to see a Snipe photo as, soon, it will be back to (oh, no!) American White Pelican photos. Just had to get out for a while on 5 July, partly because my place was feeling much too warm. The drive to and from Frank Lake was roughly 145 kilometers.
On 3 July, I found that two of the Mountain Bluebird families had vacated their nest boxes. I had a feeling that I was going to miss their fledging - this is what usually happens each year! However, I was so happy to spot a tiny Bluebird fledgling huddled right against the top of a fence post. Just trying to keep safe. And then, suddenly, it was no longer there. I didn't see it fly and I thought it may have dropped down into the grass. However, when I turned my car around to the other side of the road, I found a fledgling (same one?) down in the field, in an area of dried mud rather than tall grass. SO cute.
To help support a small pub/restaurant in the area, I called in and got take-out. One of the young women who works in the cafe was excited to tell me that they now have homemade chili on the menu again. The minestrone soup is also good.
There was still time, after taking a few photos of some of the usual birds, to drive on a road that I have driven so many times before, but not for a while. Happy to see a beautiful Swainson's Hawk perched on a fence post.
Finally reached home around 5:00 pm, after driving roughly 185 km since 9:30 am. So, not a really long drive, and one that still left me with more spare distance before my car had to go in for service yesterday. Hopefully, that will be that, for the rest of the year, as far as my vehicle is concerned!!
Yesterday, 9 July 2020, I gave my car a good test when I did a long drive to one of my favourite places. I stopped and started the car so many times, feeling nervous that it might not start, but all worked out well. Lots of beautiful sightings that I will start posting in the next few days. I haven't even downloaded my photos from yesterday, which is most unusual for me - I was exhausted after driving somewhere around 460 km!
Her trusted getaway ride, endlessly overpowered and legendary fast; no wonder no one can catch up with her.
This is a view of the underside; no studs and (almost) no anti-studs here as well.
DB4 “Sketto” Gunship Quadcopter
Concept
My motivation behind this thing comes from the many inspiring drawings at the Concept-Ships blog, and the theme itself is an integration of actually three themes: First a foremost the evolution of the Bell H1 Huey, second is Road Warrior and then Star Wars! You may also notice a big influence of other aircraft: Bell 47 Chopper, F9C Sparrowhawk / USS Macon, F-4 Phantom, B-25, 1960’s U.S. Navy paint schemes. Its roll is in Patrol, Defensive, Support, Heavy Lift and Re-Supply. Operations are undertaken in Gas Planet Mining Colonies. No land = no landing gear. Instead it hooks off a large Mother Ship (Airship).
Fun Facts
-107 Brickarms
-1600+ Bricks
-32 Feet of Tubing
-275 DBG Minifig Hands
-Took 3 months to build.
-“Sketto” A four winged blood sucking Star Wars creature.
Construction
-Main construction is made from the tubing and large panels, any bricks used are for the engines and detailing. Lego sail cloth and string are used in the fuselage. Decal / Sticker material used throughout.
-Panels are Light BLY with both the inner and outer sides cover in large full custom decals.
-The fuselage is all tubular construction with Lego sail cloth underneath. To help hold it in place, string runs along the inside of the tubing. The rear engine heat shield is also Lego sail cloth covered in an aluminum sticker material.
-Engines can tilt forward and back 75 deg, and in and out 25 deg.
-Weapons bay hold two ADC500 500lbs “Blockbuster” (Atmospheric Depth Charges)
-Rocket pods hold 28 BR-9X 60lbs “Shrike” Short Range Heat Seeking Missile (4 Pods)
-Docking Hook can be extended. This works like the F9C Sparrowhawk / USS Macon did in 1930’s. While in the Navy I worked in the hanger for the USS Macon, as well as the Mythbusters!