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December 1 on the California Central Coast
On 3 Dec 2020 at 18:41:03 GMT, "Savageduck"
wrote: On Dec 3, 2020, RichA wrote (in ): On Tuesday, 1 December 2020 at 23:40:54 UTC-5, Savageduck wrote: It was a beautiful, cloudless, and Sunny day today, and a balmy 72ºF (22.2ºC). So it was perfect for a drone flight with the Mavic Air 2. This is Morro Bay, California, flying from Tidelands Park. https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-HKqNQ35/0/9f478b3f/1920/DJI_0124_MP4-1920.mp4 -- Regards, Savageduck Does flying over water ever unnerve you, given the value of the drone? When I first started I was aware of the risks of flying over water, and a bit wary as a result. Over time I have become much more confident with both the tech & capability of the drone, and my slowly improving flying skills. My scariest flight was #4 from my back deck when I got a bit overconfident, and lost the signal between the drone and my controller. The auto return to home kicked in, and I was saved from a crash into the signal blocking hill by the obstacle avoidance sensors in the drone. The video linked below demonstrates that scary, near miss incident. https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-Jv5psp9/0/4b99207a/1920/NearMiss-1920.mp4 I guess communications is pretty reliable with them now, plus they have built-in "homing beacons" and the like. My drone, a DJI Mavic Air 2 has a pretty good proprietary “Occusync 2.0” controller communications system rather than WiFi. The GPS is very good, so the “Home point” at take off is established with GPS, and a bottom scanner. For the linked flight I had 16 satellites locked. Very interesting - thanks for the post. Impressive to see the software kick in so effectively. Bit scary at the c.2 minute mark as it appears to come very close to a tree, but ended well! -- Cheers, Rob |
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December 1 on the California Central Coast
On 03/12/2020 23:38, Bill W wrote:
On Dec 2, 2020, Savageduck wrote (in iganews.com): On Dec 2, 2020, Alfred Molon wrote (in om): In article .com, says... It was a beautiful, cloudless, and Sunny day today, and a balmy 72?F (22.2?C). So it was perfect for a drone flight with the Mavic Air 2. This is Morro Bay, California, flying from Tidelands Park. https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Wor...920/DJI_0124_M P4-1920.mp4 Very nice. I wish I could go there over Xmas. Instead it looks like we'll be stuck here in the lockdown (Austria just closed their border, so to go to Italy you'd have to drive over Switzerland). I believe that France just closed its border for those wanting to visit alpine ski resorts. This is a little further along in that flight following a sail boat as he sails among the moored yachts. https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Wor.../MB%20Sail-E_m p4-1920.mp4 So was that guy unskilled, or so skilled that he likes to get very close to things? Nice videos again btw, and you’re clearly getting better at smoother movements. FYI https://twitter.com/LovePower_page/s...250961408?s=20 |
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December 1 on the California Central Coast
On Dec 4, 2020 at 5:50:49 AM PST, "Whisky-dave"
wrote: On Thursday, 3 December 2020 at 14:16:35 UTC, Savageduck wrote: On Dec 3, 2020, Whisky-dave wrote (in ): On Wednesday, 2 December 2020 at 04:40:54 UTC, Savageduck wrote: It was a beautiful, cloudless, and Sunny day today, and a balmy 72ºF (22.2ºC). So it was perfect for a drone flight with the Mavic Air 2. This is Morro Bay, California, flying from Tidelands Park. https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-HKqNQ35/0/9f478b3f/1920/DJI_0124_MP4-1920.mp4 -- Regards, Savageduck Nice. FYI and anyone else when I download it as a MPEG-4 it is still 640X360 Elemental H264 , 30 FPS , 26.9MB 1.40 Mbits/s With firefox and same with safari . Still impressive though. Now wondering about sound there was none . Was that an editing or filming choice as I wonder if the niose cancelling was excellent or you chose not to have sound. It was simpler to post without sound, and being primarily a stills photographer, I have yet to expand my video editing, and production skills to even bother with audio, even though I am aware that the addition of audio would enhance the viewer’s experience. Simplier in what way, but I;d be curious to know what the sound quality is like I know drones are pretty noisey and wondered if yuo could pick up any ambient sounds. To start with there is no audio pickup/mike in this drone camera. However, I can record audio from the controller so any ambient sounds/noise would be from that position. What I can do is record a takeoff and landing with my GoPro to give you some idea of the actual noise level. Personally I find the noise/rotor sound audible up to 30-40 ft overhead, to difficult to detect once the drone is 100-200 ft away from the takeoff point. ....but then my almost 72 year old ears might be failing me even though I don't quite believe that. I know most drone footage when shot for TV usually has a soundtrack over it, I know that might be hassle to do but wondered what the sound quality of an unedit clip would be. As in what does the drone noise sound like, could I hear car engines or boats. As to the size, all I can say is I am sharing a full resolution link to a 3840x2160, 60 fps, 3.76 GB MP4, SmugMug file, intended for simple viewing in a browser, rather than a download. well it opens up in firefox as a 640X360 image in a full broweser window, but chrome opens it us to full broswer window with reduced quality. You may well be posting it at full quality but maybe viewers aren;t seeing it in it's full uncompressed glory. Then that is an issue local to the viewer which I am not experiencing, and which I have no control over. -- Regards, Savageduck -- Regards, Savageduck |
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December 1 on the California Central Coast
On Dec 4, 2020 at 6:29:31 AM PST, "Savageduck"
wrote: On Dec 4, 2020 at 5:50:49 AM PST, "Whisky-dave" wrote: On Thursday, 3 December 2020 at 14:16:35 UTC, Savageduck wrote: On Dec 3, 2020, Whisky-dave wrote (in ): On Wednesday, 2 December 2020 at 04:40:54 UTC, Savageduck wrote: It was a beautiful, cloudless, and Sunny day today, and a balmy 72ºF (22.2ºC). So it was perfect for a drone flight with the Mavic Air 2. This is Morro Bay, California, flying from Tidelands Park. https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-HKqNQ35/0/9f478b3f/1920/DJI_0124_MP4-1920.mp4 -- Regards, Savageduck Nice. FYI and anyone else when I download it as a MPEG-4 it is still 640X360 Elemental H264 , 30 FPS , 26.9MB 1.40 Mbits/s With firefox and same with safari . Still impressive though. Now wondering about sound there was none . Was that an editing or filming choice as I wonder if the niose cancelling was excellent or you chose not to have sound. It was simpler to post without sound, and being primarily a stills photographer, I have yet to expand my video editing, and production skills to even bother with audio, even though I am aware that the addition of audio would enhance the viewer’s experience. Simplier in what way, but I;d be curious to know what the sound quality is like I know drones are pretty noisey and wondered if yuo could pick up any ambient sounds. To start with there is no audio pickup/mike in this drone camera. However, I can record audio from the controller so any ambient sounds/noise would be from that position. What I can do is record a takeoff and landing with my GoPro to give you some idea of the actual noise level. Personally I find the noise/rotor sound audible up to 30-40 ft overhead, to difficult to detect once the drone is 100-200 ft away from the takeoff point. ...but then my almost 72 year old ears might be failing me even though I don't quite believe that. I know most drone footage when shot for TV usually has a soundtrack over it, I know that might be hassle to do but wondered what the sound quality of an unedit clip would be. As in what does the drone noise sound like, could I hear car engines or boats. This clip of a takeoff recorded in the controller should give you some idea of the rotor noise. https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-XK4KtWF/0/5515d491/1280/LocalClip_mp4-1280.mp4 -- Regards, Savageduck |
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December 1 on the California Central Coast
On Dec 4, 2020, Alfred Molon wrote
(in . com): In article .com, says... When I first started I was aware of the risks of flying over water, and a bit wary as a result. Over time I have become much more confident with both the tech & capability of the drone, and my slowly improving flying skills. In any case the more interesting shots/videos often are those when the drone flies in places where a technical problem would cause a total loss (places with a lot of "3D”). Absolutely! Especially FPV flights through forests, abandoned buildings, through canyons/mountains, and threading ones way through narrow openings, under bridges, etc. All of that type of inflight video adds to the, ...er, “thrill”. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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December 1 on the California Central Coast
On Dec 4, 2020, Savageduck wrote
(in iganews.com): On Dec 4, 2020, Alfred Molon wrote (in . com): In article .com, says... When I first started I was aware of the risks of flying over water, and a bit wary as a result. Over time I have become much more confident with both the tech & capability of the drone, and my slowly improving flying skills. In any case the more interesting shots/videos often are those when the drone flies in places where a technical problem would cause a total loss (places with a lot of "3D”). Absolutely! Especially FPV flights through forests, abandoned buildings, through canyons/mountains, and threading ones way through narrow openings, under bridges, etc. All of that type of inflight video adds to the, ...er, “thrill”. These guys show some real FPV “3D” flying skills at the Mercedes museum. https://youtu.be/lI3gnD6hOuw -- Regards, Savageduck |
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December 1 on the California Central Coast
On 04/12/2020 14:13, David_B wrote:
On 03/12/2020 23:38, Bill W wrote: On Dec 2, 2020, Savageduck wrote (in iganews.com): On Dec 2, 2020, Alfred Molon wrote (in om): In article .com, says... It was a beautiful, cloudless, and Sunny day today, and a balmy 72?F (22.2?C). So it was perfect for a drone flight with the Mavic Air 2. This is Morro Bay, California, flying from Tidelands Park. https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Wor...920/DJI_0124_M P4-1920.mp4 Very nice. I wish I could go there over Xmas. Instead it looks like we'll be stuck here in the lockdown (Austria just closed their border, so to go to Italy you'd have to drive over Switzerland). I believe that France just closed its border for those wanting to visit alpine ski resorts. This is a little further along in that flight following a sail boat as he sails among the moored yachts. https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Wor.../MB%20Sail-E_m p4-1920.mp4 So was that guy unskilled, or so skilled that he likes to get very close to things? Nice videos again btw, and you’re clearly getting better at smoother movements. FYI* https://twitter.com/LovePower_page/s...250961408?s=20 From another angle! https://youtu.be/aJ6DX4gP84c Awesome! |
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December 1 on the California Central Coast
On Wed, 02 Dec 2020 11:35:45 -0800, Savageduck
wrote: On Dec 2, 2020, Alfred Molon wrote (in om): In article .com, says... It was a beautiful, cloudless, and Sunny day today, and a balmy 72?F (22.2?C). So it was perfect for a drone flight with the Mavic Air 2. This is Morro Bay, California, flying from Tidelands Park. https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-HKqNQ35/0/9f478b3f/1920/DJI_0124_MP4-1920.mp4 Very nice. I wish I could go there over Xmas. Instead it looks like we'll be stuck here in the lockdown (Austria just closed their border, so to go to Italy you'd have to drive over Switzerland). I believe that France just closed its border for those wanting to visit alpine ski resorts. This is a little further along in that flight following a sail boat as he sails among the moored yachts. https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-d66fs66/0/e2490ab1/1920/MB%20Sail-E_mp4-1920.mp4 Each time I have tried this it gets to the point where the yacht is just starting to enter the fleet and moored yachts when up pops a message "Video playback aborted due to a netwoor error". The image then becomes dark and colorless but continues playing to 7'45". -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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December 1 on the California Central Coast
In article , Eric Stevens
wrote: Each time I have tried this it gets to the point where the yacht is just starting to enter the fleet and moored yachts when up pops a message "Video playback aborted due to a netwoor error". The image then becomes dark and colorless but continues playing to 7'45". those pesky netwoor errors are the worst. |
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