Flying a drone THROUGH a fireworks display!

[OutHouse]

That was freaking awesome! I don't care who you are, but that was awesome, right there.

i agree.

 

[DesiPower]

Pretty cool, but not as cool as this end frame video Youtube gave me :^D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPBa0JVi0iM

That's racist, see a colored secret service and call him alien...

 

[OutHouse]

, if the drone had been hit it could have fallen on someone working on the barges or on the water in a boat.

im pretty sure nobody is on the barge while the mortars are going off.

 

[runzwithsizorz]

great video, loved the music. By the way, I think "drone" is a misnomer for a toy quad copter. IMO drones shoot rockets, copters shoot pictures (and few have telephoto lenses on the cameras, as far as I know...unless you want to spend mega bucks)

 

[Rakehellion]

Stupid time to do that

There's always one buzzkill in every audience.

 

[BUTCH1]

500 doesn't get you something nice?

I'm not sure, look at what Amazon has for sale, these are not the $49 toys you buzz around the living room hence the price but if your really into it think about the unique videos one could make, say the Grand Canyon for instance..

 

[gorcorps]

I'm not sure, look at what Amazon has for sale, these are not the $49 toys you buzz around the living room hence the price but if your really into it think about the unique videos one could make, say the Grand Canyon for instance..

I'm not saying there aren't more expensive ones, but whatever they used seems pretty good. There didn't seem to be any problems with the added weight of the camera or anything. Seems like a good one to me

 

[Rubycon]

I wonder why there was no sound. Too much clipping from the explosions? Would be nice to have a GoPro edition with extreme dynamic range on the mic (e.g. >120 dB).

The rotor noise (buzzing bee sound) makes for a terribly high noise floor.
There's not a lot of room with weight constraints for a specialized microphone and processor to properly do ALC and avoid serious pumping and overloading between high levels of background noise and nearby detonations which can exceed 155 decibels!

While it may be possible to record with a miniaturized electret mic to SD card and process the video on the ground separating the rotor / wind noise from the pyrotechnic detonations, it's far easier to use a musical score or fake it with pre recorded canon samples synchronized to the fanfare!

The video itself looks fantastic, however.

Next up, flying one through an active cumulonimbus cloud!

I don't think the "toy" class quadcopters will work for these kinds of flights.

Something like this, however, will!

http://onlyflyingmachines.com/product/h700hexa/#tab-description

:awe:

 

[shabby]

I wonder why there was no sound. Too much clipping from the explosions? Would be nice to have a GoPro edition with extreme dynamic range on the mic (e.g. >120 dB).

If you'd ever owned a gopro you'd know that they're have horrible mics, your only option is a cheap 99c external mic from ebay, it does wonders.

 

[BUTCH1]

The rotor noise (buzzing bee sound) makes for a terribly high noise floor.
There's not a lot of room with weight constraints for a specialized microphone and processor to properly do ALC and avoid serious pumping and overloading between high levels of background noise and nearby detonations which can exceed 155 decibels!

While it may be possible to record with a miniaturized electret mic to SD card and process the video on the ground separating the rotor / wind noise from the pyrotechnic detonations, it's far easier to use a musical score or fake it with pre recorded canon samples synchronized to the fanfare!

The video itself looks fantastic, however.

Next up, flying one through an active cumulonimbus cloud!

I don't think the "toy" class quadcopters will work for these kinds of flights.

Something like this, however, will!

http://onlyflyingmachines.com/product/h700hexa/#tab-description

:awe:

IMHO $500 and above is not the "toy" class, probably not what a professional would use for a shot for a movie but not a $75 "toy" that is good for 150ft or so. I didn't see that model for sale anywhere online so it might be through a dealer network only type of thing, it has to be $2-3K though judging by the payload it can carry. I wonder why I don't see any gasoline powered ones, but I'm thinking that the exacting control of the motors needed for stable flight might be very difficult to achieve with internal combustion engines.

 

[Rubycon]

IMHO $500 and above is not the "toy" class, probably not what a professional would use for a shot for a movie but not a $75 "toy" that is good for 150ft or so. I didn't see that model for sale anywhere online so it might be through a dealer network only type of thing, it has to be $2-3K though judging by the payload it can carry. I wonder why I don't see any gasoline powered ones, but I'm thinking that the exacting control of the motors needed for stable flight might be very difficult to achieve with internal combustion engines.

It's $6250.

ICE makes smoke and vapor trails, not good for good photography.

 

[Homerboy]

I watched this the other day. REALLY cool stuff
.
I'm not a huge fan of 3D, but I think this is one example where 3D would kick some major ass.

 

[BUTCH1]

It's $6250.

ICE makes smoke and vapor trails, not good for good photography.

Oh, OK, that makes sense, you could only use it if the drone was facing into the wind and blowing the exhaust away from the camera. Really for a pro wanting footage $6250 is not bad at all, I'm sure that most professional level equipment on a movie set costs many, many times that amount..

 

[Kaido]

All hail the Deathstar - reverse drone fireworks!

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/fireworks-in-reverse-look-even-cooler-from-a-drone-1604740964/+caseychan

Looks surprisingly cool! :awe: