Crossy Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 One word, stunning! Are you flying manually? If so check out some of the toys at DIY Drones http://diydrones.com/ program your baby to fly a GPS controlled flight plan, out of sight, it (usually) comes home to roost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AleG Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 One word, stunning! Are you flying manually? If so check out some of the toys at DIY Drones http://diydrones.com/ program your baby to fly a GPS controlled flight plan, out of sight, it (usually) comes home to roost Yes, I fly manually, where's the fun in setting coordinates on a computer? For the use I give my aircraft that's good enough, no need to complicate things... although a GPS return-to-home can be handy. I had a mishap with the plane on the second flight, near Koh Tao, salt water got into the tail servos connector and I lost control of the plane several hundred meters away, I had to hop on the boats dingy and go look for it. Come to think of it, the GPS autopilot would had been useless in that case, loss of tail servos and since I was on a moving boat setting a return-to-home would had been counterproductive. Really great stuff, at 2:35 over the rock islands, I presume is your plane, what camera (or cameras) are you using these days? Yes, high over the island is with the plane; I use the same camera on the plane and the tricopter, a GoPro Hero 2. Sooner or later I'll upgrade to a Hero 3 or see about using my Sony Nex5N. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jzika1 Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 The sky finally came out and I was able to get some decent footage in the air over Nai Harn slope flying with a paraglider. Airplane used is my custom built wing UAV with APM/Arduplane, FPV/OSD, telemetry, etc. Camera is an ION Air Pro. Flown manually off the slope, of course (keep hitting the hill in FPV!) Enjoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANFhHUaXeDY BTW, how do you post youtube videos on ThaiVisa? Posting the link shows up like above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 The sky finally came out and I was able to get some decent footage in the air over Nai Harn slope flying with a paraglider. Airplane used is my custom built wing UAV with APM/Arduplane, FPV/OSD, telemetry, etc. Camera is an ION Air Pro. Flown manually off the slope, of course (keep hitting the hill in FPV!) Enjoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANFhHUaXeDY BTW, how do you post youtube videos on ThaiVisa? Posting the link shows up like above. Great footage, except my tummy feels a bit queeezy now! Great music to go with it... Not sure about the Youtube thingy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AleG Posted August 28, 2013 Author Share Posted August 28, 2013 Last week I went on holidays to Japan, of course I packed one of my toys in the suitcase! The weather was not so good, but still managed to take a few videos, even if it was still raining as in Tokyo. The sky finally came out and I was able to get some decent footage in the air over Nai Harn slope flying with a paraglider. Airplane used is my custom built wing UAV with APM/Arduplane, FPV/OSD, telemetry, etc. Camera is an ION Air Pro. Flown manually off the slope, of course (keep hitting the hill in FPV!) Enjoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANFhHUaXeDY BTW, how do you post youtube videos on ThaiVisa? Posting the link shows up like above. To post YouTube videos put you have to format it like this, but replacing the curved brackets by square ones: (youtube)link_adress(/youtube) This is your video: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AleG Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 I went again to Komodo a few weeks ago, weather wasn´t so good but I managed to shoot some videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chao Lao Beach Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Nice to have you back with these AleG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWideOpen Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Man that is light years beyond cool !!!!! Well done. I can see I need to start saving my baht and get a setup like that. I thought you were flying your plane, but I noticed on the video of the dragons you stopped it to look at them. What was flying then? Does the camera head pan by control or only look straight ahead? A good friend of mine , Franki Yang, is a very well known adventurer and motorcycle rider in China. On his last trip around Tibet, they had a full on CCTV film crew with him. They also brought a drone for filming, but were unable to fly it due to the high altitude..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AleG Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 Man that is light years beyond cool !!!!! Well done. I can see I need to start saving my baht and get a setup like that. I thought you were flying your plane, but I noticed on the video of the dragons you stopped it to look at them. What was flying then? Does the camera head pan by control or only look straight ahead? A good friend of mine , Franki Yang, is a very well known adventurer and motorcycle rider in China. On his last trip around Tibet, they had a full on CCTV film crew with him. They also brought a drone for filming, but were unable to fly it due to the high altitude..... The video with the Komodo Dragons was shot using a tricopter, like a helicopter but with three rotors, so it can hover around. The camera is fixed in both the plane and the tricopter. I've flown in the Himalayas, 4300 meters altitude, like driving a lead sledge but quite feasible; they must had been really high not to be able to fly. Here's my latest video, shot a couple weeks ago at Koh Phayam. Lovely place, quiet and relaxed, I hope it stays like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AleG Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Last weekend at little Koh Munnork in Rayong: A month or so ago I was around Indonesia, carting around my flying stuff into the Tengger Caldera: Up Mount Ijen: And meeting the locals at Nusa Lembongan: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AleG Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 100_3921.JPG That was very naughty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sunshine51 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 They are in the air...south of Ranong a bit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AleG Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 This New Year I did some island hopping around Trang, this is from Koh Muk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AleG Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 One more from the trip to Trang, Koh Lao Liang and its sister island: They are really nice getaway spots, to fly on the second island I had to paddle on a kayak 1km each way, it was only me and a park ranger (who I only saw in the distance) on the island, just perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Great, great, and great ; Thank you so much AleG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TP1 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Let's revive this sub forum. Pictures taken from the airplane approaching BKK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chonburiram Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 ^ Is there something wrong with the first picture, TP1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TP1 Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 ^ Is there something wrong with the first picture, TP1? You will never stop amazing me. You are the only one that spotted it. This is not approaching BKK, but lifting off Khon Kaen. I liked the picture showing the wing so I included it with the rest. I apologize for the wrong description and I take my hat off to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chonburiram Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 ^Overpraise alert! Thanks, (lifting my imaginary hat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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