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Eric Cheng

Tag: quadcopters

The incredible pace of aerial-imaging technology

Earlier this week, DJI announced the Zenmuse H3-3D 3-axis gimbal for GoPro HERO3 and HERO3+ cameras. Traditional, 2-axis gimbals correct against unwanted movements in pitch and roll, but don’t have a 3rd motor for correcting movements in yaw (turning from side to side). When shooting video from a camera mounted on a 2-axis gimbal, twitchy ...

NOAA restricted overflight discussion in Northern California for quadcopters

NOAA restricted overflight discussion in Northern California for quadcopters Hi, everyone. I put together a Storify post that talks about NOAA restricted overflight zones in Northern California and FAA guidelines governing UAS hobby use and airspace classifications. Notably, the 400’ ceiling that everyone references is on paper only as “suggested guidelines” from an FAA advisory circular ...

Updated getting started with aerial imagery guide

Hello, everyone. I updated my Getting Started Guide for Aerial Imagery Using Quadcopters. The summary is below, if you don’t want to read a long article. For both video and stills, you want the the $869 DJI Phantom 2 with Zenmuse H3-2D gimbal (plus GoPro camera). For stills only, you want the $1199 DJI Phantom 2 Vision, which ...

A lot of RC hobbyist have been talking about this article on Gigaom, which discusses class G airspace and what it means for non-commercial hobby use. What’s interesting is that two aviation lawyers contacted by Gigaom state that the 400-foot AGL (above ground level) “rule” that most people quote is just an advisory suggested by ...

Video: Aerial Photography with Drones – Lessons from Eric Cheng

Video: Aerial Photography with Drones – Lessons from Eric Cheng Photoshelter has posted the full video archive of last week’s webinar about aerial imaging (an hour-long presentation / conversation between Allen Murabayashi and me). It’s heavily targeted at beginners who are interested in getting up in the air with a camera. Check it out! Note: ...

Storify: dorkbotSF Aerial Imaging Talk, October 12, 2013

Storify: dorkbotSF Aerial Imaging Talk, October 12, 2013 The dorkbotSF aerial imaging talk was a hit, I’m told! If you are a tech geek in the SF Bay Area, you need to go to dorkbotSF. I’m so glad that people are so interested in aerial imaging with these little quadcopters. I hope to go back and speak ...

About a month ago, I was invited by Adobe’s Russell Brown to crash a Photoshop team offsite at a winery in Los Gatos. As part of the offsite, Russell organized flight lessons on DJI Phantom quadcopters. It was a great gathering, and I finally got to meet Doc Brown and Barry Blanchard in person!