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DJI​ Inspire 1 flying aggressively at the beach with a Feiyu Tech FY-WG 3-Axis Wearable Gimbal for GoPro​ attached to the rear via curved GoPro mount. Shot with GoPro HERO4 Black. Footage taken during the lynda.com​ documentary shoot with (Santa Cruz) Flight Club. (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

Aerial 360º spherical images

I’ve been enjoying taking aerial 360º shots using the DJI Inspire 1 and Phantom 3. They take only a couple of minutes to capture, and processing is easy using web-based services like 360cities. Here’s a shot I took earlier today in San Francisco with an Inspire 1. I can’t seem to embed the spherical version ...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYhINw-k0OA?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] I attached a Feiyu Tech FY-WG 3-Axis Wearable Gimbal for GoPro to a DJI Inspire 1 and went for a little flight. Wheee! The vibrations you see are coming from the shaking of the GoPro extension, which is attached to the Inspire a using a standard GoPro adhesive mount. It is not very rigid, ...

Aerial live broadcast, 1 year ago

One year ago today, I did my first aerial live broadcast from a quadcopter, using a Phantom 2, GoPro, Lightbridge, and a computer broadcasting to Google Hangouts on Air over LTE.   .@djiglobal Phantom 2 w/Lightbridge and @Atomos_News Ninja Blade, recording 720p in ProRes, and live broadcast to Google Hangouts on Air. A photo posted ...

Aerial panorama of the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, Lake Como, Italy. Taken with DJI Phantom 3 Professional at 180′.

New (prototype) DJI Inspire 1 drone piloting paradigm using the beta DJI SDK for Inspire 1, Phantom 3, and M100: Nod Ring / hand control for flight, GoogleVR FPV for gimbal head tracking. Integration and demo by Spark Aerial at Nod HQ. DJI Inspire 1: dji.com/product/inspire-1Nod Ring: nod.comSpark Aerial: sparkaerial.com (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

After 1 year, I finally updated my Getting Started in Aerial Imagery guide! Spoiler: I recommend the Phantom 3 (w/extra battery!).

The Science of Drones with Eric Cheng | Inquiring Minds

A couple weeks ago, I spent a morning up on Mt. Davidson with Indre Viskontas and Kishore Hari recording a podcast about drones for Inquiring Minds. Today, Mother Jones posted an article about drones and science, and included a short video of our flights from up on the small mountain in San Francisco. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBBbG5fEYD0&w=560&h=315]

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qiqr8xeVClE?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] The DJI Phantom 3’s position hold and camera gimbal are impressive. Here’s a Phantom 3 Professional hovering, hands off, in gusting 20-knot winds. A short video of the Phantom 3 hovering (on the same day, in the same conditions), taken with an iPhone 6, is over at Instagram. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)