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Eric Cheng

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I went to visit Signe Brewster at GigaOM, and flew the DJI Inspire 1 around their office in San Francisco. Wheee! (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

Removing the case of a Skyzone TS58500 5.8Ghz video Tx for FPV

A bunch of my flying buddies, including great FPV pilots like CHARPU and BayAreaCrasher, use the Skyzone TS58500 500mW video transmitter. I purchased a couple of them from GetFPV, but when I received them, they were encased in a metal housing. So instead of getting what the product looks like on the left (from the ...

DJI SDK for Phantom (and Pix4D example)

One of the things we announced last week at the Inspire 1 launch event was the DJI SDK for Phantom. This has been remarkably under-represented in media coverage, and represents a huge step for DJI. Suddenly, the off-the-shelf Phantom 2 Vision and Vision+ can be appropriated for use in specific vertical industries merely by running ...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xlF3G2soKM?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] I really enjoy hanging out with a bunch of mini-quad racers including Charpu, BayArea Crasher, Hovership, and others. Carlos (Charpu) has really incredible skills with his QAV250. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TznaDRRC_lw?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] DJI launched the Inspire 1 today at Treasure Island! It was a great event, with nearly 200 press and friends in attendance. We announced both the new DJI SDK for Phantom and the Inspire 1, and had Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman as special guests on stage. Thanks to everyone who came ...

Are you interested in how we captured some of the aerial driving b-roll during the Iceland trip? We didn’t end up using much of it in the video, but it was fun to capture, anyway (video is below). The roads were unpaved and rough, so I spread a tripod out in the passenger seat footwell ...

I went to see the Holuhraun eruption in the Bardarbunga volcanic system in Iceland. I brought Phantoms, and it was awesome.

I get asked a lot how I mount my FPV monitors to my radios. My favorite mount for the Phantom radio is the 3D-printed Rave Aerial Video mount, which snaps into place using the radio’s antenna and rear metal handle. It locks in solidly, and is perfect for the Black Pearl 5.8Ghz Diversity Receiver / ...

Aerial footage of ~70,000 people watching The Burn at Burning Man 2014 at around 9:30pm on Saturday, August 30, 2014. Shot with DJI Phantom 2, GoPro 3+ Black, and DJI Lightbridge wireless HD transmission. Black Rock City, Nevada. A lot of my flights were live-streamed to the Burning Man webcast, which was very cool. DJI’s Lightbridge ...