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Eric Cheng

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I was charged 45% for bringing a quadcopter into the Bahamas

I went through customs in the Bahamas this afternoon with a bunch of photography and SCUBA diving equipment. Customs officials see underwater cameras all the time and don’t really care about them. But when I opened the case with my DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ in it, the official’s eyes lit up (they didn’t—he had a ...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN1gX4XLqWc?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] First attempt to stream live footage from a DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ quadcopter while it is in the air. It worked! Equipment used: DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ quadcopter w/integrated camera and gimbal iPhone 5s iPad for Verizon LTE hotspot (any LTE hotspot would have worked) MacBook Pro (any computer with a USB port ...

I spent yesterday afternoon and early this morning watching icebergs flow out of Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon (Jökulsárlón) near Vatnajokull, Iceland. The glacier calves into a lagoon (you can hear the crack way out in the distance), and at each outgoing tide, icebergs flow out into the ocean and are pushed onto the black-sand beach by ...

Hverarondor Hverir at Namafjall (near Lake Myvatn in Iceland) is an incredible place to visit. The geothermal steam vents are extremely active, and all of your senses are overwhelmed when you get close to them. I shot aerial video of them in the early evening, yesterday, but really wanted to come back to get a ...

While my wife was out for a run this morning, I put my Phantom 2 w/Ricoh GR camera up into the air and snapped a few shots of the pseudo-craters in front of the hotel. The Lake Myvatn area in Iceland is know for these amazing formations, and I’m glad I had a few minutes to ...

One of my wife’s main purposes in coming to Iceland is to bathe in the rich, blue mineral baths. A couple of days ago, we spent a few hours at Myvatn Nature Baths (Jardbodin vid Myvatn), which was fun. The water is an unreal glowing blue! (shot with Phantom 2 and Ricoh GR camera).

I did a few flights in Iceland today, which was a lot of fun—the country is so beautiful! I’m not really here on an aerial-imaging trip, but my wife has been patient enough to let me do a flight here and then. She is the best. 🙂 We are in Borgarnes tonight, which sits on ...

I’m all packed up for a trip to Iceland! My wife said I could bring one drone, but I’m sneaking a second one on the trip. I have a Phantom 2 w/Zenmuse H3-3D gimbal and Gopro Hero 3+ Black w/Ragecams 5.4mm lens mod in a Go Professional rolling hard case, and a Phantom 2 w/Ricoh ...

During a demo of my Ground Station-enabled Phantom 2, I did something stupid. I was at the base of the beautiful, rolling hills of eastern Fremont and wanted to send the Phantom 2 up over the hills on a waypoint-driven mission. It looked like the hills went up at least 400’ above us, so I ...