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Eric Cheng

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A few buddies and I spent the early morning today flying at an abandoned structure near San Francisco. All of them had zippy mini-quads and were rocketing all around—and, inside—the structure. I wish I had a sport flyer, too, but I haven’t had the time to do a build. While they shot between support pillars ...

Last week, I went to Fakarava, a remote atoll in the Tuamotus in French Polynesia, as part of the Blancpain Diving Experience 2014. The south pass of Fakarava is the best place on the planet for seeing schools of gray reef sharks—there are upwards of 700 schooling sharks in the pass at any given time. ...

Here’s the video of the sunflower field! Tons of fun for an early-morning meeting. Shot with DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ quadcopter and camera. (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

Best meeting ever. I drove about 100 miles to the east to some beautiful, gigantic, sunflower fields with photographers Barry Blanchard and Jeff Cable to do some flying with DJI Phantom 2 quadcopters and Barry’s Spreading Wings S1000. So beautiful. Photos shot with DJI Phantom 2 Vision+.

I finally had time to install DJI Lightbridge on my Phantom 2 tonight. Lightbridge is a wireless HD video transmission system that also includes radio control and telemetry support using a single ground end and air end. I followed this video tutorial by DJI (hilarious, because I’m actually the one who is narrating it; the recording was ...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_D-W8ZVPZ8?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] Last night, I participated in a panel discussion hosted by the Churchill Club about consumer drones. Panel members included me, Chris Anderson (3D Robotics, DIY Drones), Jonathan Downey (Airware), and Christian Sanz (Skycatch, DroneGames), and was moderated by Robin Murdoch of Accenture. The discussion is about 90 minutes long, but if you are interested in ...

Micro FPV quadcopter: LaTrax Alias

I’ve been looking for a fun, small, quadcopter suitable for FPV and inexpensive / durable enough to hand the radio over to friends for test flights. My buddy Steve Doll over at Hovership recommended giving the LaTrax Alias a try (~$150). When the LaTrax Alias came out, it was accompanied with a video that showed just ...

Early-morning drone flights at Shelter Cove, Pacifica, with flying buddies Pablo Lema, David Merrill, Jerome Miller, Jason Short, and Carlos Fernandez Puertolas, June 8, 2014. [still pictures are here] All aerial footage taken with DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ quadcopter w/integrated, stabilized camera. (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

Aerial shot of downtown Oakland. I happened to be on the roof of the Oakland convention center the other day and sent a Phantom 2 Vision+ straight up into the air for this shot.