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Aerial footage of surfers at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz, California. July 21, 2013. Footage taken with a DJI Phantom quadcopter, GoPro HERO3 Black edition camera, Rotorpixel HERO3 gimbal (http://rotorpixel.com/), ReadyMadeRC FPV transmitter, receiver, and remote monitor, and modified DJI Phantom radio. I did seven 4-minute flights with the GoPro in 1080/60p Medium, and cut the video in ...

Add a knob to your Phantom remote for gimbal pitch control

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOZZ07E6htE] For my non-Phantom quads, I use a Spektrum DX8 radio, which has plenty of channels including one on a knob, which is perfect for controlling the pitch of a gimbal (so you can make the camera look up and down during flight). The Phantom radio has a secret 7th channel which can be ...

Gallery: Add a knob to your Phantom remote for gimbal pitch control

Once you have a 2-axis gimbal on your quadcopter, it becomes really easy to take aerial panoramas. I sent my DJI Phantom quadcopter up into the air on GPS lock mode with the GoPro 3 camera taking pictures in timelapse mode—1 picture every 2 seconds. I spun the Phantom around once, capturing a full spin (360º) in ...

I set up a Rotorpixel Gimbal Hero 3 today (made specifically for the GoPro HERO3 camera), and it is totally awesome.  The GoPro Hero 3 camera just snaps into the camera mount, and the whole gimbal can be powered off of the auxiliary power lead on a DJI Phantom quadcopter. The isolation mount is flexible, so ...

ADS 400Q FPV quadcopter build

​ADS 400Q quadcopter with GoPro and FPV transmitter My first quadcopter build from scratch was a build around the Aerial Design Services 400-Q frame (ADS 400Q). The 400Q is similar to other H-frames in that it: has plenty of space to mount batteries, cameras, transmitters, and more ​allows easy center of gravity tweaking by sliding the battery ...

Aerial Design Services 400-Q (ADS 400Q) build gallery 2 of 2.

Aerial Design Services 400-Q (ADS 400Q) build gallery 1 of 2.

Lytro light field pictures taken from a quadcopter

Earlier, I posted pictures of a Lytro light field camera mounted on an ADS 400Q quadcopter. Here are the light field pictures…