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Eric Cheng

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A lot of RC hobbyist have been talking about this article on Gigaom, which discusses class G airspace and what it means for non-commercial hobby use. What’s interesting is that two aviation lawyers contacted by Gigaom state that the 400-foot AGL (above ground level) “rule” that most people quote is just an advisory suggested by ...

As I’ve become more proficient in flying multirotors with attached cameras, I’ve started to write articles and give talks about aerial imaging. Each time I do something in public, photographers comment that they learned a lot, and RC hobbyists complain in RC forums and groups, asking who I think I am, and where I was ...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gDh98pQh14?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] The best way to practice your piloting skills is by flying figure 8s. You need control of all 4 channels and a good sense of orientation to do a smooth figure 8. The goal, of course, is to be able to fly smoothly for your video compositions, and to comfortable flying in any ...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDC_JbT1zSA?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] I know I always say that no one wants to see your local park flying video… but here’s a video of me in the local park, doing a test flight with my re-built ADS 400Q frame running OpenPilot Revolution. Jimmie Fulton helped me to tune the quadcopter, which was fairly easily done by ...

Whoah. MidwestRob on Vimeo has skills! (video by MidwestRob, not by me) (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKeb2_kX9dk?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] Trey Ratcliff hosted #87 of his Variety Hour show today, which was about DRONES (in a photography context), or “the D-word,” as Russell Preston Brown refers to the term. The Google+ Hangout event included Trey, me, Colin Guinn (DJI North America), Thomas Hawk, Frederick Van Johnson, Barry Blanchard, Dave Veffer, and Peter Giordano. Russell ...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hEROf7ldvE?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] Adobe’s Senior Creative Director, Russell Preston Brown, has released a video tutorial showing how to remove perspective distortion in aerial GoPro HERO3+ images by using the Adaptive Wide Angle feature in Adobe Photoshop CC. This is different than only using a GoPro lens profile to do distortion removal because it can be adapted to fix ...

A lot of people have been asking me for comparisons between the integrated camera in the Phantom 2 Vision and a GoPro carried by an original Phantom. The images in this comparison use a GoPro HERO3+: Silver Edition. The Phantom 2 Vision’s camera is a 14-megapixel camera that shoots at 140° at full wide. The GoPro HERO3+ Silver shoots at ...

Here’s how I transported my DJI Phantom quadcopter when I went to shoot the redwoods video. The backpack is an Incase DSLR Pro Pack, and includes transmitter, 7 x 2200 mAH 3S batteries, full LCD-based FPV setup, carbon-fiber tripod with Acratech ball head, and normal camera. A soft bag with cinched opening is protecting the ...