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Eric Cheng

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I’ve traditionally used an external LCD when flying FPV, but I’m going to give goggle flying a try over the next couple of days, using a Fat Shark Dominator. Instead of buying the Fat Shark battery, I’m using a Turnigy nano-tech 370 mAH 2S battery, which costs $3.99 and is available from HobbyKing’s USA warehouse. ...

Today, I put a pre-production DJI Phantom 2 Vision up in the air, and got around 20 minutes of flight time. It is super-responsive, as you’d imagine it should be—more responsive than is the original Phantom. The camera’s pitch-axis gimbal is servo-driven, so it lags behind aggressive pitch changes from the aircraft, but that is ...

Video: Aerial Photography with Drones – Lessons from Eric Cheng

Video: Aerial Photography with Drones – Lessons from Eric Cheng Photoshelter has posted the full video archive of last week’s webinar about aerial imaging (an hour-long presentation / conversation between Allen Murabayashi and me). It’s heavily targeted at beginners who are interested in getting up in the air with a camera. Check it out! Note: ...

Redwood trees are the tallest trees in the world, and can live for thousands of years. This particular species of redwood trees are only found in the coastal regions of Northern California and in Oregon near the California border. I read an excellent book called “The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring” by Richard ...

I’m going to order a HiTec 44167 X4 AC Plus 4-Port AC/DC Multi-Charger. I’ve already got a Turnigy 4x6S 400W charger, but it requires a DC power supply and doesn’t remember programming. It’s around half the price, so it’s a great value, but its fans also turn on and off in a strange way that makes ...

Coming from the Photoshelter webinar?

Hello, everyone. Thanks for listening to the Photoshelter webinar, today! If you’re coming here looking for information, here are some links that might be helpful: Getting Started Guide The Santa Cruz aerial surf video Polarizer solutions for GoPro 3 cameras on a gimbal Pitch control for your Phantom gimbal Behind-the-scenes FPV and case shots Phantom ...

I sent a Phantom through a hole in the canopy for some shots of the redwood forest from above. It was actually a little scary—no wind in the forest, but lots of wind above it. During one flight from a clearing, the Phantom lost GPS. The light on the back turned yellow, and no amount ...

Storify: dorkbotSF Aerial Imaging Talk, October 12, 2013

Storify: dorkbotSF Aerial Imaging Talk, October 12, 2013 The dorkbotSF aerial imaging talk was a hit, I’m told! If you are a tech geek in the SF Bay Area, you need to go to dorkbotSF. I’m so glad that people are so interested in aerial imaging with these little quadcopters. I hope to go back and speak ...

I’m doing an educational webinar Wed, Oct 16, with Allen Murabayashi of Photoshelter. Join us by registering at Photoshelter! (it’s free) I’ll be talking about how I got into aerial imaging, and will be giving suggestions for how you can get started, too.