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Eric Cheng

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This is my prototype multi-rotor aircraft launch platform for boats. It should allow me to arm and launch my quadcopters from pitching boats without waiting around for that perfect moment, like I had to while I was in Isla Mujeres.

About a month ago, I was invited by Adobe’s Russell Brown to crash a Photoshop team offsite at a winery in Los Gatos. As part of the offsite, Russell organized flight lessons on DJI Phantom quadcopters. It was a great gathering, and I finally got to meet Doc Brown and Barry Blanchard in person!

I spent the early part of August in Isla Mujeres, Mexico, photographing whale sharks (Rhincodon typus). Each summer, hundreds of whale sharks aggregate there to feed on bonito spawn. Tourists can literally jump into the water with upwards of 300 whale sharks in the water, at once. I took my quadcopter, this year, and shot ...

GoPro polarizer solutions for Phantom Zenmuse H3-2D gimbal

LayerLens for GoPro3 with circular polarizer lens mounted on GoPro in Zenmuse H3-2D gimbal Lately, I’ve been flying my quadcopters over the ocean, which makes me want to put a polarizer over the GoPro HERO3 Black camera that I use on my DJI Phantom. So far, I’ve found two solutions for putting a polarizer on a GoPro ...

http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/static/flash/embeddedPlayer/swf/otvEmLoader.swf?version=fw1000&station=kgo&section=&mediaId=9189253&parentId=9189250&cdnRoot=http://cdn.abclocal.go.com&webRoot=http://abclocal.go.com&configPath=/util/&site= KGO ABC7, the SF Bay Area’s local ABC affiliate, did a little piece about my aerial photography today. I spent a couple hours with reporter Jonathan Bloom showing him how the DJI Phantom works (with Rotorpixel gimbal!) and talking about how the word, “drone,” can also be associated with beauty. Jonathan was super-engaged, curious, and friendly—it was a ...

Our friends Aaron Grimes and Russell Brown  have completed a video filmed with DJI Phantom quadcopters in the ghost town of Bodie, California. Check it out—it’s beautiful. (Note that they had the required permit to fly in a state park) (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

Clean DJI Phantom quadcopter with gimbal and internal FPV transmitter

DJI Phantom with DJI Zenmuse H3-2D brushless gimbal, GoPro HERO3 Black edition, internal ImmersionRC 600mW 5.8Ghz FPV transmitter, and modified radio with pitch knob on back. I’ve ben using my first DJI Phantom quadcopter now for about 6 months. It’s been on hundreds of flights, and I crashed it numerous times while I was learning to fly it, ...

Gallery: Clean DJI Phantom quadcopter with gimbal and internal FPV transmitter

http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/static/flash/embeddedPlayer/swf/otvEmLoader.swf?version=fw1000&station=kgo&section=&mediaId=9185291&parentId=null&cdnRoot=http://cdn.abclocal.go.com&webRoot=http://abclocal.go.com&configPath=/util/&site= Gizmodo has picked up the Steamer Lane surf video, as has ABC7 in San Francisco, which aired the video on the evening of July 25. (Source: http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/)