Drone racing

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slalomfreak
slalomfreak
NSW
304 posts
NSW, 304 posts
6 Aug 2014 2:56pm


How do they control the drone and get such steady pics in this wind.
col5555
col5555
WA
386 posts
WA, 386 posts
6 Aug 2014 2:19pm
"Gyros" maybe ? they use them on RC planes and helicopters to counter act wind gusts.
MarkSSC
MarkSSC
QLD
642 posts
QLD, 642 posts
6 Aug 2014 6:51pm
The cameras are gyroscopically stabilised. I saw the camera on a Channel 7 News helicopter recently and it was the same principle...but cost a whopping $300000. These drones are cheap and do a pretty good job. They can also use gyros to stabilise them in the hover...much better than helicopters.
evlPanda
evlPanda
NSW
9207 posts
NSW, 9207 posts
6 Aug 2014 7:04pm
Man, I wanna go for a blast now. Real bad.

Maui 2015. This time for sure.
Mobydisc
Mobydisc
NSW
9029 posts
NSW, 9029 posts
6 Aug 2014 7:09pm
evlPanda said..
Man, I wanna go for a blast now. Real bad.

Maui 2015. This time for sure.


Thinking the same thing. Here in cold, windless Sydney. Looking forward to summer though. Love to be able to sail like those guys, skimming across the water.
ikw777
ikw777
QLD
2995 posts
QLD, 2995 posts
6 Aug 2014 9:22pm
Looks just like the action at my local last weekend.
SeanAUS120
SeanAUS120
QLD
769 posts
QLD, 769 posts
8 Aug 2014 10:52pm
This is filmed with a DJI Phantom 2 in 30 knots by Ricardo Campello



I was pretty suprised how smooth it is in the chop. He was flying it around the day before in +35 knots and it seemed to be doing ok.


Reflex Films
Reflex Films
WA
1460 posts
WA, 1460 posts
8 Aug 2014 9:53pm
That perspective totally makes the racing come alive!

Should be be standard coverage for all finals going forward . How sick did the gybes look!!
Vince68
Vince68
WA
675 posts
WA, 675 posts
8 Aug 2014 10:00pm
wow the scenery is awesome, racing so fast and great music wow something else...wish i could jibe
SeanAUS120
SeanAUS120
QLD
769 posts
QLD, 769 posts
10 Aug 2014 9:05pm
Reflex Films said..
That perspective totally makes the racing come alive!

Should be be standard coverage for all finals going forward . How sick did the gybes look!!


It really does! Just amazing to see the angles people are coming in at the first gybe ... how we don't all kill each other each time ... haha


NR
NR
WA
517 posts
NR NR
WA, 517 posts
13 Aug 2014 2:22pm
SeanAUS120 said..

Reflex Films said..
That perspective totally makes the racing come alive!

Should be be standard coverage for all finals going forward . How sick did the gybes look!!



It really does! Just amazing to see the angles people are coming in at the first gybe ... how we don't all kill each other each time ... haha




Also what looked really sweet from this angle and with such clear water is seeing all the individual lines they take to get clean air and water. You just can't appreciate that from the beach or water.
Trousers
Trousers
SA
565 posts
SA, 565 posts
13 Aug 2014 7:57pm
awesome footage, I love watching someone nail a blistering exit.

can't wait for spring.
Paul Kelf
Paul Kelf
WA
678 posts
WA, 678 posts
19 Sep 2014 12:16pm
I just got an email about some new gadgets & this was amongst it.
Seems it follows you around.

www.airdog.com/

Pre-order, get a discount & it arrives the same time as your pre-ordered red sails
KevinD002
KevinD002
226 posts
226 posts
19 Sep 2014 1:27pm
That airdog looks really useful...not too bad of a price either!
windaddict
windaddict
VIC
1121 posts
VIC, 1121 posts
19 Sep 2014 4:47pm
Yeah that Air dog sounds awesome. It would be great if you could tell it to follow you from a certain distance and height.

Would be interesting to see if it had enough smarts to avoid crashing into another air dog. Imagine if there are 2 or 3 guys out windsurfing with there air dogs following them around.

KevinD002
KevinD002
226 posts
226 posts
19 Sep 2014 3:10pm
windaddict said..
Yeah that Air dog sounds awesome. It would be great if you could tell it to follow you from a certain distance and height.

Would be interesting to see if it had enough smarts to avoid crashing into another air dog. Imagine if there are 2 or 3 guys out windsurfing with there air dogs following them around.



According to the video you can set the altitude and it seems distance too!
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