[Scan-DC] Video of one of my drones

[Merlin]

I have a two axis gimbal on it that I bought off of EBay (China) for $78.00.
As for the DJI Phantom it's a piece of plastic junk. You are better of 
buying the DJI F450 with GPS. It's more robust and will carry a lot more and 
about the same price.
Merlin K3MEJ

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From: "Dewey" <dewey3 at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2014 2:21 PM
To: "'Blair Thompson'" <b_thom at juno.com>; <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Video of one of my drones

> Hi Blair,
>
> I'm sure he's going to answer, but the drones use gimbals to balance the
> camera during flight.  You can go to YouTube, and search on something like
> "DJI Phantom" to see the various videos, some of which explain the camera
> setups.  I've been watching the Phantoms for almost a year, and am really
> interested in the newly released Phantom 2+.  Would you like to be 
> included
> in my Father's Day wish list?  :)
>
> Dewey
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scan-DC [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Blair
> Thompson
> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2014 13:34
> To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Video of one of my drones
>
> To Merlin: How did you keep the camera so stable? I've seen a few GoPro
> videos where the camera was attached to a motorcycle driver's helmet. The
> helmet is always stable in the image, but everything else moves around.
> Here, the house (at the beginning) is stable, but the rotors wobble 
> around.
>
> To Sean: Have you seen the drone video of the 4014? It was behind a fence,
> so some guy parked across the street and flew his drone over it.
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Sean Hoyden <sean.hoyden at gmail.com>
> To: merlin at merlinjacobs.com
> Cc: Jeff Krauss <jeff at krauss.ws>, "scan-dc at mailman.qth.net"
> <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Video of one of my drones
> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 20:23:01 -0400
>
> So can you adjust the aim of the camera while it's in flight?  Can you
> control the camera itself while in flight?
>
> I'm seeing some pretty interesting railfan applications here.  :)
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