I think we all know what the implications would be if someone tried something like this. The reality is - w/ the jammers near gov buildings it'll never happen. Remem you are still using hobby-grade components. :) You mentioned a downtown city... well... I think I've done that a few times - LOL
Ha ha - it's actually not hard. But of course the required skill is to fly RC planes. Start with an $80 Hobbyzone Champ. From there the revolution will start, and your wife/gf will leave you bc you'll be off flying too much.
There are 2 cams on the plane... one that I fly by - and then the HD...
Found a nice looking bridge in Naranjito --- I couldn't resist so I had to fly it. :)
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In order to get the stills from the Naranjito ... this is what I had to do in real time. :) I hope you like the song... I don't what they are saying in it... but I know I like...
Yauco, PR
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Wide angle shot of Yauco - interesting looking barrio (i think that's the right word - LOL)
Coamo, PR
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Ponce, PR
--> Castillo Serralles - Ponce : (I am standing on the docks at the red circle - 4 miles out)
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The yellow pin is Castillo - the follow the red line to...
I flew San Juan, Old San Juan, Levittown, Rincon, Crash Beach, Ponce, Naranjito, Arecibo and a 100 other spots. LOL. I did night flights, deep urban - buzzed some cruise ships - valleys - mountains... bridges... long range... you name it, I did it. It will take some time before I can get to the...
For paid gigs I have insurance - for leisure flights I don't. Autopilot takes over if there is a control/video issue. Otherwise you just don't hit stuff.
The guy with the long-range "record" did a 1 way trip to 86km (53 miles) and landed remotely in a field. The out-and-back record is 71km out, and 71km back (44 miles out, and then 44 miles back).
As far as being filmed on the beach... you're filmed at the gas station, ATM, every traffic...
By the way - once you've been playing with UAVs for a while you can build some pretty capable systems... here's a "short-range" flight out to 10 miles. 20 mile round trip
The distance is in the center of the screen at the bottom (to the left of the circle compass). Altitude is top right...
Naah you don't have to call the FAA or anything - haha. But there obviously is the need to make sure you know what you're doing if you want to fly far and high. Most people are not shooting down RC planes - and they are too slow and small to be pickup up by radar anyway. But with that said...
Here is one of my cloud flights...........
Well- you see this is in HD, so this is a separate camera that's on the plane. But what I actually saw while recording that HD footage is this:
This is because you can't transmit HD footage via the video transmitter... okay, well you can - but HD...
Oh - well I wouldn't start by buying stuff - LOL. I'd start by reading ... but if you can play a video game you can easily fly FPV (First Person View). The sponsor section here is a good start (fpvlab.com) - there is also pilot training threads and video threads so you can kinda see what we do.
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