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Aotearoa from above

Postby ozimax on Thu Aug 23, 2018 10:45 pm

I mentioned early this year that I have acquired a drone (Mavic Pro). After about 6 months of procrastination, I have finally managed to edit and upload a short (5 min) video of our trip. I'm not sure if it belongs in this section, but here she be anyway:

http://www.airvuz.com/video/AOTEAROA-FROM-ABOVE?id=5b7e9da12bbeab38f5ee379f
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Re: Aotearoa from above

Postby TonyT on Fri Aug 24, 2018 5:58 am

Nice Oz. The picture quality is outstanding, well done :cheers:
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Postby ozimax on Fri Aug 24, 2018 8:10 am

Thanks Tony. The still quality is even better than the video.
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Re: Aotearoa from above

Postby TonyT on Fri Aug 24, 2018 8:21 pm

Yes, I remember seeing some of the stills you put up and yes the quality was great.
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Re: Aotearoa from above

Postby Matt. K on Sun Aug 26, 2018 11:00 pm

Amazing! It's like the eye of God! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Re: Aotearoa from above

Postby zafra52 on Wed Aug 29, 2018 1:55 pm

I love it! Very professionally done. :cheers:
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Re: Aotearoa from above

Postby ozimax on Thu Aug 30, 2018 3:24 pm

Matt. K wrote:Amazing! It's like the eye of God! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:


Drones are super cool. Annoying at times, but super cool.
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Re: Aotearoa from above

Postby biggerry on Thu Sep 13, 2018 12:05 pm

I hate drones, but they are so very cool - this is great Ozi, you have done really well with this, rather professional if i do say so :)
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Re: Aotearoa from above

Postby ozimax on Fri Sep 21, 2018 11:09 am

biggerry wrote:I hate drones, but they are so very cool - this is great Ozi, you have done really well with this, rather professional if i do say so :)


Thanks Gerry. I have toyed with the idea of trading/swapping the Mavic Pro for the Mavic Air as the video is even better and it's half the size of the pro. However, if you thought the Mavic Pro was annoying, the Air sounds like a massive swarm of angry bees, intent on driving everyone within a hundred metres stark raving bonkers.

Evidently the Mavic 2 Pro is much quieter. And much more expensive...
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Re: Aotearoa from above

Postby gstark on Mon Sep 24, 2018 8:20 am

ozimax wrote:if you thought the Mavic Pro was annoying, the Air sounds like a massive swarm of angry bees, intent on driving everyone within a hundred metres stark raving bonkers.


A couple of years ago I was at a media event for the release of some new hard drives, and they were using drones with WiFi capabilities to demonstrate the remote access facilities featured in the drives. These drones did sound a lot like a swarm of angry bees. To the point where a swarm of angry bees actually attacked the drones, and brought a couple of them down.
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Re: Aotearoa from above

Postby ozimax on Mon Sep 24, 2018 11:56 am

gstark wrote:[a swarm of angry bees actually attacked the drones, and brought a couple of them down.


It does happen. When flying the drone I'm always on the lookout for birds of prey and other assorted critters that are harmful to drones. And of course aeroplanes and choppers. Legally I have to immediately bring the drone back if I spot an aircraft in the vicinity.
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