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Re: HEXO+: Your Autonomous Aerial Camera
« Reply #45 on: December 13, 2015, 09:36:36 AM »
I bet you were nervous as a cat in a room full of rockers.
You know it!

Admin, I did not have to do much.  I set it in follow close mode, with the camera filming from in front of me but it kept changing angles, which makes it more interesting anyway.  I was in the frame the whole time, which I thought was impressive.  Yes, overall I am surprised how easy it was and how well the footage came out, it was all just plug and play.

The landing is tricky though, I have not figured out how to get it to self land in the same spot it started, so I have to make sure it's in the right spot and click "land here" on the app.  When I came out of the water at the end, the drone almost went too far back and into a palm tree.  The battery still had around 40% left, so I could have stayed out a little longer but it really does not give you much time. 
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Re: HEXO+: Your Autonomous Aerial Camera
« Reply #46 on: December 14, 2015, 10:24:03 PM »
We did a photoshoot for our 2016 race boards and used the drone to get some really nice aerial video, here is a video of the shoot, this is only the second time  I used the drone over the water and it is really pretty easy to get this kind of footage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3qklngzcqg
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Re: HEXO+: Your Autonomous Aerial Camera
« Reply #48 on: December 31, 2015, 11:40:47 AM »
We recently had our google account hacked and the hacker deleted all our most recent youtube videos.  I had to re-load the videos to youtube and am now re-posting the deleted videos.

https://youtu.be/15syBYYuOpU

https://youtu.be/9X3o2a3OJjg

https://youtu.be/5GsjfhR_aCU
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