my attempt at drone filming trials bikes

[bladerunner]

I went up to the local quarry to have a go at filming with a phantom 2 quad copter and spotted a couple of guys on trials bikes so thought I'd try some moving targets.....didn't know where they were going and not tried filming a moving target before! It shows I know....but learning quickly and want to give it another go with some more planing!....anyhow here is what I got.



Parys Mountain Bike Trail Dec 14: https://youtu.be/VFzwMwAVJm0
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[CaNsA]

That's pretty fucking cool dude.

[bladerunner]

Thanks CaNsA........it's pretty much a big boys toy alright!
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[Pete.]

Nice work.

That ground is well and truly dead, and I wouldn't fancy a belly-full of that green water much either.

I double-dare you to stick a POV camera on it and do a lap of the Skerries standing on Carmel Head
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[KLR600]

Looks pretty good You haven't done the "go up and film stuff from really really high so you can't really see what's going on" thing that a lot of camera drone people seem to do so that's a big plus for me. Obviously it's hard to know where the riders will go so hard to follow them smoothly but still good going

I like the idea of camera drones but from what I've seen of them (especially in mountain bike and motocross videos as they seem to be really popular in those) they're not used to their full potential. I get the whole going up high to establish the location or to end the video but you see a lot of videos filmed from a ridiculous altitude when you consider that they're generally filming with a fisheye lens.

I haven't got a drone so I don't know if it's possible but I'd like to see drones being used in a similar way to cable cams, cranes and dollies. Tracking fairly close to a rider from maybe just above head height would be cool and is a shot you don't see too often.

I didn't know you were allowed to ride bikes at Parys Mountain either! It looks like a (very!) mini Red Bull Rampage site - maybe on my next visit to Wales I'll bring my DH mountainbike and a shovel and try and craft some lines in there!
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[sensi5446]

Cool vid!! Watching vids like this make me wanna get one

[Tungtvann]

That's pretty cool. Were you just using the quadcopter with a GoPro attached or was there one of those expensive gimbal devices as well? How much flight time do you get out of it?

[bladerunner]

I was trying to follow them fairly close which was hard going as I couldn't see the drone for half of the circuit they were doing...and there were 3 elevation changes of 30 foot so was having to use the fpv screen to fly with. Go pro is on a gimbal. Started off with a cheap £50 2 axis Chinese gimbal which did a good job but this is a 3 axis gimbal which adds to smooth video when flown properly ie not like this. And KLR this is on my doorstep so give me a shout when your over and I'll come film you!
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[RhynoCZ]

Very nicely done. I'd use a filter to reduce the amount of light coming into the lense, but still, very cool.
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[CaNsA]

I like how the lads were just doing normal trail stuff and not showing off, that was pretty cool of them to make it easier for you to get to grips with moving targets.

[KLR600]

[bladerunner]

Sounds like a plan! I has a pair of KDX200's and lots of L glass for the Canon dslr's and some in ear vox walkie talkies.......just sounds like a video waiting to happen . Free tea/coffee and cake.......did I mention the free cake lol
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