
Rock Skipping followed by FPV drone
AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE :
Talented first person view (FPV) drone pilots are continually discovering new ways to use their racing quads to capture the world around us. Much of the "new frontiers" relate to tracking moving objects and people, where the speed and maneuverability of FPV quads are allowing these content creators to film things which have never been seen before. As a great example, check out this fantastic piece by AirVuz contributor and FPV pilot jaydenlawson. Using his FPV quad, he was able to track a rock skipping along some glass-smooth water.
- almost 5 years ago
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Between 2018 and 2020 I attempted to bring this long-held dream of mine to film a rock skipping on water, in slow mo, at the same speed as the rock. I wanted to long before FPV drones existed, so I always wondered how I would do it. Then after building my own drone (thanks Johnny FPV for your early advice, and Chad Nowak for helping me build a Reverb for it) I realised I could make it happen. It was way more difficult than I anticipated. My wife started throwing initially, but after three shoots at three different locations, we switched to my brother and tried two other locations. I ended up sending two different drones under water five times, and each time it ended that day's shoot, forcing us to drive two hours back home, where I put the drone out in the sun for half a day so it had a chance to fly another day. Thankfully, the DryDrone product that Chad Nowak put on the Reverb saved it (although I later killed it in a saltwater incident), and nailpolish on the electronics of an older Alien saved that drone twice. I finally found this spot that's in the video as it had perfectly still water, and a channel that faced the extinct volcano of Mt Warning. Unfortunately only on this day shown, the mountain became almost invisible due to smoke haze from the terrible Australian bushfires - all other days it was dark blue/purple and reflected beautifully on the water. Hope you enjoy!
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