JAB1a Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Hi All, We got permission to fly around a local active gravel quarry, no workers were on site during the weekend so we had the opportunity to check it out and have a fly around the all the equipment. This video was filmed back in September while the weather had a break from the rain and wind. The site is used to create fine gravel and aggregate for local businesses and has been active many decades. The location would be so good to have Mini FPV Quad races around all the equipment, there is even a track behind this location that would be an excellent advanced course for the later races with a 50meter high incline on the straight. Best viewed full screen @1080p 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carpmart Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Dude - that's frikin awesome mate! I love everything about the video. What FPV, camera and flight controller where you using? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAB1a Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 Thanks for your nice comments mate, really good to hear that and I hope you had as much fun as I did making it Im using a Arco Naze32 using the latest Baseflight firmware on stock PIDs and rates. For FPV I use the trusty Sony PZ0420 and to record I use the Mobius wide angle camera (type . I use Fatshark Attitude SD googles with their vTx both fitted with custom skew planar antenna (Gav V2's), that's four lobes on both Tx and Rx which I know some would disagree with but its a personal preference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAB1a Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Here are some Photo's taken by my spotter on this day... The area was covered in fine dust... Which made for some great trails of dust when at speed... After the small tumble into the stinging nettles I realised a few magnets had come loose in the ZMR1804 motors which can be easily fixed with super glue... Lucky I had the tools with me... Use No.9999 for zip ties, as a spreader for superglue. Once I found the magnet, just remove it and clean the section where it sits and then apply a thin layer of superglue... After that, rebuild the motor and its back in the air for another attempt... A rare spot, a caged Spanky... No one like to see these animals caged, they should be allowed to roam free among the trees... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Now THAT's an RC video worthy of viewing Brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabmania2 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Cracking video and nice flying I would have crashed before going through the first safety hoop on that dozer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAB1a Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 Cheers both for your nice comments Makes it all worth while for the added smile. This was such a great place to fly and I so want to organise a mini quad race day around the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveyb84 Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 this is absolutely amazing, your flying skills are impressive cant wait to see more from you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAB1a Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share Posted January 7, 2015 this is absolutely amazing, your flying skills are impressive cant wait to see more from you Cheers mate The weather here has been non flyable for quite some time so it might be a while before the next video apart from I am trying to put a 2014 compilation video together and its proving to be a nightmare, 269Gb of 750odd video's to squeeze into a 4min36sec song lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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