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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Drones Explained ......

So ... we hear lots of talk about drones, what are they, what do they do and how can I get trained on flying and advice on purchasing a drone.

Right now drones are not available for commercial use, 5 waivers have been granted to professional film companies for the use of drones. If you advertise the use of a drone for commercial use then the FAA may pay you a visit, even more important if you fly a drone in controlled airspace !

You want to look at www.skyvector.com to see if you are in the surface area of class B,C or D airspace, flying in this controlled airspace would be a federal matter. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED !

As an EMS pilot and check airman I regularly see articles on drones delaying the arrival and departure of EMS helicopters, if one of these drones ended up in the intake of a turbine engine it would destroy the engine and maybe cause a fatal accident.

So on to the drones ....

We at Blue hill helicopters will be offering a training course on the use and regulations relating to drones in an attempt to educate people on when and where to fly them and buy them, many people buy the drone they see at the local hobby store without researching future upgrade options etc.
Drones come in several shapes and sizes, acrobatic drones and camera platform drones for personal use video footage. The best drone right now for use in acrobatic and fun flying would be the BLADE 350 QX , a great flying drone with lots of modes for the new pilot, if you want to just fly around then this would be the way to go .

The next drone to consider would be a drone for a camera platform, to obtain shots like in the video in this blog. Without a doubt the best drone in this market would be the DJI Phantom 2 , this is s great start and we will talk about what you need to add to this drone to get amazing HD footage.
DO NOT BUY the Phantom vision , it has a very poor camera and is not upgradeable.

























First of all you need a platform that is upgradeable as technology improves, we know how fast cameras improve and already we are seeing the Go Pro 4 out on the 5th of October !  the phantom 2 is the best choice . Now we need to add a camera, its a no brainer that the Go Pro is the best camera on the market but get the BLACK edition , it has some higher frame rate options for making slow mo videos .

How do we keep this camera stable whilst we are buzzing through the air ? we need a gyro gimble . The best gimble to get would be the H3 3D, it works perfectly with the Go Pro and powers it from the drone so no fear of the battery going dead !



Now we have 

The Drone - The DJI Phantom 2 

The Gimble - The H3 3D

The Camera - The Go Pro (Black edition)

We can now fly our drone and take great HD video ...... but wait ! we can only fly it where we can see it unless we add some more options . How about a live video feed so that we can see from the eyes of our drone and fly it up to a mile away ? There are many options here and here is where you can make some big mistakes . We need a transmitter to add to our drone and a GPS interface so that we can feed back information from our drone to our screen attached to our remote control. The only way to do this is by taking our drone apart and connecting the required modules (some soldering required).

What we need for the FPV set up (First person view)

GPS Module - DJI phantom GPS module

Radio transmitter and antenna  - Boscam TS 832 , 5.8 Ghz TX 

Monitor screen and receiver  - 7 inch monitor with built in 5.8 Ghz  RX

Bracket to mount to the drone controller.



So this is the complete setup and very upgradeable, lots of options for future transmitter upgrades etc.

Here is a finished video 






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