Obtuse, Self referential nonsense, since 2015
I’ve just got back from a holiday in Suffolk, where is was great to see this year’s harvest in full swing. For an engineering geek like myself, seeing the huge Combine Harvesters running through the night was a great sight. Even better were the large stubble fields which I took the liberty of trespassing on. […]
I had some fun with the Quad this evening. I’ve been flying it in my father-in-law garden (the only fairly large private space that I have access to) testing the new 2 axis gimbal and the fake SJ4000 that I was given by Rob. The first flight went really well, but I wasn’t doing anything […]
Yesterday, two new videos surfaced both shot with drones. It’s really nice to see something interesting being filmed for once, and shows how easy it is to make slow, aerial footage look spectacular. For the Antarctica video the ingredients are: Soft ambient piano based music, trendy sans-serif font (Avenir Next Ultra Light), and slow fades. […]
I’ve got the Gimble mounted to the quad, and wired up to the main power bus. I’ve not yet plugged in the aux pan and tilt channels, but it’s working fine without. Just looking forward to flying it now!