ridethisbike Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Absolutely one of the coolest things I've ever seen in regards to RC stuff... The guy has a camera attached to the RC helicopter that is live linked to a pair of goggles. He sees what the helicopter sees, and that's how he flys it. There's another one where he is near a train station, in his own little wire environment. Could be a good tool to show how dangerous wires can be as they disappear against the background. Looks like he has a lot of videos up. Really cool stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dRe-wCO-PQ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridethisbike Posted November 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Here's the train station one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsey Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Wow, that is really, really neat! Someone should send him an HD camera. What a cool project! LOVE the wind turbines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightsta1ker Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 I've dabbled a bit in RC helicopters. A good friend of mine has about 10 of various sizes and is pro level. After about 5 crashes and a couple thousand dollars later I gave them up. I can hover around with them as long as I keep the nose pointed away from me, but I am 3rd person retarded and can't seem to figure out which control movements to make when it's faceing different directions. At one point I felt I was doing pretty good, I could make it do a racetrack pattern in front of me, but then I got disoriented and lost it. I think FPV goggles would be a game changer. I wonder how much that setup cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotortramp Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Flight Simulator 2012. Now introducing real life graphics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trans Lift Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 (edited) Here is a similiar one but in a waaaaaay more spectacular setting using a quadrocopter! Edited November 20, 2012 by Trans Lift 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotortramp Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Here is a similiar one but in a waaaaaay more spectacular setting using a quadrocopter! This might make for fun hobby in the future. Surprised at how stable all the shots were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S9coldfire Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 The reason I eventually started taking helicopter lessons was because I started with RC helicopters and fell in love with all things helicopter. Using a simulator definitely saves a lot of time and money learning how to fly "nose in" and other 3rd person angles. Here's my all time favorite FPV video with an actual single rotor RC heli. It's SD and not nearly as smooth as the one above, but cool to know that an amateur was able to put this video together. At 2:08 he comes across a hiker at the top of a mountain, who I'm sure is wondering how a tiny unmanned helicopter got there. https://vimeo.com/11953684 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swisster Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 This is also an impressive one: Enjoy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Counterrotate Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Note to self: never accept a flying job in Florida! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam777 Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Here is a similiar one but in a waaaaaay more spectacular setting using a quadrocopter! nice job. i have seen some videos made by a rc helicopters. but they are never in this result. like last time i saw a video made by a rc helicopter here but it was not in good quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormhagen Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 Those two by the quadrocopters are amazingly smooth. Could easily be mistaken for gyro shots out of of a heli. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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