Just another trip... to the lighthouse!

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Just another trip... to the lighthouse!

Postby icebear » Wed Jul 30, 2014 6:08 pm

It has become a tradition since 2007... Every year I try to do an UAV flight out to our local lighthouse aboute 2 km's off the coast.

This year I wanted to try something new, so I went with a friend who owns a fast Buster XXL boat beside the UAV all the way out and back. This means that the route was slightly longer than previous trips - approx 20 minutes total including 7-8 minutes stand-by circling while getting ready with the boat before and after the route (humans are slower than drones).

Here is a short video of the trip...

http://youtu.be/_d04BSftjNw?list=UUpkvg ... uBFPXiyvfg

Enjoy!

/Bjorn
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Re: Just another trip... to the lighthouse!

Postby Tom » Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:16 pm

What a nice tradition! I can remember seeing your first lighthouse mission and thinking: this could be done better with a better autopilot :-) The origins of gluonpilot!

And what a big smile at the end!
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Re: Just another trip... to the lighthouse!

Postby icebear » Sat Aug 09, 2014 7:26 pm

Thanks for the comments Tom.... and glad to hear that the 2007 premiere trip to the lighthouse was an inspiration :D!

And the smile was a smile of relief!... :)

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Re: Just another trip... to the lighthouse!

Postby vitik » Tue Aug 12, 2014 1:47 am

Hello Bjorn,

What is you secret of high quality videos on youtube? :-)
I have Mobius camera and output files in format MOV, resolution is very good. But after it is uploaded to youtube, quality is much worse than original. I am asking for advice.

Thank you,
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Re: Just another trip... to the lighthouse!

Postby icebear » Thu Aug 14, 2014 3:55 pm

Hi Vitik!

I use a GoPro3 cam although I have used the Mobius also in the past.
Generally I am using a Mac for editing (iMovie) and it generates a MOV file with pretty good resolution and that is what I upload to Youtube. Maybe if you try another editing software the Youtube compression will be better?

Are you happy with the Mobius otherwise?

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Re: Just another trip... to the lighthouse!

Postby vitik » Fri Aug 15, 2014 12:52 am

Yes, it is light, small, good quality camera.
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