(Posted by Kevin) The quadcopter (the one built with my own loving hands in August last year) had a very bad day at Fury Cove. It was flying along like usual, about a quarter-mile from the boat, probably capturing some beautiful video – when it suddenly plummeted to the ground…
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Kevin made another quadcopter video! Hope you like it, Pierre! 🙂
Leave a CommentTa-da! Kevin's finished aerial video from around Patos Island (watch in HD if you can): Shot with an FPV Quadcopter. Filmed with GoPro Hero 3+ aboard a Team Black Sheep Discovery Pro quadcopter. Launched from a Nordic Tug 34 anchored in Active Cove at Patos Island Marine State Park, WA.…
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(Posted by Kevin) My last drone was lost at sea in March. Apparently we didn’t do a blog post about it at the time, which is a mystery because it was exactly the kind of event we’d normally blog about. We were on the Oregon coast, and I’d been flying…
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Kevin finally got all of the parts from Team Black Sheep to build his new Discovery Pro FPV Gimbal Quadcopter. He hasn't flown since The Incident, (I can't believe Kevin didn't do a post about The Incident on Riveted, but this'll give you some background if you want, plus more…
Leave a CommentKevin just finished two three four more videos of ships passing in front of our campsite at Skamokawa. So gorgeous, aren't they? Also, if you're totally into it and want to subscribe to Kevin's hexacopter video channel on YouTube, you can do that here. (That link is also a link to…
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Gorgeous afternoon/evening yesterday at South Beach Campground: And one with the Airstream: Kevin took the hexacopter up with the Sony NEX5n on it for some aerial stills of the campground so you could get a feel for what the place looks like overall. Here we are: Here's a pulled back…
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Here are a few shots Kevin took (with the Sony NEX5n mounted on his hexacopter) of our spots at Skamokawa Vista Park. Neat, huh?
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(Taken from the hexacopter, of course.) Oh yeah! And the music is again from local faves 3 Leg Torso! How beautiful is this place?
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Yesterday early evening we drove up to Hagerman Pass. Here's the view: The road got to be pretty rocky and slow and we found a spot we thought we'd use to turn around in. But first, Kevin got out the hex and flew for a few minutes. Here's the road…
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