hexacopter – Riveted

Makah Bay and Cape Flattery Aerials

Laura Domela — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:44:04 +0000

Here are a couple of stills from Kevin's flight with the quadcopter/GoPro from our campsite out to the southern point of Cape Flattery (1.3 miles):

Looking back toward camp:

Kinda pretty, yeah?

Flying the Hexacopter at South Beach

Laura Domela — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:04:07 +0000

Kevin got some nice footage of the campground here at South Beach from the hexacopter yesterday. (That's our neighbor Mike on the goggles…Hi Mike!)

The Badass Badlands Hexacopter Video!

Laura Domela — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:33:23 +0000

Yesterday, as we were leaving the Badlands, we pulled over at a viewpoint so Kevin could stress me out for five solid minutes while he flew the hexacopter and camera out over some of the craziest, jaggiest parts of the Badlands…the part where if there's any malfunction and the thing goes down there is no getting any of it back. I'm not sure why this stresses me out more than it stresses Kevin out, but it does.

The first two starts out over the abyss both gave a blinking red light which meant a battery issue…so he brought it back in and changed batteries both times and started again. I told him I saw it as a sign that he might not want to do this particular flight. He just checked the third battery and went right back out there.

Bonus find while Kevin was looking for music to go with his video: music by a local Portland band we've seen live a few times called 3 Leg Torso!

Badlands Aerial

Laura Domela — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:18:22 +0000

Kevin got a nice shot of our surroundings this morning with the HexacopterCam. (Click image to enlarge…we're on the right)

(Posted by Laura)

Aerial Shots from This Morning’s Hexacopter Flight

Laura Domela — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 16:47:45 +0000

Black dot at the clearing where the roads meet is us. (Click images to enlarge)

Looking toward our campground (light spot at the base of the trees toward the top of the picture, below Mt. Elbert):

Arkansas River:

Hexacopter in a Thunderstorm

Laura Domela — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 11:28:00 +0000

Okay not really. Maybe "near" a thunderstorm.

We got back from Cowboy Mounted Shooting in time for another dramatic thunderstorm. It was loud but short, and resulted in a pretty double rainbow:

After the rain stopped, we took the hexacopter out and Kevin flew a few batteries' worth. We found a county road not that far from the campground that ran between some train tracks and the Arkansas River. (Hexacopter/dot in upper right corner of photo below):

It was beautiful out, and I think he got some great footage. While he was flying, I took this photo of the storm cloud next to us. (It was moving away, luckily, but look how cool!)

Alumafandango Aerial

Laura Domela — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:47:20 +0000

Kevin got a nice overall shot of the Alumafandango compound today with the hexacopter. He'll be doing another one of these at dusk tonight. (Click to enlarge.)

Chasing Ships in the Columbia River with the Hexacopter

Laura Domela — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:44:56 +0000

Here are three of Kevin's "Chasing Ships" videos from out at Skamokawa, WA:

This is where he takes off from our campsite with the hexacopter and a Sony 5n camera and then heads out over the middle of the Columbia River and the hexacopter becomes a teeny tiny little dot (a dot that would be over $2K to replace at this point, were it to fall into the river). He's getting some gorgeous footage of these HUGE ships. He's flying through a video feed on the hexacopter that transmits into a pair of FPV googles (FPV, for first person view), while I play the role of the "spotter" trying to keep track of the little bugger as he gets further and further away. (Basically all this means is that I stand there saying "You're getting really faaaaarrrrr. You're just a tiny dot now. I can barely see you. You're gaining/losing altitude." Super helpful stuff, really.)

If you like these, his YouTube channel is here if you wanna check out more of his stuff.

The tiny dot that isn’t a bird? That’s Kevin’s hexacopter.

Laura Domela — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:51:31 +0000

Can't wait until he's finished with this video he's making!

Battle Rock Beach FPV

Laura Domela — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:02:00 +0000

Here's some video Kevin took with the hexacopter at Battle Rock Beach at Port Orford, OR.

Love it!

Here are a few stills I took while he was flying:

(Posted by Laura)