Filmed my new Grand Sport with a drone at the Blue Ridge Parkway
03-09-2017, 05:31 PM
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As one who is really interested in learning to fly a high end drone with video, what helped you choose the Mavic Pro over say the Phantom 4 ?
I don't know enough about these, except that I love seeing the high quality work guys like you produce.... You make it look easy. My wife got me a "toy" drone 2 Christmas' ago and it's very difficult to keep it under control. Keep in mind, it's in the category of "toy"...... you know, the $59 type.
I just showed her your video clip and she asked how much is it going to costs us
I don't know enough about these, except that I love seeing the high quality work guys like you produce.... You make it look easy. My wife got me a "toy" drone 2 Christmas' ago and it's very difficult to keep it under control. Keep in mind, it's in the category of "toy"...... you know, the $59 type.
I just showed her your video clip and she asked how much is it going to costs us
03-09-2017, 05:41 PM
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That was incredible and I know it took quite a bit of time and planning to put that together. Your efforts are appreciated and you are hereby awarded an Atta Boy. Thanks
03-09-2017, 07:13 PM
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Yes for the driving shots I had my brother in law piloting from the passengers seat, though it was in follow me mode yes. Flee itself.
I don't mean to step on his thread, but I would like to help out! I owned the phantom 4, great drone. I recommend to new pilots that they avoid anything below a phantom 3, toys are discouraging as they are hard to fly. The mavic has a more reliable connection as it uses oculync instead of wifi. The mavic has obstacle avoidance underneath and in front, mavic has sport mode which flys around 60mph, phantom's range is about 2.5 miles and mavic is about 3.5 miles. But the best feature is mobility. The phantoms are big, bulky, eat up a lot of car space. The mavic folds up and can clip to my beltloop if I wanted to. It's very portable and lightweight. Even the controller is smaller and has it's own screen showing all data. And for what it's worth, it has a charging station to charge 4 batteries and the controller from 1 location at 1 time. No need to swap out batteries after each charge.
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03-09-2017, 07:23 PM
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MODERN TECNOLOGY WOW! Thought I was watching a movie!
03-09-2017, 07:53 PM
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Very nice. Can't wait to get our new Z06 out that way in a year or so.
03-09-2017, 08:33 PM
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I took my 2017 Grand Sport to the Blue Ridge Mountains along with my DJI Mavic Pro drone. Thought it would be a good chance to test out both! Very happy with the results.
Let me know what you think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV5RPsnhby8
Let me know what you think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV5RPsnhby8
Great job try it again in the fall please
03-09-2017, 08:35 PM
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You were up in my neck of the woods. I'm about 10 minutes from the parkway in Mount Airy. NC. If you come up again give me a pm and we can meet up I would love to see the drone in action. I bought on of those "toys" to get into it and I would be afraid to even get within 50ft. Of my car with my skills...lol
03-09-2017, 09:50 PM
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Very nice....thank God you didn't use "Rap Crap" for music.
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03-09-2017, 10:37 PM
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Excellent work!
03-09-2017, 10:44 PM
#54
Melting Slicks
Awesome! That car is one of the nicest I have seen. Great color, kept simple. Is that Watkins Glenn Grey? I want one!!
BTW I would have crashed my drone into the roof of the car (not on purpose)!!!
BTW I would have crashed my drone into the roof of the car (not on purpose)!!!
03-09-2017, 10:51 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSgPVpvQ7LE&t=61s
Here is some whale footage we managed to get on our Hawaii trip with the mavic. Was epic!
Here is some whale footage we managed to get on our Hawaii trip with the mavic. Was epic!
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03-10-2017, 07:48 AM
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I took my 2017 Grand Sport to the Blue Ridge Mountains along with my DJI Mavic Pro drone. Thought it would be a good chance to test out both! Very happy with the results.
Let me know what you think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV5RPsnhby8
Let me know what you think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV5RPsnhby8
