Drove almost 3 hours round trip for this short piece of steam locomotive footage. And it was well worth it.

[razoraerial]

That’s true about timing of sound. It all depends on so much to be exactly right

 

[LongWindFPV]

it’s difficult to explain the challenges with this flight. Mostly due to endurance as mavic had to loiter quite a while waiting for this girl to round the corner.

You can hear the train easily 10 minutes before it arrives. I up launching too early.

the train was late, so I did a few practice runs. It Was too jerky in sport mode, and i was concerned it would be too slow in p mode. I turned obstacle avoidance off to gain a few more mph, and flew in cinematic mode.

I was more stoked about this footage than almost any other Ive ever shot. (My fav was after I got arrested (unlawfully) for flying a drone. after recovering my confiscated items i was excited to see that the entire interaction was filmed with mavic, including audio cached on the iPad)

Goodness gracious. You got arrested?? I hope the charges were dropped.

 

[realjack82]

had lots of complaints about too many cuts in the first video....here is a slight different version:

It was one of the more technically difficult flights. train was almost 20 or 30 minutes late, and I started filming at least 1/2 mile from where i was standing, which made it difficult to have sufficient battery at exactly the right moment it was needed.
I was more excited about this footage than probably anything else I’ve captured the past 3 years.

had lots of complaints about too many cuts in the first video....here is a slight different version:

It was one of the more technically difficult flights. train was almost 20 or 30 minutes late, and I started filming at least 1/2 mile from where i was standing, which made it difficult to have sufficient battery at exactly the right moment it was needed.
I was more excited about this footage than probably anything else I’ve captured the past 3 years.

GREAT VIDEO!!