Its fun to fly in caves! And yes, gps loss farther in, but still very controllable.
Check this video out.
Check this video out.
Fly inside a cave?
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Very nice place !!!
Was it difficult to keep control of the Mavic ? I saw you tried on your most scenes to stay still and play with gimbal pitch .
Was it difficult to keep control of the Mavic ? I saw you tried on your most scenes to stay still and play with gimbal pitch .
Don't really see the point. For one, like you say, you can't fly very far into a cave before losing light. I took a look at the cave videos shot by drones in this thread and, frankly, wasn't that impressed by the cave footage. When you have a drone high in the sky and taking in a wide expanse of landscape, the result is often an impressive and sometimes awesome video. But cave videos shot by drones? Meh. Cave videos just don't play into an airborne drone's strengths, which is having a high vantage point together with a moderately wide angle camera to take in a lot of scenery.
I disagree. Whether or not a cave is a great place to fly a drone is one thing but I actually prefer flying my mavic closer to subjects. It's totally subjective but many of the drone videos I see of people flying their drones high with poorly editing and graded footage has become old and mixing that up with different types of footage keeps it more interesting. I'm definitely not very skilled at this but here are my first two mavic videos where I did try to mix it up:
I'm going to work on my cave video this weekend, I haven't even looked at the footage yet but I know I did lume cubes or something for it next time...
When I was flying mine in a cave it was super challenging. Partially it was because it was pitch black in parts so it was hard to keep track of the drone.
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guys.. I was just about to ask about it! I want to get a footage in the cave(part of it) in Laos... The only thing I'm "afraid" of is the weird movements Mavic gets when GPS is lost..
few days ago I was trying to fly low in a little street and Mavic has lost GPS so it started to drift left right.. I could control it but that was so hard! basically cause it would not stay "still" it'll happen the same in a cave?or since it'll start without GPS then is better?
few days ago I was trying to fly low in a little street and Mavic has lost GPS so it started to drift left right.. I could control it but that was so hard! basically cause it would not stay "still" it'll happen the same in a cave?or since it'll start without GPS then is better?
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I just returned from Filicudi, in the Italian Islands and tried to fly in a really cool cave in the cliff edge at water level! Not a good idea and would not suggest it to anyone unless you are willing to risk loosing your drone! We had to fly it manually once we took off as the sensors had not idea where they were and what was up and what was down etc. We managed to catch it manually but only after tripping over rocks and almost going into the water. So yeah, Not a great idea!
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Enjoyed the videos. My neck of woods and all. I may have to go to Oregon next summer to see that waterfall. If you were at mt hood, by chance did you venture down to the gorge?
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Perfect spot for those
I also imagine auto RTH is best to be deactivated just in case something screwy happen to wireless signal ??
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This video is just amazingly beautiful...Its fun to fly in caves! And yes, gps loss farther in, but still very controllable.
Check this video out.
One sequence desserve to disappear is the flash light sequence who totally mismatch. Also that sequence is posing question : did the drone was handled by hands? Did this sequence ended by crash into the cave wall?...
There is a Cave I located that I have been told no one has ever entered due to it high elevation on a vertical mountain side and the unstable ground around it. I was tempted but thought about it and decided that I would try it when I can fully plan for the flight. In any case i will not be entering into it, only filming what can be seen from the mouth of the cave.
When I was younger I went spelunking a few times with a friend who was really into it and needed company. Things that I learned that might be bad for drones is that heavy winds can sometimes come out of side vent holes, which will be a serious problem in ATTI mode. The cave floors are typically very uneven so you can expect prop wash to be very unpredictable. If you make even one bend around a corner and lose LOS you might also lose the signal.
I think Dragons video is a good simulation of what to expect.
Rob
When I was younger I went spelunking a few times with a friend who was really into it and needed company. Things that I learned that might be bad for drones is that heavy winds can sometimes come out of side vent holes, which will be a serious problem in ATTI mode. The cave floors are typically very uneven so you can expect prop wash to be very unpredictable. If you make even one bend around a corner and lose LOS you might also lose the signal.
I think Dragons video is a good simulation of what to expect.
Rob
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Both videos were good. I don't think I'd fly the Mavic in a cave, the two times I tried in the house didn't end well. Now the Spark, totally different story, wouldn't hesitate to fly inside a cave.Its fun to fly in caves! And yes, gps loss farther in, but still very controllable.
Check this video out.
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First couple of weeks with mavic .The wind from top required sport mode to be used but I think this shows that from a drone caves look better from the outside
The flight in the cave was truly all flight, even to the very back, there was no hand held drone in there. I believe the part with the flashlight was added as a joke, and I believe that short bit with the flashlight was held by hand. The rest was actual flight. You can see the shadows of the mavic on the cave walls. Even flying up to the ice was flight. I was standing just a few feet away while I was flying it there.
So beautiful, where is this located? Did you climb up or climb down?Its fun to fly in caves! And yes, gps loss farther in, but still very controllable.
Check this video out.
Both... but climbing up was first this was near Bragg creek Alberta. Called Bragg creek ice cave or ing's mine If You Google it. And cell phones worked once you get to the cave. I was happy. Haha
this was near Bragg creek Alberta. Called Bragg creek ice cave or ing's mine If You Google it. And cell phones worked once you get to the cave. I was happy. HahaSimilar threads
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