Air 2 Part 1 Hamersley Gorge, Karijini Western Australia

John Gowland · Nov 6, 2022

mrjohnc1 · Nov 6, 2022

Very NICE......thanks for sharing John!!

chris thomas · Nov 6, 2022

Good stuff!

Yogi053 · Nov 7, 2022

What a magnificent landscape! Nice flying. I was waiting for a croc/alligator jumping out and taking the avata!

twickers14 · Nov 7, 2022

Wow. My MA2 could do that if you were flying it! Where were you for your Home Points throughout-up on the cliffs, down in the gorge (on a boat!) How many takes did you record? No probs if you don’t have the time to answer but would be interested.

JimSteadman · Nov 7, 2022

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WOW! This is equal to one of those BBC specials. Beautifully done and the music was just right! Superb.

Crash Gibby · Nov 7, 2022

Really Nice video, Thanks

Dale D · Nov 7, 2022

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That was amazing flying! No doubt you had the drone in sight at all times. You are a much braver pilot than I could ever be, and I thank you for the gorgeous shots through that canyon.

Dale

Capt KO · Nov 7, 2022

WOW impressive. Pucker factor and lack of depth perception would be a no-go for me. More impressive is you still have the drone (I assume). Enjoyed it..keep it up

John Gowland · Nov 7, 2022

twickers14 said:
Wow. My MA2 could do that if you were flying it! Where were you for your Home Points throughout-up on the cliffs, down in the gorge (on a boat!) How many takes did you record? No probs if you don’t have the time to answer but would be interested.

At 1.23 on the left there is a small rock, to the right of that is a larger one, I was part laid down behind that. At 1.02 at the top of the screen in the middle there is a small blue dot, the shirt I was wearing. I did multiple passes up and down from the same position.

In Australia you try to avoid driving at sunset, sunrise and generally at night. Kangaroos can do a lot of damage to your car. They freeze in the road, often jump off the road and for some strange reason jump back on! Almost everyone has a story about hitting a roo. Then smack, some can stand at 6 feet. So, people leave places to avoid sunset. So, you can film alone, as you know this is the best time anyway. However, it does mean you have to camp near so you don’t have to drive at sunset and can be alone at sunrise.

John Gowland · Nov 7, 2022

Yogi053 said:
What a magnificent landscape! Nice flying. I was waiting for a croc/alligator jumping out and taking the avata!

Funny you should say that. I sometimes stay at a backpackers in places like here in Karijini. I showed a guy the vid and he said he saw a crock in the middle of the pool.

MAvic_South_Oz · Nov 7, 2022

John Gowland said:
Funny you should say that. I sometimes stay at a backpackers in places like here in Karijini. I showed a guy the vid and he said he saw a crock in the middle of the pool.

Lol, no crocs in Karinjini . . . did you tell him, or let the myth prevail ?

Loved our drive through there in 2019, part of a 5 week, 5 states, 14,200km little 4wd trip.
Finally bagged Mt Meharry and Mt Bruce.

John Gowland · Nov 7, 2022

MAvic_South_Oz said:
Lol, no crocs in Karinjini . . . did you tell him, or let the myth prevail ?

Loved our drive through there in 2019, part of a 5 week, 5 states, 14,200km little 4wd trip.
Finally bagged Mt Meharry and Mt Bruce.

Ha it was a rock, he was only joking. At around the middle of the vid. Yup a stunning place.

mereflyer · Nov 7, 2022

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Incredible footage and expertly navigated. You were very game taking chances with signal loss, water reflections and collisions. What was your RTH strategy on signal loss? Certainly had me on the edge of my seat!

bl4scott · Nov 7, 2022

I was thinking the same thing. Seemed like it went so far.

millbah · Nov 7, 2022

Nice flying dude

twickers14 · Nov 8, 2022

John Gowland said:
At 1.23 on the left there is a small rock, to the right of that is a larger one, I was part laid down behind that. At 1.02 at the top of the screen in the middle there is a small blue dot, the shirt I was wearing. I did multiple passes up and down from the same position.

In Australia you try to avoid driving at sunset, sunrise and generally at night. Kangaroos can do a lot of damage to your car. They freeze in the road, often jump off the road and for some strange reason jump back on! Almost everyone has a story about hitting a roo. Then smack, some can stand at 6 feet. So, people leave places to avoid sunset. So, you can film alone, as you know this is the best time anyway. However, it does mean you have to camp near so you don’t have to drive at sunset and can be alone at sunrise.

You also get such good light. Fascinating to hear about a little bit of Aussie life. We just have to avoid the traffic, stray dogs and pedestrians wander over the road looking the other way. Hey ho! Thanks for getting back to me, I did spot a flash of blue where you said.

John Gowland · Nov 11, 2022

mereflyer said:
Incredible footage and expertly navigated. You were very game taking chances with signal loss, water reflections and collisions. What was your RTH strategy on signal loss? Certainly had me on the edge of my seat!

All the low shots were with the Avata. This is the way of the future with drones just so stable with no sensors other than a downward one. But that downward one is one hell of an optical flow CPU. That is where it will be incorporated with all future DJI drones including all Mavics. However, there are two problems, one local one general. The general problem is the great difficulty in using the “break” it just does not work. When you lose connection, you need to be able to break, get your bearings, figure out what is around you, especially above. So, what happens is it just rises before RTH and bang into an object. The second issue is the local issue FC it is tiny compared to the FCC. So, you are very restricted in Australia.

So as usual it is just practice, practice, practice. You go further and then further while looking up for windows in case the RTH engages. Not easy, but there is no other way. Except to hack it for the local issue and my hack does not work without internet connection. So, I need to find another way to get FCC distance without internet connection. So please anyone help. But I gripe, it turned out to be a dream of a flight/recording. Thank you.