Hope you all haven't put away your drones for the season! Past peak is a wonderful time to fly and film. The resolution of these drone cameras reveals all of the textures in an ever changing landscape. This was one of the last flights of a 5 battery 2 drone session so it's getting dark. I exported this particular clip from yesterday afternoon's session to demonstrate the 'turnaround' move. This is a good move to practice as you change direction. It works as a 180 or other directional turn. The first video is the MA2.
This move can be very dramatic if you pull it off, but it requires multiple inputs carefully coordinated and timed. Even when you don't pull off flawlessly, it can still work as a transition. Here's how it works:
Start at a lower elevation while flying close to treetops or ridge line (1/3 horizon). Increase elevation and start to gimbal down, maintaining axis from center point of rotation. Begin your turn as gimbal tilts below horizon. Continue turn and gimbal tilt until gimbal is approx. 60 degrees. At apex of turn, begin decreasing elevation and gimbal tilt up as you descend. As the horizon appears, continue slight gimbal up until you reveal approx. 1/3 horizon. Continue descent as you fly over treetops, ridgeline, river or landform. You'll notice at the end of the clip, I tilted gimbal down again to change composition. The turnaround move has a vertical profile like a roller coaster. My turn wasn't perfect and I didn't descend after the turnaround, but you get the idea.
Here's another flight at golden hour with my M2P.
This move can be very dramatic if you pull it off, but it requires multiple inputs carefully coordinated and timed. Even when you don't pull off flawlessly, it can still work as a transition. Here's how it works:
Start at a lower elevation while flying close to treetops or ridge line (1/3 horizon). Increase elevation and start to gimbal down, maintaining axis from center point of rotation. Begin your turn as gimbal tilts below horizon. Continue turn and gimbal tilt until gimbal is approx. 60 degrees. At apex of turn, begin decreasing elevation and gimbal tilt up as you descend. As the horizon appears, continue slight gimbal up until you reveal approx. 1/3 horizon. Continue descent as you fly over treetops, ridgeline, river or landform. You'll notice at the end of the clip, I tilted gimbal down again to change composition. The turnaround move has a vertical profile like a roller coaster. My turn wasn't perfect and I didn't descend after the turnaround, but you get the idea.
Here's another flight at golden hour with my M2P.
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