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DIY Drones Take on Silicon Valley

Posted by Jason Short on April 11, 2012 at 8:30pm

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DIY Drones Take on Silicon Valley

Amateur drone makers are sending their do-it-yourself creations up into the skies of Silicon Valley. WSJ's Andy Jordan reports from San Francisco on the stunning footage they're capturing.

 

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303299604577326301981308414.html

 

This is the story I shot video footage for. Andreas Oesterer and Mark Harrison are featured.

 

And here is the full flight video:

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  • Moderator
    Ruwan April 22, 2012 at 2:58pm

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=YuKZ42... from their youtube video feed.. 

  • Developer
    Jason Short April 13, 2012 at 9:23am

    Yeah, I'd like that. Always wanted to fly there. Having a little kid means I get out at most once a month though.

  • Developer
    Jason Short April 13, 2012 at 9:03am

    i was on the CBS 6 o'clock local SF news last night. Pretty cool for me!

  • Developer
    Randy April 13, 2012 at 8:30am

    Jason, you're in the wallstreet journal! nicely done!!

  • Developer
    Jason Short April 12, 2012 at 5:33pm

    Those are from Tower hobbies. I have a lot of trouble finding them from other suppliers, but I swear by them. The cheap ones that ship with motors pop off all the time for me.

  • Moderator
    Ruwan April 12, 2012 at 5:02pm

    jason, awesome video. From where did you buy those prop mounts?

  • Distributor
    Dany Thivierge April 12, 2012 at 10:12am

    wow that is very good collection of video Jason!  Glad you have a bit more time now to fly that 2.5.x is out and gives a lot more stability. 

    I really like your shots! 

    Dany

  • Developer
    Andrew Tridgell April 12, 2012 at 4:33am

    great video!

  • Denny Rowland April 12, 2012 at 3:45am

    Jason

    I noticed quite a large overhang on your prop mountings, I thought I saw a few vibrations at one point. Any aerodynamic vibration can get magnified into an eccentric movement. Those motor arms must be very stiff.

    Nice vid. and flying. Is that a GoPro fixed mounted?

  • Kirill April 12, 2012 at 3:31am

    Jason, awesome video! You're a good pilot! Which mode do you usually fly, Simple or just Stabilize?

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