This article is extracted project report The UAV above Amazon River
Abstract:
A group of Chinese UAV enthusiasts vista the Indian tribe living in the far Amazon tropical rainforest. An encounter between two cultures takes place...
This unprecedented cultural event originates form a documentary of the same name initiated by a Chinese filmiest.
The origin of this event:
In 2000, a Chinese photographer Zhang Yanjun and his wife came to Brazil to screen Amazon River.
Having overcome countless difficulties and obstacles, they eventually travelled across the river. This adventure took 10 years and involved the participation of 83,000 Brazilian.
In 2009, the Resource magazine made a documentary named Travel Across, using the videos and images taken in the the same year, China Ministry of Culture held a Brazilian movie exhibition named The Charm of Culture for Zhang Yanjun couple.
Beijing Film Academy invited Zhang Yanjun for intellectual lecture; Chinese Academy of Social Sciences invited them to be directors of the Centre for Research on Brazil, among many other cases of cooperation.
In 2012, the Zhang couple set up a media company EDITORA RECURSO, producing documentaries, book and TV program in both China and Brazil. In March, the company held a press conference, in which Zhang released his timing plan The UAV above Amazon River.
The documentary The UAV above Amazon River is directed by EDITORA RECURSO, co-organized by China Documentary Research Center, Brazilian Aero Club and BeePHOTO company. The documentary will produce 20×30 minutes TV documentary and a large fort film atlas.
Execution:
The UAV used should be electric powered multi-coper.
The copter should use open-source flight controller (for e.g., APM or PPZ). Only tri-copter, quad-copter, or Y6, X8 configuration are allowed. Endurance should be not less than 20 minutes. Flight modes should be stabilize or manual mode. Loiter, waypoint, flight route or flight in formation. Flight altitude should be form 30cm to 600m.
There will be 10 UAV enthusiasts participating.