We flew an Arducopter (a.k.a Japicopter Sr.) along Bambarakanda Falls, the tallest waterfall in Sri Lanka (863 ft - 299th in the world) to capture a video footage. The copter flew flawlessly despite occational strong winds.
We used firmware V2.9.1b on APM 2.0 board. The location didn't help us for a GPS fix, hence mostly relied on Stabilize mode, and occasionally used altitude hold mode.
We missed a good camera gimbal to do hardware stabilization. Some modifications are already planned to get rid of jello. We had to use software stabilization in the video.
This is our first video and appreciate suggestions a lot!
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Waterfalls are some of my favorite natural wonders. Thank you for sharing this one!
Thanks Nathaniel, I'm going to have a look at logs today. Will let you know. While I was operating it, I never got a solid LED in the mediatek GPS around the waterfall.
Great job, nice video! How many satellites did you have?
Regards,
Nathaniel ~KD2DEY