my 18SF video and some pics

[JoeyM]

Originally Posted by daydreamer

joey are those drones hard to use? i think they are so neat. they open up a whole other spectrum! are they exspencive? what is the avg cost of a set up like that? thanks

no, they are really easy to use (compared to the RC copters and planes of a few years ago). if you ever panic and dont know what to do you can just take your hands off the sticks and the quadcopter will just hover in one place all by itself.

sometimes they may act a little screwy and there are not too rare reports of them just flying away. so of course there will be risk. one in particular is when the battery dies. if the battery is dying, the copter automatically returns to where it took off and lands. thats great over land, but not so much if youre on a moving boat.

i waited til prices dropped. mine is a dji phantom 1 with a gopro. so the phantom is $400 and a gopro can be as cheap as $200 or up to $400. mine also has a camera stabilization gimbal. this is an additional piece that really makes the video much much smoother. they can be expensive, but i bought a cheap chinese one for $80 that works well.




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[flyingfrizzle]

The 18 SeaCraft is sweet, But got to say your 25' contender or your Yellowfin are nice too... I have always believed in the 3 boat theory and you seem to have a nice spread