Komodo, from a different perspective.

[Shasta_man]

My first thought when I went there was the Komodo looks just like Northern Californian rolling hills.

 

[AleG]

How do you manouvre the plane do you have some sort of remote viewing device to see where its going? some of the flying seems incredibly close to the hilltops. Its awesome. Imagine if the plane can transform into a submarine you could go from the sky to underwater.. maybe checkout some ofvthe manta rolls!

hehehe... something like this?


The plane has a video transmitter so I see what the camera is recording with video goggles, on that video I could clearly see the reef underwater (I was standing on the boat on the left).

 

[Wisnu]

man, I really like your toys
awesome

 

[Magrone]

What a great idea! Thanks for sharing. Makes me want to go back to Komodo.

 

[gee13]

hehehe... something like this?


The plane has a video transmitter so I see what the camera is recording with video goggles, on that video I could clearly see the reef underwater (I was standing on the boat on the left).

Haha awesome, near miss, what good vis underwater, crystal clear was that in komodo as well?

 

[AleG]

Haha awesome, near miss, what good vis underwater, crystal clear was that in komodo as well?

No, that's at Koh Tachai, in the Andaman Sea. The visibility there is usually very good, on that day at least 30 meters.

 

[Lorenzoid]

When it crashes in the water the boat is willing to send a Zodiac out to help you retrieve it?! Wow--talk about good service.

That is truly amazing technology. It IS a drone!

 

[Will Rogers]

Most entertaining thread on this board since I joined!

I like your toys as well.

Will

 

[jake11]

Tora tora tora! hahaha! I too am getting a lot of joy out of these videos! That was a great laugh to start my day! Post more! :0)

hehehe... something like this?


The plane has a video transmitter so I see what the camera is recording with video goggles, on that video I could clearly see the reef underwater (I was standing on the boat on the left).

 

[AleG]

Here's the last aerial video from the trip to Komodo; more people than landscapes or animals this time, just to round up the good memories from the place.

[video=vimeo;55074740]https://vimeo.com/55074740[/video]

The first flight was to check up the tricopter, see if it was OK after going through a couple baggage handling operations. Also to tweak the flight stabilization controller, you will notice how it looks a bit wobbly.
I think half the kids from Labuan Bajo came out to see what was going on.