Helicopter for aerial Filming ?

[Sieze2]

What quad are you using?

Its a multiWii quad see the links below:

forum thread is here : MultiWiiCopter (previously TriWiiCopter) - RC Groups

[glen_j]

That's just what I'm building sieze the arduino mini pro arrived today just waiting for the motion plus now

[Sieze2]

That's just what I'm building sieze the arduino mini pro arrived today just waiting for the motion plus now

Cool. Its a really nice system, and as you can see from my video is very stable even without the nunchuck. To be honest I don't really see how the accelerometer can make it more stable?

If you get stuck feel free to pm me. I hit a few issues and would be happy to help others.

I don't know if you have seen this, but this thread is a nice summary of the main thread:

BuildLog for the ArduWiino NK Quad - RC Groups

[debrooker]

I made a camera mount for my 500, using a sheet of aluminium (£3) and some bugee cord (£1.5) strapped it to my heli with my £250 compact digital, had a nice hover, then power loss, bye bye camera and £120 repair bill for the 500.

lesson learnt and a rather p*ssed off wife.

Still got a nice new camera now.

[Sieze2]

I made a camera mount for my 500, using a sheet of aluminium (£3) and some bugee cord (£1.5) strapped it to my heli with my £250 compact digital, had a nice hover, then power loss, bye bye camera and £120 repair bill for the 500.

lesson learnt and a rather p*ssed off wife.

Still got a nice new camera now.

I had a freak failure with the quad. It flipped over and broke 3 props and a motor. Luckily i didn't have the camera on it at the time. I think I inadvertently entered the motor shut-down with the stick combinations. I actually considered flying over water that flight......

[Syma Freak]

Gaui 330X S Quadcopter. Where would i look to buy one in Australia-or what would be the best site to go to-really wet my appetite for quads

[Sieze2]

Gaui 330X S Quadcopter. Where would i look to buy one in Australia-or what would be the best site to go to-really wet my appetite for quads

Alot buy from Www.flying-hobby.com . They are the cheapest but are based in Hong Kong not Australia. Be aware the Gaui 330 uses 10A ESC's and have been known to fail, so while it is the easiest quad to get flying it might not be the most reliable. It's payload capacity is not that great either. I suggest you read up on it.

[Syma Freak]

@Sieze2 thank you appreciate you advice

[Stuart]

For such a small camera you can get away with using a quad copter or something similar fairly easily. For someone at your stage (i.e havnt flown a heli before) the quad would be soooooo much easier to learn on. Theres also alot less issues with quad copters such as ball links working loose etc.
Its likely to be cheaper to start with aswell.
I am part the way through my newest AP rig, but in total with the camera and equiptment it's coming close to the £10,000 mark to get what i hope to be proffesional HD video.

Helicopter Testings on Vimeo

What's your video intended for? abit of fun or a commercial venture?

Good luck with it

Impressive Grant - what is the heli and the setup your using ?