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Hi, my name is Jonathan and I'm interested in RC Flying and the aerial filming and aerial photography side of RC Flying, which means I'm always searching for radio controlled aircraft and camera mounts suitable for carrying video cameras and DSLR cameras to produce nice images without distortion caused by vibrations.
I started out just with RC helicopters of many shapes and sizes, mainly because you can hover them near to what you want to photograph, but I have also ventured into using RC planes. My best successes so far, however, have been with multi-rotor craft known as Quadcopters, Tricopters, Octocopters etc or Drones or UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles).
 When I was new to RC Flying I had a fair few disasters, some of which were my fault, some were due to my inexperience and others were the fault of totally crap rc helicopters. The last reason is partly why I wanted to make this site, because there must be loads of people who tried their first RC helicopter and found it almost impossible to fly and gave up right away. In fact I did the same thing myself, after immediately crashing my first RC heli - it took me two years to get back into it. The point is, it's not always you, sometimes you just need to find the right machine for you.
RC Aerial Photography
As I said above, my main passion, alongside flying, is photography, so I like blending the two and make videos and images taken from the skies. In fact I would say that 99% of my flying involves making aerial videos and photographs, mostly the former. I hardly every just fly around without a camera, but do enjoy it when I do.
RC Flying Hangar
The RC Flying hangar section has external shots of rc planes, drones and rc helicopters so people can see what they look like. Some of the articles in the Hangar have a journalistic flavour, where I've reviewed some of the better rc planes, drones or helicopters that come my way. I tend not to bother reviewing the crap stuff, prefering to just throw them in the bin - though if I find something that's truly aweful I might feel compelled to mention it. |
