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Gaui 330X Quadcopter Derelict Building Redux

Written by Jonathan Malory   
Tuesday, 02 August 2011 20:41

This is the second time I've driven out to this old building that I guess will soon be demolished. I first went there with an xAircraft x650 two months ago for the purpose of filming something specific. Last week Kevin, my acolyte, suggested we go back there and film the same building again so we could compare movies and see if I had become better at flying and if our video technique and setup had improved also.

I definitely feel more confident now with quadcopters and tend not to panic if it seems to be getting too high or too far away, but rather stay calm and bring it gently back to where I want it to be.

Part of the surrounding fence had collapsed when we got there this time, so we took the opportunity to mess around inside and I had a go at flying in and out of some of the ground floor windows, which is a first for me. I really wanted to do the type of think you see people showing off doing in other videos.

I also managed to concentrate the aerial filming a lot more on the building this time, getting right up close in places, and not being randomly blown up into the air like I was the first time around.

I must also add that a lot of the better flying I do now is down to how great the Gaui 330x is. I have lost two xAircraft x650s due to them adopting a mind of their own and simply floating off into the distance. I do not think I will buy one of those again. On the other hand I am still flying my original Gaui 330X S that I've had for a few months now and really like it. You can probably tell by the amount of Gaui videos I've made that it is my most used quadcopter at the moment. I think I will always have a a Gaui, even when I have more sophisticated and more expensive quadcopters in the future.

P.S. There's a few bits where the camera wobbles. This was caused by a bolt in the tilt pivot joint falling out, which we didn't notice until afterwards when the whole camera mount fell off. :)


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