Hi Everyone
Apologies for a long winded post but I was hoping the flitetest forums could guide me in the right direction. I live on a small Island in Thailand and part of our business is looking after holiday villas and part of this is to get nice photo's to list them for rent(including aerial shots and videos). There is only one company that offers this service on the island and cost runs to about $500 per villa for daytime photo's only(no video).
As I had no other choice I got them out to one villa and was surprised to see the guy flying a stock DJI Phantom with a Go Pro 3 and fatshark FPV system(I race RC cars ofroad and onroad so I have seen these products in the shops and was looking at this setup before to take some nice racing videos at our track but never pulled the trigger on a purchase). It took him 1 pack to get the shots and he left.
Although I admire his business acumen I feel for $2000(to do the other villas) I am better off getting my own system and at least get a new toy out of it as well .
So my questions are:
1. What is a good platform to start off with, I will need something that can do FPV, carry a camera capable of good day and night shots and good video would be a plus.
2. What radio/electronics systems are good enough for this platform(I use Tekin/Futuba for my cars but not sure who is the best for multirotors)
3. I have a a Gopro Hero 3 in my car for recording, is this sufficient to start off with?
4. Any multirotor Simulators that you can suggest?
5.Total Budget between $2000-$3000 is this realistic?( I learned the hard way when getting into RC racing that better to get good equipment from the start)
6. Is it possible to have a gymbal that is controlled by another controller using FPV? This way my partner can snap the photo's while I fly.
I have limited flight experience with Helo's and multirotors mostly just flying friends ones and generally I am a quick learner and I have a big enough field to not hit anything to practice on
Any feedback would be appreciated and if this has been asked before I apologize.
Thanks
John
Apologies for a long winded post but I was hoping the flitetest forums could guide me in the right direction. I live on a small Island in Thailand and part of our business is looking after holiday villas and part of this is to get nice photo's to list them for rent(including aerial shots and videos). There is only one company that offers this service on the island and cost runs to about $500 per villa for daytime photo's only(no video).
As I had no other choice I got them out to one villa and was surprised to see the guy flying a stock DJI Phantom with a Go Pro 3 and fatshark FPV system(I race RC cars ofroad and onroad so I have seen these products in the shops and was looking at this setup before to take some nice racing videos at our track but never pulled the trigger on a purchase). It took him 1 pack to get the shots and he left.
Although I admire his business acumen I feel for $2000(to do the other villas) I am better off getting my own system and at least get a new toy out of it as well .
So my questions are:
1. What is a good platform to start off with, I will need something that can do FPV, carry a camera capable of good day and night shots and good video would be a plus.
2. What radio/electronics systems are good enough for this platform(I use Tekin/Futuba for my cars but not sure who is the best for multirotors)
3. I have a a Gopro Hero 3 in my car for recording, is this sufficient to start off with?
4. Any multirotor Simulators that you can suggest?
5.Total Budget between $2000-$3000 is this realistic?( I learned the hard way when getting into RC racing that better to get good equipment from the start)
6. Is it possible to have a gymbal that is controlled by another controller using FPV? This way my partner can snap the photo's while I fly.
I have limited flight experience with Helo's and multirotors mostly just flying friends ones and generally I am a quick learner and I have a big enough field to not hit anything to practice on
Any feedback would be appreciated and if this has been asked before I apologize.
Thanks
John
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