Recent content by stevet

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    RC Assistant has a new firmware DO NOT UPDATE

    So I seemed to have bricked my dji phantom 2 (non vision DJ6 model) controllers. I launched the RC assistant since I wanted to calibrate the sticks and x1 again. I saw an update, and well clicked update.. little did I know this was an update to the new controllers and completely bricks your...
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    Pix4d and Photoscan examples

    I have been testing both Pix4D and Photoscan software with a few data sets I have taken around the Lake Tahoe area, I wrote a small blog post about my experiences along with some of my settings used during flight.
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    Test of Aerial Photos to 3d landscape

    I did a test at my local spot where I have been flying my Phantom 2 and testing out various 3d mapping software. I was finally able to get a semi decent result of a test at the beach near where I live in Tahoe City. Here is a screen cap of the landscape: I also did a quick 3d flyby in the...
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    360 Degree Video Possible?

    I'm looking at working on a project that takes aerial footage and converts it down for VR systems. I was wondering if anyone has any experience in shooting 360 video and if the Phantom 2 can even do it. I was looking at this product but would need to figure out a way to mount it and...
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    Lake Tahoe Drought Pic

    I posted this pic a while back on Facebook and it went a bit viral, so I thought I would share it here. This is a picture thats takeing in Tahoe City, this section on the left side of the dock feeds the Truckee River, which during the summer has a booming lazy river rafting business, not to...
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    Sunset pic Phantom 2 + GoPro 4

    GoPro 4 black edition.
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    Sunset pic Phantom 2 + GoPro 4

    Was testing how the GoPro 4 handles darker environments, here is a shot at Lake Tahoe, where it was getting quite dark but I was able to still capture a decent photo. I did make some adjustments in LightRoom.
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    H4-3D and anti-interference board

    I have the same questions since I put the board inside my phantom.
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    Heading Degree's what does it actually do?

    I have not been able to really find any good or solid info on the heading setting for the ground station. I think a lot of us think and maybe its so that if you set a different heading than 0 or 360, that when set to 90 for example it would point the camera part 90's while still flying straight...
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    White House Drone Crash

    sigh, here is the pic of the drone..
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    Eagle Lake Rough Cut

    Just trying to wrap up a video of my hike to Eagle Lake in Tahoe. It was quite cold windy day and I think something might be wrong with my gimbal but well did what I could with the footage, music is just something from youtube but im working on one with some music from some friends of mine to...
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    Eagle Rock - Lake Tahoe

    Small video of Eagle Rock which is a great quick hike but with a great view. The wind was quite high and I didnt have enough time to set up some of the shots I wanted because a lot of people where coming up but never the less here is the video. Let me know what you think...
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    Quick release bracket

    I also felt the need to clip it in all the way but after checking the site where you can buy these its not the case.. this is how I have mine connected.
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    Best Free software to edit your videos

    Might want to check out this article, it seems that your already using windows movie maker, but here are some other options listed here.