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Flying in trees, brush, or under a forest Canopy... What's the best mode to fly in?
There have been a few times where the shot requires flying under a canopy, following trails through the bush, etc, but the TBE makes it **** near impossible to get smooth, clean video. The TBE causes the machine to "drift" into objects, like trees, branches, and cliff walls. And the video is shite, because I'm fighting to counteract the big flat circles that the phantom 2 is so famous for.
So, since I have only ever flown in GPS mode, I have little clear understanding of how ATT mode could help me get smoother video. As I understand it, ATT is just basically full auto? No NAZA to help me stay level, etc?
Those with more flying experience, what is safest to fly in very tight spaces where even a GPS signal might be weak? Under the cover I was in tonight, it took me FOREVER to get GPS lock, and the drift was incredible. I flew into the trees twice, and by the grace of geek, I didn't end up in the water. Just an explosion of green around the camera where the props hacked a bunch of leaves off the maple trees.
"BZZZZZTTTT!" *huge shower of green confetti falls past the camera*
Lol
Here's a super quick sample I tossed on my website so you could see the area I am referring to. (Looks wider than it is.) But you can see the jerkiness, even when slowed to 30 fps, and how it kept pulling to the left. I was fighting it the entire time, and I'm really not happy with how it turned out.
http://novusphotography.ca/p749709573/e1cf0622f
There have been a few times where the shot requires flying under a canopy, following trails through the bush, etc, but the TBE makes it **** near impossible to get smooth, clean video. The TBE causes the machine to "drift" into objects, like trees, branches, and cliff walls. And the video is shite, because I'm fighting to counteract the big flat circles that the phantom 2 is so famous for.
So, since I have only ever flown in GPS mode, I have little clear understanding of how ATT mode could help me get smoother video. As I understand it, ATT is just basically full auto? No NAZA to help me stay level, etc?
Those with more flying experience, what is safest to fly in very tight spaces where even a GPS signal might be weak? Under the cover I was in tonight, it took me FOREVER to get GPS lock, and the drift was incredible. I flew into the trees twice, and by the grace of geek, I didn't end up in the water. Just an explosion of green around the camera where the props hacked a bunch of leaves off the maple trees.
"BZZZZZTTTT!" *huge shower of green confetti falls past the camera*
Lol
Here's a super quick sample I tossed on my website so you could see the area I am referring to. (Looks wider than it is.) But you can see the jerkiness, even when slowed to 30 fps, and how it kept pulling to the left. I was fighting it the entire time, and I'm really not happy with how it turned out.
http://novusphotography.ca/p749709573/e1cf0622f