Aerial Photography DIY recommendations?

mel123 · 2014-09-03 11:15:56

Hi Can anyone recommend a remote control helicopter for some DIY photography? Its for taking photos of roofs for work. Its total amateur stuff, but would like a decent quality footage. Another idea, I have a go pro, could I just buy some kind helicopter to strap this on to? Lastly a few I have seen, they only run for…

03-09-2014 12:15PM

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mel123

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Hi
Can anyone recommend a remote control helicopter for some DIY photography? Its for taking photos of roofs for work. Its total amateur stuff, but would like a decent quality footage.
Another idea, I have a go pro, could I just buy some kind helicopter to strap this on to?
Lastly a few I have seen, they only run for approximately 8 minutes, is this the norm for these kind of things??

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#2 05-09-2014 12:47AM

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Quadcopter rather than a Helicopter. Something like a DJI Phantom will easily carry a GoPro and provide you with some decent footage. Example - http://allseeing.me/trim/

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#3 09-09-2014 11:34AM

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8 minutes tops generally provided you are not flying it against the wind and doing stunts with it.

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