Very relaxing morning exploration flight!

A sub 250gr drone (GepRC Smart35) is allowed to fly almost everywhere! With this freedom I had a few really good flights on this morning (early summer), and since I used the instaSMO4k I got decent footage out of it:

I use 2.7k 30fps for 2 reasons: 1. my instaSMO4k shuts down mid-flight often when in 4k mode 2. youtube dedicates a good ammount of MBit for 1440p30 videos - and they are sufficient high res imho 2.7k60fps would crop in too much (limitation of camera) 30fps in combination with an ND filter works really nice for cinematic stuff. 4:3 raw resolution is great for stabilization (which in my case works directly thru the insta360 studio premiere plugin). FAKE SUPERVIEW tips: Premiere Settings for 4:3 to 16:9 "fake superview": source video: scale of 50% Adjustment layer: Effect "transform 4:3": scale 143% Effect "Lens distortion removal - gopro - hero 4 session - 1080 superview" Curvature: -46 (play around with this)

Stable in high winds? Here's how... (Rekon6 PID tuning)

I was wondering if the Rekon6 could keep up with a chimera7 and how good it can fly in higher winds (despite the really low weight). Now matter how shakey it flies tho - HD cams (Hero7 or InstaSMO in my case) can stabilize it so good... Loved the sunlight and conditions on the "Cinematic Flight" don't miss this (it's starting at 6:35) Check out my link-section below for the RPM stuff if you're interested...

●▬▬▬LINKS▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● my Rekon6 review: https://youtu.be/8HgaKTWJZIY RPM Filters: https://youtu.be/Kgy8AdkJ6zc Bardwell - Jesc firmware: https://youtu.be/NgBJJG0slM4

Longrange Cruiser - Rekon 6 (Review, analog to DJI conversion, Testflights, ND Filter,...)

I was curious if this copter would perform better than the iFlight Chimera5.

I still guess that the Chimera7 would be a better choice for the ultimate mountain surfing copter, but this one is actually quite good and will be my main quad from now on. Banggood supplied this copter for review, but I could only get the analog version and converted it to DJI immediatley. I chose the STOCK DJI cam on purpose - from my experience they are the least susceptible to jello. Had I chosen the POLAR - it would be really hard to get rid of jello! I DONT earn money with affiliate links - I'm not a sales guy, here you get HONEST reviews and opinions. If you wanna support me: 👍, sub, 🔔, watch, share or even become a PATRON: https://bit.ly/2ESMtIO (there's early access and behind the scenes stuff over there!) INFOS: Flighttimes: cruising with 6-7 amps average with 200gr battery (~470gr AUW) ~23mins with 3000mah 4S LiIon ~13mins with 1800mah 4S LiPo maybe ~30mins with 5000mah 21700 LiIon cells AMP calibration (for me): new scale = 460 VOLT: 111 my PID tune: (with ~ 470gr of AUW) and I tried to tune away the "shakiness" when the air is gusty: Axis P I D F ROLL 47 50 40 90 PITCH 52 55 40 95 YAW 45 70 0 90 ●▬▬▬LINKS▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● Rekon6 drone : https://bit.ly/3kTUPB0

...found three new spots in the amazing "Höllental"

A day off, good weather - roaming thru the "Höllental" (hell's valley) to find new spots. Also had the larger Chimera5 with me for longrange mountain flying - but ended up driving around, listening to "Happier than Ever" and eventually pause on random spots with the small Smart35 which is big in fun!

Here I have the NebulaPro on again, in 4:3 mode and applied a superview filter (I always try to include such details under "Equipment" below btw.

●▬▬▬EQUIPMENT▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● my Hangar: http://goo.gl/QNzck Filmed with: Samsung Galaxy S10, GepRC Smart35: https://youtu.be/PHPQmqQAuSs Flight video is DVR from Goggles! (my live view) Swapped cam for NebulaPro, fly in 4:3 and use a superview filter in Premiere Pro

Ride&Fly S02E03: Longrange Dives with Chimera 5

If I got you started on "Drone Dives" - check my playlist - I've done quite a few in the last years. Early on I called it wingsuit style drone flying ;) Exactly from these 2 spots here I did seperate dives with a gopro if you need better quality video. But the new quads and DJI 50mbit mode make it so easy to fly longer - but I seldom want to carry the extra weight of a gopro... It's also 300-400$ less of a risk to fly just with the DJI cam :) ►Mountain DIVES

Betafpv XKnight 35 (review & comparison to Smart35)

The newest 3.5" sub250 Freestyle copter from Betafpv the X-Knight 35! Is it as good as the GepRC Smart35 (my current fav quad)? Specs and links below!

●▬▬▬LINKS▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● BetaFPV Shop: https://bit.ly/2W3gCxX Banggood: https://bit.ly/3gvE7qD Chinese Speedtest: https://youtu.be/irQSqFvHlg4 my GepRC Smart35 review: https://youtu.be/PHPQmqQAuSs Polar or Mipi DJI Cam? https://youtu.be/mDiGO08vtDE FC: F4 AIO 20A Motors: 1404-3800KV Props: HQ 30x20x3 and Gemfan 30x20x3 with hub adaptor Weight: 225gr (Copter: 145gr 750mah 80gr) VTX&Camera: Caddx Polar Vista Kit (VTX) Batteries 750mah 4cell: https://bit.ly/3iS4Qit Speed: Other review (chinese) measured 116kph https://youtu.be/irQSqFvHlg4

Runcam Mipi or Caddx Polar?

Mipi is definitly faster (in photography terms - fast shutterspeed, less motion blur) while Polar gives the overall nicer and smoother image! See the full review to decide which cam you like more! I'm not so sure if many users will like the Polar on RTF Freestyle quads tho (looks like new quads now rely on Polar/Mipi since they're the only option with stock :)

While filming this I could definitly feel the advantage of 120fps (DJI cam) for freestyle flying!

All flight scenes in the beginning were after sunset and they are in order of filming. So it was of course getting darker but I flew them back to back with little time delay. It's a difference like day and night ;) Yet they share a lot of common properties: 60fps HQ mode only, no cam options to be set (except with solder on joystick...) 16:9 only (but with wider FOV than DJI stock) Small, cheap, AVAILABLE - better than Nebula (except their Pro version).

●▬▬▬LINKS▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● Runcam Mipi: https://bit.ly/3in4MqF Caddx Polar: https://bit.ly/3xh1SYR my Caddx Polar Review: https://youtu.be/mDiGO08vtDE good comparisons from Gal Kremer: https://youtu.be/-VaeI_2HW7w

was Bardwell wrong? Caddx Polar Review & Latency tested

Is this Lowlight DJI FPV cam from Caddx to slow? Is the latency unflyable? How dark of a night can you actually fly? These questions and a few more will find answers in this video ;) Thanks Caddx for sending me this review sample! Make sure to comment (with the right password) and maybe win one of 2 Caddx Polar cams!

●▬▬▬LINKS▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● Bardwells Video: https://youtu.be/JJGFEKTFyUQ Caddx Webshop: https://bit.ly/3xh1SYR

A4 Skyhawk - Maidenflight...

...fun day at the field (except for 2 ;)

also: see how Hulk Hogan lost his Easystar... Really happy with the drone footage quality - what do you think? I finally started using the InstaSMO4k (but in 2.7k30 4:3 mode). Stabilization is super smooth!

Granite Blocks and Castles on the Rocks (Waldviertel vacation Part 2)

On our vacation in the "forrest quarter" of Lower Austria, we found many of those typical rock formations (granite) and it was very nice to hike thru this woods. Once such a majestic castle was on my radar we of course had to go over there too!

First Castle: Rapottenstein Ruins: Arbesbach 3rd spot massive rocks near "Luaga Lucka" / Altmelon