Easter Break afforded me the chance to do some AVATA flying at work, in the Oxford Cytech Workshop, to try and capture some footage good enough to show potential course attendees where the workshop is located and how it is set up - of course, I jumped at the chance to put my AVATA to good use and help out!

After driving from Oxford and meeting up with 3 of the Cycles Tea we set about recording what we could, some intro footage of cycling into the campus, then walking to the workshop, some footage showing the layout and the tooling setup, and of course some fun flying through tight spaces, as well as capturing the guys demonstrating the tools...

A bit of fun and a lot of footage was captured and passed over to our marketing department, and a short personal video was created for sharing on YouTube...

I hope it is enjoyed...

Second edit, a few bits I wasn't 100% happy with...

Albion Drones Posted at 4-5 13:43
Second edit, a few bits I wasn't 100% happy with...

What an amazing video.  Fantastic job of flying, filming and editing.  I really like the tweaks of edit 2.    No doubt the marketing department will be happy to get the footage you captured.  Super happy you were able to put the Avata to work.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-5 14:23
What an amazing video.  Fantastic job of flying, filming and editing.  I really like the tweaks of edit 2.    No doubt the marketing department will be happy to get the footage you captured.  Super happy you were able to put the Avata to work.

Thanks, there is a lot of footage, it was hard work going through it all and trying to find the bits I wanted to use...

Overall it works and I'm happy enough with the 2nd edit, ill find ut from marketing next week, with any luck...

Brilliant quality video as per usual-well done

Albion Drones Posted at 4-5 14:44
Thanks, there is a lot of footage, it was hard work going through it all and trying to find the bits I wanted to use...

Overall it works and I'm happy enough with the 2nd edit, ill find ut from marketing next week, with any luck...

You're most welcome.  Keep up the fantastic work and I hope you have a wonderful weekend.  


I'm tired of the daily rain here so tomorrow I'll go scuba diving and have some fun and make some bubbles.  

Codgerzh2 Posted at 4-5 14:45
Brilliant quality video as per usual-well done

Thank you

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-5 15:00
You're most welcome.  Keep up the fantastic work and I hope you have a wonderful weekend.  

Sadly I think we are decorating the stairs in preparation for new carpet... Could do without it, but hubby insists...

Albion Drones Posted at 4-5 15:03
Sadly I think we are decorating the stairs in preparation for new carpet... Could do without it, but hubby insists...

Hopefully, that will not tie you up all weekend on that chore.

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-5 15:08
Hopefully, that will not tie you up all weekend on that chore.

We shall see, but we have high winds forecast, so doesn't look like much of a flying weekend, perhaps I shall get to do some editing too..

Nice use of the gaps.

Thats a nicely fitted out the workshop,    nice flying in there.   

Albion Drones Posted at 4-5 13:43
Second edit, a few bits I wasn't 100% happy with...

https://youtu.be/Idr4JosuZ5c?si=LIjZMnd_uoF8JjJE

What an astonishing place. Amazing, the things you get up to    Great job on the video.

Depp Posted at 4-5 23:43
Nice use of the gaps.

Thanks, had to be done

DAFlys Posted at 4-6 00:00
Thats a nicely fitted out the workshop,    nice flying in there.

Thank, we have 4 workshops likr that for training Cycle Mechanics, they are amazing places...

Blériot53 Posted at 4-6 00:07
What an astonishing place. Amazing, the things you get up to    Great job on the video.

Thanks... I love the Cytech workshops it is a privilege to work with Cytech

Albion Drones Posted at 4-6 01:43
Thanks... I love the Cytech workshops it is a privilege to work with Cytech

It would be easy to spend an entire day in there

Albion Drones Posted at 4-6 01:43
Thank, we have 4 workshops likr that for training Cycle Mechanics, they are amazing places...

Certainly the best cycle workshop Ive seen by far.  

Now how cool is that bike workshop!

Blériot53 Posted at 4-6 02:27
It would be easy to spend an entire day in there

As students come for 1 to 2 weeks at a time we have to have all the kit for them to learn with, and a set for each student, so 9 sets including the instructors set, plus Ebikes, wheel building, electronic gears, hydraulics, suspension, lots of things to play with...

DAFlys Posted at 4-6 02:55
Certainly the best cycle workshop Ive seen by far.

Thanks....

osmonauta Posted at 4-6 02:59
Now how cool is that bike workshop!

Yup, and we have 4 of them, one in Oxford, Guildford, Stafford and Darlington, to cover England...

Albion Drones Posted at 4-6 03:35
As students come for 1 to 2 weeks at a time we have to have all the kit for them to learn with, and a set for each student, so 9 sets including the instructors set, plus Ebikes, wheel building, electronic gears, hydraulics, suspension, lots of things to play with...

A tinkerer's paradise

Albion Drones Posted at 4-5 23:31
We shall see, but we have high winds forecast, so doesn't look like much of a flying weekend, perhaps I shall get to do some editing too..

Yes, I saw where DAFlys had commented on the strong winds in the southern part of the UK.  

I got in a good dive this morning.  We found an old crashed airplane so I'm going to dive on that site again tomorrow.  The planes appears to be of World War II vintage.  Unfortunately, it is lying right at the depth limit for me without special equipment so I have to be super careful on my ascent following the dive.

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-6 09:56
Yes, I saw where DAFlys had commented on the strong winds in the southern part of the UK.  

I got in a good dive this morning.  We found an old crashed airplane so I'm going to dive on that site again tomorrow.  The planes appears to be of World War II vintage.  Unfortunately, it is lying right at the depth limit for me without special equipment so I have to be super careful on my ascent following the dive.

Stay safe, but enjoy... any idea on the type of aircraft?

Albion Drones Posted at 4-6 10:13
Stay safe, but enjoy... any idea on the type of aircraft?

I'm not an expert on aviation but it sure looks like an old Vought F4U Corsair.  I'm doing some online research this afternoon trying to determine what planes were reported lost in or around that area.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-6 10:39
I'm not an expert on aviation but it sure looks like an old Vought F4U Corsair.  I'm doing some online research this afternoon trying to determine what planes were reported lost in or around that area.

Nice, the gull-winged Corsair is quite distinctive and a very powerful fighter from the 2nd World War

Albion Drones Posted at 4-6 10:44
Nice, the gull-winged Corsair is quite distinctive and a very powerful fighter from the 2nd World War

Before jets came along it certainly was one of the best fighters.  

Very good video!