Flown here almost two years ago with a Mavic Air - now it's an fpv and an Mini 2. A renatured quarry near Wolfshagen, Harz, Germany - "Heimberg". Next stop is the Innerste Reservoir - see last video - and the Steinway trail up to the "Mandolin hut". Last stop is the "Maaßener Gaipel", a contraption designed to pump up the water out of nearby mines - or to be flown through with a Cinewhoop.

Drones: DJI FPV (GoPro 10), DJI Mini 2, GepRC Cinelog 25 (SMO 4K)

Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/ilya-kuznetsov/collision

Great to see these former ugly scars on the landscape refiiled an returned to the wildlife.  Nature always wins in the end.  And those impossible manouevres through the old machinery! Incredible

Blériot53 Posted at 3-7 07:23
Great to see these former ugly scars on the landscape refiiled an returned to the wildlife.  Nature always wins in the end.  And those impossible manouevres through the old machinery! Incredible

Thank you. It does.
And finding gaps is always great.

Depp Posted at 3-7 10:41
Thank you. It does.
And finding gaps is always great.

The visual impact of flying through such narrow gaps is always astonishing.  The Cinewhoop must be really tiny?

Blériot53 Posted at 3-7 10:44
The visual impact of flying through such narrow gaps is always astonishing.  The Cinewhoop must be really tiny?

It is pretty small, see for yourself, compared to a Mini 2:

Depp Posted at 3-7 11:48
It is pretty small, see for yourself, compared to a Mini 2:

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Ah yes. And with the prop guards, maybe robust enough to withstand a few knocks and bumps

Blériot53 Posted at 3-7 11:54
Ah yes. And with the prop guards, maybe robust enough to withstand a few knocks and bumps

Yes.
I already broke a few guards and they are slightly broken still but that is no problem.
But it’s less the size but the maneuverability of those fpv drones.  See here my other fpv quad- it’s not that much of a difference.  
And a lot difference makes the camera angle that you can change, but not while flying: with say 15 degrees angle you fly slowly because you don’t have to tilt the quad a lot to get a good picture feed.
If your angle is 35 degrees you have to tilt it far more forward to get the „right“ view and therefore you get more forward momentum and fly faster.

Depp Posted at 3-7 12:05
Yes.
I already broke a few guards and they are slightly broken still but that is no problem.
But it’s less the size but the maneuverability of those fpv drones.  See here my other fpv quad- it’s not that much of a difference.  

The results they achieve are remarkable, for sure.

Very nice video Depp, one thing i cannot get used to is FPV flying

What a lovely, dramatic footage, Deep. Great work! Thanks for sharing this with us.

Suren Posted at 3-7 12:26
Very nice video Depp, one thing i cannot get used to is FPV flying

Thank you.
What do you mean: You can't get used to watching fpv footage or you can't fly fpv?

DJI Paladin Posted at 3-7 18:11
What a lovely, dramatic footage, Deep. Great work! Thanks for sharing this with us.

Thanks a lot, Paladin!

Depp Posted at 3-7 22:30
Thank you.
What do you mean: You can't get used to watching fpv footage or you can't fly fpv?

Cant fly it, tried it with a friends FPV drone and made me throw up LOL

Suren Posted at 3-7 22:32
Cant fly it, tried it with a friends FPV drone and made me throw up LOL

Ah, okay.
When I first flew the DJI simulator with the goggles on I got whoozy as well. Much better to fly the real thing but I guess having the pictures move in front of you without moving yourself can mess you up.
I tried flying with the phone connected to the goggles but that's pretty hard - maybe because of latency...

Depp Posted at 3-7 22:36
Ah, okay.
When I first flew the DJI simulator with the goggles on I got whoozy as well. Much better to fly the real thing but I guess having the pictures move in front of you without moving yourself can mess you up.
I tried flying with the phone connected to the goggles but that's pretty hard - maybe because of latency...

Yeah, its exciting but scary at the same time and me being chicken when it comes to heights does not help much

Nice flying Depp,  is that your observer on the Youtube preview?

Very cool video!

Depp Posted at 3-7 11:48
It is pretty small, see for yourself, compared to a Mini 2:

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Wow, that is small indeed.
How much does it weigh?

Wow, exhilarating footage.      Great locations and so many gaps to fly through.  

DAFlys Posted at 3-8 01:10
Nice flying Depp,  is that your observer on the Youtube preview?

Thank you.
And yes, one of them this time...

Montfrooij Posted at 3-8 01:48
Very cool video!

Thanks a lot, Peter!

Montfrooij Posted at 3-8 01:48
Wow, that is small indeed.
How much does it weigh?

Depends on the camera and the battery but with my bigger battery and a naked GoPro or SMO 4K it's around 240 g.

DowntownRDB Posted at 3-8 03:30
Wow, exhilarating footage.      Great locations and so many gaps to fly through.

Thanks a lot, Downtown. A whole framework of gaps.

Depp Posted at 3-8 05:21
Thanks a lot, Peter!

You're welcome!

Depp Posted at 3-8 05:22
Depends on the camera and the battery but with my bigger battery and a naked GoPro or SMO 4K it's around 240 g.

That is nice and how long flight time are you getting with the bigger battery?

Montfrooij Posted at 3-8 06:03
That is nice and how long flight time are you getting with the bigger battery?

That's hard for me to say. I normally fly til the battery is at 3.8 v per cell which is the storage voltage. I could go down further but then I'd have to partially charge them after the flight.
3 to 5 minutes is my guess.

Fantastic flying, very cinematic indeed. I loved the hut and the water wheel. Superb!

Thanks for free music link. That's a keeper!

DroneJunkieQc Posted at 3-8 08:29
Fantastic flying, very cinematic indeed. I loved the hut and the water wheel. Superb!

Thanks a lot, Junkie!

DroneJunkieQc Posted at 3-8 08:34
Thanks for free music link. That's a keeper!

Sure thing.
If you don't want to pay you can only download 10 songs per month and get a bit of ad in-between listening. But still it's a very good site.

Depp Posted at 3-8 08:23
That's hard for me to say. I normally fly til the battery is at 3.8 v per cell which is the storage voltage. I could go down further but then I'd have to partially charge them after the flight.
3 to 5 minutes is my guess.

I see. That is not a lot of minutes.

Depp Posted at 3-8 05:21
Thank you.
And yes, one of them this time...

Does she know you made here on the thumbnail.   Mine would kill me.

Depp Posted at 3-8 05:23
Thanks a lot, Downtown. A whole framework of gaps.

You're very welcome Depp.    

Just watched it again, enjoyed it even more 2nd time watching.  

Montfrooij Posted at 3-8 23:37
I see. That is not a lot of minutes.

That's true. But in these small drones you normally don't fly very far. I didn't have one single moment when I wished for longer flight time - it's just that you use a different battery for each flight.

DAFlys Posted at 3-9 00:02
Does she know you made here on the thumbnail.   Mine would kill me.

Now she does - and didn't kill me.
Since she wanted me to fly around here and saw the result before publishing I didn't bother to show the thumbnail.

DowntownRDB Posted at 3-9 04:23
You're very welcome Depp.   

Just watched it again, enjoyed it even more 2nd time watching.

Then thanks a lot again.

Nicely done!!

Depp Posted at 3-9 04:57
Then thanks a lot again.

Depp Posted at 3-7 22:31
Thanks a lot, Paladin!

You are always welcome, Depp. Have a good one

Depp Posted at 3-9 04:56
That's true. But in these small drones you normally don't fly very far. I didn't have one single moment when I wished for longer flight time - it's just that you use a different battery for each flight.

Yeah, it is a different workflow I can imagine.