Revisited the King's Hut, a small castle ruin set on a hill in the eastern part of the Harz mountains. It's around 460 m high. The castle is first mentioned in 1312. In 1709 it already was ruined. After a hike of two miles we reach the end of the reservoir with a nice wide gap that the Rekon 5 took in its stride - the DJI Mavic Air didn't want to go through in 2020 so I had to fake it - you may remember.
Last shots are from the stairs and tower of the Wurmberg, with 971 m the second highest mountain of the Harz region.

Drones: DJI Mini 2, Rekon 5 (GoPro 8), Venom H20 (GoPro 8)

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Fantastic manoeuvering Depp. I believe I remember the earlier flight you mention

Blériot53 Posted at 8-22 07:37
Fantastic manoeuvering Depp. I believe I remember the earlier flight you mention

Thank you!It's this one, the fake gap is at .30 - I might even like the earlier version more ;-)

Depp Posted at 8-22 07:51
Thank you!It's this one, the fake gap is at .30 - I might even like the earlier version more ;-)
https://youtu.be/9g1NRQBRQUY

That's the fly-through l remember
A pretty convincing fake

Very nice video mate

Amazing views Depp.    Loved the background music.  Nice flying.  

Have a great week.

Excellent footage!

Great skills deep,   How you missed all those branches amazes me.  

Suren Posted at 8-22 11:03
Very nice video mate

Thank you, Suren!

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-22 15:14
Amazing views Depp.    Loved the background music.  Nice flying.  

Have a great week.

Thanks a lot, Downtown! Glad you like it.
Have a great one yourself!

VideoLife_FPV Posted at 8-22 23:08
Excellent footage!

Thank you!

DAFlys Posted at 8-22 23:15
Great skills deep,   How you missed all those branches amazes me.

Thanks, DA. Eyes shut and full throttle ;-) Well, a bit of practice, a bit of so what? and a well balanced fpv quad goes a long way.

Depp Posted at 8-23 05:46
Thank you!

You're  welcome!

I have never experienced the Harz mountains in such a dynamic way. Very impressive camera movements! I would not dare to do that – a pano at the Bode dam would be enough for me ;-)

SPLflyer Posted at 8-23 13:08
I have never experienced the Harz mountains in such a dynamic way. Very impressive camera movements! I would not dare to do that – a pano at the Bode dam would be enough for me ;-)

Thank you. I started with a camera drone (you can see my first Harz vids on my Youtube channel) but after 1,5 years added fpv which I think is much more fun to fly. Still there are good uses for camera drones as well. Love to mix them both...
Don't mind a pano from the Bode dam either ;-)

Depp Posted at 8-23 05:45
Thank you, Suren!

You are welcome

Depp Posted at 8-23 05:48
Thanks, DA. Eyes shut and full throttle ;-) Well, a bit of practice, a bit of so what? and a well balanced fpv quad goes a long way.

I guess the worse that happens if you trim the hedges.

Depp Posted at 8-23 05:46
Thanks a lot, Downtown! Glad you like it.
Have a great one yourself!

You're very welcome Depp.    Thoroughly enjoyed the video.  

DAFlys Posted at 8-24 01:24
I guess the worse that happens if you trim the hedges.

Yes, or damage a propeller, have to climb a tree (almost lost it at .20) or worst case: burn a motor

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-24 03:41
You're very welcome Depp.    Thoroughly enjoyed the video.

Depp Posted at 8-24 07:26
Yes, or damage a propeller, have to climb a tree (almost lost it at .20) or worst case: burn a motor

Can you replace the motors or is that a back to DJI job?

DAFlys Posted at 8-24 07:42
Can you replace the motors or is that a back to DJI job?

That's an order-from-China-wait-and-solder-on-yourself-job. It wasn't a DJI drone (just their Air Unit and Goggles). You're supposed to do stuff like that yourself and it's even doable.

Depp Posted at 8-24 07:51
That's an order-from-China-wait-and-solder-on-yourself-job. It wasn't a DJI drone (just their Air Unit and Goggles). You're supposed to do stuff like that yourself and it's even doable.

Ahhh.  I assumed you meant the FPV.  

DAFlys Posted at 8-24 07:56
Ahhh.  I assumed you meant the FPV.

Yes, it's an fpv drone, the Flywoo Venom H20. It has a Caddx Vista (which everyone assumes is from DJI) inside.
If I crashed (and "burned") the Mini 2 I'd send it to DJI (got a few months of care refresh left anyway.).

Depp Posted at 8-24 07:58
Yes, it's an fpv drone, the Flywoo Venom H20. It has a Caddx Vista (which everyone assumes is from DJI) inside.
If I crashed (and "burned") the Mini 2 I'd send it to DJI (got a few months of care refresh left anyway.).

I meant the DJI FPV. But I understand.

DAFlys Posted at 8-24 08:19
I meant the DJI FPV. But I understand.

Well, the DJI fpv I wouldn't try to repair myself either.
But I wouldn't fly it in such a tight environment anyway: too big, too loud, too twitchy.

Depp Posted at 8-24 09:45
Well, the DJI fpv I wouldn't try to repair myself either.
But I wouldn't fly it in such a tight environment anyway: too big, too loud, too twitchy.

So are you tempted by the DJI avata?

DAFlys Posted at 8-24 11:38
So are you tempted by the DJI avata?

Well, it'll be interesting but probably not: 1. it's not below 250 g
2. I don't expect the camera/stabilization to be as good as GoPro/Reelsteady
3. I don't expect it to be as durable/crash-resistant as a normal fpv drone.
But we'll see.

Depp Posted at 8-24 11:56
Well, it'll be interesting but probably not: 1. it's not below 250 g
2. I don't expect the camera/stabilization to be as good as GoPro/Reelsteady
3. I don't expect it to be as durable/crash-resistant as a normal fpv drone.

Did you see.

DAFlys Posted at 8-24 12:06
Did you see.

Yes and I must admit that I was pretty angry: A total clickbait: no images from the Avata at all, just his (admittedly very good) flying with other drones (unless I skipped the relevant part). And I didn't see a crash either.

Depp Posted at 8-24 21:37
Yes and I must admit that I was pretty angry: A total clickbait: no images from the Avata at all, just his (admittedly very good) flying with other drones (unless I skipped the relevant part). And I didn't see a crash either.

The crash was at 4:07 it ran into a wave.

Depp Posted at 8-24 07:26

Depp, do you have any plans on getting the DJI Avata?  Just kind of curious.  

DAFlys Posted at 8-25 03:00
The crash was at 4:07 it ran into a wave.

Thanks, well I must have skipped that part. So he sort of quoted Christl with the first crash.

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-25 04:11
Depp, do you have any plans on getting the DJI Avata?  Just kind of curious.

Not really, no.
Just had the same conversation with DA yesterday.
1. it's not below 250 g
2. I don't expect the camera/stabilization to be as good as GoPro/Reelsteady
3. I don't expect it to be as durable/crash-resistant as a normal fpv drone.
But we'll see.

Depp Posted at 8-25 04:40
Not really, no.
Just had the same conversation with DA yesterday.
1. it's not below 250 g

Good to know and I value your opinion.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-25 04:51
Good to know and I value your opinion.

We'll see if DJI pulls something else out of the hat that we don't know yet.
I like the ability to press stop and to easily land and to adjust the camera angle while flying. And maybe the flight time though they really exaggerated that with their first fpv drone.
Also I'm very happy with my current cinewhoops - Cinelog 25 and Venom H20.

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-25 04:51
Good to know and I value your opinion.

Just got an email that they've launched it: well presented.
Don't know why they only ship it solo or with that stupid motion controller!

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-25 04:51
Good to know and I value your opinion.

Okay, after watching a few videos about it I'm really impressed.
I would buy it if it were below 250 g or if I didn't have a bunch of other 250+g drones already.
One thing I don't know if my glasses would fit below the goggles 2 (they do below goggles V2).
And one thing I think is stupid is the bundling with the Motion Controller...

DAFlys Posted at 8-25 03:00
The crash was at 4:07 it ran into a wave.

Just answered Downtown who asked the same thing:
Okay, after watching a few videos about it I'm really impressed.
I would buy it if it were below 250 g or if I didn't have a bunch of other 250+g fpv drones already.
One thing I don't know is if my glasses would fit below the goggles 2 (they do below goggles V2).
And one thing I think is stupid is the bundling with the Motion Controller...

Depp Posted at 8-25 06:52
Just answered Downtown who asked the same thing:
Okay, after watching a few videos about it I'm really impressed.
I would buy it if it were below 250 g or if I didn't have a bunch of other 250+g fpv drones already.

But you can buy it drone only and use your existing goggles and radio controller.