Hi All,
Not many of you know, but im a crane operator. I was working 7 days a week for a while, 12-14 hour days. So there wasnt much time to do much of nothing. Other than work, eat, sleep. I eneded up gettting this job by pure luck. I'm helping build an apartment complex. I got permission a couple weeks ago to fly on site. Between crappy weather and high winds I finnally was able to do a flight on site. So here ya go. Enjoy!

Very nicely done.


I have often thought about entertaining a similar idea.


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RedHotPoker Posted at 11-3 19:57
Very nicely done.

You just oughta

IamWedge Posted at 11-3 19:59
You just oughta

It’s just that there is so many major construction projects on the go here.

It would be simple to fly above and around one, on the weekend.


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RedHotPoker Posted at 11-3 20:04
It’s just that there is so many major construction projects on the go here.

It would be simple to fly above and around one, on the weekend.

That would be cool.

Great footage - glad you got some time out to film it.

Hi, thanks for sharing. Have a safe flight always.

Nice work. Happy you got some flying time.

IamWedge Posted at 11-3 22:14
That would be cool.

I shall investigate the possibilities...


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Interesting angles and perspectives. Thanks for the share.

A CW Posted at 11-4 00:11
Great footage - glad you got some time out to film it.

Thanks A CW. Now... the days are getting shorter, it becomes more of a challenge.

DJI Gamora Posted at 11-4 00:52
Hi, thanks for sharing. Have a safe flight always.

Of course DJI Gamora

Blériot53 Posted at 11-4 09:03
Interesting angles and perspectives. Thanks for the share.

Glad you liked it Blériot53.

I am surprised flying Close, to the crane, never affected the compass, negatively.



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IamWedge Posted at 11-4 09:17
Of course DJI Gamora

That is good to know. We're looking forward to your videos soon. Cheers!

IamWedge Posted at 11-4 09:17
Thanks A CW. Now... the days are getting shorter, it becomes more of a challenge.

Sure does mate - dry weekends only!

Nice insight of what you do for a living!  Highly skilled.   Very interesting and thanks for sharing.

Nice video

That's a huge wood build, what's it to be hotel??

Nice footage thanks for sharing  

Nice video!

ALABAMA Posted at 11-4 10:09
Nice insight of what you do for a living!  Highly skilled.   Very interesting and thanks for sharing.

Thanks ALABAMA.

Mavic_Jay Posted at 11-4 16:03
That's a huge wood build, what's it to be hotel??

Its going to be a 72 unit apartment complex.

Wow amazing !! Cool video

Nebuchadnezzar Posted at 11-22 11:32
Wow amazing !! Cool video

Thank you Sir!

For a while I thought you were only person on site; must have been lunch hour.
Nice coverage of something we don't see too often and it didn't matter if you dropped the Phantom with all those hard hats.

sky wombat Posted at 11-22 19:27
For a while I thought you were only person on site; must have been lunch hour.
Nice coverage of something we don't see too often and it didn't matter if you dropped the Phantom with all those hard hats.

Yes it was lunch time. It would be pretty hard to fly a drone and operate my crane at the same time.  flying on another job site would be risky. never knowing if a crane is going to swing this way or that. Boom up boom down. Ive thought about doing a hyperlapse when I start setting roof trusses.

Very nice video. Thanks for sharing.

FatherXmas Posted at 11-23 13:58
Very nice video. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks FatherXmas, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

You could bury a time capsule in the construction site, for future discovery. Ha


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RedHotPoker Posted at 11-24 01:16
You could bury a time capsule in the construction site, for future discovery. Ha

As long as it's not a singing frog, good idea!

RedHotPoker Posted at 11-24 01:16
You could bury a time capsule in the construction site, for future discovery. Ha

Hmmmm What to bury?  I could put it in the ground next to something I know will be dug up in the future. Like the sewer line or incoming water line. LOL

FatherXmas Posted at 11-24 06:38
As long as it's not a singing frog, good idea!

You kidding? I'm not giving up my signing frog!

FatherXmas Posted at 11-24 06:38
As long as it's not a singing frog, good idea!

No bull? Haha



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IamWedge Posted at 11-24 10:09
Hmmmm What to bury?  I could put it in the ground next to something I know will be dug up in the future. Like the sewer line or incoming water line. LOL

Yup, those make work projects often revolve around a shoddy pipe installation. Haha

Gopher it. Haha



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interesting video!

is whole construction made out of wood??
here in Croatia we made all of solid concrete!!

and none of the guys complain about you playin at work???

RedHotPoker Posted at 11-24 12:11
Yup, those make work projects often revolve around a shoddy pipe installation. Haha

Gopher it. Haha

This much is true..... now what to bury?

smirnoff9969 Posted at 11-24 14:15
interesting video!

is whole construction made out of wood??

Foundation is concrete. 1st floor is span-Crete. Then wood the rest of the way up. Its only 5 floors.

IamWedge Posted at 11-24 15:45
This much is true..... now what to bury?

A drone? Hahaha


You know, the one, that fails to please... haha



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