Mountain Ascent - Cinematic Long Range FPV Drone Footage Made Using Li-ion 18650 Batteries

Описание: This is a one pack cinematic long range fpv flight. Taking off from a riverside campsite and heading all the way up, for epic cloud covered mountain top views. It's not all about the beautiful peaks though, the route up and down turned out to be quite an adventure.

There's a full time DVR in the bottom right corner that is synced with the GoPro footage.
The shot in the clouds without DVR was from the previous flight. I wanted to include it since it was possibly the best shot of them all. The rest is all from the same one flight.
I leave my low battery warning set quite high, don't worry, I make it home. Sorry the LQ wasn't setup correctly.

95% of the video is played back at the original speed. I've only changed it for a couple of short parts to keep it interesting. For those that are interested a tiny red dot in the bottom right corner indicates a place where the video speed was adjusted.

I'm often asked about how I get such good video and transmitter range. The biggest improvement for most will be from upgrading their antennas. I use these ones (Airblade UAV affiliate links):

Goggles TrueRC - X2-AIR: http://bit.ly/3hKcXeS
VTX TrueRC - Singularity: http://bit.ly/2L2YONN
Crossfire Receiver TrueRC - Bardpole: http://bit.ly/38eIhzm
Helical antenna thingyverse link: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:367500

This flight was done with 2 x 2600 mah 6s li-ion packs connected in parallel, one on top, one underneath. Full gear list down below.

Video chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Beginning / Flight across the river
1:25 - Flying through the trees
2:00 - A secret path
2:40 - Onward and upward
4:00 - An adventurous ascent
5:00 - On to the peak
5:21 - Epic views from the clouded mountain peak
8:00 - Back down through the clouds
9:00 - SCRAGGLE ATTACK!!! Lucky, again.
11:30 - Post flight stats / The end
11:45 - Bonus footage from previous flight
12:30 - Video suggestions

Comments? Questions? Leave them in the comment section below, I always answer.

Post process:

-ReelSteady Go for stabilization
-Adobe Premiere Pro for editing, color correction etc...
-Recorded at 2.7k 60 fps and exported at 4k 60 fps

Quad & Gear used:

7" Frame: long range 7 inch deadcat of my own design
GoPro mounted on top
Camera HD: GoPro Hero 6 Black at 2.7k (with Camera Butter ND filter)
Rx: TBS crossfire nano diversity
Rx Antennas:
Back/Vertical: True RC Bardpole
Front/ horizontal: TBS extra extended immortal T
Flight controller: DYS F4 Pro V2
ESC: Diatone 40amp from MK2 stack, DO NOT use the F405MK2 FC with BF 4.1, I find it to provide unreliable GPS function.
Motors: Brother Hobby Avenger 2806.5 1300kv
Props: Dal Fold 7 inch
Fpv cam: Runcam Phoenix V2
GPS: BrainFPV GPS (good/fast locking gps unit)
VTX: Tank Ultimate Plus at 800mw
VTX antenna: True RC singularity

Transmitter: taranis X9D with TBS crossfire micro Tx at 250mw (no interference in the area)
Goggles: Orqa FPV.One (Amazing Goggles!)
Goggle antennas: TrueRC X2-air (awesome!) and a DIY 7 turn helical.
Batteries: DIY li-ion 6s packs using either 18650 or 21700 cells.


Music all from youtube audio library.