The perfect drone for a Go Pro

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diverdan

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I am looking at buying a small drone just for a Go pro. Or a payload of 350gr. What would think is the best option to go for.
I want something small, and portable for travelling.
 

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Dewster

Member
You'll have many different opinions on this. The quads like DJI F-450 are perfect for the Gopro cameras. They offer better flight times, because of using only four motors and can carry the Gopro without a problem. You'll have to match good motors, good props, esc, and a decent battery to achieve the right weight/flight time, performance that you want.

You may want a gimbal to keep your video stable. I attached the Gopro to the bottom center of my F-450 quad with Avrotor 2814/11s motors, 30 amp Electronic Speed Controller (ESC) and a (overkill...) 6000 mah lipo battery. I got 9.5 minutes flight time with APC 10 inch props. I didn't have any visible vibration in my videos and because the camera was on the belly it seemed to provide more stability in the videos.

I had to land my craft on top of a wooden cigar box because I didn't have landing gear to protect my under slung Gopro camera lol.

If you are new to this than start small and easy. The DJI F450 is a small quad rotor craft that can easily carry a Gopro camera.
 

quadcopters

quadcopters

Quadcopters.co.uk Drone Specialists
Hi Dan ,
Most popular and probably your best option is like Dewster says the F450 with the Naza , but the DJI Phantom could be well worth considering also as this as got the gopro mount included .
With the F450 you do have more options for different battery sizes but both definitely worth looking at .

Geoff
 

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Benchmark

Member
A Small drone just for a Gopro?

the DJI phantom hopefully released within the next few days will fit that description perfectly.
 


Lanzar

Lanzar

Member
FANTOM and nothing else for the money.

diverdan said:
I am looking at buying a small drone just for a Go pro. Or a payload of 350gr. What would think is the best option to go for.
I want something small, and portable for travelling.
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DucktileMedia

DucktileMedia

Drone Enthusiast
If you want the ultimate in portability I am releasing my fold-n-fly very soon. The main goal was to get everything in a suitcase small enough to meet carry-on regulations. It holds the radio, fpv gear, monitor, 2 lipos and a folding gopro capable quad. Realistically you would still need some external parts that wouldnt pack in the case as I am engineering this to be as tight a fit as possible. Initially I will be selling the kit with case, fold-n-fly and 8" monitor as most people seem to already have the rest. PM me if interested, I might be able to hook you up with a prototype at a discount.
 

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helloman1976

Ziptie Relocation Expert
diverdan said:
I am looking at buying a small drone just for a Go pro. Or a payload of 350gr. What would think is the best option to go for.
I want something small, and portable for travelling.
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There are tons of options out there my friend but personally I have my eyes on this one. It's a Hexacopter that folds and it's almost all carbon fiber but still fairly inexpensive. Let me know what you think...

Tarot FY680 C/F Folding Hexacopter
http://www.foxtechfpv.com/tarot-fy680-cf-folding-hexacopterpreorder-p-810.html

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DucktileMedia

DucktileMedia

Drone Enthusiast
Damn, $177! I dont know how the Chinese do it. It would cost me that much in materials. Does look well designed, got to hand it to them. Let's be like China and copy it! kidding.
 

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Benchmark

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IrisAerial said:
If you want the ultimate in portability I am releasing my fold-n-fly very soon. The main goal was to get everything in a suitcase small enough to meet carry-on regulations. It holds the radio, fpv gear, monitor, 2 lipos and a folding gopro capable quad. Realistically you would still need some external parts that wouldnt pack in the case as I am engineering this to be as tight a fit as possible. Initially I will be selling the kit with case, fold-n-fly and 8" monitor as most people seem to already have the rest. PM me if interested, I might be able to hook you up with a prototype at a discount.
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Any prototype pictures?
 

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helloman1976

Ziptie Relocation Expert
IrisAerial said:
Damn, $177! I dont know how the Chinese do it. It would cost me that much in materials. Does look well designed, got to hand it to them. Let's be like China and copy it! kidding.
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Go ahead and copy it, I doubt a single American will complain and they'll probably buy from you since it's made in America :) Yeah, they had a limited run on them and now they are sold out it seems. The price before was even cheaper at around $160. Let me know what you end up getting or building etc.
 



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throttlejockey

Member
The new DJI Phantom- Unbox Video

We just got our DJI Phantom's. In this video we unbox and fly the Phantom. Our first impressions are that the new Phantom is a great entry level AP system. It's very easy to get set up and flying.

With a little vibration dampening and gimbal tuning the GoPro should be able to capture much higher video quality than what we achieved on our initial test.

This footage from the copter was straight from the box in low light and no post stabilization was added.

We will continue testing and tuning and will post our results. Stay tuned.


 
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kloner

kloner

Aerial DP
when you hang a gopro from something, try zeal tape for helicopter gyros. it's a hirobo product, and amazing stuff, but only if you hang em like i imagine it being done. stiff enough to not shake, soft enough to eliminate an amazing amount of jello
 






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