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This is the second vid with footage collated whilst the sky was still relatively overcast. It's more a scenic flight at the start and end with some gratuitous biking sandwiched in between. Starts with a pan up reveal above the North Sea towards the cliff edge and homes in on my friend - with a...

Hi guys, A dry and non-blustery Saturday in the North East of Scotland so I charge up my 3 batteries on the Friday and arranged to meet my friend the next morning to grab some footage of him on his bike. If you rewind a few months, the KTM thing was one of my first planned shoots after getting...

Today I gatecrashed a Porsche road trip - but only because dad mentioned he was going and I thought I might tag along and try get some aerial footage. So, lot of learnings for anyone wanting to try something similar: 1. Do your homework beforehand on where you want to stand and shoot - Google...

Yeah the 'Inappropriate' flying line is open to interpretation. I think if you flew at a reasonable altitude from an area away from the castle grounds you would be fine. From this story it sounds like Drone owners have been tarred by the same brush as an irresponsible few...

Oooooh.... don't mention that place. I was going to head down there after my flight at Slains Castle until I learnt about this:

Aerial view of the area where I grew up - the River Don Estuary and Royal Aberdeen Golf Club - founded in 1780 and is the 6th oldest Golf club in the world, host of the 2011 Walker Cup. In the 2nd shot, left of frame you can see an old WW2 Pill Box lying in front of the sand dune and further up...

A short vid I did earlier this week around the entrance to Aberdeen Harbour, there were some offshore guys out in their Survival Crafts, carrying out training manoeuvres just past the pier. Behind you can see Nigg Bay Golf Course.

Some reasonable Scottish weather today meant I had an opportunity to get in the air for another video. Took a trip up to a village called Cruden Bay to visit the cliff top ruins of Slains Castle - often cited as the inspiration for Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula.

Hi Maddog, Other than property damage, I don't believe there was any life threatening impact from the flooding. Seems to be all back to normal now although we have the back end of the storm from the NY at the moment and getting a bit of a cold snap. I only pop in here on occasion, probably more...

So last weekend we seen some proper apocalyptic rain falling around Scotland. Naturally, the two rivers which run through Aberdeen (The Don and The Dee) burst their banks at various locations in the surrounding area. This is a clip just north of where I stay. At the beginning you can see the...

Hi guys, Hoping someone with experience can maybe clarify for me. I'm currently flying with my iPhone6+ in the controller holder - but the screen is a little too small and not that easy to see clearly on bright days. I do have an iPad but its a few generations old and not compatible with the...

So after my first weekend of no flying due to adverse weather, I finally got an opportunity to get Solo back in the air following my tree contacting incident ( http://www.3drpilots.com/threads/skatepark-footage-and-a-crash-into-a-tree.2730/ ) The company I work for are actually running a...

Hey Guys, Having come from R/C cars in my younger years I'm more used to having my thumbs only on the controller sticks. What's the done thing with quadcopters, do you guys pinch each stick with a thumb and forefinger or do you just use thumbs only? What are the pros and cons of each technique?

Do these have any impact on flight characteristics? Additional weight etc? I think in my particular case yesterday, the twigs of the branches would still have breached the prop guards and brought the Solo down but it may well have protected them when they hit the ground. Can certainly see how...

Thanks Maddog, I used to race R/C Cars when I was a kid so the drone is similar but different in that its going from 2D to 3D - so an extra direction of travel to consider. Would fitting a filter have an impact on the Gimbal motors or are they almost negligible in weight? GoPro was shooting in...