MikroKopter: Aerial Panoramas and Remote Surveys

The MikroKopter was developed by German pioneers Holger Buss and Ingo Busker which according to Next Gen RC -the UK suppliers- is fun and educational to build, has outstanding flying performance and will very likely to be the most stable VTOL aircraft you have ever flown! To be honest we don't know a lot about VTOL (vertical take off and landing) aircraft but with the addition of HD video, GPS navigation and the ability to hover make it the perfect tool for aerial panoramas and remote surveying.

The video below provides an insight into the unit:


First outside flight MK8 from wep800 on Vimeo.

Captured by wep800, the next movie shows his first attempts are using the Mikrokopter to capture an aerial panorama:


First HD video and panorama test from wep800 on Vimeo.

It is well worth checking out wep800's channel on Vimeo for more movies, the possibilities for remote surveys, mapping, 3d modelling and image capture are really quite exciting...

Low Cost Site Survey: FlyCamOne2 + Remote Control Plane

An aerial view of a site is often essential for 3d model construction, camera tracking footage or just for general survey purposes. Remote surveying is often expensive (see 25,000 Euro Microdrone) but with a little imagination you could achieve similar results with a couple of $99 FlyCamOne 2's and a GPS attached to a remote control helicopter or plane.

The FlyCamOne records video at 640x480 resolution and stills at 1280x1024 - high enough to build a 3d model from. Aikonaazi's video below provides an insight to the possibilities with a flight around Portland Bill lighthouse:




Chrisbofh has used the FlyCam in a test flight over over Chesil Beach on the 21st - still images are captured every 4 seconds:



See also Chris's brushless easy star flying up to 1000ft over Weymouth:



If we weren't Central London based we would be out now buying a remote control plane and a couple of FlyCamOne2's, who said geography cant be fun...