Western Railroad Discussion > Drone Foaming - BNSF "The Meet" (Stockton Sub)

This was was a meet at Shaw and Marks (Fig Garden Siding east end) on the BNSF Stockton sub @ MP 1000.

I was having a bad day with the drone, it took 4 power ups to get it to work right and then, it wasn't 100%. I seem to be having issues with the gimble mount, which is the unit that keeps the camera steady. More on this rant in another thread (or PM if you'd like).

The first train was an east bound manifest and it was in the siding, waiting for the 2nd train to pass. The 2nd train was a westbound and it too was a manifest. Once it passed, the 1st train proceeded and after crossing over the Shaw Over crossing and merged back onto the main line.

Since the gimble mount was not working correctly, the video tends to shake. At the end of recording, my battery was at critical and the drone started to return to the location it took off from. Since I had walked a ways from that spot, it appeared to start to fly away from me. With all of the other issues I was having, needless to say I panicked. Once realizing what it was doing, I was able to take it out of GPS mode and regain control.

David Locher
Fresno, CA

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I like it! I really like the keyboard sample of EMD 645 sounds, blended with the keyboard swells asa a sound
track. It has that Koyaanisqatsi feel. Nice take on a now familiar perspective.

A great blend of sound and movement. Excellent video

Interesting view from a high angle perspective!

The vehicle traffic keeps rolling by.......you show up at least 3 times in the video......even the trash bag in the service road rolls on!

Nice video!! Thanks for sharing.

I try to stay out of the videos, however.... I was worried about the aircraft doing something foolish, so I stayed close :)

David Locher
Fresno, CA
http://www.youtube.com/learnwithgern

What kind of drone do you have? We have Phantom Vision 2+.
C.

Carol Voss
Bakersfield, CA

Very nice, congratulations on VOTD.
John

I actually find it interesting to have the drone operator show up in the video, at least for a cameo. Cool stuff, thanks for posting.

Yours is one of the best drone videos I have seen on this site. Thanks much.

Jim

Wow, those things are really stable. Unbelievable technology! Great video too!



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That thing looks like it would be a lot of fun!! You'll have to bring it to Lost Wages some time.

Bob

Thanks for all the kind words!

Vegas sounds fun Bob, I'll be out in April-May like always, I'll give you a call.

UPDATE: After a few hours flashing firmware and re calibrating things, I think it's back to status quo! I was able to fly around the neighborhood with no issues (other than scared cats).

David Locher
Fresno, CA
http://www.youtube.com/learnwithgern

Did you stop in to Tahoe Joe's for a beer afterward? Great stuff...

Great video and great music to go along with it!