Western Railroad Discussion > Drone Foaming Tunnel 7 and 8 Tehachapi Pass 4/10/15

It's day three of a four day railfan trip to Tehachapi Pass, CA.  We're at tunnel 7 looking south towards tunnel 8.  I'm with TO members Curt, Cajon92, "Metal" Mike and one of the ranch property owners in the area who was our "tour guide" for the day. I'm flying the drone and TO member Curt has the "track-side" camcorder.  Ordinarily getting back to Tunnel 7 and Cliff would involve a long hike however on this day we did have permission from the land owner to not only be on his property but drive in via ranch roads.  AWD at minumum was required to get up and over some very steep hills.

 

George Cataulin
San Diego, CA
Left Coast Rail Videos



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/05/15 07:13 by gjc.

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Awesome stuff as usual, George, and a rare spot to be photographed.  Kudos for getting permission to use
private property to get there.  And yes, I noticed the Hitchockian touch at the end of the video.  Thanks 
for posting.

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

Man that is sweet!

Drones are a real asset to this hobby!

Bill Deaver
Tehachapi, CA

Excellent video, George...as we have come to expect, it didn't disappoint.

Thanks for sharing,
~Ryan

Another great video George , You have become very adapt with your controlling of the drone, great work. Still enjoy when you have a friend on the ground  covering different points but realize that may not always be possible. Great video

George, Beautiful segue from the ground up to the drone just before the minute mark. 

Pretty good stuff. While I am STILL not a fan of the "fish eye" lens, I can't believe how stable the drone platform is. Simply....WOW!!

Cool video!!

NICE video!! Thanks for sharing.

Very nice Video of some more of your Drone Foaming George ! .

Dave 

Mission planner makes it very easy!! Apm 2.6

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Any train ID on this one?

Great video George!

Very impressive. Forgive a dumb question: how much practice or training is needed to fly and retrieve a drone under these circumstances? Thanks.

Beautifully Done, well deserved video of the day !!
Alan

That is one steady video. You fly that drone well.
John

dpudave,
The instructions say to practice a total of four hours without the stabilzer and camera attached.  I ended up practicing about 2 hours without the the stabilzer and camera and about 1 hour with them attached over a two week period before heading out to Cajon Pass.
To this day I still practice flying it and more so days before I head out to railfan with it.  Flying it alone is a ton of fun. 

dpudave Wrote:
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> Very impressive. Forgive a dumb question: how much
> practice or training is needed to fly and retrieve
> a drone under these circumstances? Thanks.

George Cataulin
San Diego, CA
Left Coast Rail Videos

There's an article in the business press about legislatures looking at laws on the use of drones flying over private property.  Apparently, the "peeping drone" issue has reached legislative interest. There's concern about sensitive facilities like refineries, power plants, water treatment facilities, etc as well as the usual nudist camps, private pools, etc.

Exactly what form this would take is open to discussion. In at least one state (Texas) a drone was shot down by an irate landowner. The local district attorney and the FAA were both involved in that mess.

That is an unbelievable view of a forbidden area for most railfans.  I was never able to see this area in my 35 years of visiting and photographing Tehachapi Pass.  What a high quality video presentation!  Thanks for sharing.

Don Bowen
Saint Helena, CA



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/05/15 14:42 by dlbowen.