Record SUSE's Nürnberg office from above and have fun (with drones)
Since I'm a little bit of a drone-a-matic myself, and I enjoy flying around with drones, I propose to fly around/above the SUSE building, record some footage, and make a cool promo video out of it.
We could potentially use this footage (together with some recordings from inside the building taken by hand) as a promotion for the company and show others (via social media, etc.) how cool of a place SUSE and the Nürnberg office actually is.
As a teaser here is a YouTube video showing Nürnberg from above (not recorded by me!):
Personally, I can provide the following equipment:
- DJI Mavic (+ DJI Googles) -> Easy to fly, great video footage
- (FPV) Tiny Whoop (something like this) -> easy to fly, bad video quality
- (FPV) Freestyle Mini Quad (hard to fly for newbies, a lot of fun, though)
- (FPV) Freestyle Quad (5 inch, hard to fly for newbies, a lot of fun, though)
- (FPV) Googles and monitor (if you want to watch live)
If anyone is interested and can provide additional equipment, that would be great (so I see something new for myself ;)).
This project is definitely open to anyone interested in drones. If you haven't flown a drone for yourself, and wanted to give it a shot, feel free to join ;).
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over 6 years ago by mkoutny | Reply
It's a bit aged project (X-Copter Studio) but someone might be interested in it in the context of this Hackweek idea.
Disclaimer: I'm one of co-authors of the linked (school) project.
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over 6 years ago by suntorytimed | Reply
I could provide a Fuji X-Pro2 with an optical stabilized lens for in-house recordings (limited to 4k 30fps). But you should check with legal first (concerning DSGVO and stuff).
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