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Chasing cars in France
#1
This time no long range video from me, but a chase video!
The biggest challenge was fighting the strong wind because the weather was really bad (except it was very sunny).
So we had 1) frozen fingers and 2) the wind was strong with different impulses. So flying and getting the subject centred in place was a thing for the whole day.

Place is a private racetrack where they organise these kind of fun day race days where you can bring your car and pay the rent for the track and drive as much as you want.
The event started in 9:00 AM with a detailed briefing and went all through 17:00. 
I counted about 40 different cars during the whole day.
What made most of fun was that all the drivers were so chill with the drone in the air and nobody (I say again nobody) said a thing about us flying close.

Also a big win for us was that my fpv buddy and me didn't crash a single battery and no cars were damaged.
A small fun fact is I tried also my cinelifter Thicc x8 drone but couldn't really get aggressive enough for these cars.
In the end everything was filmed on GoPro 10 with 2 sets of ND filters on a Chimera 7" HD 6S drone.

Enjoy the video (I recommend watching on a big screen)!  Smile

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#2
nice video!
to get closer to the cars, 5inch performance offer better handling and spare power for this kind of flying
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(01-Apr-2022, 06:25 PM)hugnosed_bat Wrote: nice video!
to get closer to the cars, 5inch performance offer better handling and spare power for this kind of flying

Yes I have noticed after 2-3 batteries that these cars are much faster then my 7".
In the end I didn't have a GoPro 10 cam mount on my 5" so I decided just to try my best with the chimera 7 till the end.

I just have to point out once again this was my first try that I had an opportunity to do this kind of flying so its all new to me.
Next time I will try to be more prepared if something like this happens.

Thanks for your comment!  Heart
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Dude that was sick!!! And some really cool cars some I'd never expect to see on a speedway lol.
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#5
Thank you Ronin!

I was happy to see the responses of the organisation and a couple of other drone company guys. 
They liked it very much and want me to come over again soon.  Big Grin

That's all that matters in the end. I did it for free, for the experience, and now I have some name in the game.  Smile
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