A nice place to fly: Hexacopter in Cameroon / Africa

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Usually I visit my parents on christmas and new year. They live in Cameroon since three years and built a small house in the middle of nowhere. This year they again invited me to come and I had the opportunity to take my hexacopter with me. All flights were done via video-goggles / FPV (except for a single scene that you see in the movie). In total I broke 3 propellers. Two when I was falling down the roof of the car and one when I hit a bamboo tree (which seems to be made of very hard material...;-D). I broke the antenna of my RC transmitter, and lost the antenna of the video link. Fortunately, I was equipped with enough spare parts. Flying in Cameroon was great fun, but flying at the beach seems to be dangerous, as there are immediately some large birds of prey arriving, which were probably not in the best mood. Flying through the palm tree plantation was most fun, but there were a lot of mosquitoes attacking me.
Here is the video:

A nice place to fly: Hexacopter in Cameroon / Africa from W. Thielicke on Vimeo.

Comments

  1. Nelson Neves18 January 2011 at 14:04

    Thanks for this wonderful video! Your work is an inspiration to me! I've been following some Quadcopter projects for a long time, maybe it's time to build one myself and finally enjoy it!

    Love your 'flying' style! Keep up the good work!

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  2. TheSFReader18 January 2011 at 16:01

    Great Video ! Thanks for the great images (and flight )

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  3. Julián.G18 January 2011 at 22:40

    A wonderful work, amazing ...

    Greetings from Spain.

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  4. Jerome Demers19 January 2011 at 03:34

    That video is insane! Totally amazing!!

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  5. Anonymous19 January 2011 at 22:55

    Just one word : BEAUTIFUL

    rbellanc

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  6. Anonymous20 January 2011 at 15:52

    Great footage William. I just wrote an article about your hexacopter on my blog, plus uploaded your video on youtube with a link to your blog.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-pz39a6_q0
    I must confess I'm not familiar with the ADXRS610 gyro, what would be a close match from the gyros currently available on the market? Did you considered using a 3 axis gyro instead?

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  7. Michael★21 January 2011 at 21:53

    Awesome! and just mesmerizing. where can I get on of these?

    Michael*

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  8. Anonymous23 February 2011 at 00:14

    Un grand merci pour ces très belles images du Cameroun qui nous ont rappelées de très bons souvenirs.
    Franck & Nathalie.

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  9. PiT11 March 2011 at 09:34

    WAOW that's a real splendid video! But now we want more!
    Congratulation for steering.
    Thank's to you!

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  10. Unknown14 April 2011 at 03:54

    Amazing and inspiring work. Thanks for sharing all this helpful info with us.

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  11. Anonymous14 April 2011 at 11:45

    It's a amazing video, I watched it over 10 times now (full no FFWD) and bought myself a Gaui 330X, this will be my first RC Air experience....
    Perhaps I will build a copter myself in the future, first some experience with a commercial one, to check If I have the feeling aswell....

    Regards, Tom from Holland

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  12. dusg22 April 2011 at 15:20

    Super Video. Hab es auf youtube entdeckt. Tolle Bilder, tolle Musik, toller Cut. So stelle ich mir ein Video vor. Würde gerne noch mehr solcher Videos von dir sehen.

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  13. Dale11 May 2011 at 21:43

    One of my favorite video's! Great flying and video editing! What video editing software? Sony Vegas?

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  14. Mennens12 June 2011 at 17:19

    Great show guy. An excellent way to look beyond our eyes. Nice to use when going on petrol in the forrest.
    Do you need any declaration on the aeroport at Douala or licence to fly it ?
    You are very lucky to have family in Cameroon.
    Where in Cameroon ? City / Village?
    That house of yours with Solar and cashcrop garden. Thats the future and the present. My dream too.
    Thank you so much for sharing. I lived some years in Kumba, ( South west Province ) that's why........
    The best you, Regards, Donn, Netherlands.

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  15. Anonymous7 July 2011 at 23:11

    Amazing video. Please track list;)

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  16. Robert L. Strauss13 September 2011 at 05:45

    Terrific. Are you doing any classes? I'd like to come to Germany, build one of these with you and learn how to fly it. Possible? By the way, I spent five years in Cameroon and enjoyed seeing familiar sites from your special point of view. You can reach me at RobertLStrauss@gmail.com - rather you didn't post this. Just email me. Thanks.

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