So I've decidex to try out something I've been meaning to try out for a while now. Which is to setup my Gopro camera for some aerial photography. Eventhough I've been looking at getting a more polished system like a Dji Phantom drone, I thought there's a lot of mileage I can get just using what I already have. So having studied the best layout for the camera and battery, once the weather clears out, I'll be trying out this system. I'll need to get a Fatshark system to get into proper FPV flying although the aim is not for that at all.  The mass of the Gopro with casing is about 140g with means the all up weight has increased by 26% which means less battery life although one would not need 4min of video anyway. 

It's been a while (over three weeks to be exact) since I've flown the heli. I must say I was quite nervous at first knowing that it's the first few minutes of flying after a long time that are quite critical. I also acquired a headset for my gopro which also worked quite well. But none of that mattered because many headaches have taught me to not have a big head in things that I'm still learning. So only after the third battery did I start with Nose-in maneuvers and a bit of slow circuits. Now that the holidays are upon us (and I still don't have a carry case), I will have to repeat this flight when I come back. I was tempted to take it with so I can get some nice shots of nature and the sea side. But I realised that I can't afford to loose this airframe as when I come back the instrumentation of the IMU will begin. Accumulated flight time: 84 min

Great flying yesterday at the park next to our house. Conditions are again just right to do some circuits and brief nose-in hover. I must say I feel that that I'm really enjoying the heli alot better now that I have tweaked the thrust curve. It remains responsive and quite stable around hover. Started using my homemade cap mounted gopro. The videos look great. Visit here to see some of them. It's nice and stable and after a while, you forget that you have it on you. Accumulated flight: 79min

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