Bee Man From Vancouver Island - Newbie

[Bee Man]

Hi all,

I'm looking to do some areal videography for some promotional videos I'm making for my beekeeping business and I don't know where to start. I've done some research and from what I understand I can get a $30 helicopter with a cam, but the quality is no good and I can't see what I'm filming, or I can spend thousands and get a custom set-up with goggles that requires two people to operate.

I'm hoping to find something in between. I'd like to be able to have decent quality video, and be able to see what I'm filming in real time. I'm hoping there's an out of the box solution that will work. Any suggestions?

Bee Man

[Larry227]

Welcome to the forum Bee Man. Guessing from your questions I assume you are brand new to helis in general? If so you'll have to start with learning to fly one first before you even think about doing photography or video.
Best advice for learning from scratch is to pick up a micro heli like the Blade mCPX and a good sim like Phoenix. Then start learning the basics on the sim until you can do everything you want on the real thing. Only then would I move on to something larger that will support the type of equipment you'll want to use.

There is one other option I suppose and that's quadcopters. Supposedly they are great platforms for AVP. Can't say how hard they are to learn to fly though because I haven't touched one yet.

Either way, make sure you check the Aerial Video and Photography forum to get some more ideas.

Good luck with your venture.