Morning Newbie Desert Drive - Pink Rock (Sharjah) - 20 Mar 2020

[Rahimdad]

What a pleasure it is to have @Wrangeld and @Jeepie on any trip. While im trying to put my words together the trip report is already posted. Just some points of view I would like to share from my side. When starting in the morning I was feeling a bit down as I'm used to getting my early morning hugs and sharing food and drinks with all. But upon reaching the meeting point just that eye contact with a warm good morning right from everybodies heart melted me right in to the correct frame of mind.

Many positives for me to take from this drive. Everybody was on time and we moved out exactly at 7:02 am which gave us a chance to spend more time out in the desert driving. The brief was shorter than usual but it seemed everybody had read through the brief on the forum and was fully aware. @Wrangeld was the one to make the convoy which was amazing as he had the right idea and the convoy managed very well as placed. Having @J J as my second lead, he too has the right idea and saved us some precious time by rerouting as necessary. An after drive chat helped him to realize that every little detail is planned and I was pleased to realize he appreciates it and wants to learn and do more. @Wrangeld and @Jeepie positioned themselves as centre forward which is the most difficult position. With @Rizwanm2 in the sweep to make sure the convoy was moving smoothly and stuck together. Another positive was to meet @Lorenzo Candelpergher, really love your spirit and putting the video together which is so amazing. Just for everybodies knowledge @Lorenzo Candelpergher is a licensed drone pilot.

Moreover as everybody has realized by now, 1 hour from the deflation point to the base of Pink Rocks is an amazing feat by all newbies. When asked at the base if they want more, the decision was unanimous with all hands raised high in the air. Instead of our normal 2nd December Cafe exit we continued to Big Red. With some challenges we departed around 11:30 am with all smiles. We inflated and carried on to lock ourselves up in isolation till next week.

Really proud of an amazing team which understands and ready to help each other grow in this mystifying sport that brings us together.

[Lorenzo Candelpergher]

Dear @Rahimdad,

yes I'm indeed a licensed commercial drone pilot (i.e. I can fly even big/heavy drones for professional use, mostly in construction projects). But I fly a lot as a hobby and if, in one of the next rides, we could plan for it in advance, we could do some more serious drone shootings for everyone's fun, which I would gladly have Carnity brand and use for promotional purposes.

We could choose a nice short track (not more than 300-400m - max 20', it won't take more) with some interesting spots and do some car tracking (i.e. I can shoot drone videos "chasing" or flying around each single car (speeds up to 65km/h can be managed) and doing some other fun stuff which can be quite interesting to watch also if one is curious to see his own driving style and manouvers. Not to mention low altitude landscape shootings which would give a completely different perspective of the desert..

Check out an example of car tracking (I was just testing a new drone feature, so no ambitious driving):

And check some landscape low altitude flight (approx. 30 to 50m, again this was just a test, no ambition on the quality of the images):

Keep it in mind for the next rides!

[Frederic]

2 minutes ago, Lorenzo Candelpergher said:

Dear @Rahimdad,

yes I'm indeed a licensed commercial drone pilot (i.e. I can fly even big/heavy drones for professional use, mostly in construction projects). But I fly a lot as a hobby and if, in one of the next rides, we could plan for it in advance, we could do some more serious drone shootings for everyone's fun, which I would gladly have Carnity brand and use for promotional purposes.

We could choose a nice short track (not more than 300-400m - max 20', it won't take more) with some interesting spots and do some car tracking (i.e. I can shoot drone videos "chasing" or flying around each single car (speeds up to 65km/h can be managed) and doing some other fun stuff which can be quite interesting to watch also if one is curious to see his own driving style and manouvers. Not to mention low altitude landscape shootings which would give a completely different perspective of the desert..

Check out an example of car tracking (I was just testing a new drone feature, so no ambitious driving):

And check some landscape low altitude flight (approx. 30 to 50m, again this was just a test, no ambition on the quality of the images):

Keep it in mind for the next rides!

Wow.... endless possibilties !!! 
I have a Phantom 3 Pro but lacking time to experiment with it, and aways afraid to take it with me on the bumpy offroad drives. Been using maybe 5% of the functionalities, so be prepared for my questions  

[Rahimdad]

@Lorenzo Candelpergher I too have a Parrot Bebop2. Maybe we can start another club for drones with introduction, questions and answers.