I'm looking for a drone that is capable of carrying a gopro camera. That being said are there drones out there that have a way to link the gopro camera to the drone so that you can watch POV from your controller? Basically I want to be able to see what my drone sees first hand to make sure my shot is what I want. I plan to use this drone to create enhanced videos for the sport of whitewater kayaking and rafting. Any help would be greatly appreciated! PS... Also are there any drones out there that allow the gopro camera to mount to the drone while in a waterproof gopro camera case? In case the drone takes a swim the camera would at least survive. All drones that I have viewed so far that take a gopro camera all have an open type case that doesn't allow for waterproof cases.
Check out the Splash drone if you are looking for a waterproof drone. Or you could just get a Phantom and forget the gopro. The camera on the Phantoms are better than the Gopro 3's most gimbals use.
Hey, I know for what I’m going to save my money this year :-D. The DJI Phantom Aerial UAV Drone Quadcopter for GoPro seems the cheapest one to go for, am I right? Thanks in advance.
If you factor in the cost of a GoPro, I would say get the Phantom standard if you want the cheapest introductory drone. Camera is decent and it flies just like the Phantom Advanced and professional. The range isn't quite as good but good enough. You can get them pretty cheap if you get a refurbished or a slightly used one from eBay.
Maybe you are hesitated whether you'll buy new a new drone with similar to GoPro Camera or buy a GoPro Water proof camera that suits to your needs and you will mount it on your Drone.
I have flown the Phantom Standard since it first came out, and you're exactly right. It's taken me through the school of hard knocks and still flies like new. I am getting the P4PV2 in a few days, but am keeping the P4. I am curious as to whether I can take the cam/gimbal unit from a P4 Pro and put it on my P4.
The first thing a beginner needs to do is learn how to fly first, that way your drone won't take a swim. photjunky was right about the original P4. It's easy to fly and very durable. One day I was shooting a video of a creek, for some reason I pushed the left stick up. The drone hit overhanging tree branches, hit the ground where the battery bounced out then bounced into the creek. The drone was immersed in a shallow pool and a landing strut broke. I let it dry out for a week, and it powered up with no problems at all and flew. Every time I crashed this P4 the battery always bounces out....good thing. I suggest that before you invest in your serious drone that you buy a cheap little drone you can fly in your home. They have lousy trim and drift a lot. Just hover and try to keep it one spot at first, then play around.
Nice little starter there. I actually started out on some little micro drone. I practiced hovering and landing indoors. Another thing I did was watch drone videos on YouTube. A word of advice to the OP, watch YouTube videos on beginner mistakes and just maybe avoid all the mistakes and crashes I had.
when I bought that first drone, I felt kind of silly like I was ordering a child's toy, but as soon as I learned to hover it, I became fascinated with them. You know it's kind of funny, the original post was over a year ago, and I don't see any response from them. Wonder what they got.
I see so many people who ask for advice on which drone to get for a specific purpose don't realize that the learning curve starts with manual flight skills. I had a hard time starting out because none of the cheap drones at that time had any kind of altitude hold and needed to be trimmed after every battery change...and even then they lost trim as the battery used up power. The drone that made flying a lot easier and was a real photo drone was a Chroma, which was a very good drone for it's time. Unfortunately, the Chroma is somewhere in the Santiam River,,,the first and last time I fly under a bridge. Know anyone that needs a Chroma controller?
