So, you’re a proud FPV (first-person view) drone pilot, and you think you’ve done it all? Well, think again because the video you’re about to watch pushes the boundaries quite a bit. At least, I’ve never seen anything like it! In this stunning FPV drone video, pilot blastr (YouTube channel here) flies his specially prepared drone into a waterfall, then actually submerges it and darts back into the sky. We’ve had some astonishing FPV drone videos here before (Red Bull Downhill Racing | “Right Up Our Alley“), but this one is something different. It goes without saying, that you usually don’t want to let your precious drone near water, but blastr had other things in mind… To pull this off, blastr had to prepare his custom-built FPV drone so that water wouldn’t harm it. A company called Deep Designs makes products that do just that: Protect your equipment from water. And another company, HydroH, supplied a waterproof housing for the drone to make this work. blastr is also on Instagram and from the comment section of his recent posts on the video, you can tell that it’s not easy to film such a piece. That’s why you should practice beforehand if you want to try your hand at something like this in the near future. Insane FPV Drone video The video is split into two halves, with the first 3 minutes being the main timeline of the footage captured, while the second half offers a little behind-the-scenes tour. In this...
Published By: CineD - Wednesday, 21 September, 2022