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52 RadioControlModelNewsIssue100February2010Issue 130 is also available for Apple, Android Kindle fire devices at www.rcmnews.com 52
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UAVwashardenoughtoexplaintothegeneralpublic.ThentherewasUAS(UnmannedAircraftSystems)NowwehaveRPA.(RemotePilotedAircraft)andRPAS(systems).RPAseemstobetheonethatwillbecometheworldwideindustryterm.Effortstoforcesoftdrinksellerstoexplainthat“it’snotCoke,it’scola”haveprovenalmostfutile.ThetermDroneisheretostay.Thathorseboltedyonksago.
Dowehavegooddronesandbaddrones?Beingonthereceivingendofaparticularoperationmightchangethatperspective.Thiscolumnisconcernedwithciviloperations.Notmissions.Thattermhasanodi-ousmilitaryconnotationthathasbeentaggedonlytothemoresensa-tional flights that make it to the TV News.
FlyingRCforcommercialrewardisn’tnew.Whatisnewisthatregu-lationsareintheprocessofbeingpromulgatedinmanycountries.Australiaisattheforefrontofthatchange.TheAdvisoryCircularfromCASAwhichforallintentandpurposesturnthenewregsintoLAWshouldn’tbetoofaraway.
Helicopters and fixed wing have advantagestoo,butMultirotorshaveopenedupsomanynewareasofoperationthatnotonlyreducesrisktoaircrew,insomecasestheyaretheonlyoptiontoliftsomethingaloftsafely.Thesemarvellousmachinescandosuchmorethanmanyofus
Richard Fraser helps out a competitor whose pilot was unavailable
All systems go!
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Gear up and on the climb. Job sheet called for pic to be shot on dusk
Gear down heading back in
everimagined.Onsimple4rotormachinesthecostofafailureishigh.Morerotorsincreasesredundancyaswellasliftingpower.
ItiswithgreatinterestthatIintro-duceacompanythathastakenthisnewtypeofspecialistairworktoawholenewlevel.
XM2AidanKellyLukeAnnellsandStephenOhspecialiseinaerialcinematographyfromdrones.The
companyistwoyearsoldalthougheachpartnerbringsmanyyearsofindividualexpertise.AidanownsARKRCandisaveryhandy3Dhelipilot.AsisLuke,whoalsolooksaf-termachiningandbuildingtheirownflying camera platforms. Stephen is
thefoundingDirecterofXM2andhis background is in film, production/ direction.
XM2Dronesaredesignedinhouseandfeaturetwinmotorsoneachboom.Puristsmightsaythatthere
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is slight loss of efficiency with this configuration but that is more than madeupforwithreducedsetuptimeandmaintenance.OneversioncanrelayHDvideowhichisrecord-edontheground.ThelatestplatformisdesignedtolifttheRedDragonhigh definition camera which records intheair.Thesensorhas9timesthepixelsofHDandcanalsoshoot100framesofHDstillspersecond.Thebody fits wide aperture Zeiss lenses. LowFstopsarevitalwhenlightislow.Integraltothewholeoperationarethegimbalswhicharemadeinhouse.Considerabletimeandex-pertiseistakentotuningagimbaltoparticularbody-lenscombination.
Timeismoneyanditreallyappliestoanindustrystandardthatachieves
oneminuteofuseablefootageperdayonlocation.Avisittoasmallproduction filming on location should beenoughforanyonetounderstandwhycostperdayseemsastronomi-cal.
Anothersellingpointoftheseincred-iblystableandmanoueverableaerialplatformsisfastturnaroundtime.Shootingascenefromtwodiffer-entdirectionsoftenrequiresheavyequipmenttobemovedoutofshot.Achangeofangleatadesertscenerequiresthesandtobeswepttore-movefootmarksleftbythecrew.Aspayloadcapabilityincreases,dronescanreducetheneedforlayingouttracksforcameradollies.Swappinglensesrequiresgimbaldampingtobere-calibratedorthegimbalchangedtoonethatmatchestheweightandcentreofgravity.Fastturnaroundisverydesirable.
Aconsiderablenumberofcommer-cials and film works are in the can awaitingrelease.DavidAttenbor-oughattheGreatBarrierReefisone.
Stephen Oh brings a cinematography and production background to XM2
Red Dragon camera high
definition video camera can
shoot 100 fps DH still shots
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TheMoonandtheSunisafeaturefilm due imminent release.
Eventhougheveryonedreamsoftheimpossibleshot,muchofthebreadandbutterworkiscreatingPOVs.(pointsofview)HavealookatthefootageontheXM2.comwebsite.Trackinghorsesalongthatridgeforthirty seconds for the feature film demonstrates brilliant flying and cameracontrol.Theimageremainsstableandinrightinthecentre.Notehowmuchthetreesaremovinginthefirst shot in the mountains lifting up through the trees. Mountain flying in windyconditionsisverychallenging.Flyingoverwaterhasitschallengestoo.Amovinghorizonmakesitquiteeasytosuffermotionsickness.Onemistakeandyoulosethelot.Evenifthegearcanberecoveredsaltwater,rendersitunusable.
AidanshowedmefootageforanupcomingTVseriesandoneshotthattookmyfancywasoftheim-possiblenature.Trackingavehiclethrough the scrub then flying through theforkofatreeisrightupthereupforanyoneinthe“Howdidtheyget
Flying under pressure! How does a $100,000 payload sound? With an AUW (all up weight) of 40 kg this new design will lift an Arri Alexa M camera.
A world first
Air to ground HD video recording capability
No need to holler for a Marshall
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https://www.facebook.com/XM2Aerial
http://vimeo.com/103982608http://vimeo.com/102807856
https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=85027636&x-yt-ts=1422503916&
v=eAgyKeG0YXU
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thatshot”fraternity.Thiscolumnisn’taboutgivinguptradesecrets,soMum’sthewordonthat.
ThecompanyhasachievedAustraliawide area certification from CASA whichmakesquotingjobsmucheasierandfaster.Newdevelopmentsingimbal,imagingandmultirotorcraftarebeingphasedin.XM2’slat-estdroneshouldhaveachievedcerti-fication by the time this magazine has gonetopress.
CoMMerCial Flying Inthe1980sIwasoneofasmallgroup of people operating fixed wing and helicopters. I only shot film. Dabbledwithvideo,butvibration
wasaproblemrecordingonboard.No so with film. A sixty powered heli hadnotroublewhatsoeverliftinga1.5kgSLR,Evenon40degreedays.My last fixed wing model had all the conveniencefeaturesbuiltin.OS90
fourstoketoreducenoise.Carburet-torairboxforoperatingfromdustyor sandy strips. Huge flaps, main gearbrakes,viewingwindowfortheframecounter.Fuselagedoorwithwindow,tochangerollsandcheck
Checking site for obstacles
Cinematography demands good gear
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camerasettingsfromdataback.Twopiecewing.Dihedraltailplaneforimproved pitch control when flar-ing with ninety degrees of split flap selected..
Redundancyisvitalwhenofferinganyserviceonacommercialbasis.Redundancyalsoreferstobackuponboardsystemsincaseoffailure.BackthenIoperatedstandardra-diogearandreliabilitywasneveraproblem.Oncethejobinvolves
Get to know the rules. » For recreational use visit casa.gov.au/sportaviation
» For commercial use visit casa.gov.au/rpa
Was this shot from a pole or copter?
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crewsonlocation,twoofeverythingisrequired.ShootingstillswithinanhourofhomeIoftenonlycarriedonemodel.Anyfurtherandinwentaspare.
The most challenging flying was forFilmandTVDirectors.ManyofwhoImethadonetraitverymuchakinwiththatoftheFamilyCourtLawyer.Theyhavetoknowwheretogetinformationonanawfullotofsubjects.Buttheypossesslittleor
noexpertiseinany.Norhavelittleinterest.Explainingwhyyoucan’tdowhattheywantsoonbecameoflittleinteresttome.
IfyoutakethetimeandefforttoobtainandpayforyourOC,dealingwithpushyclientscomeswiththeterritory.Therewillbeaminoritythat does not care if the flight was legal.Aresponsibilitythatrestsentirelywiththeoperator. StephenGreen.
This operator is about to obtain his OC flying DJI’s new Inspire 1 with dedicated camera