Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
With unseasonably mild weather in mid-October, and the remnants of ex-Hurricane Ophelia in the area, I decided to go for a small hike and wild camp in in the woods to see if spending the night out under canvas in autumn can be an enjoyable pastime.
Music: In Rust We Trust 2 by Stefan Netsman (licensed via Empiric Sound)
Gear:
* Sony XZ Premium
* DJI Osmo Mobile
* RODE VideoMic Go
* YONGNUO YN600L
With unseasonably mild weather in mid-October, and the remnants of ex-Hurricane Ophelia in the area, I decided to go for a small hike and wild camp in in the woods to see if spending the night out under canvas in autumn can be an enjoyable pastime.
Music: In Rust We Trust 2 by Stefan Netsman (licensed via Empiric Sound)
Gear:
* Sony XZ Premium
* DJI Osmo Mobile
* RODE VideoMic Go
* YONGNUO YN600L
![[CRASH] - Did somebody order a helicopter custard pie?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RGJ2Tb-W_OE/mqdefault.jpg "[CRASH] - Did somebody order a helicopter custard pie?
Check out my full quadcopter blog at http://grundlefly.com
After installing the FPV equipment on my reliable TBS Discovery quad, it transformed itself into an uncontrollable meteor.
Postmortem analysis revealed that*something* caused the Naza to go into manual mode after take off (i.e. zero flight and levelling assistance) and I freaked out and crashed it into the ground. Ive never flown manual before so it freaked me out, but if Id known that was what happened I would have acted differently and either tried to level it manually, or better still kill the radio controller and go into failsafe mode. Hard lesson learnt!
Cost of repair = £30 ... replacing shattered arms and props. Everything else was bruised but okay.")
![Sydney New Years Eve 2008/2009 [HD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Rc-FQJImIGg/mqdefault.jpg "Sydney New Years Eve 2008/2009 [HD]
Check out the full trip report at http://grundlefly.com/sydney.html#NYE2009 ... Taking in the spectacular Sydney New Years Eve fireworks, but this time from the top of a party cruise.")
