Uploaded October 2017 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Spending a one week holiday on a 69 foot canal boat in celebration of my father-in-law's 70th birthday. After reaching Bath in a fairly leisurely 4 days previously, we make our way back to base in Rowde, stopping off at a number of different places along the way.
I must improve the audio speech for my next videos featuring people off-camera with lots of background noise. Annoying, but just another thing in the big ol' learning curve of amateur film/video making.
Music (licensed via Epidemic Sound):
- Something Beautiful by In Your Arms Again by Sebastian Forslund
- Wait Up Sundown by Martin Carlberg
Equipment Used:
* Nikon D750
* Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 VR
* Tiffen 77mm Variable Neutral Density Camera Lens Filter
* Rode SVM Stereo Mic (wrong choice - shotgun mic would be better)
* Rode SmartLav Plus (SMART-LAV PLUS) Omni-directional Lavalier Microphone
* Manfrotto Befree Carbon tripod
* DJI Osmo Mobile
* iPhone 7
Spending a one week holiday on a 69 foot canal boat in celebration of my father-in-law's 70th birthday. After reaching Bath in a fairly leisurely 4 days previously, we make our way back to base in Rowde, stopping off at a number of different places along the way.
I must improve the audio speech for my next videos featuring people off-camera with lots of background noise. Annoying, but just another thing in the big ol' learning curve of amateur film/video making.
Music (licensed via Epidemic Sound):
- Something Beautiful by In Your Arms Again by Sebastian Forslund
- Wait Up Sundown by Martin Carlberg
Equipment Used:
* Nikon D750
* Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 VR
* Tiffen 77mm Variable Neutral Density Camera Lens Filter
* Rode SVM Stereo Mic (wrong choice - shotgun mic would be better)
* Rode SmartLav Plus (SMART-LAV PLUS) Omni-directional Lavalier Microphone
* Manfrotto Befree Carbon tripod
* DJI Osmo Mobile
* iPhone 7
![[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.")
