GoPro HD Hero 3 released!

GoPro has just released their new offering, which heralds the era of portable, bullet-proof 4k and 2.7k camcorders that fit in the palm of your hand! The camera boasts an impressive set of features, such as:

4k video (12 fps)

2.7k video (30 fps)

1440p 48 fps

1080p @ 60fps (a feature missing from many a professional camera

960p @ 100fps

720p @120 fps

12MP 30fps photo burst

WiFi compatibility

and much more...

Take a look at the official page offering and the excellent promotional video below, featuring cool people doing awesome things to great music by Overwerk:

Another incredible urban multi-rotor vid from Juz70!

This guy just never ceases to amaze me! Enjoy this incredible footage with night-time urban views, complete with crazy proximity and confined-space flying - all mashed up with a sick dubstep track!

RQCX-3 "Raven" FPV Hex Technical Report

Our friends from the Roswell Flight Test Crew have released a very interesting video detailing their newest addition to their FPV arsenal! Enjoy!

Our pilot takes a real Schweizer 300 for a spin, solo!

Our RC heli pilot, Marcin, is currently training to become the real-deal! He's recently accomplished a few solo flights in a Schweizer 300 helicopter. Take a look! :)

Awesome FPV film - Golden by Juz70

I found this video completely by accident, but it seems that the guy has a very strong following - and rightfully so! His videos are very beautiful indeed! Enjoy this one and, if you like what you see, make sure to subscribe to his channel! :)

Roswell Flight Test Crew releases more footage!

In a  recent post by Lucidity, the team at RFTC promises to release a new series of FPV multi-copter videos called Rough Cuts. We will hopefully learn even more from these, as well as marvel at the locations and piloting skills :)

The post can be found here:
http://roswellflighttestcrew.typepad.com/blog/2012/01/when-were-not-flying-over-something-dangerous.html

Also: Many thanks for the mention! :D

RCSchim's TriCopter over archeo dig & art installation

RCSchim has just released an awesome video showing a set of cool summer flights over an archeological dig site, as well as a very interesting art installation in the wild! More detail in the original blog post. Here is the video:

News: Roswell Flight Test Crew covers a Search & Rescue exercise

The phenomenal folks at RFTC  have just released an awesome video, where they cover a SAR exercise on location with their quad copters armed with FPV GoPro based systems! Enjoy the video and make sure to head on over to their blog for more details!

News: GoPro HD HERO2 released!

Image: GoPro.com

WOW! A new product from probably the coolest camera company in the world - GoPro! It's a second incarnation of their HD Hero! It sports an impressive array of new features, as well as some interesting improvements to the existing hardware! The highlights that impressed me so far are:

• WiFi triggering and streaming
• external microphone socket
• 2x faster processor 
• 11MP sensor (the Hero has a 5MP sensor)
• sharper glass
• adjustable field of view in most modes (170, 127, 90 degrees)
• higher fps at lower recording modes (well, 120fps at wide VGA and 48 fps at 960p, nothing more)
• improved low-light performance

You can read more about the new release over at the GoPro official product page and you can find a full comparison with the original HD Hero here.

New Video: A Yellow Spot on the Sun

Since autumn is setting in properly in the UK now, Papa Jay and I took a trip to Richmond Park today to mark the end of the flying season and enjoy the unusually nice weather. We then rushed home (after a pizza!) to make sure we can still edit the footage and show a teaser of what it's like to be out and about with the London RC Project folks! Filmed entirely on a GoPro Hero HD camera.

Enjoy!

Our very own Ryleh takes to the skies!

Our RC pilot Ryleh is taking to the skies himself - learning to become a helicopter pilot! Here's a recent video of him practising auto-rotation!

Real-life FPV - on board a Piper Tomahawk

BrotherBloat had the chance to experience first person flight recently - aboard a two-seater Piper Tomahawk! Here's a video to some sweet music by Papa Jay. Make sure to watch is 1080p HD!

Landing our first GoPro HD camera!

The first step into proper videomaking has been taken! My new GoPro HD is a fantastic addition to the hardware we use to bring you cool videos!

Stay tuned to our YouTube channel to see how we put it to good use!