Lake Ketchless autonomous flight

[Mark Hanson]

25oz electric Cermark "NewTimer", Sony T33 camera & PICOPILOT-NA.
Lake Ketchless is located near Snoqualmie Pass in Washington state @ 3000ft.
The autopilot flew 4 waypoints spaced about 1/4 mile apart.
The waypoints were created on Google Earth and imported with the PP editor.
Note: The plane was always in visual range and under 400ft AGL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaCnZ5pKb_M

[Steven Chao]

very cool, was the motor also autonomous to help maintain elevation? Looks like you had a very good morning weather.

Peace,
Steven Chao,
CERMARK

[Gary Mortimer]

Perhaps Cermark can think about making a practical UAV airframe for everyone out there.

Internal camera mount for forward, down and sideways please .and prop out the way

[Mark Hanson]

..... autonomous to help maintain elevation? [QUOTE]

the PICOPILOT-NA includes altitude hold (with elevator)

[Gary Mortimer]

Just for interest, why bother have the plane in sight and below 400' with an autopilot??

Could'nt it have been hand flown.

Or just use a copilot to level things out a bit for the shots??

[webfoot175]

nice video ! I think the lake at Snoqualmie Pass is spelled Keechelus

[Mark Hanson]

nice video ! I think the lake at Snoqualmie Pass is spelled Keechelus

You are right about the spelling, I intentionally call that lake Ketchless because of its reputation for poor fishing.

Be sure to checkout IceBear's new video "Winter Flight": http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=957904