Re: [OSM-talk] successful test of aerial photography from a folding canoe

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> Il giorno 15 ago 2016, alle ore 10:38, Oleksiy Muzalyev 
>  ha scritto:
> 
> This Ally Expedition 18 feet canoe is built both for flat water and rivers. 
> It is produced in Norway. This robust craft may carry 2 - 3 persons plus a 
> lot of cargo. As a result of this test I know now for sure that it is 
> possible to conduct an aerial filming expedition along a shore, about 20 km 
> per day, taking off from a ultralight boat and landing on boat.


maybe this kickstarter project I recently stumbled upon is also of interest in 
this context: 
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/onakcanoes/onak-the-origami-foldable-canoe


cheers,
Martin 
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Re: [OSM-talk] successful test of aerial photography from a folding canoe

[Oleksiy Muzalyev]

On 15/08/16 09:32, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:


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Il giorno 14 ago 2016, alle ore 18:38, Oleksiy Muzalyev 
 ha scritto:

I made a short (two minutes) video about the test: https://youtu.be/lpRloVZ5w5U


impressive clip, very nice quality and cool flyover takes

cheers,
Martin


Dear Martin,


Thank you!


Sometimes it is difficult to find a good place for takeoff and landing 
of a RPAS (UAV) on the ground, because there are tall trees and tall 
buildings, which could shield radio control signal, power-lines, and 
cell phone towers, which may influence electronics, pedestrians, cars, etc.



This Ally Expedition 18 feet canoe is built both for flat water and 
rivers. It is produced in Norway. This robust craft may carry 2 - 3 
persons plus a lot of cargo. As a result of this test I know now for 
sure that it is possible to conduct an aerial filming expedition along a 
shore, about 20 km per day, taking off from a ultralight boat and 
landing on boat.



Please, note that I train sport flying regularly, - Release & Catch By 
Hand technique shall not be performed by a novice pilot. In any case, 
impact resistant safety glasses must be always worn during Release & 
Catch takeoff and landing. Certainly, there must also be Buoyancy Aid 
Vests in a boat for each crew-person.



With best regards,

Oleksiy


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Re: [OSM-talk] successful test of aerial photography from a folding canoe

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

sent from a phone

> Il giorno 14 ago 2016, alle ore 18:38, Oleksiy Muzalyev 
>  ha scritto:
> 
> I made a short (two minutes) video about the test: 
> https://youtu.be/lpRloVZ5w5U


impressive clip, very nice quality and cool flyover takes

cheers,
Martin 
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[OSM-talk] successful test of aerial photography from a folding canoe

[Oleksiy Muzalyev]

Cities and towns are usually located near water bodies. So the idea was 
to use a foldable canoe as a mobile platform to launch a quadcopter for 
aerial photography.


I transport the canoe Ally Expedition 18 on a back seat of a car. It 
takes about 15 minutes to assemble this canoe.


As you can see in video I installed two Ally outriggers with frame 
extension for stability. These outriggers were actually not necessary 
for flying as the canoe is stable enough.


Calibration, initialization, three takeoffs, and three landings were all 
successful. I used Release By Hand technique for all three flights.



I made a short (two minutes) video about the test: 
https://youtu.be/lpRloVZ5w5U



Aerial images and videos could be uploaded to a respective Wikimedia 
category, which is then connected to the OpenStreetMap via wikipedia, 
wikidata, or wikimedia_commons tag. Oblique low-altitude photographs and 
videos could be quite useful for 3D mapping.


Best regards,
Oleksiy



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