Now this is a good way to earn a living! Specialist aerial camera operators fly over Sheringham filming a new Alan Partridge movie. Interestingly the camera is a high end Lumix DSLR which gives sufficient quality. Saves £15000+ for hiring in a helicopter for 2 hours. One operator flies and the other controls camera from a stand. They carry a quad bike with a seat on the front if speed is needed and it will work out of eyesight up to 3km away ( although as it costs so much they dont like it out of sight!)
Other uses are survey work and they recently surveyed a cathedral's stained glass saving 3 days scaffolding that normally would be needed ....ultimate 'boy's toy'....... Now wheres my sons 6" Chinook?
Re: Boys toys
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:34 am
by badpenny
.......... with my co-ordination it'd have gone through the stain glass window.
Re: Boys toys
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:25 pm
by coppinpr
you can buy a hobby version of this with quite a good camera, uses your phone( no not your black bakerlite one BP) or tab as a control pad, very easy to fly, ive tried, sells for about £300
Re: Boys toys
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:53 pm
by clubconsoles
Alan Partridge, lol!
Gotta love this Norfolk Bashing self centred phillistein!
Makes me laugh being a Suffolk Boy (by less than five miles)
I am told Norwich City Council blamed him for losing the prestigous city of Culture award a few years ago?
My missus hates his toe curling type of humour!
Re: Boys toys
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:56 pm
by badpenny
coppinpr wrote:you can buy a hobby version of this with quite a good camera, uses your phone( no not your black bakerlite one BP) or tab as a control pad, very easy to fly, ive tried, sells for about £300
No Bakelite in my phone matey .........
Cast iron,wood and twirly wire for me! Works a treat, it's graphite microphone makes you sound like Noel Coward at the other end Dear Boy.
It's original dial ticket says Sheffield 61, that however is not my number.
However a toy helicopter wouldn't be man enough. A full size Chinook however?
Edited in order to do something about all of the howevers at the end there, however decided to just apologise for them instead, blast another one!
Re: Boys toys
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 8:12 pm
by jimmy55
If I'd known she was a fan Nigel I would have got an autograph! ( The police are film extras by the way ....two real ones turned up got their pictures taken with him and cleared off quick!)
