GoPro Hero 5 mounted on Phantom 4 Drone (Flight Test Video)

MrJonesDroneFootagez · May 30, 2017

Anyone tried this?

wa5tef · May 30, 2017

Does that interfere with the GPS signals?
Jim
WA5TEF

ussvertigo · May 31, 2017

I would imagine video would be shaky, the drones camera mount absorbs the vibration. Any video yet, gps affected?

WBN3 · May 31, 2017

Looks like it would move the center of gravity quite a bit, too... controls might not like it. Worth an experiment... what are the goals in doing this?

sparky1111 · May 31, 2017

MrJonesDroneFootagez said:
Anyone tried this?

Ouch!! Mounted right on top of the gps receiver.
Dodgy!

With The Birds · May 31, 2017

Look at loosing about two minutes in flight time due to the added weight alone. Flight performance will undoubtably be impacted. What is the possible benefit?

MrJonesDroneFootagez · May 31, 2017

MrJonesDroneFootagez · May 31, 2017

No benefit. I'm just bored lol. Wanted to see if it could be done. It worked pretty well but wouldnt recommend. Was pretty neat haha

MrJonesDroneFootagez · May 31, 2017

WBN3 said:
Looks like it would move the center of gravity quite a bit, too... controls might not like it. Worth an experiment... what are the goals in doing this?

Just for fun. Nothing else

MrJonesDroneFootagez · May 31, 2017

wa5tef said:
Does that interfere with the GPS signals?
Jim
WA5TEF

It was pretty unstable but still flyable.

MrJonesDroneFootagez · May 31, 2017

WBN3 · May 31, 2017

MrJonesDroneFootagez said:
Just for fun. Nothing else

Cool... with all the serious stuff going on around here, glad to see someone taking time to have fun...

JWH · Jun 1, 2017

I thought it was a joke when I saw the original post yesterday. I am surprised that you actually did it! I assume you had to fly in atti mode. I doubt if the GPS worked with the GoPro sitting on top of it.

Mallettron · Jun 1, 2017

Its a good job the mount stuck ok, wouldnt want that sliding off

Did you notice any loss of signal with the gps while flying?

len750 · Jun 3, 2017

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Man, I love the sound of those props through that Go Pro 5! I still remember missing the sound of my Phantom 1 when I moved up. But right next to them is something cooler altogether. Now I'm wondering if I could rig a microphone into the Phantom 4 Pro's camera so sound would be in real time. Any suggestions?

crash1sttime · Jun 3, 2017

A friend with a P3 Standard did pretty much the same thing.

Jedd manning · Jun 3, 2017

This takes me back to the old days of mounting the GoPro onto a p1 or p2 (in my case it was a Walkera qr350 pro).

RémyHeli · Jun 3, 2017

Have you considered possible impact if go pro wi-fi is enabled?

Duchunter · Jun 3, 2017

len750 said:
Man, I love the sound of those props through that Go Pro 5! I still remember missing the sound of my Phantom 1 when I moved up. But right next to them is something cooler altogether. Now I'm wondering if I could rig a microphone into the Phantom 4 Pro's camera so sound would be in real time. Any suggestions?

I know there is what I'm pretty sure is a 5 pin 5v a/v connection on the p4 camera. There is a plastic cover over it. I don't know if its a input or an output but the only thing that makes since is that its a video out for a a/v transmitter. Now the p4 obviously doesn't do audio but its just the standard a/v plug that every a\v transmitter uses. The p4 just doesn't use the a in a/v. You should be able to add an aux mic and feed that into the a/v transmitter thus utilizing the already present audio transmission capability. You would have to setup a ground station to receive the a/v transmission. All this is hypothetical all of which riding on the 5 pin connection being a video out to tx. Nobody can tell me for sure what it is but what else could it be.