May 2014 – Hawaii Drones

Taco Bell Drones by kaimediahawaii. Practice flights with two DJI Phantoms.

Calling all UAV, quadcopter, and drone pilots and enthusiasts in Honolulu! Come on down to the Hawaii Geek Meet on Sunday, June 1 at Magic Island in Ala Moana Beach Park. Shop talk, show and tell, and discuss best practices and community outreach.

ICYMI: Lantern Floating Hawaii by Drone

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Lantern Floating Hawaii Drone Footage

Photo by Dallas Nagata White

The annual Shinnyo-en “Lantern Floating Hawaii” event, held each Memorial Day at Magic Island since 2002, is the largest tōrō nagashi event outside Japan. Already a breathtaking sight, aerial views captured by UAVs are sure to impress.

Here’s our video, shot by John Johnson of One Breath Photography:

Here’s an Instagram shot from Chad Asuncion:

This footage is from Arnold Manzano:

2014 Lantern Festival Honolulu from arnoldmanzano on Vimeo.

He also took a practice flight the day before:

Alamoana Lantern Festival “Safe” flight path from arnoldmanzano on Vimeo.

More to come…

Ala Moana Beach Park by Drone. Created with a DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ Quadcopter with FPV HD Video Camera and 3-Axis Gimbal.

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Drone Over Hilo

Alistair Bostrom writes: “Just having fun with the new TBS Discovery, at Hilo’s bay front park. The current setup is a Futaba 14SG coupled to a Dragon Link 70cm radio system. The bird has a Naza Lite +GPS controller, 3300mAh 4S LiPo, T-motor 900kv 2216s and 9×5 Graupner E-Props. The FPV rig is a little Sony feeding a 600mW Skylark 5.8 GHz video TX, viewed with Skyzone diversity receiver goggles at the other end.”

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