subject: Using Your Remote Control Helicopters For Aerial Photography [print this page] Nowadays, there is an infinitely number of possibilities with which you can enjoy your hobby of remote control helicopters. One of the many ways you can enjoy this hobby is by taking up aerial photography and videography. In the olden days, in order to take an aerial photo or footage, one would have to hire pilots and planes in order to hover over an area to take a shot. However, with the advent of new technology, this has been proven to be a thing of the past. Using the new stabilization technology, high power set ups, and compact digital cameras and even video cameras, everyone can employ remote control helicopters to take a birds eye view of any event, house, or location.
In fact, these have created a whole new mode of aerial photography and videography that has proved to be the most versatile, because it offers extreme accuracy and has the ability to take shots that are from unique angles that boarding a plane of full-size helicopter will be unable to match.
Advantages of RC in Aerial Photography & Videography:
Using these mini flying machines for aerial photography and videography has a number of advantages over the more traditional ways of getting aerial shots and videos. These are:
1.RC helicopters are cost-effective, because there is no need to hire a pilot and a plane or helicopter to do a shot.
2.They are able to fly at lower altitudes giving a more detailed photograph or video, and minimizing the air anomalies that would be produced when taking the photos or videos in the traditional way.
3.They produce lesser noise pollution and are more environment friendly to operate
4.There is no need for an airfield or helipad
5.It is easier to achieve because an RC pilot can arrive at the location, get the desired shots, and burn them in a CD in a span of minutes.
6.Advanced gimbals and other means of aerial photography stabilization techniques can be employed, which can make the pictures taken by remote control helicopters to be better than ones taken in the traditional way.
Disadvantages of RC in Aerial Photography & Videography:
Although the use of remote control helicopters is without a doubt, a lot, it is not without flaws. The following are the disadvantages of using RCs in aerial photography and videography:
1.They are not able to operate when there is strong winds or rainy weather
2.They have a maximum altitude of about 500 ft
3.There is always a need to watch out for potential hazards like power lines and trees
4.You will not be able to take up large, production quality video cameras, which means that the video footage you will get is probably jerkier than footage that you will be able to take using a full sized helicopter.
Although it really has some disadvantages, the cost effectiveness of using the RCs in aerial photography and videography outweighs them, and makes them much more appealing for selling real estate, inspecting construction sites, and even advertising golf courses and wineries.
