Learning to Fly a CINELIFT Drone for Professional Cinematic Shots

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[@alliebercikk]

I really liked Vanovers teaching here.

[@almehltretter3715]

They discussed some really interesting skill sets in this video. -Proficiency in actually flying these drones. -Understanding cinematography, then using the drone to achieve the desired shot. -Understanding the psychology of people in the cinema field who might not understand drones and their pilots. -Scaring away giant birds.

[@FlyingPenguinDrones]

Had me until the end there hahahahaha

[@the_darkside_fpv]

I love how bubby instantly cracks out some nasty 360 yaw spins like 15 feet off the the ground and you can hear it in Alex’s voice like ummmmmmm chill bubby chill lol

[@FlyingPenguinDrones]

I was internally screaming tbh

[@the_darkside_fpv]

@@FlyingPenguinDrones bro me too. Like choked on my drink when he started going ham with a thicc lol bubby has no chill 😂😂😂

[@ImperialArmour]

I like it when Vanover leads the show, it's a lot more refined in the delivery than the usual ones when everyone just wrecks Shawn's builds.

[@cody2254]

I learned alot, I really appreciate you filming these videos where you coach someone one a shot like this. It really helps my gain perspective and knowledge to apply to my next mission

[@krishna1415]

These two make a good pair. Keep showing us all the ways we can fly fpv.

[@MANOLET]

I’ve flown my sony A7siii on my thicc”s maiden flight. It was terrifying but it was amazing feeling!

[@KaiVertigoh]

I watched that video! Was a huge motivator into building my Thicc. Cheers from USA bro! 🇸🇬

[@cinialvespow1054]

Is the ibis not an issue

[@MagicFPV]

Yes! Loved that, and can’t wait for the next episode. Fascinating ❤️

[@coffedahl]

Awsome video! Really good help how to get in the mindset of a professional shoot!

[@tjanderson0709]

Alex is such a Great teacher!!! Excellent job Bubby 🔥🔥🔥

[@TheCrofttech]

Simply awesome. Nice one guys.

[@youzrnaim]

Dude. That was so fun to watch!

[@TheLegendaryShawn]

Vanover expresses a difficult drone, Bubby flies the drone like beans.. BEANS!

[@oligarcia1]

not gonna lie i dig the mentor apprentice vibe between vanover and bubby. you guys are dope!

[@spookydonkey2195]

I love this, thank you!

[@LOUTRETEAM]

Good lad bubby 🙌🏼

[@kaneninerc3983]

Not to doubt Bubby. But they like "lets teach yeah these" And he instantly goes into freestyle! Lol Had me nervous, even Vanover is hinting by repeating the red komodo is alot heavier keep in mind! Beautiful stuff though Bubs!

[@reklamadeusz]

Great video!

[@LarynxVoicebox]

This is good...nicely done

[@ianyunis3580]

I'm sweating watching that, Bubby SENDS it.

[@vceenomaine2562]

Lovely. All the love from RSA

[@duncanpope2899]

this is what i want to watch

[@Unamatrix01]

Fantastic video and flying.

[@baggszilla]

Damn man how I love this shit! Can't wait for Bubby to chase something with a big boy camera!

[@ProximoFPV]

Epic!!!

[@doktordrone]

Very cool. Thank you 👍

[@billybonghackett]

Get it bubby 🔥😎🤘💯

[@kinafpv]

Cool content guys!!

[@joeshmoe7967]

Cool video. One thing I witnessed with a hired drone pilot on a shoot a few years back, was he was pretty good at flying a drone, but had no sensibility as a cameraman. A whole afternoon of shooting resulted in mostly unusable footage. The 'trainee' here needs to think like a cameraman NOT a racing drone pilot. His thinking the drone was too slow on the water to beach to trees shot, highlights this. Hopefully more lessons like this and he will start to think more like a DOP/Cameraman. Obviously he is well skilled in flying a drone. This is a bit like telling camera persons to learn a bit of editing, as it makes you a better shooter when you can think of hot shots will piece together and also how some shots won't work. I have debated getting a drone with all the regulations that have come about, but watching this stirs up the itch again. - Cheers

[@YTFPV]

Good job guys 👍

[@chrismonsen]

This is a great video. Can someone let me know how to slow down like he as saying? You turn the pitch up?

[@MANOLET]

When you are moving on a constant speed pitching up and reducing the throttle a tiny bit will help for slowing down. Managing the throttle with the right pitch is the key.

[@chrismonsen]

@@MANOLET Thank you!

[@hazonku]

It's all pitch & throttle together. The way I'd explain it from a freestyle point of view is just imaging you're lining up a power loop.

[@gammagonad1657]

@Rotor Riot Awesome video guys! Very few looks into what it takes to fly a Cinelifter. I personally have a Shendrones Thicc, running INAV(w/GPS position hold and lidar laser range finder). It flys awesome, though I'm still looking for the optimal battery setup. What size/brand of cells do you use?

[@dadabooey]

Vanover is awesome! 🙌

[@elxero2189]

This was great

[@ArbeeAerials]

So with a GoPro or Insta360 etc, you can use in cam stabilization or Reelsteady to smooth out little jitters and oscillations - How do you go about doing smoothing out footage when using a bigger cam like a Komodo etc? Does it just have to be tuned absolutely perfectly? Or is there another way in post?

[@RCRitterFPV]

360 yaw spin over the top of the trees on exit would feel so nice.

[@ramonRsolorio]

excellent excellent pro training

[@Aasmayaa]

Sick Footage Capt

[@Higgie45]

Love learning how to do cinematic stuff thanx guys

[@creationlabsinc.189]

That’s all this hobby is these days. I miss the good ol freestyle stuff from different locations. I guess if your into making content for a channel instead of enjoying the art of flight then eat it up I suppose.

[@finestonen47]

@@creationlabsinc.189 eh i dont agree. you have enough channels on youtube of people who just freestyle and race. its your choice what genre to follow but im sure you can find other good pilots\channels who fly different. Mr Steele isnt close at all to cinematic fpving

[@ferdifant_fpv686]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1031">17:11</a> „It’s just a normal quad“ The octo: 👁👄👁

[@MSR.]

Would be an epic experience to shoot on set for real 🤘

[@johnluket1526]

Oof i'd be terrified to fly a big boy with that expensive cargo. Huge props to those that do!

[@friendlynomad9840]

...8 huge props

[@adamplays3337]

Flying it, not a problem...landing it however

[@quadroneld4401]

Really love the chasing scene at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="63">1:03</a>

[@johncarold]

Hey Guys, Well Great Bobby ! On flying a Heavy-lift drone for the first time. I just would love to get to fly one someday. I just don't want to fly it with a big camera on top. I make $4.25 hr on disability, I would never be able to pay for it. LOL.

[@kleinfpv69]

Cool 👓

[@jeffreynolds2190]

quick question about linking pair of HD goggles, are you using a crystal sky transmitter or how did you do that ? . Thank you

[@joshgoesflying2828]

It's audience mode, it's in the goggles you just set it up but you are limited on power output etc

[@SunriseWaterMedia]

What's the best way to stabilize shots on that setup?

[@strawhatsam]

I disagree with the "number one rule: do not crash". Yes, the stakes are higher and you got to bring your A-game and be careful to not push yourself beyond your limits of control, but the main goal as an FPV pilot on set is to 1) do your job safely and 2) get the shots. Whether you destroy a drone or a camera is of no consequence to the production as long as you get the shots safely. Things always go wrong and sometimes you lose video or something else beyond your control happens. It's important to stay calm, find a solution, and move on with the show.

[@AL3XFPV]

Did the cinelifter frame ger discontinued?

[@OLCtv]

I thought he said they won't doing freestyle with this drone then Bubby starts doing flips🤣🤣

[@bwcritch]

You say a director may not like the idea of using a GoPro, yet there are a lot of commercials, TV shows, and movies all being done with a GoPro. Heck Nurk talked about using a GoPro for the Ford commercial he recently did. Its all about what the final product requirements are, and many of these smaller cameras today can outperform many larger more expensive cameras from a few years ago.

[@matrixza4821]

love ur vids i wanna get into the hobby its just money is holding me back keep up the vids

[@FlyingPenguinDrones]

Rotor Riot has budget build kits as well that are fairly affordable!

[@TheArtofPassionNZ]

This ia great watch. Q. do you rate the BS1H for heavy lifter. Its a nice price point for this type of work over a Komodo

[@jakeh3144]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="270">4:30</a> -- am i missing something? What is the point of a dummy/dead weight if the camera you intend to fly will be heavier anyways?

[@revertfpv2928]

It feels like Bobby is isolating axis instead of moving in all of them at once

[@ChainsawFPV]

That quad with the spoiler reminds me of the snail in the movie Turbo.

[@SB-nr1dz]

That's why you were on Tuckers channel!

[@realjackfrost6687]

With the music playing I kept thinking I was hearing a huge dog bark.

[@quad55555]

is that a tandem crossfire rx setup for redundancy?

[@Jronesfpv]

just flew a siccario last week!

[@y_i_fly5418]

Just the frame alone is the same price as a ready to fly quad. I wouldn’t mind to get one of these but best to try to get the pieces together and build it myself. I’m ready for a challenge.

[@mx118racer]

Can it still carve the turns with less roll and more yaw ? Find that holding horizon more level gives a better cinematic experience. But I've never flown a big rig , plus I'm a rookie to the hobby.

[@FlyingPenguinDrones]

I would think if anything that the big rig would take more roll, as it has more weight to carry around turns. I was offered to test fly the Cine M8 but passed... that thing is TERRIFYING in person hahahaha

[@opossumfpv]

Hello - I wanted to ask if the replacement program is still going for the hypetrain blaster motors?

[@FlyingPenguinDrones]

It is! Send us an email at [e-mail] with a pic of the damage and serial motor, and we'll get you a discount code for your next one!

[@opossumfpv]

​@@FlyingPenguinDrones I just bought a set! Thanks

[@raffyturc]

naysu 👍💸💸💸💸

[@user-lu2cy9xv2z]

Why don't you tuned I term to get rid of this straight line shakes??

[@BrandonBeans]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="326">5:26</a> #DONTCRASH 😅 Bubby learns to slow down... Flying cinematically is hard, right?

[@luckymefpv]

Bubby learns to shoot Justin Bieber videos

[@valerioamato3761]

easy with Bubby... try with me! uahuahuahu

[@cooperwoodruff5654]

What park is that

[@bladeystudio]

Bubbly is that a wing on the back of your 5 inch?

[@VincentFischer]

Would this still fly when one esc/motor fails?

[@Rickst3r_FPV]

depends on your setup... in my thicc i went with the lumenier h7 ultimate fc... he can be powered up from two independent sources (escs). so when one 4in1 escs failes completely you can at least land the bird. but i have never tried so far

[@Perforator2000]

I think Betaflight can handle that on an X8 configuration because the failed motor has a redundant coaxial motor. I'm not aware of any flight control firmwares that can handle a failure on a hexacopter or other multirotor that doesn't have coaxial motors.

[@FlyingPenguinDrones]

In theory yes. We did a video a while back with a 5-in 8-motor setup, and if we removed a prop (to simulate motor failure), the drone still flew fine, albeit with less thrust as it's lost 1/8th of it's power.

[@HDgodfrey]

Really great content! I would love to sit and pick Vanny's brain for a couple of hours and bubby is such a good young man. Just love this group of guys (rotor riot crew) except that it makes me disappointed in my friends.😂

[@OLCtv]

Should've had that DJI fpv so there was no risk of losing it in the water🤣🤣🤣

[@rubinhodrone9204]

Passando para prestigiar aquele super like

[@devakcoltrane6594]

Bro what can’t vanny do

[@pauljude3281]

Can you build 12s fpv drone

[@FlyingPenguinDrones]

Nurk already did! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKSsqX2He7t5qtk

[@quadroneld4401]

i tought you where just carrying two drones on top of eachother at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="14">0:14</a>

[@garamfpv]

I want to buy it, but it's too expensive.brothers😂😂👌🏻🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[@Mde7FPV]

wait, wait ,wait, wait! Is that a fckin spoiler on that quad???

[@chrisharrisseacaptainchris]

I've been flying a big ass discovery for a long time with big motors ,big battery and big ass camera.There is nothing like it . Batteries are expensive.I use 10 inch props.,and wo0kong!!!0 my

[@tylerharris9709]

x8 needs a spoiler

[@mauriciocrx]

Thank you for The masterclass

[@cowboyfpv2464]

Is that a spoiler 😅🤔

[@luckymefpv]

Someone please tune bubby’s quad

[@FlyingPenguinDrones]

He crashes too much, any tune would go out the window in a day :P

[@BubbyFPV]

sorry man ya that kwad flew terrible i built it like the weekend before and didnt get a chance to tune it haha. i tuned it recently and if your interested in how my kwad flies i posted a video recently where i used no hypersmooth so you can see how my kwad flies :)

[@eholcroft1]

Are you guys seeing it 16x9 or 4x3 in the goggles?

[@FlyingPenguinDrones]

That's interchangeable as it's a DJI Air Unit. 16:9 will crop the 4:3 view down though.

[@BubbyFPV]

alex had it in 16:9... i reaalllyyy prefer 4:3 but eh lol

[@aa72on]

Never heard 2-3kg expressed as 2000-3000 grams. lol

[@LWJCarroll]

This was very interesting…you guys may be interested in the naked BMP4K and 4 motor drone on Straw Hat Sam KZbin channel ? I just found that a few days ago….Laurie Tokoroa NZ

[@MadProps1]

Either the bad tune or the lack of post production on the large format flight footage is giving me wicked anxiety to watch.

[@MadProps1]

Hah, I just remembered the ballest. Either way, this was a toughy to injest visually. That tune was brutal.

[@FlyingPenguinDrones]

@@MadProps1 RR is always working to improve the tune! The Cine M8 is a fresh build, so we'll be working on cleaning up the tune over the next month or so.

[@GenixxFPV]

How illegal is it to carry a person with a cinelift?

[@DudeAteMyHomework]

As long as you're under 55lbs take off Weight lol

[@GenixxFPV]

@@DudeAteMyHomework lol 😂

[@feelfreefpv]

That looked like 15 fps or something.

[@FlyingPenguinDrones]

24 FPS I believe they said when they were going out to shoot. Without an ND filter, it can definitely look a little choppy at times.

[@twistedfpv2283]

Shove more dji down our throats, come on we know you love the dji drone. Use it to do this, don't go back now

[@2bfpv882]

jello

[@chris-jones]

Not impressed with the chasing off the bird with the quad guys. Doesn’t matter if it’s protected or not, it’s not something you should be doing, accidents happen, especially with animals who behave unpredictably and I know you’d feel bad if you’d actually hurt it.

[@WildWildAerials]

Second that

[@Perforator2000]

Did they actually chase the birds off with the quad? I thought they just shooed the birds away on foot. The X8 might have come within 25 meters of the birds at one point, but I didn't see any intentional chasing going on.

[@Loci333]

@@Perforator2000 did you watch the video.. bird took the drone out of the sky

[@Perforator2000]

@@Loci333 They must have edited that part out.

[@WildWildAerials]

@@Perforator2000 they did

[@OpCzar]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="680">11:20</a> That's messed up. Don't mess with wildlife using your toys...

[@StacemanFPV]

Those birds are a real pain for those of us in FL.

[@creationlabsinc.189]

Calm down snowflake

[@PolyFPV]

@@StacemanFPV I'm sure they think the same thing about humans, only they were here first. Just respect the animals is all he's saying.

[@StacemanFPV]

@@PolyFPV let me know when you have had to deal with sandhill cranes

[@Tlavite]

literally did nothing at 11:20 but okay...

[@SlattFpv]

Wheres the fun content

[@stinkerton]

Up yr dinkhole

[@SlattFpv]

@@stinkerton 🖤 thanks babe

[@creationlabsinc.189]

What wrong you don’t like endless DJI commercials and drones that are so expensive that only 1% could afford? If that’s the case your watching the wrong channel. RR is evolving towards something entirely different from the good ol days. 😂 sarcasm…

[@SlattFpv]

@@creationlabsinc.189 i just want some freestyle fun with friends every few episodes

[@SlattFpv]

@@ibrokemyhand4518 not shade, i actually look up to a lot of these guys . Just saying im looking foward to seeing some freestyle

[@MrKKUT1984]

"These cameras weigh at least 2-3000 grams" wth is that in pounds? You have to forgive me my drug dealer math is a little rusty

[@JaniMikaelOllenberg]

4-6 pounds

[@joeshmoe7967]

454 grams per pound 3000/454 = 6.6 pounds Also 1 kilogram is 2.2 pounds, so 3000 grams is 3 kilo gram (kg) 3x2.2= 6.6 pounds. OK while we are at it Celsius to Fahrenheit temperature: Ctemp x 1.8 + 32 = Ftermp (Ftemp -32) / 1.8 = Ctemp 20C x 1.8 + 32 = 68F. 25.4mm = 1 inch KPH/ 1.6 = MPH...also works for distance 1000km/1.6 = 625 miles. Converting not hard. - Cheers

[@elsonalbao4824]

Its called cinelifter because it can carry a CINEMA camera not of the word cinematic.

[@DudeAteMyHomework]

Pretty sure sand hill cranes are a protected species. Cool video but that was pretty dumb.

[@joeshmoe7967]

Whooping Cranes are the endangered, but I would be cautious flying around any birds

[@DudeAteMyHomework]

@@joeshmoe7967 I think they're in Florida right? I know the Florida sand hill crane is protected. As much as I hate birds, don't make the hobby look worse LOL.

[@revertfpv2928]

Video looks like a slide show not a video

[@verdi6092]

This dud is trying to hard to show how good he's flying. We know you're good but listen to the instructor

[@ThomasShue]

My favorite vid from RR so far. Vanover needs to be the face of RR not that pink hair mascara dude.

[@FlyingPenguinDrones]

I mean, Drib hasn't colored his hair in months lol. Plus Drew is a great dude, same as Vanover and Bubby!