

Federal Aviation Administration, which had fined him for using drones to shoot a promotional video (the FAA is appealing).īut while many in the drone community applaud the stunning videos made by Team BlackSheep and others, some wonder if they could backfire and lead to unnecessarily tough regulation if one day a drone causes an accident and hurts someone. Team leader Raphael "Trappy" Pirker might be feeling confident lately, having won a favorable court ruling against the U.S. Team BlackSheep flies its own custom quadrotor, called the TBS Discovery Pro, which has a fully stabilized camera gimbal and range of 500 meters to 3 kilometers (with a more powerful transmitter and antenna, users can supposedly extend the range to some 10 kilometers). TBS DISCOVERY PRO Quadrotor Durable and crash resistant multirotor perfect for amateur and. To get an idea of how tall this thing is, consider that you have to stack two Empire State Buildings to get one Burj Khalifa! And by "high altitude view" we mean, holy sheep, the drone flies above the antenna atop the building. The video includes a high altitude view of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world at 829.8 meters (2,722 feet). This time they have their camera-enabled quadrotor shooting some spectacular footage in the skies of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Sorry for the silence, but life it's not always easy.Team BlackSheep is back with another of its dubiously legal but undoubtedly epic aerial drone videos. That the Discovery Pro does not allow, because the gimbal is unremovable. Build Log Crashpilot documented his build and re-build in multiple posts: The Unboxing. The Discovery Pro can be ordered as a kit or pre-assabled. Similar to its predecessor the Discovery (without the Pro) all the electronics is built into the frame. TBS DISCOVERY PRO GIMBAL FRAME The TBS DISCOVERY PRO gimbal frame is the perfect tool for amateur and pro aerial videographers. The advantage of this system, I unscrew a screw and two cables unplugged, gimbal power supply and servo wire gimbal, and I can remove the gimbal to go for a real FPV flight. The Discovery Pro is a quadcopter from Team Blacksheep with a 2D gimbal for mounting a GoPro. OFFICIAL DEMO & PREORDER: 1st of July, 2013. Then I printed my adaptation in 3d printing. TBS DISCOVERY PRO Timeline: PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT: 23rd June, 2013. I wanted to have a system in line with the Discovery, so I got started in the measurement and design to allow this. Weighing In On TBS’ Discovery Pro : TBS Discovery Pro: Building And Flying A Quadcopter : TBS’ Discovery Pro Gimbal Frame : The Build: Are We Ready For This : Weighing. Here is my first test, I posted there some time.Ĭonsidering the quality of the nacelle (plug & play), I decided to keep it and modify it to TBS. TBS CORE (on screen display) with digital current sensor. Integrated brushless gimbal & control board (plug & play) Built-in camera switch (GoPro live-out and pilot’s camera) Frame acts as power distribution board. Sporting a fully stabilized, vibration isolated camera gimbal it is the most powerful, compact, robust and versatile 'take anywhere' quadrocopter for filming available to date. So I bought a cheap gimbal for testing, this: FEATURES of The TBS Discovery Pro Gimbal Frame. amateur and pro aerial videographers Revision The TBS DISCOVERY PRO gimbal frame is the perfect tool for amateur and pro aerial videographers. I had to make a well-considered simple and removable system. As some of you know, I recently built a QAV500 after breaking down my hex for parts and to be completely honest, I was never 100 happy with the QAV500 for. control 19 Directional flight 19 Discovery, TBS 93 DIYDrones 11 DJI 11, 42. I have a TBS Discovery for some time now, very good quad.īut when I saw arriving Discovery Pro I said I want it! 44, 45 balance charger 34, 35 balance plug 35 balance tap 35 Balancing.
