So having familiarised myself with the controls of the quadcopter, I plucked up the courage to attach my GoPro to it. The Blade 350 QX can fly in 3 modes, green, blue and red. Green is best suited to photography as the quad is very stable, automatically correcting itself and always following the direction of the stick no matter which way the quad is orientated. Providing the green light stays solid (indicating that it has GPS lock) and knows where it is, it will also fly in vertical columns. This means if the quad is sitting on the ground, just by moving the left stick up the quad will elevate to the required level, keep itself stable, and maintain it's location even in windy conditions. The rudder can adjust the angle of the quadcopter ensuring the camera is taking the right shot. The GoPro was set to time-lapse mode again, automatically taking a photo every 0.5 seconds.
I also experimented with shooting some video from the air. I knew the footage was going to be shaky as I haven't fitted a gimbal yet (which will keep the GoPro completely stable no matter which way the quad moves). However, I thought the footage was going to be much worse than it turned out. The previous video was of the quad flying in blue mode, constantly requiring stick inputs and correction. The video below was almost only controlled with the left stick, accelerating the quad to a given height then using left or right rudder to orientate the quad through 360 degrees before reducing the throttle and lowering it to the ground again.
You can hear the quadcopter compensate for the wind by constantly correcting itself
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