DJI Air 3 - How To Fly A Drone at Stonehenge

Can we fly at Stonehenge? You Bet! I took the DJI Air 3 out for a recon flight and a little research prior to a commercial shoot that I'd been asked about. This is the planning (sort of!) and making of that video with the showreel itself at the end.

Along the way we'll take a brief look at the various apps and websites that are needed to plan a shoot like this (with nary a clip, gif or innuendo in sight!)

Now, you can just skip ahead to that chapter, but it won't make a lot of sense unless you get the context from the preceding parts of the video first. In fact you'll probably be asking yourself 'What the heck was he thinking!' (as I often do myself 😂)

UAV Forecast - IOS and Android - Great for checking the weather whilst planning
DroneAssist - IOS/Android/Web - a MUST for checking for flight restrictions
Dronescene - www.dronescene.co.uk - Fantastic resource for checking user uploaded content about take off and landing points, land ownership etc

IMPORTANT : Always check on the day of your flight for temporary flight restrictions - especially around Stonehenge as they change often.

Airsense is available for DJI Air 2, Air 3 and the Mavic Series.

No sheep were harmed in the making of this video, in fact they were really lovely and curious, and at one point were following the Air 3 around!

A completely disproportionate amount of time was spent on the 'subliminal message' so let me know in the comment if you spot it 😉

Do bear in mind the PURPOSE of the end product when watching the final section!

Also bear in mind that the majority of the time my footage was being filmed with the 3x optical zoom lens of the Air 3 - naturally this makes objects appear much closer than they actually are and 50m separation from vehicles and uninvolved people was maintained at all times (A2 CofC certified drone pilot).

🤘🎸"Stonehenge! - Where the dewdrops cry and the cats meow.. " 🎸🤘 - Spinal Tap 1984

And this time we didn't get confused between feet and inches! 😆 (if you know - you know 😉)

Contents :
00:00 Intro
01:14 Planning the Shoot
02:44 Arrival
03:05 Pretending to know photography stuff
03:25 A few setup flights
04:35 Well that didn't work!
05:07 Lets try again
06:28 It's Chilly! UAV Forecast
08:02 Second Battery
08:20 Waypoint Planning
09:06 This Is the Shot We're Looking For...
10:07 More Waypoint Planning
12:19 Airsense Alert!
13:34 Last Shot
15:03 Landing and a very special message
15:31 The Finished Product
17:21 Anyone Know of a Good Dash-mount For The Pocket 3?

Credits :
Corporate Mellow Groove - Doug Maxwell
Jazz Me Blues - E's Jammy Jams
Warzone - Anno Domini Beats

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Talky Beat by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
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