The Scarborough amphitheatre is one of those parts of of Perth that i dearly love -i am there nearly daily to Surf, Run or Windsurf - and its unique geometry is something i always wanted to capture.
I have been a bit possessed with Stabilised Aerial Video Shooting and 3d motion capture lately.
Add some insomnia to the mix and this is the result - (i am uploading this at 4.50 am)
Wow that looks great!
Quad or Hex? Which flight controller? I take it it's a GoPro on a gimbal, is it brushless? What size props? Runtime on which battery?
(yeah I'm getting addicted too)
Set up is a DJI 450 QUAD ,
Naza controller, DJI H3-2d Gimbal (expensive but works well - so far!), Go Pro Black , 10x 3.8s, getting 10 minutes on 3700 mah - which is a ton of time for shooting.
It was blowing about 15 knots onshore when this was shot.
all setup on the spectacular Futaba 8FJ - (radio is a pain to program / interface with - but i am slowly "mind melding " with it)
I put my own customised landing gear on
- all up weight 15grams - sure beats bolting 160 grams of deadweight landing gear on!
I have spent hours- possibly days tuning and setting it up
I have 6 years of high performance RC aircraft experience so the sticks were pretty straight forward for me - these things fly more like air planes than helis.
I have no idea about any of this but it gives a great view. Is there a way you can see the footage in real time, or is that way out of the question/budget.
NR it's surprisingly cheap and easy these days.http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__43057__FatShark_Teleporter_V3_RTF_FPV_Headset_System_w_Camera_and_5_8G_TX.html
I'm just getting back into RC after a 15 year break, I can't believe how cheap and awesome the modern gear is...
For example a 9 channel computerised radio would have been well over $1000 back then, but it's around $70 these days. Yowzers!!! And the one I've got can be reprogrammed with open source firmware so it's even more awesome!
Crazy.
The possibilities for shooting waves / windsurfers / kiters are pretty amazing.
Hobbyking has some awesome gear. But if you have a good setup I would leave the Turnigy 9x alone(this is not so much for you nebbian). Especially for beginner to intermediate flyers who have a variety of planes-heli's-ect. Just about any other radio gear is better and offer alot of BNF (bind and fly ) style toys. Spectrum, Hitec, Jr is where I would put my money.
BTW some nice footage their reflex. 
Nice work reflex - been playing around with one myself recently - loads of fun and lots of potential. You have a very steady hand at the controls.
Have to agree on the Hobby king call - good for a first craft intro - or getting some intitial stick time - although i have seen some of their offerings that simply dont fly out of the box- making them a false economy.
I was at the park a few years ago flying my pricey super high performance light weight Precision Aerobatics aircraft (A Ultimate AMR) when a guy wandered over with his new radio and plane set up from Hobby king. He spent 10 minutes telling me what great value it was etc etc
then it came time to fly - plane would just pull hard left and dive in to the ground after lift off. After 4 of these efforts the guy asked me to inspect it. All control surfaces were trimmed - so i tried (i can fly 3d styleso i have stick skills) - gave it full aieleron to combat the roll - and still not good. The guy tried a few more times and then left with plane in 2 pieces. I wasnt too sure about his value for money at that point...
Morally i have a problem with their operation as they often clone other legitimate quality manufacturers hard work (- even using similar names for models ) and r and d efforts. Often with misleading weights and underperforming batteries and motors.
However a good intro to rc flight is their Bixler aircraft.
Apart from that the product range can be a real minefield.
As soon as you have skills and are putting cameras into the air though - look to the high end manufacturers DJI, Multiwii and Futaba radios (a step above Spectrum etc etc) - a large part of the investment in this is time over and above dollars - lots of time! to get good results
On the windsurfer shooting side - as always its just about the most difficult scenario - a much bigger investment in larger heavier flying machines would be required to shoot in decent wind- think around the 10g mark - (or around 10 hours of helicopter hire time!)- with all the terror and risk of having that set up airborne over water....
Thought you might like to see this footage of my friend taken using an RC chopper at his windsurf centre at Naxos,Greece.
