Helicopter Fuel Run / Camera Test (HD)
When I brought Wyrking Byrd to its summer home last week, I was too darn tired to make a fuel run before landing. With rain in the forecast and cherry season just a day away, I figured I'd better top it off, check out my camera setup -- including a new camera mount -- and trying a new iPad mount. This is the footage I captured during this flight. It may come as no surprised to some of you that the audio camera didn't capture intercom/cockpit audio so I wound up recording a narration track in the editing process. I hope you enjoy this!
If you have questions about cherry drying, you really need to check out this playlist: • Cherry Drying
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About Me and the Helicopter
I have been flying for about 22 years. My nearly 4,000 hours of flight time is in Robinson R44, Robinson R22, and Bell 206L (Long Ranger) helicopters.
The helicopter in this video is a Robinson R44 Raven II that I've nicknamed Wyrking Byrd.
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About the Video
The video was recorded with two GoPro Hero 8 cameras. I used ambient audio from just one Hero 8 for the helicopter sound, dialed down by 10 decibels from normal volume so it wouldn't be annoying. I also had a Hero 7 connected to the helicopter's intercom system with an NFlightCam audio cable (https://amzn.to/31syLTm) to record audio from the radio and intercom system. (That's the camera that didn't work.)
The "cockpit cam" front-facing camera was mounted with my current Instrument Cam set up, which you can learn about in this Behind-the-Scenes video: • Behind the Scenes: Cockpit Cam Instrument ... . It's based upon a MyPilotPro Helicopter Mount (https://mypilotpro.com/product/helico...) modified to get the height I need. The "skid cam" was mounted on the pilot side skid using MyPilotPro GoPro Airplane Mount (https://mypilotpro.com/product/mypilo.... (I might make a special video about this setup later in the season for Channel Members and Patrons; look for it!)
The video was edited on a iMac using Davinci Resolve 17 software. Learn more about it here: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/prod...
The intro music is by Bob Levitus, famed "Dr. Mac." You can find him here: http://www.boblevitus.com/
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