(Mostly) Aussie Heros

7. May 2014 21:39 by outbackuav in Posts, Videos

I got interested in the whole FPV thing about 4 years ago when I stumbled on a video of a guy sitting on the roof of a classic northern New South Wales hippy shack.  It was shot from what I now know to be a multicopter and it blew me away.  I've lost the link sadly.

Since it was a home grown vid that got me into this I thought I'd do a post of some of the prominent locals in the scene.

In no particular order:

BMSWeb

Thomas and his Dad Paul live in Melbourne and do a great job of showing off FPV flying.  The frequency of new videos has slowed a bit but I think Thomas' school work might be the reason.  Either way quality before quantity!

MonjonMovies

If Jamie Oliver was reviewing Monjon's videos he'd say "blummin' Gorgeous!" - super scenery in the Kimberly region of Western Australia.  Living in inner-inner-Sydney I'm very jealous of all that flying space.

Juz70

From what I can tell Juz is a ranger in Victoria who is a tester with the Revo or Revolution flight controller.  He really puts his copters under pressure.  I'm not a copter enthusiast (not rich enough!) but his videos are great and non-Aussies seem to love that he often gets a mob or 'roos into shot.

HeppyKet

A keen slope soarer from my old home state of South Australia who makes all sorts of vids.

 

And the The Russell Crowe Honorary Strayan Award goes to:

Bruce Simpson of RCModelReviews and XJet fame

OK OK he's a proud Kiwi but we have a long history of passing off clever Kiwis as our own!

and now, as Bruce says, it's time for me to go "beck to the binch"!