After some last minute building and testing I could take the XuGong 2pro with me on our vacation on the maldivian island Madhiriguraidhoo - to the "Palm Beach Resort". It's 7300km away from Austria so it was certain that I would need to dance the "naza dance" :-)
The foldable Copter did fit nicely into one trolley (hand luggage). Also the batteries (in lipo protective bags), lipo loader, Taranis and Fatshark. Of course on a trip I just use the internal RX of the goggles (to get better range I use the flat patch).
I asked for flight permission before wo got there - no problem. Also the lipo in a airliner was no issue at security check in.
The scenery there was awesome, but we had constant 20-40km/h winds all the time. You see this in some external shots. The gimbal worked well - but I had to help myself in "post production" with Sony Vegas software stabilizer on some shots (especially the sped up ones).
I watched the video twice :)
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Please visit Maldivies RC Federation https://www.facebook.com/MaldivesRadioControlFederation
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Thanks for the link - I like the MRCF site. Good to see that there are RC clubs almost everywhere. You have some great scenery there! Go ahead and share my video on your FB if you like. greetings from Austria, Mario
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Very cool video - thank you for sharing!
We visited the same atoll in 2012 but stayed at Kuredu (a little further north from Madhiriguraidhoo) so was nice to see a neighbouring island in your video :)
Interesting that you could keep your lipos in the protective bag as hand luggage, would have thought the airlines would confiscate them. Glad they didn’t!
Thanks again for the video!
Warm Regards from Durban, South Africa.
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I also was afraid of security checks. But I did some research and if you follow some easy steps (<100wh per battery, in lipobag) you have no problem. It's more dangerous to sneak a bottle of liquid throug sec... ;-)
greets,
RCSchim
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Lekker my mate!
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