Ripon Cathedral "The Flight of the Phoenix"

The 'Yuneec Q500 Typhoon Quadcopter' has some amazing capabilities. Filmed on the 11 June 2015 the Q500 captured some staggering areal photography of Ripon Cathedral in all its majesty. The music 'Flight of the Phoenix' was especially composed for this short film.
"The Flight of the Phoenix" original composition by Peter N Hine
Drone piloted by David Taylor

[@julianhumphrey4843]

very nice, i have been thinking this lovely cathedral would make a good video subject

[@williamfly3680]

Now that is the best looking video I have seen with this quad. Did you doctor the video? If so what software did you use. Also great shot and good flying.

[@NomadUK3]

The only enhancements were the color balance because the camera is very warm and changes with the turns and also as it ascends and descents I have also used some slow mo and sped it up in part to get that movement (Organ). Now the most obvious is the Drone rising at the outset, here I have slowed it to 20% because :) there was far to much movement and have used Time warp in after effects. I use Adobe Premire Pro 5.5

[@williamfly3680]

Thanks David. I have been looking at this quad a lot. My only hold back were that the wasen't good IMO but you have solved that one. The other issue is as far as I know you can't use goggles. I'm still trying to figure that one out using WiFi. Thanks for the response and the good info. I'm a newbe trying to catch up with the big boys.

[@NomadUK3]

William Fly in my opinion fpv isn't needed for my drone and what I do with it. There are a few limitations with using wifi and a connection method. It's line of sight. If your drone passes in front of a building you will lose video connection. So fpv wouldn't allow you to see where your drone is in relation to you. I believe there are arguments for both types of drone. Mine was off the shelf did what it said on the tin and i am covered if there are any problems thanks to the yuneec customer services. If and when I fly fpv I will get more enjoyment flying through woods racing and the Q500 is a little large for that. The next step for me might be a hexacopter to take a Dslr or the 4k version of the Q500. Just want to wait to see if there are any huge differences. Now for the down sides of the Q500.. The no fly zones... dji and yuneec have a no fly safety feature that means you can't fly in or around restricted airspace. Now this isn't usually a problem for dji and there rules are no fly 1 mile from airport. Max 400ft 5 mile radius yuneec is no fly at all 5 mile radius. Even if you have permission from the CAA to fly. I hope they fix this in a future firmware update. Or at least if you provide proof of qualification and permission from CAA.

[@BTurner.]

Great video but did you have permission from the Cathedral to do this?

[@NomadUK3]

Turner7834 if you look on the wall near the front you can see the vicar watching us filming. :)

[@ktnch]

so you must have a license then good man..