I did my first mountain hike with the Quadcopter V1, it was in the Maritime Alps (in southeastern France). I flew over lakes, did some panorama, the landscape was really nice!

The image is not perfectly stable because of the wind. Sometimes, we can notice a slight Jello effect, it could have been avoided using an ND (Neutral Density) filter to slow down the GoPro shutter speed (which was high because of the bright daylight). I was still using the 2 axis gimbal, the image would have been more stable with the 3 axis gimbal.

Flight setup:

• Frame: Self-designed, made out of plywood
• Arms: Square carbon booms (10x10x325 mm)
• Flight Controller: APM 2.5 (RCTimer)
• GPS: u-Blox CN06 Plus (RCTimer)
• Motors: T-Motor MT2216-12 V2 800KV
• ESC: Favourite Littlebee 30A (BLHeli)
• Props: Graupner E-Prop 9×5
• Battery: Zippy 4S 5000mAh 20C
• RC/TX: Graupner MX-16 HoTT / GR-16
• Video TX: ImmersionRC 5.8Ghz
• FPV Goggles: Fatshark Attitude V2
• Camera: GoPro 3 Black
• Gimbal: Walkera G-2D
• All up weight: 1.7 Kg
• Flight time: ~ 15 minutes

The Quadcopter V1 equipped with the 2 axis gimbal. After a difficult landing during the hike, the landing gear had been fixed with some tape!

The quadcopter flying.

The quadcopter folded up. It fits nicely on my hiking backpack.