RC Plane Crash with Gopro Hero on board. Awesome footage.

[commisar44]

How much do Gopro cost?

[matt98787]

how can you see where the plane is?



[CvJoey12]

TACTICAL MUTE INBOUND!

[dollybegood]

wow this is awesome! I have the same question as below. Did you see this on a screen live?

[omarano8]

How did you find the camera? Btw, did you have like a screen to see where you were flying?

[fingerskatebro1234]

sorry about that plane..... i kept on thinking eject eject!

[thedknuckles]

Such a beautiful flight!

[Leuel48fan]

crash at 1:58

[ThatRandomKid1398]

That massive building looks a bit like the DC Compound building in London

[SuperHollywoodproduc]

how do u control the plane from that far away and how do you find it

[CousinLarry211]

That was great. Fortunately I had my PC muted :)

I'm surprised the GoPro didn't rip off from the impact. Lucky you. Good stuff!

[ladybirdskaterboy]

you lucky the gopro is water proof

[BigTigerfan1]

How did you get the Gopro back?

[Jwbagz21]

I was bored so I found the place where you were on google earth cool huh? Anyways, it looks like you had to swim pretty far out to get it!

[Mac4280]

nice flying

[chambeers]

Its like playing battleship haha splash! Miss! Or a pearl harbor reenactment gone wrong

[southforsunshine]

$700...?

[spazman13579]

@southforsunshine That's actually quite cheap for an Eratix.

[VeganTopekan]

@spazman13579 Maybe we're talking about a different E-Flite Eratix, because the one I know of is in stock at Horizon Hobby for $185

[spazman13579]

@VeganTopekan Well, with the batteries, speed control, motor, servos, and receiver I'm guessing it could easily add up to $700. If you get name-brand products, that is.

[southforsunshine]

@spazman13579 I'd have trouble building that plane for $700, and to state you crashed a $700 plane as if you lost $700 in the process is plain old misleading, considering 4/5 of that cost is recoverable.

$175 airframe

$70 Power 25 BL Outrunner Motor, 870 kV

$85 e-flite 60a pro speed controller

$80 four hitec micro servos

$50 futaba micro rx

$50 battery/etc

Thats $510, all name brand, all brand new. You said $700 is "actually quite cheap for an Eratix" and you're wrong, easy as that.

[southforsunshine]

@spazman13579 I'd have trouble building that plane for $700, and to state you crashed a $700 plane as if you lost $700 in the process is plain old misleading, considering 4/5 of that cost is recoverable.

$175 airframe

$70 Power 25 BL Outrunner Motor, 870 kV

$85 e-flite 60a pro speed controller

$80 four hitec micro servos

$50 futaba micro rx

$50 battery/etc

Thats $510, all name brand, all brand new. You said $700 is "actually quite cheap for an Eratix" and you're wrong, easy as that.

[spazman13579]

@southforsunshine You're right, I'm guessing he was talking about everything. Some Spektrum receivers can be $120+, he may have been using something like a MaxAmps battery (which are insanely priced), and maybe some other BEC or something. And even possibly some really expensive HiTec digital servos, who knows. My Eratix was around $550 total and I tried to keep the price low by using some off-brand batteries and it was still $500. Maybe he had a GPS on it or an EagleTree setup, who knows.

[beno9487]

@spazman13579 Unfortunately in Australia every costs a lot more than USA and when I purchased this plane the USD to AUD was about $0.86, so you you can start getting an idea of the cost. Also crash was into Salt water. Destroyed all electronics/servos instantly. Nothing recoverable...... Everything was top shelf. Plane $240 USD shipped to Aus, Mighty Mini MG servo['s ($55 aud each), Hyperion speedy, broad amp batteries ect...

[beno9487]

@southforsunshine - Unfortunately in Australia every costs a lot more than USA and when I purchased this plane the USD to AUD was about $0.86, so you you can start getting an idea of the cost. Also crash was into Salt water. Destroyed all electronics/servos instantly. Nothing recoverable...... Everything was top shelf. Plane $240 USD shipped to Aus, Mighty Mini MG servo['s ($55 aud each), Hyperion speedy, broad amp batteries ect...

[beno9487]

@VeganTopekan Unfortunately in Australia every costs a lot more than USA and when I purchased this plane the USD to AUD was about $0.86, so you you can start getting an idea of the cost. Also crash was into Salt water. Destroyed all electronics/servos instantly. Nothing recoverable...... Everything was top shelf. Plane $240 USD shipped to Aus, Mighty Mini MG servo['s ($55 aud each), Hyperion speedy, broad amp batteries ect...

[KIDCALDERON]

COOOL VID BRO! sorry about your crash :(

[CarKid14]

wow that goes high up

[pelicaravansary]

its not a music its a song fucking idiot...

[wilbeckj]

if you took the music off you could have put adds on it....

[TIMdaBEAST96]

i have a go pro and how did u get it to vid upside down and look like ur right side up?

[SimonsRandomChannel]

Nothing a few nails wont fix

[stevebarnette]

Great video! It's awesome that you swam out there and recovered everything. What a cool life experience captured on video! Now that's what I'm talking about! Nice dude.

[Zzwill3zZ]

out of range omg ah no aon noo f**k that another crash with an awesome footage

[seabee277]

PULL UP! PULL UP! lol man that was good footage thumbs up :)

[TheWoodz88]

Its so trippy that we can do these things

[Aluminiumimmunitaet]

you needed to use royalty? you needed to use no shit music

[InstructionalExperts]

on the bright side it shows how frigin robust and unreal the GoProHero is aha :P

[mikey2242]

dude thats must have suck losing a 700$ rc plane

[7bikerboy7]

cool vid!...Which video editing software did you use?...I tried using windows movie maker but it doesnt support mp4 files from the gopro hero.

[stonem907]

@7bikerboy7 all you have to do is download a mp4 codec pack or something like that. I'm terrible with computers but if you do what I did and google how to make mp4 videos work for windows movie maker then you should find what you need to download to make it work. (use the word codec, I have no idea what it means or what it is but yah, codec.) hope this helps.

[diterPL]

how did you get back your camera ?

[wakamoleee12]

EJECT EJECT!!!

[skywave12]

Sorry to see you lost the RC link.

Glad to see the camera floated :-)

Take care,

[canonphoto]

I know how it feels to write off this plane, I sheared the wing in half on a chain link fence and smashed the fuselage in half! Power setup from it just got installed into my new E-flie Extra 300 which I think is much lighter so will really scream with power 32 .

Had the option to buy another Eratix at the time of replacement but thought I would try something new. Had about 130 flights on it before its death!

[BAMITsJACOB]

how did you fint the camera after this?

[Supercub1974]

What radio equipment were you using?

[madjosh7]

would you sugest the E-flite Eratix 3D 25 ARF as a good plane for a person wanting to get their first RC plane?

[captando]

@madjosh7 The Eratix is not good for a first rc plane. It is classified as a 3D trainer - you definitely need good flying skills before trying one!

[melrobRTF]

@madjosh7 no, not really its extremely maneuverable. Go with the wild hawk and watch some RCPowers vids on Yourube

[magicmike1122]

1 person must have mistaken "dislike" for "dis-i-like"

[DEEGA3D]

that camera had a serious oh s#$% moment

[TheRedDal3k]

blimey thats some close flying! pity it crashed.

[m1k3turbo]

ha ha ha gutted 

[philflieger]

What a pain to see the wreck. At least there was no fish inside.

Hope my 'plane' never hits a lake - I'm attached to it. Watch my videos. :D

[yellowgixxer750]

Excellent footage, but +1 on the audio, sorry.

[MetaView7]

great vid

how did you retrieve the plane?

was it floating on the surface?

[NMERider]

A little duct tape and good as new! :-D

[KeepOnRollinFilms]

1:30 nice

[nakedwomenarecool]

how did you retrieve the plane

[340PD]

Countless daring and stunning GoPro videos are edited with the most nightmarish and horrific audio tracks imaginable. How could this be?

[SkyR1D3rDE]

Was it a radio or engine failure? It realy would srew up my day to lose a RC plane with full FPV setup including the GoPro. Just invest a few more bucks in a failsafe and "return to home" function.

[silistylefly]

You Cant destroy a gopro :D

[GoProCamera]

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[xjet]

+1 on dietcoke1996's question... what RC system were you using -- it didn't look like you were far from the transmitter when it happened.

[rockwjz]

Seriously, wtf is this music?? It's terrible!

[aeg44278]

@rockwjz agreed

[behaaki]

it would be so much better without the annoying music..

[dietcoke1996]

Great footage of the crash from the air to water! GoPro rocks but i'm sorry about your plane. Now, what Tx/ Rx were you using? Were you able to isolate why it lost signal?