Tropic Paradise Maldives (FPV with XuGong 2pro)

by RCSchim | February 2, 2015 | (6) Posted in Just Fun

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).

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Fayya on February 2, 2015
Thanx a lot for this video...it was my country and I would like to share this video to my FB group international drone day Maldives......nice video
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RCSchim on February 10, 2015
hi, thanks. are you from this resort? Are you the friendly one that works on the boat and wave in the camera? because one of our snorkeling guides there had a similar name (I wouldn't know how to spell it). greetings, what a lovely country! Wish I good go back there now and escape the snow here in Austria!
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boboday on June 10, 2015
It was a great video.... Keep it up and do post more videos from Maldives

Please visit Maldivies RC Federation https://www.facebook.com/MaldivesRadioControlFederation
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RCSchim on June 10, 2015
hi, unfortunately I'm 8.000km away from this paradise and cant film more at the moment ;-) but some day we will return to the Maldives!
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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boboday on June 10, 2015
Its already shared and looking forward for some new footage :D
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Phil Rosa-Leeke on February 2, 2015
Great film, thanks for sharing it with us.
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charleyza on February 20, 2015
Awesome! Would have been really cool if you had you quad on Kuredu! :) I tried the snorkling but swim like a rock! Oh I didnt know that - thank you for the tip!

Lekker my mate!
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Flyingninja on February 2, 2015
Incredible footage! Awesome job!
I watched the video twice :)
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charleyza on February 13, 2015
Hi RCSchim

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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RCSchim on February 18, 2015
I know Kuredu - that was our first trip a few years ago. This time we did a snorkling trip and found ourselfes on the reef of kuredo to see turtles (50mins boat ride).
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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Tropic Paradise Maldives (FPV with XuGong 2pro)