Drones: how drones can
be good or bad for our society
Narrative, part 3: the time I created my own kind of drone
Just about every
young boy out there enjoys playing with a remote controlled toy, such as a car,
boat or plane. I can remember going to
my friend’s house and play with their remote controlled cars;
unfortunately my friend would only have one for him and his brother. As a result of the one less car, some play
dates would end up in a fight, and my friends parents' would have to come out
and resolve the problem. I really enjoyed controlling just about anything that
required a remote, maybe even the TV a little too much, but that's another
story. The time I created my own kind of drone, sort of, was a very exciting
moment for me and when I watched some very incredible videos, only capable with
a drone.
About 3 or 4
years ago, I received a white elephant gift rather large, from my aunt, on
Christmas. My aunt isn't really the
person to give such a gift to me; she usually takes my sisters and I out to
plays, like the lion king and wicked. This year my aunt just took my family and
cousins out to play bocce ball and have white elephant gifts to give out back
at her place. I successfully obtained
the largest white elephant gift and opened it.
What I found in the wrapping had to have been a dream come true. In the wrapping was a large remote controlled
helicopter. I could not possibly wait for the snow to be gone and fly the
helicopter all over the place. After a couple months of torture stuck inside
with my helicopter out of the box, ready to fly, and may have collected some
dust, I grabbed my helicopter and ran some test flights in my backyard. I did
not realize how difficult it was to control a helicopter, but after an hour or
so, I began to get the hang of it. On my
last test flight, I thought to myself and said, "I wonder if my helicopter
can shoot some nice videos with my cellphone". I grabbed my phone and attached it to the
helicopter, just between the legs of the landing gear. After my first flight
with the phone attachment, I replayed the video and watched a very cool video
of a bird’s eye view of my backyard.
I was very amazed at how such a toy could become more than just a
toy. The day I flew the helicopter, with
my phone, will be a day I never forget.
During the
research of my topic on drones, I stumbled upon some very fascinating videos
from the works of a drone. The videos really caught my attention because it was
footage that would be incredibly difficult for any ordinary video shoot. The
video on YouTube is very neat
because the shots created are in ice caves. Pretty dangerous wouldn't you say
so? The cost of conventional aerial shots for videos are very expensive because
not only are you sending up a camera in the sky, but you have to pay the person
taking the video and something, such as a helicopter to take them (up in
the air). The cost of gas will only go up due to its limited
availability and electricity is much cheaper compared to gas. The other video I watched would only have
been capable with the use of a drone because the drone was able to fly almost
entirely next to a firework igniting (Gasper). The possibilities are endless now that
drones and cameras are improving technologically.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu2bGBcWHvE
Just about every young boy out there enjoys
playing with a remote controlled toy, such as a car, boat or plane. My all-time
favorite remote controlled toy as for me was my helicopter. Unfortunately the
helicopter broke within a year due to my stubbornness to read the
instructions. I am very interested in
maybe one day creating my own video with a real drone, so I may capture
incredible footage too.
Works Cited
"Up In The Air – Achieving Inexpensive Aerial Shots In
Your Film." Cheap Filmmaking. N.p., 30 Nov. 2012. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
Gasper. "DJI PHANTOM
FIREWORKS." Vimeo. N.p., 21 Apr. 2014. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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