Launch Footage From Drone

[PayLoad]

Does anyone have any footage of a launch being taken by an airborne drone? Or is that a no-no?

 

[neil_w]

I can't point you to one at the moment but folks have definitely posted drone launch footage before. It is... pretty awesome.

 

[PayLoad]

I can't point you to one at the moment but folks have definitely posted drone launch footage before. It is... pretty awesome.

I can imagine - never saw before, looking forward to trying it at some point

 

[KennB]

Here are some low- and mid-power launches shot from a quadcopter.

 

[afadeev]

Youtube is your friend.

Here is an example of a VERY high-power rocket launch filmed from a drone:


And a few less powerful but still fun rocket launches filmed from drone's perspective:

 

[KBlack]

Here's a friend's recent successful Level 3 certification flight. I was flying the drone.

 

[tfish]

Tony

 

[Nytrunner]

Ill always share my favorite Italian rocket video which I like to call: The one place you shouldnt have your drone

 

[afadeev]

Ill always share my favorite Italian rocket video which I like to call: The one place you shouldn't have your drone

One in a million !

It's like that one time when my Cub scout rockets hit a bird in mid-air.
Never saw the bird coming (herding an army of scouts limits your field of view), and it, somehow, sorta, flew away with a streamer implanted in its wing.

Moms were horrified.
Kids were ecstatic!

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[llickteig1]

 

[jadebox]

Here are a lot of aerial shots of model and high-power rocket launches:

https://www.rocketreviews.com/aerial.html

 

[AllDigital]

I’ve used a drone a lot to film big launches. In my opinion the launch view from a drone is just ok. It is more about getting a good view of the pad and rocket ready to fire. The launch is so fast that you only get a few frames. I use “point of interest” mode to keep the drone in a continuous circle far enough out that it won’t get hit by the wake at launch. Here is an example with the launch slowed down 8X.