BirdDog

Yep...Like stated... Jump packs (portable power units) are great, or simply use the aircraft! :) My bird has a 12v Socket, but I use it for the iPad at the moment, but soon it will run the GoPro too.

With regards to editing, I use a Mac running Final Cut ProX. Probably one of the best editing suites in its class. No more waiting for files to render to scrub or preview etc etc.

ahaha! Yep! That's my mantra!

Excellent!! Yeah - I am in your boat. Not getting the nose wheel up - AND not holding it up on landing. I have to bash out more circuits. I actually bounced a landing last week, and scared the crap out of myself.

Practice Practice Practice.

BTW - If anyone is curious as to what happens in dashware for me - here is a link.

Dropbox - dashware.mov

CONGRATS mate! Well done. Remember - you are forever a "student" :)

Onward and Upward.

Hi David,

I actually never fly without a GoPro running. I use it to look back on the flight, but also in case something happens during the flight that I want to review. Not saying something bad - just something. I use it as a great learning aid too. I am only 60 hours in, so I look back on my flights and see what I can take from them. :)

has been invaluable trouble shooting my cool oil problems, and inflight adjustable prop.

Hmm.. Seems a little cheap, and with this sort of stuff, you get what you pay for. That said, I am interested to see the results.

Keep us posted.

Cheers

John

OH...PS... It's why I shoot everything on my flights in 720. Unless I am going to be broadcasting professionally, there is no need (from my point of view) from shooting anything higher than that.

Yep. That's all part of the process. :)

Mate, I process video files here that are WAY bigger than that. I guess, if you have never done any serious video editing, then it probably is a mind mash. Once you get experienced, it's actually pretty easy. The trick is a VERY good computer to process it all.

With regards to the 4GB files - Yep - no problem there. The GoPros are actually pretty good and when you butt those files together, there is not even a millisecond of loss etc. So you just bang them in one after the other. :)

Hmm... Maybe you are doing it the hard way.

My plan (if it works) is to import my GPS data and create an overlay of the gauges for the entire flight. Create a video file of that. Then bring that into Final Cut Pro X, and use it as the timebase for my video. I can then drop whatever videos from whatever camera feed I like into the mix, as long as the time lines up, it will match.

For example... If I performed say a simulated engine failure 30 minutes into my flight, the gauges will show that in the way of slowing down, and whatever I happened to do next etc etc. I can grab any video feed I like from my 3 GoPros and drop them straight in. As long as the times line up (and that's actually an easy bit) then it will work perfectly.

One trick is to get a moment in time to snap sync all of your videos. In other words... get all of your cameras running and then make a loud sharp sound that all of them can record. It can be as easy as clapping once really loud. (take a time check too for GPS data) That shows up as a spike in the audio stream when you drop it into the editor. Align all of your camera feeds up at that point, and for the rest of the editing experience, everything is on time.

Hollywood has been doing that method for decades. ;)

Yeah nice! I absolutely will be using DW. I just thought if I do an overlay, I can sync it myself etc.

Looking forward to playing with it. I am hoping it can read my data from my Garmin.

John:Yeah, I think you'll have more success with the Garmin files. The downside is synchronizing the data to the video. In your case, since the GP5 has an internal GPS, the files will likely be accurately timestamped and will sync with the Garmin data easily. In my case, if I forget to set the date/time in my GP3s, I have to synch the video and GPS data manually and Dashware doesn't make doing that precisely, very easy.

Yeah - It stores the data in the MP4. If you load just that file into Quik - it will display all the telemetry nicely.

I have a Garmin Aera500 on the Dash - Might look into that I think! :)

Thanks - I didn't even think of that.

Cheers

John

If you are not sure what Quik is - Telemetry and GPS Add New Layers to Your GoPro Story

It certainly does for video - I have it running perfectly in Quik

Yes - But which bit of it specifically?

PS - I have posted on the GoPro forum - days gone by - no response. :(

Thanks man...

OK... Basically here is it in a nutshell....

I know the DATA is good - In Quik, it works fine. If I try to load it up in Dashware, it loads the video file, but no data.

I have followed Dashwares tutorial. The one that states to start with "Quick Project" It load the video file, and the tutorial states it should punch out a CSV file - but that does not happen.

If I try and start a new project and load the video file, I get an error stating "No Data Extracted"

Not sure what else I can tell you. I have spent probably 3 hours on it, and I am no numpty - I know what I am doing. Tried a dozen or so files - same result.

Hi Scott,

Yeah man - Been there and done all that. Following Dashware's own tutorials, it fails. GoPro actually stores the data INSIDE the video file, and Dashware is supposed to extract it - yet it doesn't.

It's driving me mad!

Hi Tyson,

Yeah - I am thinking of finding another way to capture data, as the GoPro is proving problematic. Even in their own software Quik, it gets out of sync etc. So might have to do some research.

Yeah, but my rig is all setup for the Gopro - through the intercom etc. :(

No - They are all standard GoPro footage in 720 and 1080.

What happens is this...

If I use Quik, they work. The gauges are crappy, but they work.

So I try to use Dashware, following the tutorials, and it fails. If I use the "Quick Project" it imports the video, and the gauges look like they are there, but no data, and not all gauges. If I start a new project and then go to import a video file, I get an error stating No Data Extracted.

For a company the size of GoPro, the lack of support is amazing! Might be time to dump GoPro and hit up a Garmin Virb.

Hey all,

Just wondering if anyone here has any experience with Dashware with files captured with a Hero5 black.

It's doing my head in!!

Cheers

John

WOW! I really noticed it when I moved my plane. She was down the coast - 34ft elevation. :) Then when I moved her up on the deck, I could feel how the plane reacted differently when it got hot.

There are some really cool apps that will assist pilots. If they don't know, or can't do the crazy calculations, these apps will go a long way to letting you know what you might be in for. Right now my home strip has an AD of over 4000ft. 2000ft more than it should be. Makes a big difference!! Especially if you are weighted up!

Same here mate. I am always looking at DA. My bird currently sits over 2000ft elevation, and when it gets hot, the DA goes up very quickly!