Helicopter Fuel Run / Camera Test (HD)

When I brought Wyrking Byrd to its summer home last week, I was too darn tired to make a fuel run before landing. With rain in the forecast and cherry season just a day away, I figured I'd better top it off, check out my camera setup -- including a new camera mount -- and trying a new iPad mount. This is the footage I captured during this flight. It may come as no surprised to some of you that the audio camera didn't capture intercom/cockpit audio so I wound up recording a narration track in the editing process. I hope you enjoy this!

If you have questions about cherry drying, you really need to check out this playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbt7hzE-vxhnnSUouyVquxeOt6BsHhyXA

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About Me and the Helicopter
- I have been flying for about 22 years. My nearly 4,000 hours of flight time is in Robinson R44, Robinson R22, and Bell 206L (Long Ranger) helicopters.
- The helicopter in this video is a Robinson R44 Raven II that I've nicknamed Wyrking Byrd.

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About the Video
- The video was recorded with two GoPro Hero 8 cameras. I used ambient audio from just one Hero 8 for the helicopter sound, dialed down by 10 decibels from normal volume so it wouldn't be annoying. I also had a Hero 7 connected to the helicopter's intercom system with an NFlightCam audio cable (https://amzn.to/31syLTm) to record audio from the radio and intercom system. (That's the camera that didn't work.)
- The "cockpit cam" front-facing camera was mounted with my current Instrument Cam set up, which you can learn about in this Behind-the-Scenes video: https://youtu.be/nff_QBDbPxc. It's based upon a MyPilotPro Helicopter Mount (https://mypilotpro.com/product/helicopter-gopro-mount/?wpam_id=13) modified to get the height I need. The "skid cam" was mounted on the pilot side skid using MyPilotPro GoPro Airplane Mount (https://mypilotpro.com/product/mypilotpro-gopro-airplane-mount/?wpam_id=13). (I might make a special video about this setup later in the season for Channel Members and Patrons; look for it!)
- The video was edited on a iMac using Davinci Resolve 17 software. Learn more about it here: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/
- The intro music is by Bob Levitus, famed "Dr. Mac." You can find him here: http://www.boblevitus.com/

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