Category Archives: Drone Video

General "Mad" Anthony Wayne portrait.

Detroit’s Historic Fort Wayne

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I took the drone into Detroit to capture some points of interest. I have never been to Fort Wayne before. Well, not true I guess. I HAVE been to Fort Wayne, but in Fort Wayne Indiana. The one in Indiana seems to be an older version, as it is made of wood, and was completed on October 20, 1794. The Detroit Fort Wayne was constructed starting in 1840.

Aerial 360° view of Detroit’s Fort Wayne.

I suggest you definitely use the “Full Screen”    button at the bottom of the panorama to see the details of the fort.

Uniroyal Tire in Allen Park Michigan

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Took the drone on a small road trip to photograph a few locations around Detroit Michigan. One was the large Uniroyal Tire alongside I-94 in Allen Park Michigan. You can look up the history of it, but basically it was originally a Ferris Wheel.

For years the tire had a very large “nail” stuck in the top of it advertising Uniroyal Run Flat tires. It has been removed, and other repairs have been made.

Uniroyal “Tire” in Allen Park Michigan

Drone Drawing

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Playing with rotating flight plans 90° to do “Light Painting”

Started with simple image of drone.

Added it to Google Earth

Clicked around to make a path.

Exported as KML file, not KMZ.

Could have taken time to make a transparent PNG, but I didn’t. Works the same, unless you need to see ground to avoid obstacles.

Imported into Litchi. Since all the points are stacked up vertically it just appears as a straight line.

Exported back to Google Earth just to see what it looks like now. You can see it stands up vertically now, not flat like a standard mission plan.