Burning Man 2013 [by drone]: In the Dust, Above the Dust 

Very awesome video. Great editing, great shots. awesome encode. It's always good to stumble across someone that not only has respect for the event but can capture it and deliver which such good quality. Again man, good job.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Tugrik. I was not able to be there this year due to breast cancer recovery, but I was very tuned in to the live feed and the energy. Your video brought me to tears. Namase'!

Great video, thank you so much for the gift. Being back in the default world is a lot easier with things like this to watch.

Thank you, Tugrik, for flying over our little ant hill! Super cool to see it from top down. Big

One of the most liberating experiences of my life! Camp Fusion Valley.

Sooper Koolness, thanks for the birds eye view. The gifting keeps coming!!

Excellent! A new view of Burning Man. Thanks

Absolutely stunning work. And this song just went into my iTunes library.

This is the coolest Burning Man video I've ever seen, fantastic work! The low-light of the H3 Black is amazing - I have the Silver and the artifacting and distortion in low light is significantly above that of the black. Looks amazing, can't wait for more!

Wow. I'd never really gotten a feel for just how -big- Burning Man is. Fantastic video! It really makes me want to get my own quadrotor and cam.

Namaste! Thanx for sharing this kind of VIEW of something SPECIAL! LIVE LONG AND PROSPER \\\//

So fun to see where you were at a different perspective. We all know it is really big, but it is great to see it from the air.

You captured the bier bike!! We were the bar with the blue canopy by the front left speaker at Distrikt!

I am still a student skydiver and have not got my solo licence yet. Some day I will be skydiving into the Burning Man camp with some of my skydiving friends at are drop zone that have already skydived into the Burning Man. Blue skies to all you skydivers out there.

thanks for doing this! lovely way to remember the burn!

That was Center Camp itself. Just big tarps, not solar cells. The scale is hard to tell because that's the only shot where I used the GoPro's full 'wide angle' mode. It's huge.

We only really flew about 6 times from camp, and just a handful of times carrying the craft out to the playa on the back of my Camelback. The TBS Disco is a tiny thing and a lot quieter than the monster 'air-crane' octos and big hexacopters. If I was above about 30' you'd probably not even know I was up there. I saw a lot of DJI Phantoms (also tiny, but white!) and bigger hexes/octos, but I didn't see any other TBS craft, oddly enough. I'm sure some were there, though.

I have been wondering for a long time what it is really like at BurningMan..this is the only video that I have found that really gives a true idea...the angles and heights you fly at really gives a perfect perspective. Thank you so much for sharing and I hope to see more. If the rest of the videos you show are giving us a true look at BM then you may have just given me the push to go next year...again....thanks.

Great shots, looks like a lot of fun flying around.

Great work, Tug, Burd! Had no idea just how vast the population was for it.

please have that ready for next year, that sounds amazing!

Nicely done. And thank you for being respectful of large crowds and the Temple. I look forward to seeing your finished video.

Seriously gives me chills watching this. Also it hurts my brain trying to comprehend how big we are.

This has been on my bucket list for years...really want to take part in this..

TBS Discovery Pro, from Team BlackSheep. It's got a bit of a non-standard setup on it though: 700kV motors from Century Heli, RCManChild 30A ESCs, 9x5 Graupner props. Most of the FPV side is from ReadyMadeRC, and the long-range control is DragonLink.

i can spot my camp in the very beginning. : ) this is awesome - looking forward to more!

Now THIS is the kind of technology BM needs!

Thanks! I had hoped to bring a UAV this year, but was too swamped with work to get it ready. This video is the best thing I've found to try to convey the scale of BM. Great job! I'm sure I saw you flying overhead many times.

Your vid put me right back in the experience. Blessings to you and your project!! :)

those little choppers sure kick up a lot of dust.

Some, but yes, not as much (or so it felt). I had plans to take similar aerial shots of more of them but had to leave the playa early.

Check out the whole album. Both albums by Aeroplane are great listen-to-while-work-or-drive fodder; I highly recommend!

Thank you for a beautiful video. What a burn it was.

Very cool! Love it.

So Awesome!

Yes, for the night shot I went up and hovered above our own camp for about 30 seconds flying line-of-sight. I didn't feel comfortable with the pilot cam's performance in that low of light so I brought it right back down and made no more night flights. Just wasn't safe enough to do more than that.

That's fantastic! Great job

Awesome video dude. One day I'll make it across the ocean to experience this.

Great video of Burning Man.

Great Video, I'm adding a UAV to my list of new toys.

Did you see our project in previous years called C.L.I.V.E.? It was an Iridium Flare tracker made with a Spartan Xilinx III and a Gameboy Advance. Big archway with countdown sign, 85mw green laser, all solar/wind powered. Also a fun astromy sky-search tool/toy when it wasn't counting down to the next flare. :)

Interesting video; cool perspective. I was at Burning Man for 24 hours. I came to work the medical clinic. I was completely unprepared and really didn't know what to expect. I was told I'd have a place to sleep (nope). Tried sleeping in my car only to cook in the desert sun. Decided it was better to go home. :-(

nice. please keep them coming. nice sound tracks

Great stuff, thanks for sharing.

Being a long-time burner, I value the Temple's peaceful vibe and didn't fly my not-loud-but-still-buzzy UAV near it out of respect. There's a few peeks of it at a distance in my other videos, but nothing directly overhead or too close.

looks like district 9, can't wait to go!

works perfectly with the sound! sometimes magick just happens!

amazing vid man looks like deadly buzz

Wow awesome video! Well done! Greetings from Ireland! :)

Amazing...

fantastic thanks for sharing!!!

love it!!!

Awesome thank you! This video makes me miss my first burn already! I love that I can spot my camp Music Savages! :) Cant wait to see the rest of the footage!

awsome .. greetings from the netherlands

While I have "Return to Home" GPS functionality I was flying primarily by sight. The streetgrid at Burning Man is so well laid out that it's extremely easy to use for visual navigation. The UAV used in these videos only has a minimalistic on-screen display; no "go this way to home" indicator for the pilot.

You're very welcome, and thank you. My goal was to get stable, clear 'circle around it' video of the major art installations, like you see done of Center Camp and the Man in this video. Wind and health issues (nasty cold went through camp) cut our time short so we didn't get much; maybe next year! But I'm glad what we did get could bring a smile. :)

In keeping with the spirit of Burning Man, please consider foregoing the commercial before this video. Thank you.

Very well done.

Cool video! Thanks for sharing!

Never lost command; stayed above 50% RSSI at all times. Flew from base camp at 9:05 and L. Farthest point reached from there: 3:00 and H. RSSI at 68% at that point. I could have covered the entire city if I had been more willing to stay out to my battery's limit. No specific altitude restrictions except on Burn night (did not fly at all on Sat or Sun). Tried to stay over roads or open play when possible. Had ground chaser crew for landing safety.

that is fantastic, agreed, peaceful, well done with all the technology....like, like

WOW That was great!

the hive has awoken

what song is this ? Love it

Cool video; cool, perspective. I was there for 24 hours. It was an interesting experience that I wasn't prepared for. I came to work the medical clinic. I was initially told a place for me to sleep would be provided. Nope. I was on my own. Sleeping in my car didn't work as I was cooking in my car. After a day I decided to just go home. :-(

Awesome video man. I'm going there next year for the first time and trying to visualize how it looks like

can’t wait to see the shot u had during robot heart fri morning! hovering over the crowd then took off into space! then came back down and went face to face w/ lee bur ridge! thing was freakin us out! thought was aliens a haha

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Mine was unlit save for the single blinking Naza status light (green, rarely sometimes red). I never had time to fly the fully RGB LED lit hexrotor I brought -- that one never left the car! :)

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Excellent, thanks 4 sharing #peace

True, but there are rigs allowing you to adjust camera distance to compensate for that (look up the "1/30th rule"). Plan to do that on my plane soon. Right now I'm using a cheap 3D camcorder, flying it through the hangar and nearby...trying to talk some coworkers and Army folks into doing a "Harlem Shake" 3D video from a quadcopter.

Just like a regular city, there are streets and addresses which make it not as difficult to find your way around

Hope everyone got there tickets for 2014, can't wait to go HOME.

Thanks man! Much appreciated! I guess I have a lot to learn to be a burner. Namaste!

This is ducking awesome! Did you guys take the night shot? That would be super great!

Yes, 1.3GHz@1000mW Tx with Circular Wireless RHCP antennas from ReadyMadeRC

There were at least two pilots with those, and a winged craft from prior years.

Yes! Was this little drone capturing the burn too? I think I saw it out and around on the playa. I love this video and I love you for sharing it! Can't wait to see more footage!

Very nicely done. The resolution is astonishing. What did you find the maximum range to be? Did it ever slip out of your control? And were you under any guidelines as to altitude requirements at least over the populated area? Can't wait for more and thanks in advance for possible answers.

Thanks for the video! Was there much Big Art on Playa other than Temple and Man? It seems to really be lacking since 2011. Thanks a ton!

beautifull man... thnk's

Thanks, this is great! Were you the drone with the red and green lights?

Great video ~ such a cool perspective that not many get to witness! Did I miss the temple though? Didn't see it...

super cool!

Really liked this video, thumbs up. Cheers from Sint Maarten

Very cool

beautiful. love it. i saw many drones that week and i knew the footage would pop on here sooner or later. i'd still like to know who was flying that drone at night with the crazy aerial manuevers.

Great video work! I highly encourage you to use a 3D/stereoscopic set-up in the future. I've experimented with that with a quad-copter, flying down hills and through doorways. Also love your "ignore me" idea. Mind if I borrow that idea to use here in Afghanistan?

Nice job. It's not just the aerial footage, but I can see a lot of work/creativity in the editing. This is no simple go/pro strapped to a heli/quad home video. Keep on.

This is awesome! I couldn't be there this year, but I'm looking forward to 2014. I'd love to know what type of equipment your using. Drone? Camera?

great video...

Excellent, I'm very much looking forward to you not being there next year.

COOL!! Yes, more please! :) )'( :)

Such awesome work! I flew FPV on 5.8 last year and had poor range. Were you on 1.3GHz for this?

if you want to see more (ground view) ... you might be in the picture! just check out the first 2 minutes and/or the infotext where I wrote down the content...;-) You can´t unburn the fire! - burning man documentary 2013

NICE !

Figured I should post a copy of my BM2013 Aerial Video (UAV) here too. :)

That one wasn't me! I wouldn't fly right in someone's face without it being done in cooperation/approval with the folks involved. The closest I got to Robot Heart can be seen in the video above, when I flew down the street next to their camp while not many were home; you can see the white flags. :)

Wow !!!! I didn't know it was that many people