oh [ __ ] okay that just happened you got to see this video awesome video from a drone
youtuber and drone operator joey helms lost
his brand new something right out of national geographic incredible
welcome to iceland today we're going to film and fly drones around an active
volcano i've never seen one until now and not to mention even capture one and get up close
actually as a filmmaker drones enable you to get different angles and up close that
usually wouldn't get to and i guess uh an active volcano that spits blazing hot lava in the air
is one of those places so tag along as we see what we need to figure out how to fly
drones around an active volcano what you need to keep in mind so it doesn't go crazy in the ray
so i got this tip actually let's call it a warning from an army helicopter pilot and
they said that because of the hot gases that i rated and the cold wind there can be air pockets
where your drone can suddenly stall and just drop or the inverse that there are like upwinds that
that just shoot your drone up in the air and actually you can see this above the caldera
they're like turbulences they're clearly visible and you also see around the volcano sometimes
these mini tornadoes are just spiraling so it just gives you a little bit of a hint of what like the
turmeric energy is around a volcano as well so that's certainly not ideal for drone flying
and you want to keep that in mind because i've heard people's calling this a drone graveyard
now as this wonder of nature is spewing up lava up to 400 meters in this case into the air it
has to come down at some point and in fact it mixes with the air up there and forms these
light very light but glass-like and sharp stones that come down at some point and you
don't want them to hit you well it might hurt and they can also take down three drones so
whenever you are around try to figure out how the wind is and and where these things are
coming down obviously you cannot change it but keep that in mind very specific raining rocks
now this volcano erupts every 7 to 10 minutes and that's where it gets dicey because you never
know exactly when it shoots up which direction how high but on the other hand if you can't fly
really close by the flying lava you can get very epic footage i would say now the fpv drones fly
incredibly fast and this one for example flies 130 kilometers per hour and it might be the perfect
drone to zoom by this fountain now i've seen a lot of people crashing this drone because this is the
kind of the entry-level fpv drone into trees into buildings just into the ground it seems like these
drones have a death wish now as a fairly nervous fpv drone pilot i want to see what kind of
cinematic footage i can get with this drone by flying close by the volcano without melting
oh [ __ ] okay that just happened uh crushed the drone into volcano uh hopefully the footage
got recorded on the goggles youtuber and drone operator joey helms explained what happened to
his craft around the volcano where you have the hot gases emitted that caused turbulences all
around it and hot rocks raining onto you flying these things is even more tricky damn so epic
so yo joey from the future here and apparently in this future
the drone clip crashing into the volcano went completely viral all around the world which is
i couldn't even imagine it and maybe that's one of the reasons why you're watching right
now maybe you're one of the new subscribers welcome thank you so much for joining us i
really appreciate you i was actually just on an interview with bbc1 that was kind of surreal
should we speak to joey yeah jerry hey how are you doing i also want to say a big big
thank you to my friends over at gearfocus.com who sent me a new fpv drone so i can fly again
hopefully not crash it again if you don't want to sacrifice and make an offering to
the god of fire but rather want to sell your photography and filmmaking here
you should check out gearfocus.com i'll leave a link in the description below and also i have
a shop there if you want to buy any of my used gear you can get it there now let's go back to
the slightly younger me over in iceland again well i still have my mavic so let's talk about
batteries
well one thing you definitely want to do is bring a lot of batteries because it's not every
day that you're going to a volcano so you want to capture as much as possible especially if you have
severe battery anxiety as i do you pack a lot of batteries i have five for each of my drones
since this hike is just a mere one and a half hours uphill mostly you also want to invest in a
new spine and an improved cardiovascular system at least when you make a sacrifice to the god of fire
you have less weight carrying back so can't help it but i always try to see the upside
now if you want to see more of the volcano and iceland i will be actually back very soon
so make sure to subscribe and hit the notification bell so when i upload those videos
that you get updated also i will be shooting a lot of like behind the scenes on my instagram
and in the meantime also check out the videos up here because i've been here already in winter a
couple of years ago and shot some interesting videos i hope until then have a good morning
have a good night whenever and wherever you are around this beautiful planet bye bye