KIPPENBERGER DRONE SHOWREEL 2011 from christopher kippenberger on Vimeo.
This video of the Nürburgring car racetrack in Germany was produced by German firm Kippenberger, which is looking to bring affordable airborne videos to the car scene. Renting a helicopter for the day can cost up to $50,000 before the red tape of arranging air space permits. ”I am interested in the new wave of car filming similar to what Brainfarm did for snowboarding,” Kippenberger told Jalopnik. “I believe it is time to start rethinking how to bring car visuals like Intersection did for print. There are few guys out there doing it — tangentvector is one of them — they inspire me to break free for the schakles of Top Gear thinking, which is basically a TV format from yesteryear, and go for some newer ideas.” Kippenberger uses a heavily modified $630 XAircraft X650V-4, fitting carbon blades, larger capacity batteries and custom camera mounts all in the name of more airtime in a wider range of conditions, equaling better footage.
Source: Jalopnik