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I counted 9 pilots so must be 8 plus Kermit? Here is my Esky Eagles with a keychain cam as my Mobius is overheating. Need to find a heatsink for it.
I like the flight deck view and now you need to add some flight deck sound effects like whoop whoop pull up. And weren’t you going to bomb the next paddock?
So what are you doing hanging around the canal with a video camera?
But yes, a big transgression going boating without posting in the calendar.
Was a nice day till the seabreeze kicked in and we packed up around 1 30pm. Tomorrow morning looks ok for a fly, rest of the week not got till the weekend.
I have now removed the battery from my mini mobius camera for next FPV range testing. Also I just ordered the same Hawkeye goggles as BA and Ron, at $129 from Banggood australia as my fatshark goggles are so old and dont have diversity so doesnt help with range issues. Here is a brief clip of the Eagles including taxying in the long grass. I had 6 planes today. The Drift I ran out of time to fly it. The V Tail glider needed some soldering, not done so was u/s (unserviceable for non pilots). The A10 had a brief flight as shedded a fan blade becoming u/s, I think a different blade from last time. The ASW28 flew Ok but no thermals in the Easterly wind. The VTOL plane flew nice first up but I only had the one battery for it and the charger needed soldering too, now done, so was u/s. All service items now fixed.
I found something to do when too windy to fly RC. Find someone who has spent 15 years building and a lot of money on a 767 simulator and fly that. I was in the jump seat for a take off circuit and landing at New York La Gardia today. Then I flew a different twin GA sim myself from queenstown to mt cook in NZ. Good landing at My Cook airstrip but I just took a few stills as busy.
Well done, is it painted black now? No wind forecast on Saturday but some showers in afternoon so could do a test fly in the morning.
Kermit back to his old games started charging us again in the real President’s absence. $100 entry fee including a compulsory donation is getting pricy. Mugs present were Kermit, Gerald, Mitch, BA, Scottie and myself. Wind was light for the time of year and fee included a BBQ. Here is my flight cam footage.
The TL2000 now has the matt black felt from Mike which is from Spotlight and seems to keep down the canopy glare well. But the planes wheels are too small for the long grass so I just flew LOS and took off from the driving track.
The Esky eagles handled the grass fine but I only flew FPV briefly as getting interference. Here is the footage:
