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Im still playing with my big Cat. Got another 2 months of sailing season here in Subic Bay. But I got a new IT job here so can only do shorter trips. Just came back from 3 days at the bay next door called Port Silanguin. No phone or internet coverage there as no road access, only boat or chopper. Been living on fresh fish 3 days but home now. Off to Hong Kong on biz from Thursday.
Well its peak sailing season here in Subic Bay and Im off on a 4 day sail tomorrow so may take my drone. Yesterday we went to fly RC for first time in months. Here I put my keychain cam on my Italian mate Leos scratch built twin with two OS46 motors. nb I have a new IT part time contract here but for various reasons still pay Oz tax on earnings so Im still supporting all your retirements.
I flew Blaniks including one flight sucked into a Lenticular cloud in Scotland and we called them the Flying Spam Can. Will Bignell has a couple in storage at his farm in Bothwell awaiting wing mods. Has Kermit put his prop on the wrong way again as no power and wouldnt be the first time!!!
Andrew is the best plane catcher. Yesterday I went to our local club with my Italian and Japanese friends. I spotted (for full size traffic) and did video as my fleet needs maintenance but my boat is taking priority. Here is brief footage.
Nice footage chaps. Yesterday we went for a swim local river then sea then a diff river. Nice and cool under a bridge.
I had a tour aboard Sinkers yacht during covid . Ross knows the guy as he is a sandford neighbor. It sails very slowly and only when wind is behind it.Meanwhile I flew my drone a couple of days ago here over my boat and marina.
Dont you guys fly any more as you seem to just reminisce over frog spawn footage…
Meanwhile in Subic I flew my drone today over my blue cat. I just bought another model, a balsa 1 meter span Savage Bobber. So my fleet is now 4 but only one airworthy at moment!
We had a cloudy day here in Angeles City Flying Club on Sunday but 30 degrees. I crashed both my Volantex Sabre and my XK X450 VTOL. Sorry only my old phone for video. Need Andrew here to take footage including my misshaps. He has improved the quality of footage there in Sandford. But now weather has gone pearshape with another super typhoon nearby.
3 of us went flying on Sunday yesterday, a Japanese with a Spitfire, an Italian with a Corsair and myself with a 3D Volantex Saber and my XK Toys S450 VTOL plane. Had a couple of Chinese bystanders. I had a bad day as crashed both mine. Pic of the Volantex in this video:
August here was a write off with lots of rain and 3 super typhoons. Now its sunny again I got my Hubsan Zino Mini SE drone out and flew around the marina. John F Kennedy’s old yacht is here and my little blue Catamaran.
We dont stretch frogs here in Philippines, we eat them as taste like KFC. I posted 2 videos to last weeks thread including very large DJI drones used for surveying and airliner inspection.. None this week as we have a Cat 4 Super Typhoon next to us and 2 more storms brewing. The Hurricane in the news at Florida is only Cat 2 by comparison.
Kermit
I just use my 6 year old phone camera. Please send me a nice camera as the foreign correspondent salary does not cover the big flash automatic focusing and stabilizing camera that you use. As for editing my $3000 computer is still in Hobart so I edit on a tablet. Here is footage from yesterdays full day flying. Starts with 3 big professional DJI drones. Biggest used for Lidar surveying and medium sized is owned by Lufthansa. They fly it over airliners when on ground to check for cracks in between flights. So my video is informative despite poor frames and editing.
Just finished a day of flying here in sunny Philippines. Takeyo san one of our Japanese members had a lot of trouble with both his Spitfires and I managed to get most of the carnage. I wish I also had Andrew to sub contract video taking to as you dont see my planes flying. Hopefully a longer day flying this Wednesday.
My first thought were that all of a sudden Kermit can take quality video and fly properly but then I realized he has sub contracted out these duties to Andrew. Hopefully I have 2 flying sessions here over the next week at our flying site at Angeles City Flying Club. Have temporarily given up ultralight flying there as a friend just crashed after an EFATO (engine failure after take off) and broke both legs. RC flying more safe!
