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  • in reply to: PREDATORS BIRTHDAY SAIL #12491

    A bit of today’s video from the Insta360 One X2 camera, firstly onboard my A Class “Kristy-Lee” then on the selfie stick to see what it can do.

    in reply to: Yet another Tuesday Fly-In @ the Field #12464

    Just found this, thought it may be of interest to some, especially those involved in the “Phantom Brick Incident”

    in reply to: New kid on the block #12453

    After several successful outings with the supplied “B” sails it was time to try with an “A” set.

    I had a couple of spare IOM “A” sail sets and a spare mast and boom so only needed the appropriate fittings to put it all together.

    The parts order from the Radio Sailing Shop took over 2 weeks to arrive even though Andrew posted it the day after receiving the order (what is Aust Post delivery time going to be like once the Christmas rush starts?)

    Anyway it arrived earlier this week and after a bit of messing around an “A” sail set has been duly assembled & fitted, ready for testing tomorrow (Saturday 8th) if the weather is acceptable.

     

    in reply to: Yet another Tuesday Fly-In @ the Field #12449

    And to top it all off Bro straightened your motor shaft while you were away gallivanting around Europe with Le Frog.

    in reply to: Cougar Cat #12436

    Now that is a smart (and easy) way to do it.

    in reply to: Yet another Tuesday Fly-In @ the Field #12429

    Nice to know you made it home ok.

    With the forecast weather I don’t think we will be flying this week but hopefully it will all improve soon.

    in reply to: A Quiet little October Sail @ the Canal #12424

    It took around 75 minutes to upload but I did it last night & processing was all done this morning so not sure how long.

    in reply to: A Quiet little October Sail @ the Canal #12422

    Lucky Last

    Thought I’d try a 360 degree view that the viewer can move around in.

    in reply to: A Quiet little October Sail @ the Canal #12419

    Just trying out the SplitScreen functionality of the Insta 360 ONE X2 camera. Something a little different.

    At least with only using one camera to record synchronising the video feeds is far far easier than with multiple cameras.

    This is only done in 1920 x 1080 but works just the same in 4K but takes forever to load onto the YouTube platform even with a 100mbs Direct Fibre connection.

    in reply to: Yet another Tuesday Fly-In @ the Field #12404

    Looks like Mr Kermit has done it again, well done Mr Frog, a great video.

     

    in reply to: BATTERY OPTIONS #12396

    It is interesting that you focus mainly on LiFe batteries. In my opinion they are the worst value for money out there. Yes they are light but that is about the only good point they have.

    In a yacht a good set of AA or AAA NiMh batteries formed into a 4 cell (4.8V) or 5 cell (6.0V) will generally set you back far less and as long as you look after them they will last a good 5 years or more.

    I recently had to replace 1 cell in a 5 cell AA pack (that I use primarily in my larger yachts) that was made with cheap HobbyKing NiMh cells way back in September 2012.

    Most transmitters (but not all) will take 4 (or sometimes 8) individual AA batteries and 4 x AA NiMh fit this bill also. Yes they only produce 4.8V and not 6.0V but they will still keep your transmitter running for many days of sailing.

    in reply to: Yet another Tuesday Fly-In @ the Field #12364

    Well done Mr Frog, another fine production from Toad Hall.

    in reply to: A fine day of flying @ the field today. #12324

    Looks like he missed !!

    in reply to: NEW MEMBER’S #12322

    Nice to see you got the Sydney 36 back on the water, another to add to your ever growing fleet.

    As for the shower cap, didn’t look like showers to me, more like bucketing down which is why I stayed home warm and dry !!

    in reply to: A fine day of flying @ the field today. #12302

    Well you shouldn’t feel too bad with 50%.

    After spending hundreds of hours working out how to drive the new video editor & countless time removing all the wind noise from the footage, what did I get?

    Zilch, didn’t even get my vote cos I gave mine to you Mr Frog, then found out I couldn’t vote twice with the new polling system so stop your belly-aching.

     

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