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Not to shabby Mr Kermit but Why oh Why are you back using 720p again for publishing instead of 1080P. The quality difference is like Chalk & Cheese.
Gunwale strip sets it off nicely. I’ll need to put some on Double Trouble soon.
Be interesting to see how the new radio protocol works, certainly nice & small.
I remember in the early days (for me) when 10k range from a Taranis was considered a ridiculous range, now you are talking 40k. Will it never end ?
Hey maaate, I’m only an Old Age Pensioner, I can’t afford to bribe anyone, except perhaps my dear Wife when I want a new plane !!
If you run out of time, as often happens with video editing, you just have to wait & finish it the next day, BUT you do need to post on the site that you have been delayed as the Fur Coat has been known to jump the gun on the odd occasion or three and issue the award on what is available.
Kermie my main frog, I thought your video had some great content (especially the Oops bits), but personally I don’t think your editing this week was up to your usual standard.
Was only saying to the guys @ the field last week how nice & tight your editing had become with no wobbly shots or blue skies with no planes, quick switches between scenes etc but this week I didn’t think it was quite there. Maybe you thought this week you were a shoe-in (especially as I left my camera at home), but that just meant I had more time to concentrate on the aerial video footage.
Always next time eh!
Yes, certainly was another fine morning for flying @ the Field today.
Here is my video from the FMS MDM-1 Fox 3 metre glider. The flight was over 30 minutes (mostly gliding) but I’ve edited it down to less than half that.
I forgot to take the Sony 4K HandiCam today so the only footage I have “around the field” is from my mobile phone.
Yes Chris, no doubt my run of good luck with the 2022 GMA’s (3 in a row-WOW) will come to a sudden end once Kermit & Gerald return with their cameras to the Field.
Glad you got your Drifter back in airborne condition in such short time.
I have almost completed repairs to the Bix 2 Sport after its minor altercation. The nose has been glued back on (nice clean break) so all I need to do now is re heatshrink the ESC and reinstall it then make a new glass for the cockpit and she should be good to fly again.
There was a small hole in the nose that’s now been filled with gorilla glue (just waiting for it to foam & set before trimming) hence the green tape.
Ah well Tug, they say a change is as good as a rest, and I at least make some minor effort to change things from one year to the next.
I thought I was early arriving at the field today @ 9:30 but there was big bad DaveW waiting at the gate for me. Its been a rather long time since Dave has graced us with his presence @ the field due to some ongoing medical issues but the way he flew today you would swear he had been in attendance every week.
I gave Dave a hand to program his new Jumper T16 radio to his Razor (well in fact we just replaced his Rx with a spare we had programmed earlier and apart from needing to reverse the elevator all else was fine) and he was off and flying like an old pro, well done Dave.
I was anxious to test the V2 of my “Dolly Trolley” on the 3 metre FMS Fox glider. Didn’t need to wait long for it to prove that the design worked. On my first launch, instead of using the slashed runway I opted to take off through the long grass. This caused two problems, 1) it significantly slowed the trolley down and 2) as I took off the prop struck the long grass so I aborted the launch. The pop up ramps on the V2 trolley saved the tail from being ripped off (yet again) and the Fox landed back in the long grass completely unscathed.
For the second launch I used our slashed runway and all worked fine.
Here is a video of the second launch & flight in it’s entirety.
I’m sure you will fix it to fly again Chris.
Yes it sure was another perfect day you picked, Hope Sunday is the same.
After unceremoniously removing the tail (twice on different flying days) I thought that perhaps the “Dolly Trolley” needed a mod or two.
During the last mishap my rear mounted camera captured the problem, it was caused by me using far too much up elevator to get airborne rather than launching into the wind (which is not always easy where we are) and allowing the Fox to get airborne by itself.
Anyway, if I now forget and crank on too much up elevator the auto lift function built into the “Dolly Trolley” should now take care of it. May even try it this coming Thursday.
