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Second video from yesterday.
This one onboard the “Li’l Eagle” biplane. Shot with the #16 keyring cam.
Hoppy, your keyring camera has a much narrower FOV than mine but it still looked good, would have been even better if the camera didn’t move.
The Hawkeye cam looks great no you have the focus fixed.
Another fine production there Mr Kermit.
I must have been half asleep this morning as I can’t even remember flying BumbleBee but there it was so I must have as cameras never lie.
All I’ve got to add, no cameras on the Bumblebee today but a good 30 minute flight after lunch none the less.
As for Moose’s Tundra, she was flying perfectly and looking great after Moose’s expert repairs then Kermit’s Eagle took a liking to it and drove in in to the ground at a great rate of knots.
Crash Scene investigation photographs
Gee Kermit what is happening, I don’t turn up for a couple of weeks and here you are on the podium in third place. Just what has come over the coveted Tail End Charlie ? Well done Mr Frog.
As for the handicap system, what happened Col. Took too much effort to manage eh.
Personally I think the return to the old on the day 15, 10, 5 will make most of the skippers very happy.
I have acquired a replacement set of A+ sails for Illusion, (thanks to Ron B) to replace the old ones that have been split around the battens for several months, so I will make a concerted effort to get them fitted & return to regular sailing hopefully from next Tuesday.
All 4 unlisted camping videos have now been added.
Only viewable here as they are not visible on my YouTube site.
All the videos took a bit longer than I thought but all done now.
Only the DVD to burn for Jim now to add to his growing collection.
We had a set of MaxTrax onboard the ute just in case but they never even got unboxed. Probably could have laid them over the holes and used them as a bridge!!
No Kermit, not quite a bush basher yet. I stuck to the track and don’t think I got over about 12 kph in and out.
I would have liked to try the Outback in the actual sand dunes but the track to get there is a bit too overgrown for my liking.
We did get through with the ute and cleaned up several of the worst areas with the chainsaw as we went but you don’t get as many dune buggies down there as used to be, they kept the trackside growth well trimmed, but not any more.
Yes, we picked the right time to leave, it started to rain just as we left camp and continued quite heavily till back at Queenstown then on and off all the way home.
As for scratches, there were some very minor marks but nothing a quick polish with Nu Finish didn’t fix.
One of the advantages of purchasing cars second hand is that generally they come pre scratched so you tend to not worry quite as much.
As I remarked in one of the videos, Craig’s LDV ute was brand new, only purchased a week before the trip. He got a few marks from bush bashing in a couple of spots but I’m sure they are all polished out by now.
Tug, unfortunately where I got stuck was in a narrow cutting, too narrow to open the doors, could have climbed out the window at a pinch but!!
I figured the Outback would get stuck there because of the depth of the holes but I wanted to see what the drive train diagnostics display showed.
It had been green all the way and didn’t ever look like losing traction but once I got stuck all wheels lit up orange.
5 minutes with a shovel to move the track centre mound into the holes & she would have walked through it with no problems.
We did actually leave the tow eye in place till we got back to the blacktop, Craig was just making sure it was tight & wouldn’t fall out.
I’ve just about finished the rest of the Part 2 video so will replace this half one with the full track within the next hour or so.
