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Post by ginginho on May 18, 2010 22:52:38 GMT 1
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Post by john66 on May 18, 2010 23:52:02 GMT 1
Great pic! Whats the cam?
John
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Post by ginginho on May 19, 2010 9:13:07 GMT 1
John, It's the Olympus E-450. I found the body and two lens kit for £376 from a place in Luton, which I considered a bargain bearing in mind Amazon (and others) are charging 600 squids for the same. This piccie was taken by a mate in sport mode (point and click, multiple exposures, auto everything). I took some of his depron wing but he was flying further out, and bouncing around quite a bit on the wind so they aren't so close. I guess the twinny was about 20-30 feet away when this was snapped.
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Post by john66 on May 19, 2010 10:18:56 GMT 1
John, It's the Olympus E-450. I found the body and two lens kit for £376 from a place in Luton, which I considered a bargain bearing in mind Amazon (and others) are charging 600 squids for the same. This piccie was taken by a mate in sport mode (point and click, multiple exposures, auto everything). I took some of his depron wing but he was flying further out, and bouncing around quite a bit on the wind so they aren't so close. I guess the twinny was about 20-30 feet away when this was snapped. I just checked it out, nice cam....and to think just over 20 years ago I started my photographic career with a secondhand Olympus OM1!!!? Thought I was David Bailey! John |
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Post by SCC on May 19, 2010 11:08:53 GMT 1
Great Pic, the landing gear looks very cool.  John. I met Bailey a few years ago. What a miserable git. ;D |
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Post by ginginho on May 19, 2010 11:44:48 GMT 1
I just checked it out, nice cam....and to think just over 20 years ago I started my photographic career with a secondhand Olympus OM1!!!? Thought I was David Bailey! John I'm pleased with it, I must admit. It's bristling with options which most of I'm still trying to comprehend. Thanks for the comment on the landing gear Paul, all my own work. The stearable front wheel axle took a bit of a pounding on landing as we had to fly at our backup site (preferred was swarming with sporty types), and the grass was rather thick and several inches high. It stopped pretty sharpish! |
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Post by ginginho on May 19, 2010 13:04:00 GMT 1
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Post by badlands on May 19, 2010 19:22:20 GMT 1
That looks ace in the air Ging...
Does it handle the wind ok?
I took mine out last Sunday & with the gusts i could fly it near me & pluck it out of the air with my hand!
Great fun!
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Post by skivit48 on May 19, 2010 19:49:58 GMT 1
How big of a plane is that?
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Post by ginginho on May 20, 2010 9:08:25 GMT 1
That looks ace in the air Ging... Does it handle the wind ok? I took mine out last Sunday & with the gusts i could fly it near me & pluck it out of the air with my hand! Great fun! Yeah not too bad, it was porpoising a bit at the start of the flight (and climbing constantly under power or into the wind) but this was due to me previously having messed around with the setup to carry a camera. A few clicks of trim brought in back to it's placid self. I only use a single 2250 3S pack so it's quite light for a TSII, sticking another pack in (even just as balast) would help in the wind. I really should give the Gemini a go in the wind, I love in on calmish days, but am a bit wary of throwing that around when the wind is up. It'll probably handle it very well, just me being a bit wimpy.  Skivit, the spec's are: Wingspan 1420 mm Overall length 1085 mm All-up weight approx. 1500 g No idea what the AUW is of mine, running single medium sized pack (most recommend a 3-4000mAh) but has the addition of U/C. Twin Suppo A2212/10's spinning MA 7x4's hung off of Towerpro 18A ESCs. A seperate BEC is also installed in the fuse. |
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