My hat cam attempt.

[jb cub]

 This was a great idea, thank you for posting it, adds another bit of fun to the hobby.

[sham]

I enjoyed that.. Wish I had the skill and nerve to fly that low and that slow!

Good video

[Knackered Sailor]

What sham said.

I flew that low a couple of days ago, ended up with a nose dive, just fitted replacement prop shaft and cowl. lol

[hghost]

I enjoyed that video. That is about how i was flying my Cub. I flew in a Neighborhood Park and people walked a trail and also walked their dogs.
I could not fly the SC there if anyone else was in the Park . Made it difficult to fly the SC. I had to fly my Champ allot, which i enjoy .

My fear was hitting someone and or someones dog...and worse many allowed their Dogs off the leash which they enjoyed being around my feet and or wanting to cock their leg around my equipment .Very distracting and having to shew away a dog and some of them very very large was an issue.

I now have a place to fly by myself. I finally got it all cleared and mowed and raked and cleaned up to do that. Now if only the winds would stop so i can .
Have had beautiful days here, just howling winds . I will be flying near that height in the new place, of course I can fly higher than i was, but I like the low and slow flights.

Thanks for the video jb cub.

[sham]

Everytime I fly, I think I should bring it down and slow it down to sharpen my skills.. You know, easier to absorb the movements of controls versus plane action.

Plus, I think it would be fun.

But, I don't have the instinct to correct a mistake quickly yet and so I fly high to give myself time to correct stuff... Maybe I'll be browsing the crash section for repair tips soon, though.

[flydiver]

You practice slow fly-by's simulating landing at a height safe enough to recover.
Practice stalls the same way to get a feel for how slow you can get the plane and still stay in control.
It's good to do this with any new plane or one you are out of touch with.

[sham]

I did the slow to a stall thing at height when I first got the plane so I knew the speed I should approach at.. A very worthwhile learning tool, but I never tried anything other than straight flying at low speed because it makes me nervous.

I need more confidence to fly low. It will come, I'm a lot more chilled behind the sticks than I was but flying just 5 feet or so from the ground means I need better instincts than I have right now...

Soon

[sham]

Well.. Inspired by your video, and bouyed by my last successes.. I tried a few things this evening.

I was time limited as the light was fading but I got a flight in. In the housing complex I live on, we have a grass area big enough to land on so I flew over the houses, low and slow.. Just clearing the bungalows and houses and skimming lamp posts. I even got down to about 10ft at ⅓ throttle, maybe a nudge more and circled the grass area. Brilliant fun, but tricky! I had trouble predicting how much power I would need for the turns but the plane flew like a dream, I didn't crash it and the neighbours lived to tell the tale!

I like this style, but still like the high approach... Hell, I just love flying the thing.. Just can't wait to fly it some more.

Thanks for the inspiration