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Post by sham on Jan 4, 2015 18:05:31 GMT 1
My son filmed this from the ground using my phone - so not the best. The quality is fine, and you do see the important bits - the commentary and camera work are less fine 
The take off.. yes. Erm - I'm guessing something caught a bump, possibly the parachutist slung beneath, to throw it off like that. Just glad to hold it under control. All else about the 6 flights this afternoon was just lovely - a great mornings entertainment, and I can almost feel my feet again now!
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pug205
Flight lieutenant
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Post by pug205 on Jan 4, 2015 19:00:12 GMT 1
Nice flight and Para' drop sham, did the cub land ok? T'was a bit too windy this way. My plane now all ready for a flight, sometime this week hopefully? Weather not too promising at the moment.
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Post by sham on Jan 4, 2015 19:24:39 GMT 1
Everything was fine with all the flights, including landings. It was just that one take off where it was a bit hairy.
A shame you didn't get to fly, but better safe than sorry.
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Post by Knackered Sailor on Jan 4, 2015 23:07:49 GMT 1
Nice one sham and your son has nice steady hands on the phone. Had a great day today myself too, flying Sport Cub and Bixler 2, went through half a dozen batteries and recharged two of them. Every landing just about perfect. Flying field was busy and at times it looked like the Battle of Britain up there. lol
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Post by hghost on Jan 5, 2015 3:22:54 GMT 1
Wow , you fly high...glad the wind did not carry the Chute into the tree's...Nice video.
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Post by sham on Jan 5, 2015 7:26:32 GMT 1
I'd already done a couple of drops from much lower height to judge the wind... And that's not high  Sometimes high, sometimes low, sometimes a mixture in the same flight. Depends on weather/mood. Such a clear day, was a shame not to use all that blue canvas. |
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Post by hghost on Jan 6, 2015 3:14:28 GMT 1
Probably the video...but I could barely see the plane...why I said "high".....If i can't make out the plane at that altitude, to me, it's to high. lol
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Post by sham on Jan 6, 2015 8:12:54 GMT 1
The intended joke didn't come across in my post, I see...
It was actually fairly high. 150ft at a guess, though I often fly far higher - especially if a camera is on board, it wasn't in this case. I do like flying up high.
I enjoy low flying too, but it isn't often I can do more than a low pass before climbing again, there are trees and buildings around most flying sites I use - too risky. On the open farmland I can fly low and have fun that way, but its simply too muddy and churned up at this time of year.
Height is safer, so I fly above 100ft more often than not.
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Post by dracer247 on Feb 3, 2015 1:23:45 GMT 1
Nice sham! That's a really neat set-up you got there. How did you embed the video into the post?
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Post by sham on Feb 3, 2015 7:18:21 GMT 1
It doesn't work from the mobile interface for the forum, but on a PC there is a video button when you compose your post. That brings up a window for you to put your you tube(or similar) link in. That's it.
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Post by dracer247 on Feb 3, 2015 14:33:07 GMT 1
Ok I'll have to fire up the laptop and see if it'll work on there, once again thank you sham for great info!
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