by flyalaz » Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:30 pm
Thanks guys,
Miles,
I only have 8 hours in this year, and now the weather is miserable. It snowed today! You can always look at it as an incentive to what's waiting a little down the road! I'll watch it when I get the winter blahs! Seeing green is always a nice booster shot when everything is white and barren.
Shannon,
Old, yes, pro?, need another few hundred hours before that happens! I added the music mainly for the non-pilots I know. I find too, that if I'm not flying, the constant drone gets to me a little (but not much). I have hand held the camera a few times, and though the view is great, being unsteady gets the eyeballs rattling after a while. I'll try your idea out and see what happens. Need a wide angle lens for a better shot. The new fuel system is working great! Fuel drains below the shut off valves, but I only need a couple or four pulls to get it back up to the carb after opening. I also wrap a back to back strip of velcro around the valves to prevent accidental shut-off in flight.
Tyler,
I have a handle built onto the end of the boom that's perfect for my mounting clamps, but also wondered how far aft the cg would move with 5 pounds (or more) added to the extreme end of the boom. Nose heavy is controllable, but tail heavy is looking for trouble. It might take something like 20 pounds in the nose to offset that. But if I remove the cargo bag and fly with half a tank of gas. I would have to do the math to be safe.
Eventually I'd like to make a composite movie with all kinds of views and a lot more in it than mamby-pamby little turns. I'll have to turn into that old pro that Shannon is talking about! Hee hee!
Blue skies,
Karl