It’s not a matter of if…

February 29th, 2008

…with R/C airplanes, it’s a matter of when. Today was the Twist’s day.

Damage Assessment: Every fuse doubler either cracked or broken. Horizontal stab shattered at the hub. Elevator stringers separated. Wing has multiple gashes and internal injuries as is evidenced by loose parts banging around inside…

On a lighter note… All radio gear tests fine, servos deliver torque without binding, antenna intact, all other equipment fine. Engine built like a brick, no issues there either.

What happened? Low, slow, gust of wind, too little airflow over control surfaces to compensate so the only thing left to exit the vicinity of terra-firma was utilized: Pure power, which resulted in a spectacular torque roll into the ground.

Unfortunately no cameras were rolling. Tail makes for an excellent wall mount.

Wreck

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PlaneMadness Episode 30

February 28th, 2008

 
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The New Frontier of Radio Control - First Person View
2:24
This has got to be the coolest things I’ve seen in a very, very long time!

Recent Comments on Video Podcasts…
10:14
Thanks for all your comments!!!

More on the Satellite Shoot down
12:39
Member comments and some thoughts

NTSB Identification: MIA08MA051
15:16
Citation goes in the dirt before going airborne, then crashes
NTSB Report

TSA: Evolution of Security
18:16
The kinder, gentler TSA
Click here…

Cathay Pacific Pilot Fired for Fly By…
20:10
Senior Captain gets canned for fly by after aircraft delivery.
AP Article

Described as being “Cowboy”
Actual footage of the event
What about this?
TAP Airlines Airbus at the Portugal Airshow…

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Iraqi Military 172 Lands in Florida
24:21
Interesting story
Highlands Today Article

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Cathay 777 low-level pass: Watch the withdrawn video

February 27th, 2008

The Captain was fired for this…
Full story: Click here…

~Capt’n Chris

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R/C PlaneMadness Video Podcast #3

February 27th, 2008
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We did something extraordinary- We turned the camera around… ;-)
It’s more great footage set to awesome music, with a little help from my neighbor!

Enjoy!
~Capt’n Chris

PS: Another audio podcast is on it’s way…

Music
Valley Lodge - Every Little Thing
Valley Lodge - Podsafe Music Network

Some of the many email comments coming in about these video podcasts…

“Capt.
Aerial video is to cool, and much enjoyed!”

“Dude, The RC video is cool. I like when it’s flying down the street with houses in sight, provides some great perspective. Props to your wife…”

“Okay, now I’m nauseous from flipping over and over in that little plane. I’m serious; I have serious vertigo right now. Really cool podcast though and your wife looked HOT!”

“…what a wild woman!”

“DUDE, That rocked… The Barbie! My entire office loved it!!!!!!!!!”

“ROFLMAO!! Shall I start calling you “Ken?”

“Awesome. Really enjoy these.
You should try doing a mock up of the redbull air races…”

“Captain…………..OUT-FREEKEN-STANDING……………..I”m jealous not to be out playin, and can hardly wait to be in the pits!”

“…now you need a forward shot with the rear view superimposed, or like a split screen thing- that would be cool… and then when your wife does a cool stunt cut back to you saying haha nice move honey!!!”

“…I ordered Valley Lodge’s CD. I really like their stuff.”

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R/C PlaneMadness Video Podcast #2

February 25th, 2008
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NOTE: Problem downloading to the iPod has been fixed. :D
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Here’s the first FLYING video podcast. It’s live in the feed as well, at twice this resolution! Not subscribed in iTunes? You can subscribe by clicking on the iTunes icon in the upper left hand corner of the site.

Flip Video Camera from Wal-MartI purchased a cheap video camera from Walmart for the aerial stuff because I needed something that was somewhat ‘disposable’ seeing that these things crash and also I needed something that was solid state with no moving parts.

The hardest part was not the set up but the aspect ratios. My Sony video camera has selectable aspect ratios and I have it set to 16:9 for the iPhone and iTouch. The Walmart Camera is fixed at 4:3 but what would you expect from a $149 dollar video camera? Still, it functioned well under undoubtedly a lot of stress so from that standpoint I’m okay with it. Interestingly though, once rendered for YouTube the video got borders all of a sudden where the Walmart camera footage took over. But as far as I know those borders do not exist on the iTouch and iPhone (I don’t have either as lately I seem to be putting my resources into this podcast… but I do have a 5G Video iPod). Anyway, I’m still working on it, but it’s just one of those little things that once you think you’ve got it solved it comes back to bite you.

As far as the flying is concerned, I hope you like it, and DEFINITELY DEFINITELY DEFINITELY more to come! Actually my plan is to take this to the limits of both technology available to us civilians as well as $$$ constraints- I want to have full emersive remote controlled flying technology in my video podcasts.

More on that later though. :D
~Capt’n Chris

Music
Valley Lodge - Hanging On
Valley Lodge on the Podsafe Music Network

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