HeadInTheClouds

I don't know how this even could have happened unless it was a pretty strong gust of wind. Other than that there isn't much excuse for a control input like that....

 

Found this description too: Taken just a few seconds after the Foxbat had come to a halt. The aircraft appeared to approach the runway very slowly before yawing to the right, leading to the wing dropping. The left wing struck the ground & this subsequently caused two of the wheels to break-off on impact. No fire occured, & both the pilot & passenger escaped without injury.

 

From this site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ojfphotography/4570618202/

 

Another photo by the same user on Flickr said the aircraft yawed and this caused the left wing to drop...

 

Also: http://www.aaib.gov.uk/publications/bulletins/august_2010/aeroprakt_a22_foxbat__g_cwtd.cfm

 

 

Just found this a second ago while looking for something on google, looks like an expensive accident:

 

http://www.pixstel.com/6648.html

 

 

"Approaching Popham Airfield, Aeroprakt A22 Foxbat G-CWTD seemed to loose power. A wing dipped touching the ground, resulting in wing and undercarriage collapsing. Occupants emerged unhurt."

 

 

Have they fixed it is what I want to know, or are all A330's ticking time bombs....

 

EDIT: Just read they supposedly have

 

 

I'm thinking of going with the Kodak one I posted in post #3, I like the fact it has 60fps and the size of it means it would be easily mounted onto the side of my headset by cable ties. The downside is that it does not have the means to connect a microphone unless I modify it myself (Which I could do with a bit of research, I've heard of people doing it with other similar cameras) but at this stage for the money and the 60fps I think it is a good option. Seeing as it is tiny and light I think I could mount it just with blu-tac on the dash of the foxbat and the blu-tac would absorb some of the vibrations

 

 

Use your phone...?

My phone is horrible quality. Like unwatchable quality.

 

 

I found this one before which seems to be a good deal, small enough to mount with cable ties or double sided tape and does 720p and 60fps which should be smoother than 30fps... Ill check out some reviews I think.

 

EDIT: Forgot the darned link: http://www.1wow.com.au/kodak-ze1-blue-playfull-pocket-hd-camcorder-ze1l-27631.html

 

 

Hey there,

 

Thinking I might start trying to film my flying lessons and also my solo when I do it hopefully next month, mainly because it would be a good learning tool but also so I can show people what I do :)

 

So what I'm looking for is a small video camera that has at least 720p video and can easily be temporarily mounted somewhere with cable ties or a suction mount, or maybe even on a headset. An input to route voice from the headset would also be nice but not essential.

 

A GoPro is way out of my budget at the moment, I would probably be looking to spend less than $100 at the moment. Obviously not looking for the most amazing video quality, just something that will be clear and watchable.

 

Thanks!

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itIUm6vExEw

 

Not much explanation needed, can't believe the skill and nerve of these RFDS pilots.

 

 

Just don't try to correct for crosswind from the right by using right 'rudder' in your car, it won't end well...

 

 

I always question things when I fly commercially now. Was flying into Sydney on a Dash 8 with QantasLink not too long ago and we were on final, flap down and still no sign of gear. As we passed the CBD (16L) my mind was screaming: gear, gear, gear, gear, GEAR!

 

It did come down eventually (And in those dashes it feels like ripping on a handbrake) I think in aviation (as a passenger) knowledge isn't power, it means you see things other passengers wouldn't bat an eyelid at. And in my case get slightly nervous at being in pitch black IFR conditions with turbulence (While other pax are busy snoring their heads off, I'm busy looking for a horizon reference.....)

 

 

http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-incidents/pilot-pressure-caused-errors-20111212-1ori8.html

 

A JETSTAR Airbus A320 slipped to within 51 metres of the ground during a botched, aborted landing at Melbourne airport, as pilots fumbled with wrong flap settings and a cacophony of cockpit alarms, Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigators have found.

A sequence of mistakes on a July 28 evening flight from Newcastle to Melbourne left the pilot flying the plane - a cadet recruit with just 300 hours Airbus flying experience - overwhelmed. The captain sitting next to him was so busy trying to recover the situation that his capacity was also compromised.

 

On landing approach the plane was variously descending too fast, the flaps weren't extended properly and an altitude alert went unheard by both pilots.

 

So tonight I went VFR into IMC. It was definitely dark when I left for home but it was less than 20 minutes, and I knew the areas well so I thought whats the worse that could happen? So off I went, right into a rainstorm which combined with the darkness made it much harder to see. Visibility was terrible, and couldn't have been more than 10 metres at best. Instruments weren't much help either, and I relied on navigation by what small features and reflections I could make out on the ground. The reflections from my lights also helped. In the end I managed to make it home, even though I was considering giving up because of the crappy conditions.

 

I managed to make it home, but it wasn't a fun trip either way.

 

Even though I was in a car and the above describes my trip home form work, it still wasn't too fun

 

 

the problem with subsidising pilot training is that you end up with a bunch of pilots who can't afford to fly. trust me the clifton club has been doing this for a while and once the free flying finishes up they are a just a memory. maybe its different for GYFTS but my overall impression of subsidisied training is that its a waste of money that could be spent on chasing real pilots.

Not the same for all cases though... I'm applying for it because I'm off to uni next year and there is no way I could finish my certificate and pay for uni at the same time as lessons would be so spread out it would take me the whole 6 years I'll be at uni to finish the cert.! If I got the scholarship and finished it though, I could easily afford the private hire sporadically and with a pax endo cost sharing comes into it too. There is a bit of a difference between being able to afford training and being able to afford to fly.

 

 

RAA Scholarship? Haven't heard of that before.

Possibly referring to the GYFTS scholarship, which coincidentally I am in the middle of applying for right now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noticed this at Townsville recently, rudders fully deflected to the right after shutdown. Makes sense with the wind direction

 

 

A Foxbat? Really? Noise?

 

Half the time when a Foxbat flys right over my house I don't even notice unless I see it it's that darned quiet!

 

 

Turboprops actually feel like flying... Especially with the faster acceleration they have and the fact that in a smaller plane you can feel the slight yawing movements. It's also familiar when they do propeller checks on the first flight of the day.

 

To me, sometimes bigger jets take away the feeling of flying, and it ends up you are just sitting in a seat that happens to be at forty thousand feet. And I haven't even been in anything bigger than a 737...

 

 

Now lets get this right.Einsteins theory of relativerty say nothing can travel faster than light, there for the photons from the headlights will not travel any faster so you wont see them.

 

The photons from the rear lights would aslo not be seen because they would be traverling at the speed of light.

What? Care to explain that a bit more? Special relativity also refers to the speed of light being a constant...

 

 

Does more or less = almost? Image ourselves standing off to the side when the car went speeding by and the bullet was fired... What would we see the bullet do?

More or less=Accounting for air resistance.

I saw them do a myth on mythbusters regarding the firing something backwards with the same speed as a car moving forwards. Surprisingly it did drop pretty much straight down (Air resistance) at a range of velocities. While the projectile is in the barrel of the moving car, it may as well be not moving at all. The 'shot' will accelerate it down the barrel and until it leaves it is as if the cannon was sitting still on the ground. But while it is accelerating down the barrel, lets say to 100km/h, the car is traveling the opposite direction at 100km/h. So relative to the car the projectile will accelerate to 100km/h and leave the cannon, but relative to anyone watching it the projectile was already traveling at 100km/h (To the left for arguments sake) and the firing of the cannon has essentially slowed it down like a brake so that when it leaves the cannon it has no velocity, and hence drops pretty much straight down.

 

 

If you shot it astern it would drop more or less straight down.

 

 

So, if you were driving along at the speed of a bullet, and you shot the bullet ahead... what will happen?

The bullet will have it's speed plus the speed of the car (So bloody fast)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of coarse they'd work. The question should be, would they produce a beam of light in front of the car, and I'm not buying into this one.

Yes they will.

 

 

Say what???... if speed remains constant then distance and time have to change??? If that happened you'd have a variable constant...

Light is the constant. And for the speed of light to remain constant distance and time will change. Time to drag out my old notes for an example...

For example, someone is sitting on a train traveling at the speed of light and decides to look at their reflection in a mirror. They will of course see their reflection as normal. Seeing as the train is traveling at c, an observer outside the train would see that the light from the person doesn't 'catch up' to the mirror hence there would be no reflection. But according to relativity, length contracts and so the person outside the train will 'see' that the light has a shorter distance to travel and hence they will also see the person on the trains reflection as normal.

 

Not a very good example but still.