nomadpete Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Nah, Bernie, he's going a bit too quick for trolling a lure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 THE MUSIC is what you face when you stuff up and get caught. Nev 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 Hey Nev! Would that be in the pitch of, E, E#, G# or A flat? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 They'll pitch you on your ear and it won't be A minor event. Nev 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 ..........."Ear, Ear"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted January 25, 2022 Author Share Posted January 25, 2022 Taking Marissa Ellis for her first-ever, Ultralight flight! Marissa`s father has been flying with me, also. Just one of the numerous, similar flights I did, with family, friends and visitors, over this last Christmas, New Year, period. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Happy new year, Franco. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted January 26, 2022 Author Share Posted January 26, 2022 Thank you, Nev! Happy and peaceful New Year to you and everyone else on here!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted January 26, 2022 Author Share Posted January 26, 2022 Engine failure practice, from 4,000`, amsl, onto my home strip, on this glorious, Australia day!!! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 I'll pass that one. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightrite Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 (edited) I hope your Ins Co doesn’t find out you shut down the engine! That’s not a clever thing to do! Edited January 26, 2022 by Flightrite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Farri's done a bit of flying in the drifter. The motor has electric start also. Yes technically not a Generally" permitted "Normal" action but I've done it legally as part of my training like many others.. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted January 27, 2022 Author Share Posted January 27, 2022 As an A.U.F., C.F.I., I instructed dead stick landings, when I was running my own C.A.A/A.U.F., approved, flight training facility, off my home property, here at Deeral. For me, by far the most important safety issue is to maintain my skills! and by the way! I`ve flown over a dozen different types of Ultralights and have accumulated over 3,000 hrs, the majority of them in my Drifter, which is the AC I instructed with. Franco. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 We are unlikely to get many more "high hours in Drifter (or Thruster) Pilots". You usually get such hours instructing and this was probably the GO in the late 80's. Didn't DUAL seat make their debut about 1986?. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSCBD Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 5 hours ago, farri said: As an A.U.F., C.F.I., I instructed dead stick landings, when I was running my own C.A.A/A.U.F., approved, flight training facility, off my home property, here at Deeral. For me, by far the most important safety issue is to maintain my skills! and by the way! I`ve flown over a dozen different types of Ultralights and have accumulated over 3,000 hrs, the majority of them in my Drifter, which is the AC I instructed with. Franco. Frank you old basta** - tell the truth - how many real engine failures in total - including the toys before the drifter you have had. I know the real you so no fibs. happy new year to you and Fran SSCBD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 19 hours ago, facthunter said: We are unlikely to get many more "high hours in Drifter (or Thruster) Pilots". You usually get such hours instructing and this was probably the GO in the late 80's. Didn't DUAL seat make their debut about 1986?. Nev Yeah! from memory, around that time...I don`t know about the Thrusters but I do know there still is a demand for the Drifters! 16 hours ago, SSCBD said: Frank you old basta** - tell the truth - how many real engine failures in total - including the toys before the drifter you have had. I know the real you so no fibs. happy new year to you and Fran SSCBD Hey, Old Buddy Old Pall!!! Engine failures!... More than you can count on two hands with five fingers on each hand! but don`t forget! I`m on my 6th, Rotax, 2 stroke engine on the Drifter and in the early days, we were learning as we went along...Havn`t had engine failure for many years now! I`ve done over 600 hrs. with my current 503, DCDI. The Truth! I was practicing dead-stick landings in my scratch built Chinook WT2, copy, before I even started logging hours or flying the Drifter. The Truth! I recall, Barry Hughes, AUF, CFI, from the Gold Coast, up here to check me out, so I went up to around 300 feet, shut it down and glided in! he said, " do you always do that when you go flying", I said, "yes, that way I know I can put it down"! Barry never said another word about it! I kid you not. By the way! These days, the real me is the guy you see in my videos! Happy New year to you and the rest of the family. Franco, Ps, SSCBD, Tell the truth! How many engine failures have you had? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 Well! the Drifter is still pulling the young ladies! This is Emma Tait, current Principal of our little, local, state primary school, where my 3 children got their primary education...I did the flight, this last Saturday morning. Franco. Franco Arri | Facebook 6 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 Ok Guys`, time to stir up this thread again! I`ve been trying out different placement positions with the GoPro and here`s one of them. Franco. https://youtu.be/WId3RgetrCQ 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBob Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Nice camera angle, enjoyed the flight. Not my taste in backing music, but that's subjective..........) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 4 minutes ago, IBob said: Not my taste in backing music, but that's subjective..........) That`s ok Bob! tell me which music you prefer and I`ll do the next one just for you!!! Got it wrong in my previous post, this will make it easier!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBob Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Nah......follow your own taste, Franco! I'll just turn the sound down and enjoy the visuals...thank you for posting them......) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfly Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 (edited) Those king-post mounted views are great Frank, perfect for some shots - especially the ones manoeuvring near your strip and along the river. But in some shots the framing gets a bit awkward, the top edge hovering just below the horizon; there's a feeling that we'd really like it to tilt up a bit. One solution would be to get a second cam so that you have two views to choose between - and cut between - for each flight. And/or you could upgrade to a 360 degree camera where, basically, all viewing directions are covered at once. Then you get to pan and zoom around the scene, just as you like, later, in the comfort of your edit suite. You can see an example of a 360 cam in use in the video below. From around 01:00 to 01:20 is a good one. This guy commonly uses 4 or more cameras for his videos. But I doubt you want to bother with so elaborate a set up. Just the same, one 360-cam mounted at various places on your drifter might be fun to experiment with. The editing would surely keep you off the mean streets of Deeral between flights. ;- ) BTW, to get shots of the entire aircraft, this guy uses a 360 cam on a wing tip stick; software can be used to photoshop-out the stick itself. Heaps of his other films can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4W0bb8-_vmBud5e0DbGeuQ/videos Edited August 1, 2022 by Garfly 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfGnome Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 I like it! Be even better if the lens was a fraction wider angle, but that’s being picky. p.s. like the music. 😛 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 It`s guys like these that keep me doing what I do, with the Drifter...Jason Crane, found me on facebook, saw some of my flying videos, contacted me and asked if I`d take him flying! he told me he`d missed the opportunity to fly with me when he was 10 years old, so last Saturday, I took him flying! after the flight this is what he wrote on my facebook page. Jason Crane I grew up in Deeral watching the ultralights fly over and even hung out at the same airstrip. When I was 10 years old I missed the opportunity to have a fly with Franco Arri as I needed my parents permission, 35 years later (no parents permission required ) I finally got to go for a fly. Thanks Franco....your a legend! This is Shayla Ganly! Shayla is one of the locals here, at Deeral! today is her 19th birthday and she wanted to go flying with me, so we did. Franco. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherk Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 "Thanks Franco....your a legend!" ☺️ whole-heartedly agree ,good onya Franco , well done 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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