pmccarthy Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 I don’t understand the camera technology. How can pan and tilt be adjusted while on late final with pilot only? good video! Link to post Share on other sites
Garfly Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 (edited) The trick is that the camera on a stick is a 360 degree type. So actually it is recording its movie files in all directions at all times. So in post-production when you render a movie in normal 16X9 HD format you need to choose which angle to use at any one time. And/or you can 'pan' or 'tilt' the view at any time during editing as you choose. There is no need to alter the shot at all in real time. (The stick itself is 'removed' from the frame automatically in software. A kind of photoshop type pixel replacement.) Edited January 23 by Garfly 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Tuncks Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 The 500m strip was really big enough for the Jabiru. Before landing on it, I measured the performance at Gawler and found that the Jabiru could clear a 50 ft obstacle in 350m. The trouble was really me. I had mainly flown from Gawler with an old WW2 bomber strip and cross-strip, and I was spoiled. The other problem was that the strip at the farm came in over the shearing shed. One day I thought the Jabiru wheels were missing the shearing shed by 2m and my daughter took a photo which showed that I was more like 40m higher. Even so, the Jabiru stopped well short of the upwind fence. The next thing was that the son got himself a Lancair. I told him he could fly the family Jab for nothing, but he said it was too little and too slow...So we built a hangar at the town strip and it just happened to be big enough for the Jabiru too. You can see the farm strip on google earth and the Edenhope town strip too. Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Tuncks Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 The farm strip is at S 37 07 07 E 141 19 06 Link to post Share on other sites
Garfly Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 This vid has a 360 cam belly mounted (which you can FF scrub-through to see). It even seems to offer a kind of gimbal effect, which works well. For example at 12:54. Link to post Share on other sites
Garfly Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 (edited) And another SPEEDJOJO film where he experiments with a practice EFATO at one mountain strip to see if he can make it to another one lower down the valley. (There are strips in PNG where you could try the same trick). Edited January 29 by Garfly Link to post Share on other sites
Student Pilot Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 I have flown a couple of Jodel's, they are a lovely machine to fly, light and responsive 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Garfly Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 16 minutes ago, Student Pilot said: I have flown a couple of Jodel's, they are a lovely machine to fly, light and responsive OK would probably agree with you on that SP: Link to post Share on other sites
Garfly Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 More amazing (impossible) shots in this one. Link to post Share on other sites
Garfly Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Inside the parcel Airspeed: 30G35 Groundspeed: LGT VRBL Link to post Share on other sites
onetrack Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 I wonder how long it took him to get there, in that headwind? Link to post Share on other sites
facthunter Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 He would have had the flaps up for the cross country part. I've had a few instances of a negligible groundspeed when you get the speed back.. Not a day to be going anywhere. Cars pass you on roads below. Turn around and fly some other time.. Nev 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Garfly Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 They say no one's ever left one up there yet. But ... if they ever do, this is how to bring 'em down. (Okay, so maybe it's just training for stuck-tow-rope situations.) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Garfly Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Though it doesn't always work. (Luckily everyone survived this attempt.) Link to post Share on other sites
Garfly Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 A 500HP tow might let you down ... but if you just have a few friends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SeJ-r-6WB4 1 Link to post Share on other sites
facthunter Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 They were "current" when I was a kid. Some powered U/Ls would glide better. If it won't stay UP with that upslope wind it's got a crook performance. Lot of effort for a short flight. I think a lot of people got their initial flight experience in such a plane, back aways. Nev 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Garfly Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 (edited) But with powerful friends you reach high places: Edited February 14 by Garfly 1 Link to post Share on other sites
facthunter Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Briefly, if you don't stay near the cliff. Looked as if you could pull the wings off that thing in the tow, if you didn't watch it. .Nev 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Garfly Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 (edited) But for poor old goats, short of friends of any kind: Or just one bikie mate ... Edited February 14 by Garfly Link to post Share on other sites
facthunter Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 You'd cook that bike engine before long. Nev 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Garfly Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Aviation fun for the lounge lizards among us (plus miscellaneous oddities): Link to post Share on other sites
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