A new tool in the flight instruction bag

[RTHolmes]

those gopro HDs are great, I know someone using them for trackdays. spot metering? matrix would be better if its got it.

[33Vortex]

It has two options, centered spot metering or 'weighted average meter'. I used the latter option in this capture. Have not tested the centered spot metering option yet.

[RTHolmes]

weighted average sounds better for this

[33Vortex]

Lost this plane last night. You can see a couple flights with it prior to the crash on my yt channel. There were a couple glitches during the two flights preceeding the crash which should have told me to land and check all the gear thorougly, I didn't and so lost the plane. The transmitter antenna wasn't secured and the glitches were temporary loss of contact between transmitter module and antenna, later the antenna fell completely off resulting in loss of control and a spiral dive into the ground. It's still somewhere out on the field I have not found it yet.

What followed was almost worth the crash. A group of lightly intoxicated austrians and germans helped me retrieve the wreck from a tree, using a crane truck.  I'll upload that film later.

This incident reaffirms to me the importance of good procedures no matter what type of flying is involved. Don't trust anyone with your gear, always check it yourself and stay focused on what's important... coming back down safely. I'll be looking over my procedures before upping again.

Fly safe out there.

 

[CAP1]

Lost this plane last night. You can see a couple flights with it prior to the crash on my yt channel. There were a couple glitches during the two flights preceeding the crash which should have told me to land and check all the gear thorougly, I didn't and so lost the plane. The transmitter antenna wasn't secured and the glitches were temporary loss of contact between transmitter module and antenna, later the antenna fell completely off resulting in loss of control and a spiral dive into the ground. It's still somewhere out on the field I have not found it yet.

What followed was almost worth the crash. A group of lightly intoxicated austrians and germans helped me retrieve the wreck from a tree, using a crane truck.  I'll upload that film later.

This incident reaffirms to me the importance of good procedures no matter what type of flying is involved. Don't trust anyone with your gear, always check it yourself and stay focused on what's important... coming back down safely. I'll be looking over my procedures before upping again.

Fly safe out there.

 

i assume you're talking r/c?

 i always do a pretty thorough preflight on my airplanes. normally only the first flight of the day. after that, it's a quick control check as i taxi out, and a run up just before i pull her onto the runway.
 there's a couple guys on the field that bust my stones because i won't just start the engine, and fly.......but then they've all lost aircraft from glitches, radio hits, etc.........i've only lost planes from my own mistakes.....

[33Vortex]

Yeah RC planes that is... and I haven't been flying RC for at least 15 years so lack the routines I used to have. So I screwed up with the preflight checks, won't make that mistake again! 

[Wolfala]

Yeah RC planes that is... and I haven't been flying RC for at least 15 years so lack the routines I used to have. So I screwed up with the preflight checks, won't make that mistake again! 

Don't feel bad. I let my brothers brother in law fly my Mustang. He is a KC135 driver - little did I know that didn't translate over too well. He balled it up inside of 30 seconds. Replacement comes today.

[CAP1]

Don't feel bad. I let my brothers brother in law fly my Mustang. He is a KC135 driver - little did I know that didn't translate over too well. He balled it up inside of 30 seconds. Replacement comes today.

wanna hear somethign scary?

there used to be a guy in our club that was an airline pilot. he could fly fine. landings cost him quite a few airplanes.

[Wolfala]

wanna hear somethign scary?

there used to be a guy in our club that was an airline pilot. he could fly fine. landings cost him quite a few airplanes.

I had a 4 hour session over the weekend perfecting a guys landings in a 22. Will post a couple screen caps from the HD Hero when I get home. One of the landings I think we could've counted lizards.

[Tupac]

i assume you're talking r/c?

 i always do a pretty thorough preflight on my airplanes. normally only the first flight of the day. after that, it's a quick control check as i taxi out, and a run up just before i pull her onto the runway.
 there's a couple guys on the field that bust my stones because i won't just start the engine, and fly.......but then they've all lost aircraft from glitches, radio hits, etc.........i've only lost planes from my own mistakes.....

I try and do pretty thorough inspections of my RC planes aswell, i only fly once or twice a month, so i try to inspect as much as possible. I lost a skyraider a month ago when i just started the engine and took off, I didnt realize that  the battery had gone bad and didnt take a charge, I got about 50 feet up and my receiver died, and my plane followed suit.