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Title: 360 view of P51 - HT and Pyro must see!
Post by: eagl on January 23, 2011, 09:01:01 PM
A 360 deg view of a P-51 cockpit!  Very very cool, HT and Pyro ought to see it too :)

http://www.stclairphoto-imaging.com/360/P51-Mustang/P51_swf.html
Title: Re: 360 view of P51 - HT and Pyro must see!
Post by: bj229r on January 23, 2011, 09:06:44 PM
That's awesome :aok (I'm thinking HT has actually flown one of those things as well)
Title: Re: 360 view of P51 - HT and Pyro must see!
Post by: Tarstar on January 23, 2011, 09:06:54 PM
Still way cool!  :aok
Title: Re: 360 view of P51 - HT and Pyro must see!
Post by: eagl on January 23, 2011, 09:09:01 PM
Quote from: bj229r on January 23, 2011, 09:06:44 PM
(I'm thinking HT has actually flown one of those things as well)

He still ought to see it :)  Beautiful, clean cockpit. 
Title: Re: 360 view of P51 - HT and Pyro must see!
Post by: bj229r on January 23, 2011, 09:10:19 PM
Man, we need one of those views for P47 :pray
Title: Re: 360 view of P51 - HT and Pyro must see!
Post by: Penguin on January 23, 2011, 09:15:03 PM
Those are better than 360 degree views, they're 3602 (129,600) degree views!

-Penguin
Title: Re: 360 view of P51 - HT and Pyro must see!
Post by: Jayhawk on January 23, 2011, 09:16:24 PM
Man, I haven't seen this in... days!

 :neener:
Title: Re: 360 view of P51 - HT and Pyro must see!
Post by: flight17 on January 23, 2011, 09:25:13 PM
thats a P-51C

Cool view, any idea on how they do these? might be fun to make on of our T-28 if possible
Title: Re: 360 view of P51 - HT and Pyro must see!
Post by: MarineUS on January 24, 2011, 04:19:06 AM
 :aok
Title: Re: 360 view of P51 - HT and Pyro must see!
Post by: eagl on January 24, 2011, 04:49:00 AM
Quote from: flight17 on January 23, 2011, 09:25:13 PM
thats a P-51C

Cool view, any idea on how they do these? might be fun to make on of our T-28 if possible

I think it's a camera mounted on a motorized tripod taking a whole bunch of pictures, then a program stitches them together.  Never done it myself though.
Title: Re: 360 view of P51 - HT and Pyro must see!
Post by: BowHTR on January 24, 2011, 09:02:18 AM
Quote from: bj229r on January 23, 2011, 09:06:44 PM
(I'm thinking HT has actually flown one of those things as well)

From the About Us page:
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Recently, Dale fulfilled a lifelong dream when he took a ride in the P-51 "Mad Max" with noted aviation author Robert Shaw, flying alongside in the P-51 "Crazy Horse". Dale won the ride last year as a prize for taking top place in an eight man dogfighting tournament with Fighter Pilots USA.