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Title: GoPro footage from F18s
Post by: deSelys on December 21, 2011, 03:47:31 AM: Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf_hdFSnOEI& (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf_hdFSnOEI&)

Nice paintjob on the "soviet" F18...
Title: Re: GoPro footage from F18s
Post by: Vudu15 on December 21, 2011, 07:38:45 AM: SWEET! :rock
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Post by: Krupinski on December 21, 2011, 06:40:39 PM: I want an HD Hero2 so bad. :(
Title: Re: GoPro footage from F18s
Post by: Tupac on December 21, 2011, 06:42:54 PM: I asked Santa for a gopro for Christmas, then maybe I can make some decent videos.
Title: Re: GoPro footage from F18s
Post by: Flench on December 21, 2011, 07:06:16 PM: Quote from: Tupac on December 21, 2011, 06:42:54 PM
I asked Santa for a gopro for Christmas, then maybe I can make some decent videos.
Same here . I want one to put on my RC Plane .
Title: Re: GoPro footage from F18s
Post by: chaser on December 21, 2011, 08:31:00 PM: I want one to put on my head when I'm playing Aces High :devil
Title: Re: GoPro footage from F18s
Post by: Seanaldinho on December 21, 2011, 08:52:55 PM: I used the original GoPro to film a pair of glider flights.

Heres the first:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdPIxAn7Jdo&feature=related

And the second:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIHJH7a8EyA&feature=related

Enjoy!
The second one holds a nice spot in my heart.
Title: Re: GoPro footage from F18s
Post by: Tupac on December 21, 2011, 08:58:30 PM: What do y'all tow with out there? I got checked out to tow towards the end of the season - BTW we hate boxing the wake - you dont need to do it :D
Title: Re: GoPro footage from F18s
Post by: Seanaldinho on December 21, 2011, 09:01:41 PM: Quote from: Tupac on December 21, 2011, 08:58:30 PM
What do y'all tow with out there? I got checked out to tow towards the end of the season - BTW we hate boxing the wake - you dont need to do it :D

Piper Pawnee the 235 HP version.

I find boxing the wake pointless yet fun and I know all the tow pilots and I normally tell them when Im going to box it. One day I didnt though and when I mentioned it to him after I landed he said he hadnt even noticed until I was on the top right portion. Which is my favorite spot in the box so I normally pause there a little bit longer. But yes it really has no purpose.
Title: Re: GoPro footage from F18s
Post by: Tupac on December 21, 2011, 09:06:19 PM: very nice - That pawnee is a touch bigger than my 150 :D It really tugs pretty good when they box the wake, gotta stomp on the rudder - Gives ya a pretty good workout
Title: Re: GoPro footage from F18s
Post by: Seanaldinho on December 21, 2011, 09:07:40 PM: Yeah most people cant handle the high performance Pawnee :neener:

What gliders were you towing?
Title: Re: GoPro footage from F18s
Post by: Tupac on December 21, 2011, 09:10:52 PM: We've got a grob 103c acro, a cirrus 18m, and there are a couple private owners. The only privately owned glider that I've towed has been a Discus. Mostly people fly the Grob though.
Title: Re: GoPro footage from F18s
Post by: eagl on December 21, 2011, 09:11:35 PM: I used to do that... Looks like he was getting his butt kicked though :)
Title: Re: GoPro footage from F18s
Post by: Seanaldinho on December 21, 2011, 09:12:51 PM: Quote from: Tupac on December 21, 2011, 09:10:52 PM
We've got a grob 103c acro, a cirrus 18m, and there are a couple private owners. The only privately owned glider that I've towed has been a Discus. Mostly people fly the Grob though.

I learned in a Grob 103 and now fly the Grob 102 :D

We recently restored a schweizer 2-33 that I luckily never had to do any training in. ;)
Title: Re: GoPro footage from F18s
Post by: Tupac on December 21, 2011, 09:14:47 PM: (http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/300740_207139989339127_144125688973891_515991_5181588_n.jpg)

There's our Grob on the DP, the tow plane is sitting on the ramp painted up like a Southwest airplane. (The lady that owns the airport is very senior in SWA)
Title: Re: GoPro footage from F18s
Post by: Seanaldinho on December 21, 2011, 09:19:40 PM: Yuck paved runways! :neener:

We have a 1/2 mile grass strip.

Lot of cool guys fly into it though. Few weeks back a pair of Steermen flew in and did some acrobatics over the field for a bit. One member of the club has a Starduster and he took me up for some acro in that. Another member just bought a Pitts S2-B I wanna say but it may be a -C. Coastal Airport near Pensacola.
Title: Re: GoPro footage from F18s
Post by: Tupac on December 21, 2011, 09:22:23 PM: We have a grass runway that runs paralell to the runway when we have....grass. I use it in the cub, but typically the gliders still prefer pavement (easier to push back)
Title: Re: GoPro footage from F18s
Post by: Seanaldinho on December 21, 2011, 09:27:04 PM: We have golf carts for that :)

Honestly I wish we were at a bigger airport so we had more exposure.
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Post by: ozrocker on December 22, 2011, 07:43:59 AM: Nice footage. What's the deal with Russian Insignia on the F18?
Is it designated as an OPFOR A/C for Training?

:cheers: Oz
Title: Re: GoPro footage from F18s
Post by: Seanaldinho on December 22, 2011, 10:16:06 AM: Dont they call the Soviet Paintjobs "agressors" for training?