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Some video of our flying Saturday (9-Jan-2021)
We had quite a few folks come out Saturday after temps warmed up and the
sun came out. For those of you the couldn’t make it here are a couple
of videos from the Ranger 1600 with the new HD camera on board, quad
copter footage in HD, and finally some video of the JAS 39 Gripen while
Steve and I were flying. See you next time!
— Harold
Wingz – n – Dawgz 2018
It took a while for the fog and the sky to clear, but it finally did and we had some good flying weather after the excellent lunch. There are on-ground and on-board videos of the large glider tow and flight after the pictures.
Big glider towing at Elkins Field
Those who were at Elkins Field to witness the first-ever attempted big glider/big tow plane flying this morning were amply entertained. The plan was to tow Matt Biga’s 165” E-flite “Blanik”, (flown by Matt) with his equally large World Models “Clipped Wing Cub”(piloted by Harold Anderson), using a relative short tow-line.
After a semi-successful first attempt, foiled by the tow-line coming off the tow plane, the second flight was spectacular, enhanced by the smoke canisters on the 25 lb. “Blanik’s” wing tips. A blue sky would have improved the photos, but the flight couldn’t have been more successful. Excitement ramped up as the flight concluded with a bit more spoiler application than the glider needed and a smoking “Blanik” landing a bit prematurely in the tall grass at the south end of the runway.
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Saturday flying video
Didn’t get too much footage today, but we did get one short piece from Clem’s Phoenix Telemaster flight today. I put the camera on the bottom of the fuselage towards back down towards the tail. It got some interesting video. But unfortunately it made the plane a little too tail heavy for Clem’s liking, so he landed after just a couple of passes down the runway. But what we did get is some good video. Check it out here.... Read More
LAFFS 2013 – Aero-tow glider launch, 8-3-2013
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Saturday Flight Report – July 20th, 2013
Had a great day at the field today. Instead of the normal flight report that we are all used to seeing, I’ve put together a video flight report from the day.... Read More
Sunday Flight Report – June 30th, 2013
I have a short flight report for everybody today. Paul, Bob M, Larry, Bob K, and myself showed up at the field today. The winds were up a bit, but blowing for the most part straight down the runway from the north, however it got really weird and made for choppy and bobbling landings from all. Bob M made a couple of flights on his Stick, Paul flew a couple on his Kaos 60, Larry got a flight in on his Hellcat after he figured out the problems he was having yesterday were caused by and ESC that developed a mind of it’s own, Bob K watched, and I got a couple of flights in on my 4-Star 120. However, today I had a new toy. I purchased a new video camera designed for capturing action video, and I wanted to test it out today. I strapped the camera on the top of the left wing of my 4-Star to try and get in flight video from it. I wanted to see how the camera handled vibration and if I could make a good solid mount for it to use in my videography that I do for www.rcuniverse.com. With the camera on the wing the plane really flew well. At first I thought my bouncy landings were caused from the camera on the wing, but after seeing everybody else fighting the choppy winds I realized it wasn’t the camera, but rather the winds. The plane handled well with camera and I was able to get some really good video out of it. I’ve edited out the best part of the videos and posted it up on the Club’s YouTube channel. If anybody is interested they can watch the video here:... Read More