The last video from Hollister for a while
... I promise!
If your link and computer can handle it, click on the video itself to go to YouTube directly, then click "Watch in HD". Yeah, YouTube can actually deliver good-looking video :)
Some points of note:
* This is using the same surface-tow system as in the other videos, but this time I'm sitting in a rolling cart during the launch. This allows me to launch while in the harness, which reduces drag. Also, it allows the tow rope to go under the base tube rather than over, which means I can push out a little more during the tow.
* The high wind noise towards the end of the tow is me pulling in to gain speed just before release. The sudden pop is the release (manually executed). The higher speed will avoid a momentary stall when the pull force suddenly disappears.
* The beeping noise during the tow is a variometer. The fancy one I have also has a GPS and can record flight tracks in 3D. I need to run windows to extract the data, though :P
* During freeflight, I'm taking a few pictures with a point-and-shoot camera.
* Towards the end I'm executing some S-turns to burn off altitude to reach the desired landing zone.
And, given that Hollister is kinda-boring, I'll hold off on videos from that site for a while. I'm still very keen to do more flying from the top of the mountain at Ed Levin park, and I need to do two launches there in preparation for the Big Sur trip in mid January (postponed from early December).
Click to viewIf your link and computer can handle it, click on the video itself to go to YouTube directly, then click "Watch in HD". Yeah, YouTube can actually deliver good-looking video :)
Some points of note:
* This is using the same surface-tow system as in the other videos, but this time I'm sitting in a rolling cart during the launch. This allows me to launch while in the harness, which reduces drag. Also, it allows the tow rope to go under the base tube rather than over, which means I can push out a little more during the tow.
* The high wind noise towards the end of the tow is me pulling in to gain speed just before release. The sudden pop is the release (manually executed). The higher speed will avoid a momentary stall when the pull force suddenly disappears.
* The beeping noise during the tow is a variometer. The fancy one I have also has a GPS and can record flight tracks in 3D. I need to run windows to extract the data, though :P
* During freeflight, I'm taking a few pictures with a point-and-shoot camera.
* Towards the end I'm executing some S-turns to burn off altitude to reach the desired landing zone.
And, given that Hollister is kinda-boring, I'll hold off on videos from that site for a while. I'm still very keen to do more flying from the top of the mountain at Ed Levin park, and I need to do two launches there in preparation for the Big Sur trip in mid January (postponed from early December).