Quote from: Akshayb on April 16, 2011, 10:47:32 AM
Thanks for appreciations.
his wind sock is put in a wooden stick and tided to this pipe and pipe is put inside many cracks in the lake bed

thought as much  

Nice Akshay !!! Nice pics and a great group you have there.... With the sun getting more powerful everyday, even we are getting more lazy to move out  

0530 is a good time, in fact gr8 time, calm winds, nice and comfy

We don't reach Hoskote that early, as some boys wake till late in night to complete their foamies.

Here in Bangalore we can't stop flying in summer as this is best time to fly, before monsoon arrives.

Tried bomb drop from easystar. Dropped a few paper planes first, then some sticks, then some empty softdrink bottles. Inspired by the success of this we finally tied Krishna's Oshkosh under the easystar, but sadly the easystar  was not able to takeoff with almost same size plane tied to its belly

why dint you drop your rubber powered plane? 

forgot to take it to the field

Made a 10 min electric powered glider from foam plates after a party.
After party at a friend's place, i found eating plates were very lightweight and strong enough for small gliders.
Evil idea stuck in my mind and i took 2 plates at home.

I was inspired by Kalyanprodhan sir who made one such glider from plate.

The electrification of this glider doesn't prove fruitful, but it increased the gliding time off course.

The motor got off from glider after crashing three tmes. but it was really fun.

Motor was a chinese heli tail motor,
propellor was handmade from balsa wood,
battery was an ipod battery 3.7v(120mah)

This was a Hot Sunday. And Hoskote Lake bed (HLB) saw low Turn out of Rcers. April 10th 2011
Probably some of them were busy with their exams. But  HLB saw couple of Helis and there beautiful Flights.

no flying for me again since weeks 
just looking at my plane soldering,  esc's and connnectors nothing else

here is saurabhs Mig29 @ Airoli field

Was flying my easystar today morning, four SU-30's flew past pancard clubs each approximately 5 sec apart. They made three such passes and all the time my easystar was high in the sky and in their line of sight. One of them was the tri colored SU, and they were flying low enough that i can easily see the vertical tri color bands on the fin. I am wondering if they were able to see my plane

Did you have your 808 camera on board? That would have been awesome capture!

Yes i had it! but they were flying higher than me, ofcourse Also as soon as i saw the jets i just closed the throttle and let my plane just glide in circles over the hill, did not do anything to get them in frame.

Quote from: ashJR7202 on April 20, 2011, 07:57:23 AM
here is saurabhs Mig29 @ Airoli field

Thanks for the posting Ashish.

How to land a EZ Glider Shaolin Temple Style

sweeeet!! which camera is that?

Hi
Its a Contour HD video cam

Did you buy this cam locally or online..? If online please post the link.

Hi I bought the cam from Amazon online
Ive tried it on my Jets helis and gliders as well here are some more vids

Nice camera. It seems to yield good frame rates.
What are the specs and how much did you pay for it on Amazon ? (with shipping) ?

Here's another video with a Flycamone , this is not HD and you can tell the difference in clarity and framerates

Very nice jet btw.

@xantos: Is there any specific reason why you went for Contour and not Gopro ?

Hi
The Cularis video is shot with a GoPro HD
The GoPro has a very big profile and not really suited for airplane use unless its a very big airplane.I had to mount the GoPro on the Cularis with double sided tape without the polycarbonate housing, even then I thought its too big, besides the Gopro has a very wide angle and the fish eye effect is not too good .
The contour HD however is sleeker , easy to mount and 120 deg wide angle so is more suited for our airplane use.