The I'm going out flying thread 2016

[aerocowboy82]

That's awesome Terry. Is your go pro mounted inside on the instrument panel or on top?

 

[Terryscustom]

That's awesome Terry. Is your go pro mounted inside on the instrument panel or on top?

I mounted it on top. I'll probably put another mount under the wing close to the fuse as that makes a pretty cool shot as well. Especially for touch and goes. Vid is processing, I'm going to give it a half hour or so and I'll post it.

 

[3D-Joy]

Beware, if its a gopro that has bluetooth or wi-fi make sure to turn it off before taking off. It can (eventually WILL) mess up with our 2.4 signals. The reason being its very close to our receiver while our transmitter is super far. Theres one guy in our club that crashed his extreme flight 104'' extra with a go pro black edition on board.

We take for granted our awesome 2.4 technology but it appears we still have to understand a few things to make it work flawlessly.

 

[Terryscustom]

Beware, if its a gopro that has bluetooth or wi-fi......

I've heard of this, but also seen it work without issues. Not saying that it can't bring your plane down though!
For me, not an issue because I have a Hero 2 that is old as the hills and none of that new fangled stuff.

I got a two minute deadstick out of this one, and the flight after it was a solid three minute but I had the camera set for time-lapse (oops). When I drop the ailerons as flaps but about 30 degrees it just hangs and does not descend as fast. We will do this again next time I get a chance to see if I can get a 3 minute + deadstick landing.

 

[Terryscustom]

As the video title imply's. First time with GoPro so needed a little trimming......lets chase Eric!!

 

[Yakman]

Wow intreresting, never thought of a deadstick flight lasting that long. I guess i always try to get the plane down quick.

 

[Terryscustom]

Wow intreresting, never thought of a deadstick flight lasting that long. I guess i always try to get the plane down quick.

Yup, except when you do it on purpose

 

[3Dchief]

You can do that when you have all that wide open area to land! At our field, if you are not on the actual runway, the minimum you'll do is rip your gear out on the smaller planes. On the bigger planes, you might get away with it at low speeds, but I've seen way too many of them flip over or lose gear to risk it. Hopefully our new runway and surrounding area will be more forgiving!

 

[Yakman]

Those tall clumps of grass or like sweet clover can do nasty stuff to a plane.

 

[graduallycow]

Just took so killer footage from my black and white Extra 330lx with my Gopro. I've found the video quality is really sensitive to mounting method and engine tuning. I've got a smoooth running DA 100l and a vibration isolating mount for the Gopro so the quality is really nice even with the engine running. My favorite thing to do is fly super loow and graze the grass and clover at my field.

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