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Collin
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 Posted Wednesday, January 19, 2011 @ 01:31 PM
Hello,
James Bavendam has photo of the month in this months issue of Sport Aviation magazine. Page 128
Good job
Collin
http://www.sportaviationonline.org/sportaviation/201101/#pg130
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Jorgen
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Posted Thursday, January 20, 2011 @ 04:56 AM
Congratulations James,
that is an outstanding picture! You really convey the feeling of what it's like to soar the RF 5 b "high in the sunlit silence".
Unfortunately Santa didn't bring any GoPro presents to our house, I don't know why- it certainly fits in the stocking. I have to work harder at beeing a good boy I guess....
May the 4's be with you/ Jörgen
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Bob Grimstead
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Posted Thursday, January 20, 2011 @ 06:05 AM
Brilliant photograph James!
It just so happened I orderd my Go Pro today (a late 60th birthday present from my folks).
And yes, no, I wasn't a good boy either!
Yours, Bob
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jb92563
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Posted Thursday, January 20, 2011 @ 12:33 PM
I have enjoyed James GoPro movies and congrats on the nice magazine picture.
I also got a GoPro HD for Christmas.
We should get some nice footage soon from everyone enjoying their new toys and flying.
[Edit by jb92563 on Thursday, January 20, 2011 @ 12:33 PM]
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JamesB
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Posted Thursday, January 20, 2011 @ 01:17 PM
Thanks everyone.
I've started on another short movie...a compilation of a number of flights. The problem I'm running into is that the films are all essentially the same...you take off...you fly around...you land. Well....that's assuming you have an RF5B and no aerobatic choices. I'm looking forward to some shots this summer when they can be air-to-air.
BTW, the GoPro comes with solid and open backs to the case. Fly with the open back unless you have dessicant patches to go inside the case. I experienced fogging inside the case when I did both underwater movies (on youtube) and on a high humidity day at higher altitudes. You might also consider buying a second suction cup mount and running a tether from the primary mount to the backup. Also, consider adding your contact info onto the camera body. I lost my first camera into wooded area. I now either use a tether or a Fat Gekko mount that has double suction cups.
[Edit by JamesB on Thursday, January 20, 2011 @ 01:18 PM]
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Bob Grimstead
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Posted Thursday, January 20, 2011 @ 09:24 PM
Hi again James,
Thank you for that very sage advice.
I used to put stickers with my name, address & phone number on lens caps, after having had one or two them sucked out of airplanes by the slipstream.
Since then, I've had several of them returned!
I never did get back a roll of film with air-to-air shots of an Aeronca Sedan though. :-(
I can't wait to get rid of the excess internal friction in my big new Australian engine, so that I can get some vid clips of my half vertical rolls.
Yours, Bob
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JamesB
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Posted Friday, January 21, 2011 @ 02:10 AM
The latest video is up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yzgj34PfEQ
More GoPro.
This one is a composite of a number of flights. The clouds really look like they should have been working that day, but there was almost no lift. But, nice light and interesting clouds.
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jb92563
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Posted Friday, January 21, 2011 @ 11:49 AM
Nice Movie James,
Reminds me of one of my early training flights in a glider with an instructor.
We were towed up above the cloud deck and it was broken like in your video and we drove through the cloud corridors
yanking and banking all the way down while my instructor was laughing and hooting and enjoying the rare occasion.
It left one of those special impressions of pure enjoyment of soaring.
I also enjoy doing that now just as much, but those conditions are rare in Southern CA.
Interestingly, that same instructor gave me my spin training and was also having a good time, and again imparted
that joy onto me, as I also enjoy spins now.
Having a great instructor makes a BIG difference in the enjoyment of flight of your student and this guy knew
how to pass the joy of flight on to his students.
I was very fortunate to have had him as an instructor.
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Jorgen
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Posted Friday, January 21, 2011 @ 05:59 PM
Nice video James,
I enjoyed that one. The fogging you talked about, was that the ending sequence when the Sun turned into a supernova? I thought that was a nice special effect.
Aah, the always elusive thermals! Which clouds are working and which are not is a topic of never ending discussions and one reason that you never get tired of a RF 5 b. Maybe we should start a special section for that part of Fournierism?
May the 4's be with you/ Jörgen
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Bob Grimstead
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Posted Friday, January 21, 2011 @ 11:04 PM
What a great movie James!
It really encapsulates the essence of Fournier gliding.
Excellent, outstanding movie!
By the way, isn't the Go Pro small?
Can't wait to play with my new toy, and thanks for the tip about having a lanyard.
Yours, Bob
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JamesB
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Posted Saturday, January 22, 2011 @ 10:01 PM
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By the way, isn't the Go Pro small?
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Here's the camera on a Fat Gekko mount. I have a longer connection arm so I can move it out from the fuselage, etc. I also have a shorter connection arm as well.
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