plane RW attempt - video

[Zeemax 0]

So i was at the DZ the other day and had no birds to hang out with... flying on my own would surely have just been boring... good job there was an aircraft to play with.

This video is my second and third go at flying with the aircraft. Sadly we ran out of daytime to try any more (the pilot and i think we know what to do now) and the weather has been shit since

The aircraft is a Beaver (the black beaver as its known.. insert female genitalia gag here) and i'm flying my Bird Man S3s.

the first thing you'll notice is its not great footage... I'm not a camera flyer by any means and i didn't have any kind of sight, so its all pretty much guess work...

Secondly, this is the beer time i've ever tried to edit a video, again this will be why it looks so crappy...

anyhow... find it here...

http://homepage.mac.com/skydivemacca/iMovieTheater2.html


let me know what you think

Macca

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[tr027 0]

2nd try was nice. Don't know what ground speed the plane was at, but looks faster than you were going. You might also try cutting the corner more. Nice demonstration was done by Tristan Whitmarsh in Jarno Cordia's video a while back.

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[KrisFlyZ 0]

So you won't even leave the flying Beavers alone .

What are you doing up this late anyway...don't you have to work really early or something?

Kris.

[LouDiamond 1]

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I'm not a camera flyer by any means and i didn't have any kind of sight

Well if you would of bought a sight when you bought all the other stuff I would of put it on for you Not bad for your edit

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[GeordieSkydiver 0]

Nice one Macca, I had a similar expierence with a Nomad at Peterlee.

Unfortunately i wasn't wearing a camera (I know, it didn't happen )

Good job.

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[Zeemax 0]

Thanks all... They weren't serious attempts, just a bit of fun on a sunday afternoon. I did go back to try for real and as i said, but the weather was shit

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[piisfish 140]

did you brief a flightplan with the pilot ?? Would a right hand dive of the plane make it easier? Didi that with our Porter, so the pilot would always see us too...

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[Zeemax 0]

we had a basic flight plan knowing that i wouldn't keep up with him (we have a much better one now, just need the weather)...

In the beaver the pilot sits on the left, so the plan was stay behind and slightly to the left so he could see me. Fly in a straight line, then slowly carve to the left back towards the DZ.

If there seemed like an issue of closeness etc, he would hard turn right, and i would turn left.

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[mccordia 74]

if you cross 'behind' the airplane, keep in mind that there is a wake of turbulent air there. If the plane is in a REAALLLY steep dive and you are directly behind it, it could actualy mean that you crash onto the airplane, cameraman-meets-RW4-team style..

Do be carefull..:)

I think Perry is also quite an authority on flying with planes, maybe he could enlighten us with some wisdom and do's and don'ts?

JC
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[Zeemax 0]

If the beaver is in a really steep dive it will easily match and even exceed regular free fall speeds... straight down. I love that aircraft

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[Anvilbrother 0]

What is it's max airspeed rating for your "beaver". I think otters can dive and get up to about 140 knots before they have to bank out and slow down

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[KrisFlyZ 0]

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What is it's max airspeed rating for your "beaver". I think otters can dive and get up to about 140 knots before they have to bank out and slow down

Is it really important what the max airspeed rating is? The challenge for the pilot seems like it would be to maintain a steep dive with a slow forward speed(for the plane).

Kris.

[Anvilbrother 0]

I am really thinking about the attempt that was made with a drougue attached to the plane to slow it down. If you can dive the plane at a fast speed you know you can catch it. Once you get that done you can slowly start having the plane trim the dive out and get more horizontal speed. Aww skrew it lol I cant really type what I mean.

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[chris74 0]

Hi birds,
Watch again our winguits skygod "Deug" .He performed an amazing plane R.W attempt !
Blue skies
Chris