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Post by thevon on May 13, 2007 12:52:42 GMT 10
There are heaps of videos of gliders including dynamic soaring, F3F racing, and lots more on YouTube - heaps of really interesting stuff. This one is fun to watch (lots of expensive damage) www.youtube.com/watch?v=61wsl0YG-RQThis one shows the glider world speed record being broken in 2003 - the speed of the DS is hard to believe And this one was later, even faster - check out this for an amazing looking slope! www.youtube.com/watch?v=grQhwSf5cIothen the same slope, breaking 301 MILES per hour. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksFtjwMEXqAJust try typing in glider, or dynamic soaring, etc and see what you find! If you type in the name of your plane you'll probably find a video of it. If you find interesting ones, post them here!
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Post by dusty on Aug 15, 2007 19:17:57 GMT 10
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Post by jase on Aug 15, 2007 19:51:38 GMT 10
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Post by thevon on Oct 8, 2007 8:00:43 GMT 10
Ezza emailed me a link about some DS videos that have appeared on the DS forum on RCG in the last few days. The guy has put a lot of work into them. Some great new PB's and ds vids posted of huge composite planes(Including MC3) going 200+. Check it out; www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=753261I had a look and these are the best quality DS vids I've ever seen, good definition an clear enough to work out what's going on. I guess it's Parker Mountain? Interesting to note a few things. The backside slope didn't look all that steep, but it's very very high and very clean! So they're more or less flying on the edge of a saddle in the ridge. The speed is freaky, incredible. The angle of the loops seems to vary from steep to flattish. In the first one you can see the plane at over 200mph, start to get that "flickover" acceleration that Sean experienced recently with his Bat. In the last one, See the flyer's hips moving with each loop! Looks like he almost ducks as it goes over! Really super incredible stuff.
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Post by thevon on Oct 23, 2007 15:30:50 GMT 10
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Post by thevon on Nov 3, 2007 11:34:07 GMT 10
Hi, the really excellent DS videos have been resituated to a different website. The guy who created them has done an amazing job. Everyone raved about them and they suddenly disappeared - he got shafted by his service provider I think. Check them out - it's the ones of Buxton, Manor, Lisenby, Lilly in the middle of the list www.slopeaddiction.com/R_C_Plane_Videos.html
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Post by sean on Nov 6, 2007 20:23:12 GMT 10
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Post by ezza on Nov 6, 2007 20:56:57 GMT 10
Some of the best ds vids yet.
I have both of these on the hard drive. ;D
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Post by thevon on Nov 7, 2007 9:41:45 GMT 10
Guys how are you viewing the .avi files? My Windows Media Player 11 won't play them. I've searched on the net but ended up confused.
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Post by sean on Nov 7, 2007 10:01:44 GMT 10
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Post by portfox on Nov 7, 2007 16:39:57 GMT 10
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Post by st on Nov 7, 2007 17:10:36 GMT 10
It must just be me, but I find videos like these totally boring! This tiny dot, being a plane that can barely be seen, going around in circles and stuff! I can understand how people would enjoy doing the flying, but watching it on video
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Post by ezza on Nov 7, 2007 18:34:28 GMT 10
It must just be me, but I find videos like these totally boring! This tiny dot, being a plane that can barely be seen, going around in circles and stuff! I can understand how people would enjoy doing the flying, but watching it on video I guess for me, it is more about learning technique from the US ds'ers as they are a long way in front. In Australia this is about the best way to learn as there are not many others to learn from. I understand though, that it is totally boring if you are not into it. Have you seen any of these; youtube.com/profile_videos?p=r&user=swsamike&page=1 These guys make some of the best slope soaring vids around. Unfortunately the quality is a little lower as it has been uploaded to Youtube. But there is some gold in there. Love all the banana vids and the Kevin Newton Viking one is pretty insane. Some great Wowing flying in there as well.
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Post by thevon on Nov 7, 2007 19:25:03 GMT 10
Yeah ST I sometimes have a good look at myself and think "I've really lost it, sitting staring at a speck going around in circles with lots of wind noise". I think my family and friends think I've lost it too. But at the same time I'm getting butterflies watching it. Like anything I guess when you've dabbled with it you're not just watching the vid, you're imagining doing it yourself and it's making you feel like you're there, being amazed how the shear effect accelerates the plane, aware of the huge speed so close to the ground, the increasing pitch of the whining wing as it gets faster, the flutter crossing the layer, etc. For me a lot of the catch is being so blown away by the incredible coordination that these guys have, to be able to control the thing at that speed. I'm having trouble keeping a foamie in the circuit at 60mph, not 250+. I'm like the Toad in Wind in the Willows who was captivated by the motor car ... I'm definitely captivated by the phenomenon of DS and I love the idea of such a high speed form of sloping with extreme risk and action and excitement and I like the way it takes so many things to be just right for it to happen - the site, the weather, the setup of the plane; and perfecting the "groove". It's a process that takes so much refining to harness nature's energy with (I reckon) incredible results.
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Post by jase on Nov 7, 2007 22:37:27 GMT 10
i think if you had a very big apature video camera you would be able to zoom in close on the planes.. talking from experience. it is very hard to get some of the shots i do like you see in the recent video's i posted... the more you zoom in the more sensative the camera becomes to movement and it's very easy to lose the planes from the view finder.
on another note. i think i'm getting into DS'ing to keep up with the other guys. they always go to places that are more suited to ds'ing and i'm left high and dry in that world... but not for long.
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