Steve Houghton 1 Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Hi all. I thought you may be interested in watching this short film made by Kate Owen and others from Newport University which features members and their planes from the Gaer Park model flying club in Newport, S. Wales. It's 9.35 mins long so sit back and enjoy. http://vimeo.com/12104714 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eck Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Lovely - a very sympathetic and "human" view of the hobby/obsession! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil May Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Did I enjoy my flight - oh yes!! Now every one knows what Big Phil looks like. B.P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Disappointing Phil, I had you pictured as a tall Tom Cruise Seriously though - a very very nice video- thanx for sharing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi g Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Great video guys. Glad you enjoyed the fly big phil. if you thought that was great and if you ever get the chance ,try a ride in a glider. highly recomended guys. OH and gliders dont have rear tanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 What an excellent video. A "sensible" treatment of model flying and a nice little story in it too. Thanks for posting the link! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.A. Barry Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Phil,yes I know the feeling, 2 weeks ago I flew with a mate who has just bought a 90% spitfire, great video, and well presented A.A.Barry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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James40 Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 What a lovely short film, thanks for posting it up Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter 'Ivanna Crashalot' Savage Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Ah so that was a Jodel DR1051 I was getting worried I hadn't noticed it had an all moving tail plane on the scale 1050 I was designing XD That's one awesome video! now we just need to distribute it and get more people onto the hobby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Ireland Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Nice Video but I'm going to be a bit picky! We watched the Jodel pilot go through his checks but he taxied out with the altimeter 250' off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Well if we're going to get picky - when the Jodel lands the pilot and passenger positions are reversed as is the aircraft registration - editing a bit suspect! Still a nice video for all that. - Doug started it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James40 Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Doug, your being over picky, how do you know what the pressure of the day is and how do you know he hadn't spoken to air traffic to get the correct pressure ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 I noticed that. Clearly done deliberately (it's hardly the sort of thing you do by accident!) to keep continuity of direction of travel between shots. Just as you always have the cameras following (for instance) a football match on the same side of the pitch - and if there's one on the other side it usually has a "reverse angle" caption on the screen to explain the sudden continuity jump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gilder Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 As an ex Assistant Air Trafficer!! ahem!! I wish to put forward the fact that the pilot may have been flying off the QNH (pressure height above mean sea level) and not the QFE (airframe height above field elevation). Only the later would give a zero reading whilst on the ground at the field. If the elevation of the field is 250' above mean sea level in real life then that would correspond to the altimeter showing +250'. The only time an altimiter set at QFE would show zero would be when it is at mean sea level! Also it may be that all this is incorrect in relation to this flight and the pilot actually zeroed his altimeter just prior to line up on the strip, so it would be accurate to the time and location! Finally, He may have been using the QFE from another local airport and his strip is 250' above the runway there!! All these could answer what Doug had noticed! I hope that has confused you all sufficiently!!! 10/10 for your observations Doug!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Excellent Steve - Really enjoyed that. Watched it a few times now. Can't be bothered to be picky !! Thanks BB Though I recorgnised the shed Phil Edited By Basildon Biggles on 27/06/2010 17:21:20Edited By David Ashby - RCME Administrator on 28/06/2010 06:23:50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil May Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Hi guy's . After Angus had taxied to the strip, I thought he reset his altimeter prior to take off, also, to be honest , these guys making the film are only students and to make a small editing mistake with the mirror image is quite insignificant in my opinion. Any way I had a cracking day. Edited By Big Phil on 27/06/2010 17:40:58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Houghton 1 Posted June 27, 2010 Author Share Posted June 27, 2010 Well I don't know why people have to get so picky, why can't they just enjoy it for what it is, after all, these are uni students doing this towards their degrees. Just sit back and enjoy it and don't go through it frame by frame to try and find something wrong. Sheesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myron Beaumont Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Exactly With good visibility-who needs an altimeter setting anyway .As an ex-hang glider pilot I never had any aids apart from my eyes .It's called FUN (and for that matter-no H&S experts around on the Cornish coast telling me what I can or cannot do ). Well done - I really enjoyed the video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Great film.....thanks for the link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter 'Ivanna Crashalot' Savage Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Oh don't get me started on H&S legislation, Bad enough it's enforced, but you can't easily just get a simple list of them all, increasing my workload tenfold!!!! I could make a better video than that!!!! jk :P Was the flight in the plane free just to get a good story for the video? I don't know why but I love looking at other people's models, a gateway into different participants in the hobby :D I like the look of all those scratch builds! And I like the idea of 'you build 'em I fly 'em' ! Because I have not yet got my adult patience!Edited By Peter 'Ivanna Crashalot' Savage on 27/06/2010 19:55:02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Ireland Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Posted by James40 on 27/06/2010 15:53:33:Doug, your being over picky, how do you know what the pressure of the day is and how do you know he hadn't spoken to air traffic to get the correct pressure ? Can't remember the last time I did a take-off with QNH set rather than QFE. call me old fashioned if you will! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemma Jane Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 It's standard practice at our field to set QNH on the ground for local flights and departures as we have Stansted CTR restricting ops to 1500ft over one part of the ATZ and Stansted CTA at 2000ft over the other part and nobody wants to be fiddling with the altimeter settings on the climb out to the overhead. We only set QFE for circuits and on rejoin Perhaps he has controlled airspace over the field like we do so needed to set the QNH for the climb out to know he is in the clear during a departure? Of course it can cause fun, especially when one forgets one is on the QNH after aborting a departure to return to the circuit, all the students look too high in the circuit and all the houses look too big... yes I've done it and I wasn't the first. Edited By Gemma Jane on 27/06/2010 23:20:46 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Ireland Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Ah ok, I see what you mean Gemma. In those instances I normally set the other altimeter to QNH and leave my one to QFE; taking a note of the subscale setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Great film and a superb advertisement for the hobby . Its always a little bit nerve-wracking when people ask to make this sort of film - will they focus on negative aspects, will they depict us as obsessed "weirdo's"? But no, I think they did a great job of looking inside our hobby and trying answer the question "What is these guys get out of this?" As someone has remarked a very human and social view of modelling - emphasising the creativity and the friendship aspects. Good stuff! BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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