Kelly Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Sorry to read about your 109.I am very gald that it has not put you off.It may be worth another go at finding it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevan Wilson Posted July 14, 2008 Author Share Posted July 14, 2008 i think i will have to get a Flycamone and have a go, if i took a pc with me can you view it as you fly or does it store all the data on a memory stick??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 storage only - SD card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 yOu're thinking of an FPV 2.4ghx data link Stevan - gives real-time footage to goggles or a screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevan Wilson Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 I have today managed to get my hands on a Flycam and I am going out tonight to do the shots that may give me success, my fingers are crossed and I look like the National Lottery emblem at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Best of luck stevan...remeber if you find it, the Lipo may well be goosed so be careful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Yes best of luck Stevan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevan Wilson Posted July 16, 2008 Author Share Posted July 16, 2008 The first flight in the first field was a no result, we are moving up to the next field tonight, I cannot judge how far it actually went so it may take a few nights but at least I have managed to cover the whole of the area I thought it was in, I may post my flight tonight on this blog and see if anybody out there has an eagle eye. It was a bit windy last night so the into wind shots were fine, even at low throttle when the Trojan turned into the wind it went a little to quick so I had to keep turning and turning to cover the area. The Flightcam is an awesome piece of kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 We are keeping our fingers crossed for you Stevan - just hope that someone else didnt spot it first - is it flycam1 or version 2 you are using ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugbear Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Just read through this post and feel absolutely gutted for you Stevan.Good luck with your search.One thought, if its likely to be in a field of crops would be to ask the local farmer/s to ask the combine driver to keep a lookout. Those guys sit pretty high up and may just spot it.Just a thought.Gary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevan Wilson Posted July 17, 2008 Author Share Posted July 17, 2008 Well it has gone from bad to disastrous, I was out flying the Trojan last night with the Flycam one2 and was happily trawling up and down the field with my best mate and Father in Law with me and I lost sight of the Trojan behind some trees and guess what, it crashed!!!!!!!. No problem I thought I knew exactly where it had come down (or so I thought), this was at 7.30pm. You were all right about how much further they come down than you actually think at 9.30 we still hadn't found the Trojan and by this time I was seriously p'd off. I decided to try a little further out and turned on my T/X and heard a beeping noise of the ESC and shouted to my Father In Law and mate to come over but they couldn't hear it, we all moved forward and kept stopping and I was using the T/x to control the servos. We heard a faint noise and thank god we found it with the Flycam still attached but a little bit of damage to the plane. On viewing the footage I still cannot see the BF-109 but having seen how much further on the Trojan was than we thought I have decided to rebuild the damaged parts of my Trojan and try again, I am going to try and upload the video, if any of you see anything let me know. I am still nuts about this sport but it has now become very very expensive. I have learnt a very expensive lesson regarding this sport with Flight conditions, COG, flying space etc, I suppose you never really stop learning!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevan Wilson Posted July 17, 2008 Author Share Posted July 17, 2008 Could somebody please tell me how I set a link to Youtube to play a video as I have been trying for ages with no result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Copy the URL for your youtube page.Click on the "Insert a link" icon on the tool bar( to the right of the smiley icon)paste URL into LINK URL box. Add a TITLE in the title box.close the box .Kelvin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevan Wilson Posted July 17, 2008 Author Share Posted July 17, 2008 Search for the missing 109 with bad endingi would like everyone to know it was very windy while I was filming!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevan Wilson Posted July 20, 2008 Author Share Posted July 20, 2008 The search has now officially been called off, i have put ti down to experience and will not make the smae mistakes again. I will now have to gave up for new equipment as I cannot get the Capital expenditure signed off by the wife!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevan Wilson Posted August 2, 2008 Author Share Posted August 2, 2008 well the field i think it is in has now been cut and the BF-109 is probably in 1000's of pieces inside a combine harvester or sitting on a farmers mantlepiece as a WAR RELIC, bring on my new project, possibly next year!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 At least you are still flying something Stevan,and you got the 109 in the air (more than I have been able to do).Have you had a word with the farmer, he may well of found it ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevan Wilson Posted August 16, 2008 Author Share Posted August 16, 2008 The fields have now been cut and ploughed and no ME 109, parts of it are probably in a loaf of bread somewhere being eaten with cheese and onion!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Oh no , Lipo in my Hovis . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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