B/G video Neat stuff!
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After I get my dial-up internet service upgraded to DSL next week, I'll be able to watch this and other online videos again, on my new Windows 7-running Acer computer (YouTube doesn't support my very old computers' Windows XP anymore, and they can no longer be upgraded). Thank you for posting the link! |
Camera Gliders
Your mention of camera carrying BGs brings to mind the few I did back when that 'gum cam' craze started, on this very Forum, no less!
One model was a largish Readiboard based parasite glider, sort of like a Manta, mounted upon a finless carrier rocket tube. That shot OK video, especially for the time, but still had too much 'vomit vision' to it. Other versions were like BT-60 and 70ish Skydart types, but again, the low resolutions available in '08 were not conducive to good vids. Considering 'getting back on the saddle', as it were, with something much more modern. Would have to be pretty cheap, though, as mid and HPR gliders, well, tend to not live long and prosper :eek: |
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For small-field flying or breezy-day flying, a delta-winged (possibly with canards up front) glider such as the Centuri Mini-Dactyl has good stability *and* wind penetration; an upscaled B/G of this type should take stable videos even in windy conditions. (For *deliberately* taking "jiggle-cam" videos just for laughs, short and under-damped lifting body boost-gliders such as the Centuri X-24 "Bug" and the Quest HL-20 [or upscaled versions of them] would make interesting camera carriers, although they do glide stably after they "settle down" following ejection of the motor.) |
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