Gaudious canopy
07-04-2013, 05:26 AM
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Gaudious canopy
Asking this in case someone has a spare Gaudious canopy... Lost mine in the wind yesterday and wind took it to parts unknown..
Weighing so little it was a kite... flying alone, no one to track its flight..
Sooooo IF anyone has one I'm in the market... Thanks! Charlie
Weighing so little it was a kite... flying alone, no one to track its flight..
Sooooo IF anyone has one I'm in the market... Thanks! Charlie
07-04-2013, 06:51 AM
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RE: Gaudious canopy
ORIGINAL: omsflyer
Weighing so little it was a kite...
flying alone,
no one to track its flight..
Weighing so little it was a kite...
flying alone,
no one to track its flight..
Sir, you are a Poet and didn't even Knowit!!
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I think that's almost a Haiku!!
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07-04-2013, 12:42 PM
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RE: Gaudious canopy
I had similar incident to my Passport. The canopy came off when the plane was at a height about 200f. Turned out it did not go very far. I found it after about one hour of search.
If the area is searchable, just look for it systematically. The canopy, when in light color, is quite visable.
If the area is searchable, just look for it systematically. The canopy, when in light color, is quite visable.
07-04-2013, 04:21 PM
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RE: Gaudious canopy
...an example of a multi rotor copter equipped with a live video feed. [link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=g3oGSJA-rV0]Video[/link] Seems like an effective search tool for downed RC aircraft and parts. Maybe every RC club should invest in one.
07-05-2013, 05:22 AM
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RE: Gaudious canopy
Another simple approach is to use one of the cheap key chain cameras, taped on the side of a plane pointed straight down. Fly back and forth in a straight pattern near/over the area where the canopy came off moving a little further out with each pass and simple half cuban eight turnarounds on the ends. We had the same type canopy 'problem' at our field here in Sacramento with an Integral canopy. The pilot didn't really see the canopy come off so the area where it might have come down was pretty large. We flew many passes at low speeds about 50-75 ft high. The image was good enough we spotted the canopy and because it was a controlled over flight pattern, we could figure out where the canopy was. We played the video back on a laptop, spotted what looked like the canopy and the pilot walked right to the canopy. It was much further away than we guessed and had been searching in the previous day.
No special equipment other than the cheap key chain camera and an electric pattern plane. We thought the electric pattern plane would cause less vibration and blurring than a glo powered plane.
Woodie
No special equipment other than the cheap key chain camera and an electric pattern plane. We thought the electric pattern plane would cause less vibration and blurring than a glo powered plane.
Woodie
