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Here ill open it for you 
Copied and pasted.. Hehe I have no fear.... I am a super computer sudo- hacker geek and there is no virus you silly people
Bear with the man. He had a stroke. I know how you feel 'original poster' I had an ischemic stroke 2 years ago at 22 years old  not fun . helping op out.
His letter:
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An Open Letter to Those Who Post Videos of Their A/C
I have to preface this with a disclaimer or two.
The 1st being, I don’t fly… YET. A stroke in ’04 put my whole R side outta action. I’m getting’ it back, slowly. But I know aircraft better than fairly well.
The second being, I don’t even own a video cam. I do stills; see: http://www.timepiecephoto.com and http://www.timepiecephoto2.com .
I DO however collect RC vids, ‘got about 80-odd Cd’s/DVD’s, full of RC plane vids. And a few boat vids thrown into th’ mix; they interest me, too.
Aside from equipment limitations and the resultant lack/loss of quality, which I’m sure can’t be helped, one goes with whoever has whatever and hopes for th’ best; there are things I’ve noticed thru viewing many, many hundreds of vids. I’ll run a few by you here.
It’s understood that you fuel th’ plane before you fly it! And, excuse me, but that’s a singularly BORING operation to watch. I’ve seen SO MANY that include that, and other “set-up” details as part of their “Flight Video”.
If that’s what you want in your video, it’s certainly your right to include it. But It’s not what I want to see when I click to D/L a vid of that A/C. And enough o’ that will get it dumped from inclusion in MY collection. If you feel it’s necessary, OK; just limit it to 10 sec. or so. OR do a double-speed segment of set-up/fueling, then normal-speed for th’ flying. THAT’s what we came for!
This next bit is aimed at th’ Pilots. And I’m speaking here to SCALE Pilots. If you’re flying a Cub, fly it like a Cub! Unless you’re a Hempel, they DON’T hover! And they don’t go vertical 3’ off th’ ground. If you’re flying a fighter, cool! Fly it like a fighter! But be careful of the era; all fighters didn’t make the steep climbing take-offs I see so many make in their vids. In th’ full-scale, you didn’t ,as a rule, waste that fuel. A routine “best-rate of climb” throttle setting got you to altitude quickly enough, thank-you-very-much.
And the next logical point is landings. Full-scale practice is to “put ‘er on the numbers”. ‘Especially so with military types. A: It was a point of Pride in one’s airmanship; and B: It leaves the most possible runway in which to deal w/any problems. And C: It gets you off the “active” as quickly as possible so anyone behind you w/a problem can be dealt with by the tower expeditiously. ‘A matter of courtesy.
So few RC pilots practice this. As stated, I don’t fly, yet. So I haven’t the experience to address this from that standpoint; but after all aren’t we trying to emulate the full-scale w/our RC stuff? ‘Especially when we’re “showing off” in a video?
The rest is all “maneuvers”; and if the airframe is capable, go for it. Chances are you’re not gonna hover a Jenny, but whatever blows y’r skirts up! And speakin’ of hovering, there are limits to how much of that I’ll waste time watching, too. I admire the ability, but once it’s been demonstrated, move th’ show along! I ,by far, more greatly admire a rolling circle than a hover. (with or w/o smoke!)
The rest of this li’l rant is for the guys drivin’ th’ cam, and of necessity involves th’ pilot. If your video is largely of a speck in the distance, one of you needs to make SOME kind of adjustment! And if the subject is out of the frame, I KNOW who’s t’ blame! As I said earlier, I have a fair amount of tolerance for th’ use of less than “primo” equipment; so if th’ plane goes out of focus on a close pass, I understand. I DO have a problem when it’s “at a bit of range” and won’t hold focus. You need better gear.
We can’t all be Plane Video Art, whom I admire greatly; but these are things that CAN be fixed, with th’ gear you have. And they’re what I look for in a video when I add it to my collection.
Regards, all!
RD
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