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Old 11-16-2004, 01:20 PM
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Default RE: Flying over neighborhoods?

My Kadet might not land in quite as tight of an area as the slow stick but it will land in some very small areas. Especially in a five mph headwind. When I drop the flaps I can take off and land in less than fifty feet on my practice runway.
In a completely urban setting the size and weight of anything is a definate consideration, but most of what I will be doing will center around rural to small town type settings. I will have three cameras total, once I get my digital this week.
There is a camera in the nose on a pan servo and one on the rear of the plane with a pan servo also.
I will be able to switch from one camera to the other as soon as my black widow beta switch comes.
In a completely urban setting, my platform of choice wouldn't be a plane at all, but a helicopter.
To each his own though and whatever works for you I say
A slow stick just couldn't handle the weight of all the gear that I will have onboard.