3D Night Flying (with no lights)
12-07-2003 | 08:47 PM
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From: The Woodlands,
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RE: 3D Night Flying (with no lights)
Ahhh, low light. Keep it close rule goes in full effect.
At Joe Nall this past year, I flew my Flip with a guy standing next to me with a Q-Beam. That was interesting.
At Joe Nall this past year, I flew my Flip with a guy standing next to me with a Q-Beam. That was interesting.
12-09-2003 | 05:51 PM
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From: New Plymouth, NEW ZEALAND
RE: 3D Night Flying (with no lights)
Yes, I must say I have tried flying my IFO at night without lights before. I got in a couple of laps before I hit the ground (or something solid). I wasn't too concerned about crashing though as these IFO's can take a beating.
Well that was the first and last time I will do that.
Enjoy...
Stefan
Well that was the first and last time I will do that.
Enjoy...
Stefan
12-09-2003 | 07:41 PM
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RE: 3D Night Flying (with no lights)
If there wasnt a chance of a crash then it would be no fun. I crash a lot but thats simply b/c I push myself a little far from time to time.
12-10-2003 | 08:05 AM
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From: Curitiba, PR, BRAZIL
RE: 3D Night Flying (with no lights)
ORIGINAL: southern_touch9
Here is a picture taken of me hovering LATE in the afternoon. Dont ask me how I landed it but I did.
Here is a picture taken of me hovering LATE in the afternoon. Dont ask me how I landed it but I did.
BTW, that's what I call flying ON THE EDGE.
12-10-2003 | 09:07 AM
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RE: 3D Night Flying (with no lights)
Eagle one your right...I would never break rule #9 [:-] . Unless of course my life depended on it, or someone I knows life depended on it, or nobody else was around, or to show off, or on days that end in Y .
12-19-2003 | 12:42 AM
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From: Fremont, CA
RE: 3D Night Flying (with no lights)
Last week I 3D'd my T-3D 2 at the local park in complete blackness with my dad at the spotlight and a bunch of friends watching. Nervewracking, but I did violate rule #9 quite a few times! Most of the violations were tail touching, grabbing the airplane out of a hover, and the wing touching the ground when the spotlight would wander. Loads of fun! Does rule#9 even apply to electrics?
3D-kid330
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Most of the violations were tail touching, grabbing the airplane out of a hover, and the wing touching the ground when the spotlight would wander. Loads of fun! Does rule#9 even apply to electrics?3D-kid330
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12-19-2003 | 10:51 AM
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RE: 3D Night Flying (with no lights)
Rule #9 doesnt apply as far as I am concerned . If you are not at a meet and nobody at your field cares then I say go for it. Plus its not illegal until 12/31/03. I would watch how I tell people about grabbing your airplane out of the air. I said that once and boy did I get a lecture from a lot of people telling me that it created a "bad name" for 3D. I guess thats a lot like the same lecture saying that a true display of 3D talent is hovering at 75" high , 200" away. 
Sure....whatever you say oldtimer.
Just as a disclaimer, I do fly at an outlaw field. We dont follow those stinkin rules!! Just use a little common sense and if you hurt yourself then its your own @$$. Everybody else knows better than to walk around aimlessly when someone is doing extreme stuff.
. If you are not at a meet and nobody at your field cares then I say go for it. Plus its not illegal until 12/31/03. I would watch how I tell people about grabbing your airplane out of the air. I said that once and boy did I get a lecture from a lot of people telling me that it created a "bad name" for 3D. I guess thats a lot like the same lecture saying that a true display of 3D talent is hovering at 75" high , 200" away. Sure....whatever you say oldtimer.Just as a disclaimer, I do fly at an outlaw field. We dont follow those stinkin rules!! Just use a little common sense and if you hurt yourself then its your own @$$. Everybody else knows better than to walk around aimlessly when someone is doing extreme stuff.
