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Dave,

Thanks for the advice but actually it is a moot point. The big gasser is out due to vibration and that dirty oily stuff that comes out the bottom of the plane. The major investment in the 10s Lipo batteries and 160 brushless outrunner will keep us on the "E" side of the world for quite some time. With no exhaust to deal with the camera mount is on the belly and closer to the CG. All that is left in the gasser's future is to tear up the sky on that overgrown stik.

Actually, aided by some imagination enhancing alcohol we have come up with a new use for our heavy lifter. It doesn't have anything to do with aerial photography but it is a bit humorous and the plane did start its career in AP. We are thinking that for our pilot friends who want their ashes scattered over their favorite airfield we should build an "Aerial Burial Hearse". That would be to manufacture a servo opened container fastened to the belly of the GBS that could carry and disperse ashes. We probably would not get any customers but it might be lots of fun to perform repeated tests with 5lb bags of flour. We could re-cover the stik in white with black hearse markings. What do you think?

Bill