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Old 04-04-2008 | 06:22 AM
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Default RE: Plane For Making Movie

That was an incredible video, even though I am not a big fan of some of the video's, the ones with the loud obnoxious and inappropriate music, this one was very pleasant to watch and listen to. Thanks for posting the link.

Next question would be how he managed to do that? I had all sorts of thoughs while watching it, but the shots from the front, looking rearward made me curious because the view from the rear did not show a camera up front but the shots from the front looking rearward clearly showed a camera over the 'bear's' left shoulder. Pretty neat stuff.

Now, someone will say that it was all 'dubbed' in or whatever you call it.. but it looked fairly real to me!!

But, to get back to the topic of this thread, this obviously was being flown by an experienced pilot. I liked the tilt capabilities of the front-looking camera, however, try to focus on a moving object on the ground (mountain bikes) and zoom in on them so you can really see them, then try to keep the camera/aircraft movement coordinated with that of the mountain bike riders.. so that they stay in the view of the camera lens.. you have one major obstacle to cover. Not impossible, but difficult at best for an experienced pilot. And the weight issue, drag, power consumption, and so on, would not be something I think you would want to attempt with electrical power.

CGr.