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Old 04-27-2010 | 06:38 AM
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Tango Juliet
 
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Thank you for the compliments. I'm hoping to do better with the candid shots this year. The few images of yours that I could see really inspired me.

For my Aerial shots I'm using an 80" WS electric foamie called the "Super Solution" designed by Mike Evans ("Power" on RCGroups.com), and I have my older Canon Rebel XTi (350D) with the 18-55 EF lens on it. I did have a "Hawkeye" designed by Joel Scholtz with a Canon A640 on it, but lost it in high winds. The "Super Solution" has a little more control (elevator) than the "Hawkeye", can carry more weight (I'll eventually have video downlink to help compose shots - I'm shooting blind now [&o]), and is a dream to fly. The only advantage the "Hawkeye" had over the "Super Solution" is that I could adjust the camera angle from more oblique to more horizontal while in flight. The Mobile, AL, skyline shots were done with the "Hawkeye" back in December.

The second image is my camera plane. The camera would sit where the "fuel" tank is rubber banded on. It was just there in place of the camera for the initial test flights (with lead shot to match the weight of the camera).
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