osxpro

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RCU'ers, Here's a photo flood of Thurs May 15 2008... Enjoy!
Fridays photos will be published by 10:00 pm EDT Friday evening.

http://www.riversiderc.com/page18/page124/page124.html

SDCrashmaster

Thanks for posting these Nall photos for us who can't be there.

osxpro

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You bet guys! I got to speak with Bob violet today and watch him fly his new electajets... I was VERY impressed!

uncljoe

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Thank you for posting, hope the weather remains rain free . be safe
Semper Fi
Joe

AndyAndrews

Thanks for posting! Those are some really nice photos. Thanks again.
Andy

Synthetic

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The X-15 or whatever the drone looking plane is...There is a picture of it flying with a big flame coming out the tail.

What is the "flame" caused from?

grbaker

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The X-1 is rocket powered (as the full scale version was).

Synthetic

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Gary,
The X-1 is radio controlled? I'm not sure you know or not but I would think it would be since it landed close to where they were piloting. If that is the case is this a "legal" thing to do as per AMA rules?

I didn't think we were supposed to "launch" as in "rocket launch" off of our planes. I am right or crazy for thinking that? Heheheh..
Don

grbaker

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Rocket powered RC aircraft are legal, I think. His normal routine is to release the X-1 at altitude and the X-1 driver does a nice routine gliding the X-1 down. Just before touchdown, the rocket motor is ignited and the X-1 climbs back up to altitude to do it all over gain. I've never seen it in person but saw a video a few years back and it's quite a show.

Launching a "scale" Aim-9 from model would be illegal in the eyes of the AMA.

Joe McBride

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Hey Syn, the below link will help you brush up on this little tidbit of aviation history...you know about breaking the sound barrier and all!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_X-1

Synthetic

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Thanks Joe. Check out the XLR-11 rocket pictured on that site. Man! How would like that thing sitting right behind you! [X(]
Don

osxpro

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Be sure to look at our site again tonight. I'm posting todays pics this evening.

I have lot's of pics of B Violettes F100 piloted by "The Man" himself



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osxpro

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Photos Posted!

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uncljoe

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Good job !
Semper Fi
Joe

Joe McBride

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Awesome pics and thanks for posting Osx. If you're using program mode or apeture priority you might try doing a +1/2 or 2/3 compensation to help brighten them up when you have such a bright (cloudy) sky. The bright sky is throwing off the camera meter and making the photos darker than optimal.

Otherwise spectacular coverage of the event. This one is a real winner...great composition and capturing of the moment!

osxpro

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I was shooting pics so fast at the event it was near impossible to go through all my settings. Most of the pics were taken during the lunch time shows so time was SHORT!
I'm going to go through the best ones and modify them in Apeture.

To say the day was incredible is an understatement. Bob Hodges B-29 NEVER gets old either! If you've never seen it fly in person, you can never understand how spectacular it is!

cp0006

Does anyone know what the flying wings were (make/model/setup) that flew about 1:30 PM on Friday? I was too far from the Gazebo to hear.

Thanks!

osxpro

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I can't remember the name of those darned thing but OMG were they fast! 180-200mph for a friggin electric wing... DANG!!! There was two times when the pilot nearly bit it 1' off the ground running about 80-90mph. GEEZ!

GaGeeBees

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You're right about the B-29/Bell X-1 routine. I've seen it many times and it does not get old. Did you happen to see his show on Saturday when his starboard wing came loose? Watching that huge wing panel flutter was scary but the pilot was cool as ever and brought the plane in safely. He fixed the problem and went back up later and finished his demo. For the record, the name is Mac Hodges and he's one of the greats in the hobby.

PerFlight

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Yeh those were realy kool fast flying wings. They are called Rite Wings and can be found at http://www.ritewingsrc.com

cp0006

Just what I was looking for...thanks!

Wolvreen

It was a great show this year! The B-29/V1 was awesome in person, and the Fighter Jets at the end of the Demo flying together were awesome. I don't know if many of you got to see Yuri fly on Friday night, but he had an awesome setup for seeing his plane at night. I'm guessing next year a lot of the night fliers will copy his wing tip LED's. I've posted some pics. (none of the night flying unfortunately) Please enjoy. They have not been edited yet, and some are dark, but some are pretty good too. I will re-post them after I edit them. Enjoy.

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ckeene9

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Definently lots of cool stuff there at Nall. I was up there with the BVM crew. Love the variety of planes up there, foam, 3D, Jets, Warbirds, Civilian Scale, etc.


Christopher