Here's me with my new toy, a <a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/387142103_77f8fb5321.jpg">Begin Air</a> RC airplane.
Today I took her out for her third day of flying.
See the nick in the back of the right wing? That was from the first day. Her first flight lasted four seconds and ended with damage to the wing and tail. I had it all patched up in time to fly it yesterday, and was MUCH more successful. Flew it in more wind than was really appropriate for a total beginner, and landed successfully.
Today I went out with a buddy of mine. Winds were relatively calm, at least compared to yesterday. Here are some more pictures he took while I flew.
So, any other RC pilots on Tilted?
On yesterday's flight, I velcroed one of those CVS camcorders that I hacked to allow multiple uses onto my plane. The added weight in the nose made it fly like a rock with wings, but I did capture video from one brief flight.
Then I experimented with Windows Movie Maker, and built a fun little video out of it. The full-size one is VGA and beautiful; YouTube sort of hammered it. But you can still see what's happening, mostly.
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