RC Aeroplane - Aerial photography - Piper Cub - Harlow, UK

[2011finley]

@3:06 i felt sick lol good flying tho

[HedgehogHappieness]

LOVE IT

[pilot74sparki]

@HedgehogHappieness Thanks, was great fun whilst it lasted - unfortunately plane was retired - and component parts sold off :0(

Still have 400D but even that doesn't get any use, because I also own a 5d to do commissioned photography.

[Mushkill666]

you need to let the engine warmup longer than you did. im not trying to sound like an asshole but im just giving tips great vid

[dcidrumfi]

wow i didn't rc planes went that high

[lilm2k8]

0:45 You Can See My School Running Track :D

[x5pilot]

Nice video!

I live on The Chase which is the main street where you were flying over.

If you ever fancy a trip in a real Piper, I fly the real thing up in North Weald. Happy to take you up for a trip.

What kind of camera were you using on the model plane?

[pilot74sparki]

Hi x5pilot

Thanks for the comment, Where about on the chase do you live? I know the development well - I am a photographer by trade and have done a few full size aerial photo ops from heli's to probably my favourite so far a Yak 52 which the guy let me fly for a little while (incl. a loop) very cool! what Piper do you fly out of North Weald? May take you up on that offer of a flight, its very kind. (camera for video was a fuji fine pix 5600, stills taken using a Canon EOS 400D)

[Donovancs1]

oh my, That is the exact area I was looking for homes at, I can tell at 00:36,Yes i do live in America and i do want to move out of the country!

[hornetdiver]

nice work

[DavidSunshine867]

Nice video!! Very nice setup.

We just set up a small foam piper cub with a digicam and took pictures/videos.

Great to see someone's done a high quality version of it, thanks for showing us!

[mtbfreestyle]

what plane are you using

[pilot74sparki]

It is a 'top gun' 80" span piper cub - converted to Brushless power - details in 'About this video'

[ricoleemiller]

where in harlow is that

[pilot74sparki]

It is the Newhall development over near old town Harlow.

[RalleTaildragger]

Which remote control do you use for the piper and is it also used to activate the cameras? Which frequency is used for the wireless camera? I have much noise in my videos (1.2 GHz wireless camera) and less range of approx. 250 metres.

[pilot74sparki]

Hi, I use a sanwa rd6000 6ch tx, the gear switch operates the shutter on the digital camera. The wireless camera is 2.4Ghz (pro X2) 380line camera and is just runs on untill I land and unplug it from the 4cell AAA pack.

This video is not recorded via the wireless camera, I replace the 400D with a cheap finepix s5600 to capture video.

[mudfan1010]

how was the camera attached to the plane?

[pilot74sparki]

The camera is mounted inside the fuselage useing a custom built mounting jig. - everything was built to carry the camera so all radio gear had been moved to accomodate the kit.

[tribalwarz619]

cool video. what camera did u use? a normal one taped to the plane (lol) or a proper one.

[pilot74sparki]

hi tribalwarz619 all info on cameras used is in the 'About This Video' section of this clip.

[tribalwarz619]

oh ok thankyou.

[vega2614]

Nice video. Very cool flying site and your plane is insanely powerful. I fly small parkflyers and am amazed by the power system specs for your plane (1000 watts!? and take-off in like 2m). My only suggestion is to try out a front-facing camera angle. The side was cool, but it's nice to see where you're going. The two trees landing approach would look neater too. I also like your other vids. Keep on posting!

[vinbeara]

That was really cool, well done.

[pilot74sparki]

Hi Guys, would appreciate any comments or questions you may have.