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FPV Flight over flooded Big Bend, LA

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Uploaded by on May 17, 2011

I wanted to get a flight over the flooded fields in Big Bend before the water starts to fall. Thankfully the weather was pretty good today! It was a little windy and I didn't get a really smooth video, but it'll do... ;) I'll have to patch up the landing gear and see about getting a replacement lens for my GoPro and try again if I can! I should probably think about re-building my pan/tilt mount to incorporate the waterproof housing rather than just the bare camera being exposed!

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  • I love these videos of big bend. You probably know my grandparents Beth and Hank gaspard. They live probably a mile or two down the road if I can see the map correctly.

  • @randygaspard Yeah, I think you know my niece Heidi, I live right next to them.

  • Liked! What for plane and stabilizer you use ? Thank You.

  • @bessybessy The plane is based on an extended Slow Stick fuselage (stock length plus one extra short section) with a Slow Stick tail, and a wing of a Chinese clone of an Easy Glider. Landing gear is one I made, just a regular flat aluminum dural gear. There's no stabilizer. It's usually smoother than this though, it's was a little windy for this flight. On a calm day it's dead smooth.

  • You can def see the ditch you were following in the earlier video..

  • @W4UAV Yeah it's so clear from the air, but you can't really see it down there from the boat... lol Maybe we need air support next time we go out in the boat to guide us! haha

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  • Yeah, I go to school with Heidi. Great videos.

  • @bonafidepirate: Thank You for explaining. That is a good example how to with a simple plane make very good FPV movies , cheers!

  • @bonafidepirate There ya go.. lol!

  • I know what you mean about the exposed GoPro, mine was exposed on my Skywalker, too. Im going to use the housing with a hole cut into it for the AV cable from now on.

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