Camera Testing #2
| I decided today to go for some altitude now
that I have the FMA Co-Pilot auto leveler unit working. I programmed the
GPS at home to orbit the field and just increased elevator to gain
altitude. Ended up just flying manually since I could still see the
airplane.
The airplane ended up getting up to an altitude of 1023 meters above sea level. The Stoneflyers R/C club is at approximately 187 meters above sea level making my altitude at the time 836 meters or 2743 feet Above Ground Level. I have captured a couple pictures and have placed them below. I have also posted a video from my immediate spin back down to earth. My video editor cut the video off for size, it was originally twice as long. The bars are interference from the power inverter used to power the TV/VCR combo at the receiving station. In the great abyss that is my shop/garage I have "misplaced" my good inverter that gives a very clean power signal. The original video is of much higher quality then these videos show. Click on the pictures for an enlarged image. These are captured from the video on the way back down. The left photo is from 2400 feet and pretty much straight down. The model airplane club is on the left, the Embarras (not misspelled) River is in the middle, and the Charleston Side Channel Reservoir (Lake Charleston) is on the left. It makes for a very picturesque but deadly flying sight, sometimes airplanes float when they hit the water...sometimes they don't. My final tests will be conducted at another sight with fewer large bodies of water next to it. |
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| 4.5 Meg video of spin down from 2700 feet to
approximately 1500 feet. Unless you have a high speed connection I suggest
right clicking on the video and choosing "save target as". This
will save file on your computer and playback will be much smoother.
images/gps airplane/videos/spindown.wmv In editing the above video the media editor cut a bunch of video off the end. This video is about the same size as the above video but twice as long with no intro at the beginning. The quality is not quite as high but still quite a ride down. |
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