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Old 14-09-2013, 08:25 PM
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Hitchcock's The Birds
Some stills from the onboard video camera
of my RC glider today.

I knew pointing the camera backwards during nesting season
would get some interesting stuff
Edit: 1st video: uploaded but recvd utube infringement notice
about kenny leggins (sic) audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igxM4Sf4-p4

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Old 14-09-2013, 08:30 PM
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Amazing shots Steve. Did the glider survive?
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Old 14-09-2013, 08:31 PM
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Fantastic sequence Steve, that's one angry bird...
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Old 14-09-2013, 08:31 PM
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Fantastic!
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Old 14-09-2013, 08:33 PM
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That is excellent and very funny. That's one peed of Magpie.

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Old 14-09-2013, 08:41 PM
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Ack ack ack ack ack! Tally Ho!

Fabulous Steve!
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Old 14-09-2013, 08:51 PM
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Excellent shots. When does the movie come out?
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Old 14-09-2013, 09:52 PM
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Very good, you should offer those shots on the local media somewhere.

Your RC plane needs one of these
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Shot at Bodega Bay?
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Old 15-09-2013, 06:43 AM
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cool pics steve ,I know I guy who flys a hang glider around st Helena above Byron bay and he tells me one of the two wedgetails that live in the area sometimes attacks the gliders,he never sees the bird before it hits ,just arrives in a flury of screeching anger,and just to prove who really owns the skys one time it began to hook in and started tearing the fabric on his glider.
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Old 15-09-2013, 10:58 AM
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Great stuff Steve

Go Biggles
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Old 16-09-2013, 11:48 AM
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Great stuff Steve. That would be the Morphett Vale High School oval if i'm not mistaken (I used to live next to the school)
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Old 16-09-2013, 04:56 PM
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Not sure of the name of the school Richard, but we call it the
Reynella rocket proving range / thermal glider and general RC aviation
strip

A great oval, the equivalent of about 3 x typical school ovals in size.
Lots of room for error for bad pilots

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Old 16-09-2013, 05:13 PM
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yep - that sounds about right The radio transmission tower on Sheriff’s Rd is very distinctive that's for sure.
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Old 06-10-2013, 11:41 AM
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Well, Richard, see if you can identify this beach then

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Maslin Beach i do believe
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Old 07-10-2013, 02:33 PM
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Correct Richard , Moey beach just down from Maslins.
Some stills from the ground , taken by my brother...
Thanks Pete!

In some of these shots one mapgie is actually flying inverted !

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Old 21-10-2013, 05:22 PM
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Three successful launches of Solo #6 yesterday at the Cape...
ok ok , the Reynella school oval.

No birds were injured during the making of these fillums...

http://youtu.be/OaNKDeULmOc
http://youtu.be/xYChykcmdr4

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Old 26-10-2013, 06:58 AM
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Excellent captures! I'll be checking out your vids from home when I get a chance!
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