Tandem doing Funnels at Fremont?

[melsman]

Hello All,

Some buddies of mine were down at the Fremont fun fly two weekends ago and mentioned that a guy was there doing funnels and other aerobatic manuevers with his Hirobo tandem. Anyone know who that was?

Ashley

[Scrub]

His name is Roy. His RR handle is 3dwannabe. He took first place in the 30 size scale competition.

[vertolnut]

I have video if anyone is interested. Roys' machine is v 2.00 done up in a NASA scheme. Flew great! His first flight took him up to about 250 feet. I didn't see him lose concentration at any time during the flight!

[Scrub]

Can you post the vid?

[vertolnut]

I will need to figure out how to upload it. I have a Sony DVD camera in minus R format. I am pretty sure I know how to get it onto my computer. From there is unspoiled territory for me. I would like to use the least troublesome format as I have had trouble in the past with video that was to huge for a whale to use much less my computer. Give me a day or so to figure it out,ok?

[Scrub]

Cool Thanks!! I think Inside RC also taped it for broadcast on the "Outdoor Chanel" along with all of the other cool demos by Team Century.

[vertolnut]

Here it is, folks. Put your bibs on for the drool!

[Scrub]

Thanks!!!

[cantchaos]

vertolnut,

Thanks for posting that video.

The Chinook was a real handful to fly that day. The winds were just 3-5mph but it still drove the helicopter crazy. I was in the corners of the sticks most of the time trying to stay in control. It's very surprising to me that the flight still looked fairly smooth.

Roy

[JonMann]

Roy is da'man!!!

Nice job Roy. Hope this gets good coverage in RC Heli and Inside RC.

[melsman]

Hi Roy,

Can you give more details about your set-up? Headspeed?

Which engine and what fuel are you using? (Based on the smoke, I'm guessing 30% nitro)

Are you using stock blades? What about TRSV parameters? Have you changed any, and if so, which ones and to what values?

Thanks.

Ashley