reg shaw Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Hi Chris, yes, the models were all flown conventionally and the cameraman was stood with the pilots relaying what he could see and where he wanted certain models to go etc. It was ace fun and something we'll be doing again for sure. Ian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boz Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Great footage, and fantastic aircraft if only my build turns out 1/4 as good. Boz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Richardson Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Loved it, I was born and raised very very close to that airfield and it brings back a lot of memories from my teens and early adulthood, great flying very well done hope we see more this side of the pond.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanN Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 That really is superb air to air filming. Don't recall ever having seen better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Absolutely superb. Well worth repeating! CB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Superb, the 'pilot's eye view' is so realistic, very absorbing to watch. Its like the pilot is glancing all around for bandits and having to look through gaps in the airframe structure to follow them... brilliant. I'd be interested to know, for the formation shots, how is the camera used in flight, does the camera-aimer call to the pilot or does the pilot actually fly FPV? Cheers Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceejay Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 Hi Phil Well long time since I watched this vid meself, the pilot eye footage is courtesy of Alan (pup cam) Bithery,s excellent Pilot Cam, which is basically an FPV system that is mounted into the pilots seat and can be fitted to most any of our models, the model is flown conventionally and the "pilot" controlled via a second TX using FPV to see whats going on, so we could actually give you a "flight" in a WW1 plane I suppose hmmmm!!! chris ps for the quick of eye you will spot at about 5mins a small flying wing lower left, this was another FPV camera equipped model used on the day for aerial shots by the camera crew. Edited By ceejay on 21/09/2015 08:45:27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudflap Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Here is our test vid, you can see a little more of hoe it's fitted here. https://youtu.be/JRKFYbpBGC8 Muds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudflap Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Here is our test vid, you can see a little more of how it's fitted here. https://youtu.be/JRKFYbpBGC8 Muds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudflap Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 We have also hooked it up to goggles and a head tracker, which was fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Wolf Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Absolutely brilliant, the choice of music was spot on. It gave the flight an emotional feel, you get a feeling for what it must have felt to fly in that period. What a fitting tribute to the men that flew in WW1. SW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perttime Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Posted by Phil Green on 20/09/2015 22:58:19: ... does the pilot actually fly FPV? Cheers Phil I was thinking that FPV could be helpful for formation flying ... or make things more complicated than you really want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceejay Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share Posted September 23, 2015 Having never flown FPV I don't really know, I imagine it would be quite intense as you would need to be constantly looking all around you, much like full size I know, but in amongst a group of models hmmm , I will leave that to someone braver than I, you would need a first rate spotter with you, Hi! John!!! chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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