Posted by Melbourne Remote Aerial Photography Video on December 25, 2003 at 23:40:51:
In Reply to: Re: More RPV fun posted by MM on December 20, 2003 at 08:55:43:
: I see the wind is very stong in the video. You must be a good pilot to keep the heli in the air so well. Thanks for posting the link to your video.
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Hi Mike
There are plenty who fly better Im sure.
I never avoided the wind when learning to fly and it helps when the conditions are blowy.
I can fly fairly well in the case of slow flight, high hover and orientation for the purpose of photo or video for(I can put it where I want it and hold it there)
Ive never flown inverted or done rolls or loops and piro flips like sporting fliers do.
The windy vid is to provide some indication of how a Micro UAV might fly in a strong wind.
As you can see, not too well down at the prom.
Wilsons prom is about as windy as you get but then its a great place to take pictures.
Here is some more video thats not so windy and a bit more to look at in it.
http://www.birdcagesoft.com/heli/RPVvideo.wmv