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This months video share is brought to you by Stefan Langer’s YouTube channel For more sail plane content make sure to check it out.
Very impressive video of sail planes flying over the mountains of Bosnia and Herzegovina with Aeroklub Livno hosing the event. It’s amazing to see how long these machines can stay in the air with no motor.
In high school I got the opportunity to take some glider lessons in a Schweizer SGS 2-33 in Boulder Colorado. I would recommend getting a few training flights in gliders if your working on your private pilots license & up. It’s a valuable experience to see what an aircraft is like with no engine adding massive competence to powered aircraft engine out procedures. If your in the Boulder area the current company doing glider training is called Mile High Gliding.
It’s an excellent example of how drones can be used for good and how to help with Reforestation efforts.
This video is a partnership with #Teamtrees (a not for profit fund raiser) with the goal of planting 20 Million trees by 1/1/2020 only 2 months away. Beyond drones Team Trees is using multiple methods to achieve the goal.
GoPro has finally unleashed its most advanced HERO model to date: the HERO7.
Brand new suite of features, and the same cutting-edge waterproof build, this latest addition to the brand’s popular line of action cameras is designed to bring your photography and videography to the next level.
New to the HERO7 is the portrait shooting orientation.
Film Ultra HD 4K videos at up to 60fps with the built-in HyperSmooth Video Stabilization for smoother, professional-quality footage without the need for a gimbal stabilizer.
Record in 2.7K at up to 120 frames per second and in Full HD 1080p at up to 240 frames per second for truly breathtaking, super slow-motion videos.
Camera also captures vivid and detailed 12MP still images, with a burst photo mode at up to 30 frames per second.
A very informative video from Steve Thorne @ Flight Chops YouTube channel on key differences between Airliner (commercial) flight practices vs. General Aviation.
A key take away is Airline pilots focus on the MINIMUM maneuvering speed that also gives them coverage for 30º banked turns. According to the instructor / FAA this is typically 40% above the stall speed.
General Aviation Pilots usually associated maneuvering speed as a MAXIMUM to avoid structural issues in gusty conditions.
Lots of other good in sights in the video as well.
Check out the Flight Chops YouTube channel for more great Aviation content:
Developed over 3 years the state of the art, economical 2 seater flying wing (Nurflügelflugzeuge).
The company is looking into many kinds of propulsion & markets with this versatile design.
The original work of the Horton Brothers & Jack Northrop Had a huge influence on the Radio control aircraft I designed, built and flue in High School & College. Here are some of these aircraft:
Even with a good amount of attention to detail and craftsmen ship mistakes can happen during a build. This video points some of them out on a CH750 Cruzer build. Hopefully watching this you can avoid some of them.
Interesting to see Flight and Car Cam videos from my home state of Colorado. I don’t think I’ve ever been to Creede CO, its a 3+ hour drive west of Pueblo.