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Cyclon .061 powered Stunter
john e. holliday:
After watching this video it took a minute or two to turn loose of the arms of my chair. What are you using to do the video? H^^
Chuck Matheny:
--- Quote from: john e. holliday on October 19, 2020, 11:15:04 AM ---After watching this video it took a minute or two to turn loose of the arms of my chair. What are you using to do the video? H^^
--- End quote ---
Hiya John..!
I clocked the model at 90 mph based on 8 laps equaling almost a 1/2 mile. 19.7 seconds to do 8 laps..... n~
The camera is a Canon VIXIA HFR300 mounted atop a Schwinn Bike Helmet
I used a piece of 3/4" x 1/2" maple to give the camera a flat surface to mount to and on the helmet side of the maple I cut a curve that matches the contour of the helmet.
It's a pretty comfortable set up.
I like this camera compared with others I've seen because there isn't any fish eye distortion in the peripheral view.
Dave Hull:
Still chuckling after watching that flight....
Sorta like F2C in the woods...? Except solo?
As far as going backwards, I figure if Ferris Bueller can undo mileage on a Ferrari that way, why can't a control line guy turn back his clock--if he doesn't have a heart attack first?
Speaking of cars, I saw something today I had a little trouble believing. I had a leak in my kitchen plumbing and the local hardware store was closed. So off to Home Depot. Parked in the Depot lot was a Lamborghini in racing colors, sponsor stickers and numbers. (A lot like the one in the picture I found, except this one had a T-top.) It barely came up to my waist, but you could fit small children into the aft cooling ducts. It looked lethal. But I gotta ask you, if a guy can afford a Lambo, why the heck is he in Home Depot buying home repair junk?
The Divot
Chuck Matheny:
They are certainly awesome...but you would need to have an intimate knowledge of all the pot holes, speed bumps, lumpy driveways, etc...or else put up with repairing the underside of the car all the time. Which is probably why that guy was at Home Depot...to get duct tape and gorilla glue.
One of the fanciest race cars I ever saw on the street was a Chaparral. I followed the driver until he parked it so I could get a closer look. The ones I saw on TV in competition had fuel injected Big Block Chevys, but the one I saw that day in person had a Porsche engine.
Dan McEntee:
Hi Dave;
Looks like that Lambo wants to be a Ford GT-40 when it grows up!
Hi Chuck; Was it a real Chaparral or was it a kit car of some sort? Some of those kit cars a pretty authentic looking. Not the same with out the big block and those velocity stacks!!
I like the looks of the model. Looks like it grooves well in the video, just way too fast!! If you ever make plans available, please let us know!
Type at you later,
Dan McEntee
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