Chasing cars, Looking for Russians, flying through tress and of course crashing!

[Teamftp]

An awesome mornings flying with ROVguy and Marklincs at Badsworth's Cold War look out post!!

http://youtu.be/7cJm3HSpaYY

[FPVSimon]

Excellent video!

Daft place for a bus stop though.

[Teamftp]

Cheers...

I though exactly the same thing then some random old dear got off there and walked into the wilderness....odd!!

[Jimbodiddly]

Enjoyed that video alot.

Jim

Sent by my fingers

[Dizzy]

love the approach,s on the tree,s i could almost see your mind working as to which space you were diving through lol, an enjoyable watch thanks :D

dizzy :)

[Teamftp]

love the approach,s on the tree,s i could almost see your mind working as to which space you were diving through lol, an enjoyable watch thanks :D

dizzy :)

Yep your dead right there  :laugh: :laugh:

It was a "Oh dear no where do I go" moment.

[g.collins]

Bud, you have proven that you are a competent pilot, but I wish you would stay away from flying over moving traffic, I now your plane won't hurt if it hits, but if you went down in between those trees with that on coming car, he could panic and go of the road in to the trees, you now I,m no angel, I have a theory similar video on hear, but its on a unused privet farm lain with permission.  I'm worried for what you will have to live with if the worst case happened.
I'm sure there's lodes of risk spots to fly, without it being over a road, sorry again, but I just had to say.
:+ G
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za-YLuw0FtQ

[Teamftp]

Bud, you have proven that you are a competent pilot, but I wish you would stay away from flying over moving traffic, I now your plane won't hurt if it hits, but if you went down in between those trees with that on coming car, he could panic and go of the road in to the trees, you now I,m no angel, I have a theory similar video on hear, but its on a unused privet farm lain with permission.  I'm worried for what you will have to live with if the worst case happened.
I'm sure there's lodes of risk spots to fly, without it being over a road, sorry again, but I just had to say.
:+ G
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za-YLuw0FtQ

Point taken,

Ha ha that video of your screams I am going to crash because I can't get out  :laugh: :laugh:

Cheers G.

Simon.

[electrotor]

Bud, you have proven that you are a competent pilot, but I wish you would stay away from flying over moving traffic, I now your plane won't hurt if it hits, but if you went down in between those trees with that on coming car, he could panic and go of the road in to the trees, you now I,m no angel, I have a theory similar video on hear, but its on a unused privet farm lain with permission.  I'm worried for what you will have to live with if the worst case happened.
I'm sure there's lodes of risk spots to fly, without it being over a road, sorry again, but I just had to say.
:+ G
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za-YLuw0FtQ

A quote from CAP 658 if I may :
"Only fly ... if reasonably satisfied that the flight can be made safely."

Therein lies the difficulty as different people have different ideas of what they consider safe. In addition, different pilots have different levels of skill which could influence the safe conduct of a flight.

When raising safety concerns before I have been taken to task, the jist of the argument being, it has been shown to be safe because nothing happened. Personally I do not support the retrospective school of risk assessment.

I have to agree with G on this one. Also I think it would be quite alarming and distracting to be driving along a road and suddenly be confronted with a model aircraft flying at you. It would be different if the drivers had been briefed on what was happening but obviously that is not possible without some serious amount of pre-planning and possibly having the road blocked as they would do for filming. It's maybe a consideration for the future though on a private road if you want some cool car chasing videos.

[Zeeflyboy]

Yeah I do agree with the G man... I enjoy your videos in general but I don't really like the messing around by the road. The rest I like!

I think it was in another video where you chased your own/friends car - no problem there personally, but at one point you were only just overhead another car with your quad.

While I wouldn't say you yourself are likely to do much directly (with a plane at least, though i wouldn't want to crash a quad into a car) you shouldn't count on the drivers... It's not a great idea IMO.

Think about your accident the other day where your batt went south. If that happened while you are playing around over the road and someone is passing by then the best scenario is your quad gets run over, the worst is you cause an accident.

Just my 2 cents, though I know you didn't ask for them lol.

[Teamftp]

I did expect to get a good moaning at :laugh:

Points taken chaps.

And I did not think it would be long until an ANO / CAP was mentioned also  :laugh:

I do not mean to sound rude or arrogant when I say this: I am aware a what is right and correct when it comes to flying FPV, just quite often like to take a risk. The person who will be dealing with the consequences will be me and me alone. Fairly sure when the plane goes through the screen of the oncoming car the driver will not jump out covered in blood and scream OH MY GOD DAMN YOU FPV PILOTS I AM REPORTING YOU TO THE CAA...

Obviously no intent to injure or cause alarm. Not sure if many drivers would swerve into the nearest tree upon seeing a foam plane?!?.... You never know though eh?!?

[Granpaw Jonah]

It IS a great vid... you DO have great skill.... it wouldn't freak me out, but would I be able to keep my eyes on the road with a cool lookin bit of FPV kit buzzin around? Probably only bloody just!.. ;D

[FPVSteve]

Devils Advocate:

The driver should be able to maintain control regardless of distractions. I bet they didn't even see it (or if they did they thought it was a pigeon or something). I'd be worried if a driver swerved off into trees at the sight of something in the sky...

Not being funny or owt, but did you see those Russian drivers the other day when the meteorite struck? HUGE BALL OF FIRE AND DEATH DOING 1000's of MPH ACROSS THE SKY and noone swerved into a tree...

[Teamftp]

Devils Advocate:

The driver should be able to maintain control regardless of distractions. I bet they didn't even see it (or if they did they thought it was a pigeon or something). I'd be worried if a driver swerved off into trees at the sight of something in the sky...

Not being funny or owt, but did you see those Russian drivers the other day when the meteorite struck? HUGE BALL OF FIRE AND DEATH DOING 1000's of MPH ACROSS THE SKY and noone swerved into a tree...

Yes but your point is invalid as the meteorite was not flown FPV. Remember everything that is flown FPV is going to be a world ending event by all accounts. So the meteorite was a "safe" object.  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Dizzy]

 

Devils Advocate:

The driver should be able to maintain control regardless of distractions. I bet they didn't even see it (or if they did they thought it was a pigeon or something). I'd be worried if a driver swerved off into trees at the sight of something in the sky...

Not being funny or owt, but did you see those Russian drivers the other day when the meteorite struck? HUGE BALL OF FIRE AND DEATH DOING 1000's of MPH ACROSS THE SKY and noone swerved into a tree...

Yes but your point is invalid as the meteorite was not flown FPV. Remember everything that is flown FPV is going to be a world ending event by all accounts. So the meteorite was a "safe" object.  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

:rofl: i need a tin hat then  ;D

dizzy