Celestial calm

[foufly]

If you are wearying of this vale of tears (and turbulence) try emulating my recent ascension.
This was the second time I had climbed into the clouds (low puffy clouds- not the kind you would confidently sit on with your harp). I suppose at not much more than 1000 metres above me. I pointed the plane up and kept going. The first time I was nervous about coming back down out of the mist, and took some time to get my bearings( no heavenly guidance-gps ).This time I was more relaxed and rose into the heavenly blue over a floor of not very thick or continuous clouds. But most amazing - above the dewline the air was absolutely calm, like flying on a simulator or in a dream, utterly predictable and precise control; I could almost hear the harp music!
Please ring for technical details.

[pk-surfing]

Foufly... that is truly poetic, I wish other fellow FPVers would be as eloquent describing their ventures  :clap:

[Coyote]

Yes deep words, cool reading your experiance

[FPVSteve]

I wandered, lonely, as a cloud.......  :o
;D

[electrotor]

Very evocative.  :)

I'm not so sure about the legality of flying above cloudbase. LOS?  :+

[hexo]

Its just a poem like thing, it never happened :)

[Rick]

it's ok - they were very low clouds that day......... and his mate was on a nearby hilltop - within talking distance so they could hear each other, and could see the plane...... :D

[foufly]

Was it John Donne who said, "Poetry is what you do when the weather is foul!" ?
I live in France "profonde" and a very occaisional low flying Mirage is the only hazard.
As a matter of interest, does line of sight include the use of binoculars? My spotters have found them very useful.
Thanks for the comments, Foufly.

[g.collins]

Was it John Donne who said, "Poetry is what you do when the weather is foul!" ?
I live in France "profonde" and a very occaisional low flying Mirage is the only hazard.
As a matter of interest, does line of sight include the use of binoculars? My spotters have found them very useful.
Thanks for the comments, Foufly.

I expect thay do if the person flying the plane has binocular vision if he/she had to suddenly go line of sight, when lousing video, lol, great poetry, nice morning read. :D
regards

[simondale]

Was it John Donne who said, "Poetry is what you do when the weather is foul!" ?
I live in France "profonde" and a very occaisional low flying Mirage is the only hazard.
As a matter of interest, does line of sight include the use of binoculars? My spotters have found them very useful.
Thanks for the comments, Foufly.

Hi Peter,

Sounds like you're having some heavenly flying!

I don't know the rules in France but to answer your question; the UK rules (Article 166(3) of the Air Navigation Order) says "The person in charge of a small unmanned aircraft must maintain direct, unaided visual contact with the aircraft sufficient to monitor its flight path in relation to other aircraft, persons, vehicles, vessels and structures for the purpose of avoiding collisions."

The FPV relevant sections of the ANO are listed here: http://www.fpvuk.org/?page_id=285

All the best

Simon

[Dizzy]

I love the idea,

but in my case there may be big byrds up there,  i live to close to the Culdrose  Helicopter training station and the training ground at Preddanick.

Be a shock to be confronted by a Sea king or a Merlin from the mist  ;D

be nice to see the vid though :D

Dizzy

[hexo]

Yo Dizzy, Pasty and I are down on the lizard! Should meet up for some FPV!

[Dizzy]

Hi garyB

:) be great to meet both of you at some point, I would be very interested in the type of systems you both use and see your models. especially these speedsters in the making  ;)

You both seem my sort of people, ha ha


regards Dizzy

[foufly]

 Well I am hooked on this, despite a lost plane;I didn't lose it up among the clouds ..".I know that I shall meet my fate, somewhere among the clouds above...". I lost it in the deep, forested valley below.Unfortunately the plane turned upside down(a wing), out of radio control, so seeing what part of the valley it was headed for became impossible, then I lost video signal below the ridge.I need to know how to locate a plane that has a gps ...
I also don't know enough about esc's. I suspect I over-used the battery- turning it on again after the esc had already cut the throttle (I have found the motor will run again) and possibly used it all, including the bit I usually glide down on. I would like to know what this reserve amounts to, and if I set the throttle cut-off to high does that mean I have more gliding reserve?(there did appear to be enough mah to get down, but I was very high.)Any experts? links?javascript:void(0);
My favourite flights consist of a steady climb to the "celestial calm", float around there(listening to the harps), turn off and glide down exploiting any thermals I find. Climbing ,thermalling and gliding very slowly down(10 or 15 minutes) are possible with a plane weighing 400 to 500 gms (1050 3S battery).
The temptation is to dawdle on the way down, so some technique to reserve gliding mah's would be usefull, or just self-discipline !!
Thanks for any contributions, sermons etc;

[Coyote]

Setting your esc to high simply cuts the motor on a higher voltage