Winter FPV Meet - Mad Dogs and Englishmen

[3DJIM]

1,2 and 3 :D

Ok just 3 !

Jim.

[Gav]

3 sounds lovely mate, yummy!

Cheers
Gav

[electricmick]

3 for me as well as its a high probability I will be there, only an atrocious weather forecast will deter me as it is a 2 hour drive.

[Flyboysee]

The confirmed list is now...

FBS - Venue, Food and Drink, Multi Plugs for chargers
CurryKitten
Skyscraper - Heater
3DJim
Aitch
Ratty + one or two others
Western - heater
Gav - Projector and heater
Dave_B
Krikey
Electricmick

[Western]

I'd go for option 3. I can supply an electric fan heater if needed.
Cheers, Mark

[Flyboysee]

3 for me as well as its a high probability I will be there, only an atrocious weather forecast will deter me as it is a 2 hour drive.

Glad you're coming Electricmick!

The chance of rain has gone up to 20% and it's gonna be cold. I suggest hot water bottles too (for the lap) - there's a huge kettle with an unending supply of boiling water :)

Here's the latest weather

[Flyboysee]

I'd go for option 3. I can supply an electric fan heater if needed.
Cheers, Mark

Thanks Mark, heater will be great! If everyone comes then we'll have an oversupply of heaters, but rather that (and stays in the boot) than the alternative.

Cheers

[skyscraper]

I'd go for option 3. I can supply an electric fan heater if needed.
Cheers, Mark

Thanks Mark, heater will be great! If everyone comes then we'll have an oversupply of heaters, but rather that (and stays in the boot) than the alternative.

Cheers

Food would be good [1], but I have to go at 4 p.m. so whats the food schedule  :D

[1] N.B Watch out ...  I am known as the "human dustbin" at the dinner table!

regards
Andy

[Gav]

I'll be using a HK VTX n VRX on CH5 5.885GHz.  Will flick over to another channel if needed but hopefully not.

Cheers
Gav

[CurryKitten]

Option 3 - can we have curry please... it's in my username for a reason you know :D

Any idea of the logistics of the room - there's going to be quite a few models, lipos, chargers, radios, people etc etc. 

[Gav]

Spose it might be an idea for everyone to bring a multisocket extension., unless FBS has a cunning plan already. Damn hope the supply can cope lol.

[Flyboysee]

Right, thanks for the feedback guys!

I'll be making a Curry since CK asked so nicely - lamb though, not kitten if that's okay :) The food will be pre-cooked the night before (always a good idea for a curry) and I'll make a quantity based on the confirmations the night before. So I reckon get yourself a breakfast on the way in - there will be Tea / Coffee and biscuits / croissants etc, then lunch at say 13:00 (ish). Does that sound like a plan?

As to the venue I'll put tables in the two shower rooms as hangars for gear etc. and do our charging there as well. I'll bring a power extension, as well as some multi plugs.

The lounge area is big enough for 10+ to sit and eat, watch big screen etc.

As I said I'll run AV cables in from the field to connect to the projector.

CK, would you like to give live feeding a shot? I have your Easy Cap, but unfortunately I couldn't get it to work on Win 7 / 64. Sometimes there is a 3g signal available, so who knows...? It might turn out to be too much of a schlepp!

As to frequencies, although we compared notes before the last meet there were still one or two clashes (uneventful though). I reckon we just get on with it, but please make sure all planes are landed before switching on systems. People who want to do tandem flights just switch on and see what happens, then adjust. I reckon it will be pretty cold so those not flying at any given time would most likely be watching the action on the screen. 

I hope the weather gods are with us!

Richard

[CurryKitten]

Live feed is going to be a no go from me... I spent a few hours today just trying to feed my vrx signal into Skype, but I just couldn't get anything to play ball.  Poor old Atarix was trying to FPV my car around my lounge from Italy with a view of my crappy DVR held up to my web cam.

I had exactly the same sort of Win7-64 issues on my work laptop trying to get my Dazzle running - what a nightmare.  I'll grab my EzCap back if that's ok - I'll see if I can get that Skype'd up for the future at least.

Plan sounds good - looking forward to it already :)

[Flyboysee]

Live feed is going to be a no go from me... I spent a few hours today just trying to feed my vrx signal into Skype, but I just couldn't get anything to play ball.  Poor old Atarix was trying to FPV my car around my lounge from Italy with a view of my crappy DVR held up to my web cam.

I had exactly the same sort of Win7-64 issues on my work laptop trying to get my Dazzle running - what a nightmare.  I'll grab my EzCap back if that's ok - I'll see if I can get that Skype'd up for the future at least.

Plan sounds good - looking forward to it already :)

Agreed CK, pain in the 4ss! I'll bring it with me...

[krikey]

Chalk me up for a number 3. Cheers Rich.