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Scale / summer gliding, tountinna

« on: April 09, 2011, 13:54:35 PM »

Hi Gerry
what time do you meet up there?I´ll do my best to be there around 5...

Peter

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How to... / How to ... fix this :(

« on: April 05, 2011, 00:53:55 AM »

Hey,
Bill thats a smart way to balance the wing :?:  never even thought of doing it this way. :?: have to try... tomorrow
...The negative exponential setting :? what :?   :lol: ... that could be it...I just read a brief post explaining how exponential rates work...and well, I should have done it earlier :lol: that with wrong balancing would explain why it did spend more time on ground than in the air :lol:
I`ll try set it to 40% neg. exp. and we`ll see..
I might get it flying this weekend :clap:

thanks lads

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How to... / How to ... fix this :(

« on: April 04, 2011, 11:41:47 AM »

Hi Bill
I have the Irvine X-ite
...the wing is very sensible on CG..just cant get it balanced right..
 :!:

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How to... / How to ... fix this :(

« on: April 04, 2011, 01:12:14 AM »

Hi
thanks Keith, I had few small leftover carbon rods...I glued it along the bottom side..its WAY stronger than before
I will do the same thing along the sides as soon as the carbon strips arrive that I`ve ordered from ExpressFly  :wink: ..I`ve ordered 2 new metal gear servos aswell they will replace the crapy-plastic gear  in ailerons..
...I have to read more about the 'micro ballons' never used it..but it sounds interesting
 :?:
thanhs for your advice
(btw, I have a combat wing..but I didnt get much flying of it...can't get the CG right on it   :oops:  :lol: )

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How to... / How to ... fix this :(

« on: April 03, 2011, 01:19:30 AM »

thanks Keith,
I dont have CA glue handy :!:  but I´ve found some foam safe glue..I have the plane back together, only have to wait 6 hours for the glue to dry... :?:
I have used a hairdryer on the squized foam..the foam did expand back to 85% its previous shape :clap:
but im still worried about the strenght of the fuselage..tomorrow i`ll try to reinforce it from inside   :?: ...somehow :lol:

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How to... / How to ... fix this :(

« on: April 02, 2011, 22:40:13 PM »

Well a nice day gone bad...  :cry:  :cry:

I went up to the hill today, weather was nice, a bit to windy, but nice.. Had my Cularis ready in no time. I was soooo looking forward to a few hours spent flying....

But as soon as the plane was in the air I´ve noticed way to much up trim..I was trying to correct this with the trimms on the Tx but even with max trim it was still going up...After 15 min I have landed no problemo...adjusted the elevator manualy and went fluing again...This time slightly nose heavy but way better than before...
After a 30 min A massive cloud just appeared from nowhere
I tryed landing before it starts raining...I was cca. 15m higt when srong wind pushed the nose straight down :cry:  I was to low to do anything :cry:
The plane went down like a dart :cry:  and thats the result :






What to do? :?:  Just epoxy it together?will it be strong enough??the foam on the nose is a bit compressed... I have some glassfibre math left and epoxy resign..could I fibreglass the whole belly?...
Any advice welcome..
Peter

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Scale / Slingsby Skylark 2

« on: March 23, 2011, 00:33:22 AM »

hi Alan
well done.
It looks fantastic :clap: It will be gorgeous plane in the sky...I´d love to see it flying...hope I can be arround to see the maiden flight..

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Misceleanous / video camera formatting problem HELP !

« on: March 21, 2011, 01:38:05 AM »

Keith, you are a star  
Plain and simple... I have allready PMed Fred on this mather so I hope he will get back to me as soon as he gets it and hopefully there will be no problems...
In a month time I should be a proud MACI member    :lol:
Thanks a lot Keith

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Misceleanous / video camera formatting problem HELP !

« on: March 20, 2011, 00:29:21 AM »

hmmm... :?:  Im tempted Keith...Cork is closer and I would love to try some aerotowing (with my cularis), but I could not participate on the sat. flying because I dont have the MACI insurance to fly on a club site.  

..Btw. Do I nead the insurance for slope gliding?...thats why I was a bit shy, on the Big L. . .I didnt know if I can fly without it.
How can I get the Insurance Keith and how much it is?
 
Peter

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Misceleanous / video camera formatting problem HELP !

« on: March 19, 2011, 12:12:10 PM »

Keith, Im only warming up  :lol:  :lol:
..computers are my second hobby,wright after flying  :lol: and that was a chalenge for me.. But im very happy that it went well :clap:

Cork Fly in? Keith, is it glider or power planes fly in?
Hmmmm..     :?:

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Misceleanous / video camera formatting problem HELP !

« on: March 18, 2011, 20:45:30 PM »

Yiiipeeeee  

Im happy for You Richard, Im glad I could help.
It would be pitty to BBQ your new camera :lol:  Im sure she will make many fantastic videos.

I see you on Slieve Glion 16-17, I have allready sorted out my off days so we´ll come ower for a fun weekend with Kate.

Till then...happy flying
Peter

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Misceleanous / video camera formatting problem HELP !

« on: March 18, 2011, 16:06:39 PM »

Richard,
what program are you using to get the video from the camera?
Or ur using just copy paste from the card?
If you have a card reader on your computer than use it...or just conect yourcamera and...
Try to go to My Computer -- find an icon presenting your  removable disc(or camera) and right click on it -- click Explore -- You should have  folders 3 (think so) DCIM, MISC, PRIVATE -- open DCIM folder, thats where your stuff is stored. go to view and change it to  thumbnails... find a video file (hoover the moyse over the thumbnail it will say Quick Time Video File) and click right on it-- click Copy -- go to home screen Desktop (minimize everything) on desktop right click and press Paste. See what format it copies the file. and try to play it in QUICK PLAYER! Not in WinMediaPlayer as you might not have a plug in for it.

Try this, we see what it does...
Peter

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Misceleanous / video camera formatting problem HELP !

« on: March 18, 2011, 13:26:51 PM »

hi Richard
Well ist quite strange, I still dont thing its your camera nor SD card. But, there ist always a BUT (damn computers :!: ) It would be much easier to get it working hands on...

...If You are using a file manager of any kind ( such as total comander) you could try change the name (the suffix xxx.TD ) see if the file got corrupted and the name of the file is THUMB.TD instead of .TDT (or .MO instead .MOV) it will show up in pc as unreadable and Quicktime wont know how to handle it.

...If you copied the file onto your hard drive it coul get corrupted!You migt have some registry issues... :?:
>>do you still have the instalation file for Sony Vegas?? If yes I would uninstall the program first, then get some registry optimiser (they are usualy freeware) - install and run - and than reinstall the Sony Vega Software. This might fix the issue...but it might not!!!... its only my sugestion. :?:
And one more thing that I can think of is the Quick Time codec - try to reinstall this...

But If your original file is corupted than you will have to get a special repair software..
 
See if any of this helps! fingers srossed!
If not Get a big hammer....that usualy solves everything :lol:

Peter

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Misceleanous / video camera formatting problem HELP !

« on: March 18, 2011, 08:24:54 AM »

Thats the footage from your new camera?And you edited it just recently in Sony Vegas without problems?....hmmm :?:
I dont thing its your camera...more likely its the software :?: Does sony vegas give you an Error Message when you are trying to open/add video the file???could you post a "Print Screen" of it?
Did you instal any software meanwhile??

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Misceleanous / video camera formatting problem HELP !

« on: March 18, 2011, 02:37:15 AM »

Hi Richard,
Thats a nice camera you have both.
Could you specifie what you mean with ... "but the videos do not show on my PC ! " You mean that you can play them OR that they dont show up in the explorer when you browse the SDcard?
First check your baby what format is she recording in.. is it AVCHD or the Motion jpeg (xxxxxxx.MOV). I have Panasonic my self and it uses Motion Jpeg format . In this case u will have to instal a Quick Time Video codec otherwise it wont play. And XP moviemaker doesnt support .MOV files, so you will have to get video converter to convert it to either .avi or .mpeg files.
AVCHD files are using mpeg-4 decoding and XP Mediaplayer should handel this files easy.

I thing that the .MOV files are your problem :?:  but well, I could be wrong.

Peter