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https://www.asrcm.ns.ca/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl Atlantic Society of Radio Control Modellers >> General Discussions >> FPV quad racing at ASRCM https://www.asrcm.ns.ca/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1437266795 Message started by FLC astroflyer on Jul 18^th, 2015 at 9:46pm

Title: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by FLC astroflyer on Jul 18^th, 2015 at 9:46pm

Racing those small 250 quads using FPV is getting pretty popular at ASRCM. Although no organized racing is taking place YET, at least eight of these little machines are in operation and members have been pushing them further and further on each visit to the field. this weekend was no exception.

Things started early on Friday and when I arrived at about 9am, there were a half dozen guys already there with a gate setup along the far side of the runway. Many many quad flights were flown. I shot a lot of photos and we did a fast paced video with a mobious camera placed first on Joe Miller's quad and then on a pylon beside the foam gate. Great shots from that camera and when editing the video tonight I decided not to use the stuff from my hand held Nikon and from my 350 quad overhead. That stuff was boring compared to the footage from the mobious.

Video is edited but youtube tonight is absolutely crawling. it's going to take hours when normal would be about twenty minutes, so you might not see this video tonight. well worth the wait though, pretty entertaining video!

not sure whose quad this is, but it gets through the gate, sorta. lol

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Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by JMiller on Jul 18^th, 2015 at 9:55pm

That one would be mine lol! Super fun day yesterday. The little racing quads are some of the most fun I've had in 20 years of being involved in the hobby.

Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by FLC astroflyer on Jul 18^th, 2015 at 10:04pm

sorry guys, just cannot get anything uploaded tonight. cannot believe how slow things are here tonight.

Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by FLC astroflyer on Jul 19^th, 2015 at 9:52am

lo and behold, the darned thing uploaded itself overnight. took almost the whole night.

I may re-edit this slightly, we'll see.

https://youtu.be/gcb-7geJTp4

Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by JMiller on Jul 19^th, 2015 at 10:20am

Lol, I think that video sums up the day pretty good Al, great job with the editing. It's amazing that the only thing we broke the whole day was a few props. Now I just need to build a few more gates. :)

Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by FLC astroflyer on Jul 19^th, 2015 at 10:25am

having a great deal of difficulty uploading to the forum this morning. trying now from my tablet.

rick makes it through the gate, but at a slight dive which resulted in this recvery picture.

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Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by FLC astroflyer on Jul 19^th, 2015 at 10:31am

Giving up on this for the moment guys, too damned painful. bummer as I have some more good pictures from the weekend. damn!

Just text posts seem to be no problem

Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by RocketManRC on Jul 19^th, 2015 at 10:37am

OMG I'm laughing as hard today as I was on Friday!

Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by Newfie Bullet on Jul 19^th, 2015 at 10:45am

Great video Al....Love the part where Chris tries to put the fun cub in :D :D :D

Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by matt3 on Jul 19^th, 2015 at 11:57am

Great video Al that was hilarious! It looks like you guys had a great day!

The shots of a bunch of you guys all rushing the gate at the same time were awesome.

Nicely done on the gate system as well. It seemed to fairly solid but break away when you needed it to.

Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by FLC astroflyer on Jul 19^th, 2015 at 3:46pm

recut the video slightly adding a few shots form my hand held camera. forgot to delete the extra video at the end of the timeline so when you come to black, it's the end. lol

https://youtu.be/5qDcJjDw3o8

Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by JMiller on Jul 19^th, 2015 at 6:05pm

Newfie Bullet wrote on Jul 19^th, 2015 at 10:45am:

Great video Al....Love the part where Chris tries to put the fun cub in :D :D :D

Lol, he almost made it too....

Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by FLC astroflyer on Jul 19^th, 2015 at 6:30pm

yes he did, just touched the left wing coming through. i have a number of excellent freeze frames from the mobious. just wish I could upload them. :(

Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by CQ on Jul 19^th, 2015 at 7:49pm

Great video Al. I grabbed some screen shots of the cub for you.

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Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by FLC astroflyer on Jul 19^th, 2015 at 9:30pm

thanks chris. glad someone can access the forum.

some screen grabs of quads careening off the gate.

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Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by FLC astroflyer on Jul 19^th, 2015 at 9:33pm

wow, that worked, only took several minutes. lol

rick with his quad after a smash
repairing the gate
willow on watch

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Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by RocketManRC on Jul 19^th, 2015 at 9:42pm

It's amazing how tough these things are! Almost all of the damage has been limited to broken props. But lots of those however ;D

Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by Rob on Jul 21^st, 2015 at 6:42pm

What a "Great Video" Al, the sounds, editing and music were Awesome. The Quads wizzing by and the music reminded me of the "Space Scooters" I think I Star Wars movies,must have been fun for the Pilots.....
Bravo !
Rob :D

Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by FLC astroflyer on Jul 21^st, 2015 at 7:47pm

rob, you're making me blush lol

two views of the field from my quad on saturday

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Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by C-GARL on Jul 23^rd, 2015 at 7:16am

here you go Quad Boys

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Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by FLC astroflyer on Jul 23^rd, 2015 at 3:55pm

coolio mccoolster....could be a great username alain. get a quad and you can use it. lol

Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by JMiller on Aug 17^th, 2015 at 12:16am

Me and Craig were out tonight racing the Quads around a rough course we put together. It was a blast! Here's a vid I took while I was trying t follow Craig around the track. My flight ended quickly when my fPV Cam crapped out for some reason.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU8BNuFQGzQ

Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by FLC astroflyer on Aug 17^th, 2015 at 9:11am

fun video craig! some very close flying there especially at one point halfway through the video. Rick has some catching up to do. Serves him right for going to cape breton on a flying weekend. Lol

Joe's quad was really showing up with the lights on the stern. Must have been near dark when this was shot?

And after you both crashed at the end, what was that pasing over your quad?

Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by Newfie Bullet on Aug 17^th, 2015 at 10:25am

Hey Al...that was Joe following me. It was around 8:30 last night. That was me at the end flying over Joe after he lost video.
It was great fun flying the course. Can't wait to go and do it again. I think we are planning to go out Wednesday evening. It's too dam hot during the day :D :D :D

Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by JMiller on Aug 17^th, 2015 at 10:46am

Yup, it is super fun racing around the course. Also, the whole course only took about 15min to set up/take down so it's not a big deal to get going.

Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by RocketManRC on Aug 17^th, 2015 at 8:53pm

Yes Al it serves me right for missing a flying weekend!

Wednesday evening sounds good to me.

Title: Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM
Post by RocketManRC on Aug 17^th, 2015 at 9:09pm

Just looked at the video and oh wow that course looks awesome and you guys are rocking!

I need to practice...