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FPV quad racing at ASRCM
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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JMiller Private Offline Rotor Head Posts: 528 Milford	Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM Reply #1 - 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.
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FLC astroflyer Private Offline MULLIGAN driver Posts: 6524 Milford, N.S.	Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM Reply #2 - Jul 18^th, 2015 at 10:04pm sorry guys, just cannot get anything uploaded tonight. cannot believe how slow things are here tonight.
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FLC astroflyer Private Offline MULLIGAN driver Posts: 6524 Milford, N.S.	Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM Reply #3 - 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
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JMiller Private Offline Rotor Head Posts: 528 Milford	Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM Reply #4 - 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.
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FLC astroflyer Private Offline MULLIGAN driver Posts: 6524 Milford, N.S.	Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM Reply #5 - 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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FLC astroflyer Private Offline MULLIGAN driver Posts: 6524 Milford, N.S.	Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM Reply #6 - 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
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RocketManRC Private Offline Here's to summer! Posts: 384 Bedford NS	Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM Reply #7 - Jul 19^th, 2015 at 10:37am OMG I'm laughing as hard today as I was on Friday!
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Newfie Bullet Private Offline ASRCM Forum User Posts: 316	Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM Reply #8 - Jul 19^th, 2015 at 10:45am Great video Al....Love the part where Chris tries to put the fun cub in
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matt3 YaBB Newbies Offline ASRCM Forum User Posts: 12 Bedford	Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM Reply #9 - 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.
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FLC astroflyer Private Offline MULLIGAN driver Posts: 6524 Milford, N.S.	Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM Reply #10 - 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
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JMiller Private Offline Rotor Head Posts: 528 Milford	Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM Reply #11 - 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 Lol, he almost made it too....
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FLC astroflyer Private Offline MULLIGAN driver Posts: 6524 Milford, N.S.	Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM Reply #12 - 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.
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CQ Private Offline PC2312826839 MAAC76705 Posts: 255	Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM Reply #13 - Jul 19^th, 2015 at 7:49pm Great video Al. I grabbed some screen shots of the cub for you.
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FLC astroflyer Private Offline MULLIGAN driver Posts: 6524 Milford, N.S.	Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM Reply #14 - 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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FLC astroflyer Private Offline MULLIGAN driver Posts: 6524 Milford, N.S.	Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM Reply #15 - 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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RocketManRC Private Offline Here's to summer! Posts: 384 Bedford NS	Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM Reply #16 - 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
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Rob God Member Offline Hang Loose .......... Posts: 996 Dartmouth, N.S.	Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM Reply #17 - 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
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FLC astroflyer Private Offline MULLIGAN driver Posts: 6524 Milford, N.S.	Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM Reply #18 - 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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C-GARL Senior Member Private Offline ASRCM Forum User Posts: 343 Halifax West	Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM Reply #19 - Jul 23^rd, 2015 at 7:16am here you go Quad Boys
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FLC astroflyer Private Offline MULLIGAN driver Posts: 6524 Milford, N.S.	Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM Reply #20 - Jul 23^rd, 2015 at 3:55pm coolio mccoolster....could be a great username alain. get a quad and you can use it. lol
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JMiller Private Offline Rotor Head Posts: 528 Milford	Re: FPV quad racing at ASRCM Reply #21 - 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
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