hey guys i am just about to start with my aerial photography passion that recently developed

the steps are:

1. basic 720*480p video recording
2. as i have many gyros with me making a camera stabiliser system and plane stabilizer system too
3. after i perfect all of my these goals i am going in to FPV

fpv is my primary target and i have been doing a lot of research on them lately

anyways guys my first step investment is done and i have ordered a 14 gms 720*480p video cam resolution matters a i want good quality videos

so first step ofcourse get myself a super stable plane (like a glider) or make a stable plane super stable

so this is the plane i went in for

the easyfly rtf glider from hobby city

after reading the reviews this was my second choice after the axn floater jet which was out of stock

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=7895

well i have to change the esc and have to test servos as per the reviews recommendation but i beleive it will be fine

yes it is a multiplex easyglider's clone

and then i have also ordered a video recorder for the job

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=10973

and acc. to rcg and the hc reviews it will be good i presume

so just ordered this and a couple of ducted fans for gaurav bhaiya from hc through ems on friday morning and hence hoping to maiden it this saturday or sunday

subbu

a good video with the exact same setup as mine just that his is a multiplex easyglider

looking forward to the difference

subbu

Cool.. Yet another milestone for the great subbu  cant wait to see how this turns out.. Has anyone built a gyro stabilized mount here on RCIndia? I found this page quite interesting.. http://bergenrc.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=59

alright guys got my stuff shipped from hc today so it should reach india by thursday i guess its ems they say in 5 days

so today night on the plane tomorrow morning on the mumbai int airport and day after in customs is what i hope

or just shift the whole process one day more


subbu

Pikle6, I pray that you receive your package in 5 days.

Not trying to hi-jack your post    But, can you please please please please please inform  "sriharishine" and me when you receive your HobbyCity/HobbyKing order? 

I have placed an order on 6th April via EMS express that was shipped on 16th April and should have reached Kolkata, India by now. Online tracking has been showing "The item left Hong Kong for its destination" for the last 2 weeks. However, HC/Hk is telling me to continue waiting as due to the volcano in Iceland there are severe backlogs of cargo to all countries.

Thanks,
Ritesh

yes i will i have ordered before through ems too and as last time my order was placed on 30/4 and as the till 3 they had holiday they have shipped the item today that is good speed i beleive but i did call them to tell them to just give some priority to the parcel as it was urgent

anyways will inform you about every step

subbu

hey guys my parcel has arrived here in mumbai and will go to collect it on monday

subbu

Congrats Subbu,
Do you have to go to customs office in Mumbai to collect your package ? If so, then how did you know that they have your package? Today, The HokkyKing people told me (via chat) to inquire with my local customs.

Nonethless... I am for you.

-Ritesh

hi sethji

i just called the ems centre in mumbai and guess what they said it has cleared customs too and monday i will have it in my house and so no customs tooooo

 


subbu

call me if you need any help

at 9833036737

so does that mean we can order all kinds of planes from hobbycity ? would be great cause I have been eyeing a bird that I want to desperately buy..kindly confirm..

no i doesnot because gaurav bhaiyas batteries have gone through them too so might just depend on your luck go ahead and try it


subbu

hello to all the people here on india's premiere forum

MY COURIER FROM HC HAS ARRIVED

alright when i said in the earlier post that i might not have to pay customs and all that was actually a mistake the ems centre in india actually did a goof up and gave me some other consignments status so

yesterday i was supposed to get my parcel but i was hit by severe cold so well as i was grounded i asked my dad to get me the
plane and here i have it today in my hand and yeah he did pay 1100 rs as customs and i had declared 100% value to due many wrong invoice cases just to be on the safe side.

so everything is set ans i will post some pics today and yes i have made an unboxing video too

god soo many things

hang on guys uploading them now you really dont want to miss this


subbu

hey guys three photos of the box and rest are videos






subbu

rest will be uploaded tomorrow

sorry guys

subbu

great news Ankur. I just yesterday ordered the same Cam - at 18g its a charm. Now when you have got thru this huge plane, I am gathering courage to order AXN Floater in my next order...

Yum Yum, cant wait to see yo pics of progress subbu.

you possibly meant subbu 

i will give you a guideline for ordering though you have ordered many a times but getting big parcels out of customs could be a trouble

1. please declare the total value that is 100% because recently many big couriers were siezed due to wrong invoices

2. please order only through ems for planes and big items i literally got the plane on the fifth day of my order (excluding the three chinese holidays)

3. there is no such thing as bribing or just faking to a customs officer, they know a lot about model aeroplanes
so just be truthful and if its for a school project mention it they give you some deduction on the customs

that is about it so godd luck i had talked to hobbycity people (and yes they very helpful) regarding axn floater's stock and they said that it would be restocked by end of may or mid june


good luck


subbu

hey guys finally got some of the pics uploaded

have look












subbu

COOL!! It would be fun holding a plane taller than you, even when you already made one youself!

Be careful putting the Decals if you are doing it for the first time.... watch some Videos

It must be very hot in Mumbai this year... I can see your AC running at 22* - my fav temp setting 

truly it is

i wanted to paint the decals black with a permanent marker as i like it more than the stock orange

and yes this is my third plane which i am decaling i pretty much screwed up the e-starter and slowstick   
as i am not an art guy

need expert help in decaling the plane please help 

oh its burning here in mumbai and add to that i have cold so i am always in an ac room as doctor has adviced me not to shift from hot to cold environments so better the ac running at a decent temperature than the balcony 

subbu

hello pikle how much percentage of total money u paid as duty.

if its ok to share.

hey not a problem

i think my dad paid about 13 or 14% custom charges or less

but the good thing was that they were not bothered by seeing an rc airplane in the box just as if it was allowed

and also not worried about the small video recorder

subbu

Wow.. Thats a pretty big wingspan.. Why dont you get custom decals made from those people who do stickers for cars n bikes?

well i dont really know anything about them actually for decaling my planes i used to call my friend he also has done some pin striping on my f22 once but know he has gone to goa so need help here on how to beautify the existing decals and apply the correctly

subbu

start with maiden with original decals....after successful flight do custom decalling

ok will do that sandeep uncle

subbu

hey guys finally got the video up so here you go

will post more info later i need to run now for the classes as i need to come back repair my slowstick for tomorrow

it is processing you will be able to see it in a few minutes





subbu

How you have mounted the Cam in the model? Any pics showing it?

Congrats Subbu for the maiden and good first video!
If you so much liked forward looking FPV, you should have waited for AXN like me 

With your plane, the prop is spoiling the view. Try mounting the camera facing back so that you get obstruction free vid.
Did you try cutting the throttle and just gliding ? this would give you video without th prop for short duration, before the time you need to fire the engine again.

Great feat!! keep it up!

What's up with the 2/29/2008 in the video

Even I got my Mini Cam form HC today in the office.. one guy brought a cheapo EP RC car and we had fun spying Manager cubes (annual review time)... The date seems to be the initial date of the cam. To change the time, I tried what is written in the manual (creating TAG file) but it did not help.

Even though the camera rates at 30fps and they have shipped Sandisk Micro SD (duplicate), the video is snappy and looks much less than even 20fps. would check...

Subbu, what is your review for the cam ?

hi i will put the mounting pics tomorrow as i have to get going with the repairing of my slowstick now


actually i have two axn's on the field which i can use so i thought a different plane would be better

well yes it was the maiden so i did not glide as much but did a big first maiden flight
also i had to trim it and all try other things like a loop which you can see on the video

tomorrow i am doing video's with the came facing back and sideways tooo 


anwar bhaiya the camera's time needs to be adjusted using a tag file which i have not yet figured out how to do


well i found the cam quite good and worth it mine was a real sandisk card and video recorded at 30fps and the quality is outstanding the video i uploaded still can be viewed in 480p the original hd video was 800mb   

any more help please do ask

subbu

hey guys just finished working on modifying the camera's 360 degree tilt and sideways movement mount

and it  looks awesome will put info tomorrow with the second video of the glider's flight

oh and tomorrow i and gaurav bhaiya are doing a bit of combat and and formation flying

subbu

just back from the longest flying session in the history of my flying sessions that is 5 hours  

about an hour and a half of my plane flying

another 2 and a half hour of gaurav bhaiya's axn and extra 300 flying and and an hour of flying ashish bhaiya's planes

we were actually flying each others planes

we did ribbon flying 3d flying high altitude flying formation flying and landing and a total of 15 battery packs in total of 2200 and 1800 mahs

have about 2 gigs of onboard video will start editing after lunch now

subbu

hey guys this a video of the plane from the tail view i had taken it about 2 weeks before but got time to edit it and upload it only today

please wait for a few minutes as its processing



enjoy 

subbu

Really good.Would love to do that some day.

thanks any other angles you guys want just let me know


subbu