Since I am flying everywhere, will post my flying activities in this thread ! I do miss our original thread of Flying activities in Shillong

Any questions about the rig etc, feel free to ask

Covering Monsoon regatta for a friend of mine who is organizing it (Mr Sulheim), Did some crazy flying there, in the water between trees and all

Nilesh (Sphere Hobbies) stood by me by sending stuff that I need double time, Thanks Nilesh, Varsha was there too as my spotter and trying to check me when i was going really crazy flying some expensive machines around
 

Couple of casting off shots

Beautiful place and nice shoot ....................

Those are beautiful pics gusty
can you please give details of the quad used for the above pictures (including camera, gimbal details)

Flame Wheel 550 with Naza V2, FPV 5.8 Ghz (RCLogger) Revoelctrix Platinum Batt, JR 14E tray radio

PS
Thanks Zonuna & Raja (Zonuna couldn't catch up with you in my stay at Shillong, i still remember how the airport official behaved)

Sir,
Locale?
Hussain Sagar?
If so, hard to believe.
Due here soon? Hope so.

Sir, Very beautiful what camera did you use I guess a gopro because of the wide view and quality.

That was a wise thing to do instead of a thread each for every next place Gusty. Why did' t we come up with it earlier.

rcpilotacro  can`t forget that day .... still angry somehow lets hope you comeby this side someday

Sandy ! when together again, we could start a thread of that place, now, since i am flying all over, thought this is a better idea.

Iyer Sir, 27th Sunday coming there to fly, posted on Hawabazz as well, Yes Hussain Sagar and Go Pro Hero 3 Black (Nitesh !! )

did some crazy flying today, emboldened by the presence of Nandan (Xantos ! who was in fact checking me from doing some crazier stuff), Flew at water level flying around forward and reverse of the boats, video is great to watch, will post soon, some shots are here. (In one shot you can see the reflection of the quad) SlideShow is good to watch Click Here for the Slideshow

Nice shots Gusty      

would love to see the video.


PS: Sherlock Homes is enhancing his detective skills and devices. 

yes ! Dr Watson ! you're right like i said before "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? "

I am happy that you accept the title of Sherlock Homes but that does not mean I have to be Dr Watson. I am happy being Sundaram   

It's a nice name. Need to add Ati in front 

Sanjay Sir   

It was exactly for this kind of stuff that i started a thread
http://www.rcindia.org/rc-people/old-timers-zone/msg171949/#msg171949
But found no takers.
Presumably due to lack of old timers!
Or because they are truly young at heart 

+1

Jet meet was held at Capt Vicky Randhawa's place, Fliers flew in from Bombay, Nagpur etc, it was one nice place meant only for RC Flying, i need Capt's permission to post the place and Hangar (A real one) however some of the Jets are here and some shots from my new Snooping Device (As observed by Dr Watson )

Flying by A Sundaram was captured by the Hexa ('A' is for 'Akshay' not 'Ati' )

I could see only one photo from your new snooping device Gusty    but I must say, the resolution of your snooping device is not up to the mark for Sherlock Homes. I could not spot Akshay Sundaram's bird in the frame.


PS : I have witnessed Live Akshay's Falcon and Capt's Scorpion in last Amby Valley meet. Man what a beauty it was.

Clarity of my snooping device is limited by anwar ! (200 kb), didnt see A Sundaram Flying Jets this time. flew a white prop bird

Why blame Anwar now Gusty.   The limit was 200KB

Your photo was just 54 KB. In a jpg image size of 800x548 if you cannot catch the plane clearly I will still blame it on the snooping device or the skill of sherlock homes using it  

wait a minute 200 KB / post isnt? i.e. around 50 KB /Pic or did i get it wrong  , anyways ! for your benefit (Considering your age, eyesight and all.. ) i have circled where the aeroplane and Akshay is

PS
Did you see the Slideshow?, i thought it has come out well

PPS
Can you see the jet ? in this pic, or should i circle it ?

Hold your horses Gusty.  I hope you are not going to go all emotional on me now are you    

I think I did mention that those were some pretty neat shots over water and I am still eagerly waiting for the video.

PS : Defenitely the circling did help in identifying the subjects in the particular picture in question. As far as age is concerned do I need to remind, you are just a day younger to me.    >

PPS : Now that I know what to expect, I can see the scorpion after creating a mental block for the helicopter.  > >

I knew there was something suspicious about so many guys having the same birthday...

Iyer Sir who else am I missing with the same date

I see, you could identity scorpion from such a small PIC. Therefore. Whatever the docs might say. You are Shape 1, 6/6 Dr.

@iyer sir of course apart from the promise anything else from here?

Thank you for ratifying my vision Gusty.  you always knew I had a keen eye for details 

This is a bump for gusty. Dr Watson would like to see more of flying photos of Sherlock Homes please. 

This space hasn't been visited in a while. Here we go. Here is the DJI inspire. Frankly, overrated machine.

Gusty sir, 'Flite Test' were pessimistic about its capabilities too but they ended up giving a more-than-satisfied review. I remember them saying it's like a 'tripod in the sky' for AP. And, it has amazing stabilization indoors as well. It's certainly overpriced though.

Are you referring to its flight characteristics when you say 'over-rated' or just its overall features?

My flite test review

1. Quick Stop is not quick enough, at extreme Quick Stop speeds, she descends, indication of full rev and power not being adequate

2. During moderate quick stop Yaw, she rolls (as expected when I did the quick stop)

3.  Sonar to undercarriage is a gimmick that is functionally not required, that mechanism adds weight thereby reducing endurance to some 15 -17 mins which otherwise could have been couple of minutes more

4. Didnt understand the requirement of a proplock clip for a self locking propeller

Yes ! overrated in terms of performance and price


PS
if you are into getting airborne and staying and moving around slowy to get a good aerial view (less dynamic of course) may be you could build one hexa with a good autopilot for lot less

This one quite steady in the air though !

Some flying with Akky and Chipper, Great fun, here are some Multirotors

Some Twinstar, Flying

Some Gliders with Chipper

E-hawk (Got one from Sharma Models) is a great flier, did some crazy aerobatics with it, Chipper and I clipped some leaves of a nearby tree in the high speed pass

Volantex Ranger EX FPV, Worst trash i have ever seen, she flaps wings like a ornithopter, time permitting i shall put up a video, you can see it for yourself, Getting her up and bringing her back in one piece for those couple of flights !! was a nightmare Did some FPV with Vector Autopliot. Volantex Ranger EX is not even worth 2 cents

Did some good flying with some good old nitros too, more planned in the coming days, reminiscing some good pics, fresh ones coming soon

Some random Shots

Great Flying. Good mix of aircrafts for a day.

thanks asutosh !!

flew more than i posted, for want of pics ! June 29th hopefully i should be there, Jet, Heli and a 3D 50cc is what i am looking at

Gusty sir,
We want some pics of Gusty At Work.
Like the last ones (skydiving!)

Edit:
We may now get a pic of Gusty lecturing in a classroom 

Gusty Sir, you are most welcome to Jamshedpur.

It will be a great experience for all of us to meet you and share some flying time with you.

Wonderful Gusty now the thread is getting colourful

^ "The Great Gusty" I couldn't help

This is an amazing collection of aircraft, you are awesome! More pictures please

While i have a lot of aeroplanes. These ones are at dehradun. They belong to Chipper. I am just that guy with the remote

Thanks sandy iyer  & sanjay sir and y'all

Very nice sir