Cool Video...

Nik,

What type of camera did you use? How did you mount it on the
wings/fuselage/towplane? What effect on the glider's
performance/handling did it have? I would like to make some soaring
videos myself. Thanks for any input. No problems downloading!
Justin Rizor


wrote:
Some people were having trouble connecting to my video, problem is
fixed now...

Download the video at: http://www.flynik.com/HHJuniors05.wmv

Remember that this is 5 min longer than the original version
(Draft.wmv)...

If you have any problems please tell me...

-Nik

Ok on the wingmounted shots I used a JVC mini dv camera, I used 3 inch
wide tape installed from the trailing edge going up to the leading
edge, which made it pretty aerodynamicall, I didn't feel any big
performance looses or noted any different flying characteristics, but
then again those were schweizer aircraft which aren't exactly high
performance...
For the fuseshots we just taped a small digital camera to the
horizontal stabilizer...

Hope that helps...
-Nik

Nik,

Congrats on your excellent video. We as a sport need much more of this
sort of thing. This video relates the sport to the younger generations
in a way that we can really identify with. I'm just a little older
than you guys, but I'm used to being the youngest guy around the
airport. The video allows a glimpse into how much fun the sport is,
and may inspire more of our contemporaries to put down thier video game
controllers at least long enough to put forth the effort to learn
enough about soaring to really see how much fun it is.This video should
be distributed to every High School and College that has any connection
with, or is anywhere near a gliderport. I'll look for next years
videos. Please post more if you have them, and let us know if you'll
ever be in the Reno/Minden area. We'll catch a few flights. Keep up
the good work.

Chris

Hello Chris thanks for the comments...
The next video is coming out on Saturday (Yes this Saturday) IF
Thursday the ridge will be working ;-)
I'll plan to be in minden over spring break...
-Nik


laister49 wrote:
Nik,

Congrats on your excellent video. We as a sport need much more of this
sort of thing. This video relates the sport to the younger generations
in a way that we can really identify with. I'm just a little older
than you guys, but I'm used to being the youngest guy around the
airport. The video allows a glimpse into how much fun the sport is,
and may inspire more of our contemporaries to put down thier video game
controllers at least long enough to put forth the effort to learn
enough about soaring to really see how much fun it is.This video should
be distributed to every High School and College that has any connection
with, or is anywhere near a gliderport. I'll look for next years
videos. Please post more if you have them, and let us know if you'll
ever be in the Reno/Minden area. We'll catch a few flights. Keep up
the good work.

Chris

laister49 wrote:
Nik,

Congrats on your excellent video. We as a sport need much more of this
sort of thing. This video relates the sport to the younger generations
in a way that we can really identify with. I'm just a little older
than you guys, but I'm used to being the youngest guy around the
airport. The video allows a glimpse into how much fun the sport is,
and may inspire more of our contemporaries to put down thier video game
controllers at least long enough to put forth the effort to learn
enough about soaring to really see how much fun it is.This video should
be distributed to every High School and College that has any connection
with, or is anywhere near a gliderport.

Excellent idea. Another way to attract young people, IMHO, is to buy
them Condor, the soaring flight simulator. Only $50 US. It is a very
realistic soaring simulator, the best I've seen. The younger set seems
to like video games, which this is although it is so much more. Once
they're hooked they may well want to try the real thing. Heck, buy it
for yourself. Warning: It is addictive, especially the online
real-time competitions, and one can easily lose hours of spare time.
Guess how I know? ;-)

http://www.condorsoaring.com/media.htm

p.s., Don't be put off by the lack of a demo program, as I was.

Regards,

-Doug

Doug Hoffman wrote:
laister49 wrote:

Nik,

Congrats on your excellent video. We as a sport need much more of this
sort of thing. This video relates the sport to the younger generations
in a way that we can really identify with. I'm just a little older
than you guys, but I'm used to being the youngest guy around the
airport. The video allows a glimpse into how much fun the sport is,
and may inspire more of our contemporaries to put down thier video game
controllers at least long enough to put forth the effort to learn
enough about soaring to really see how much fun it is.This video should
be distributed to every High School and College that has any connection
with, or is anywhere near a gliderport.


Excellent idea. Another way to attract young people, IMHO, is to buy
them Condor, the soaring flight simulator. Only $50 US. It is a very
realistic soaring simulator, the best I've seen. The younger set seems
to like video games, which this is although it is so much more. Once
they're hooked they may well want to try the real thing. Heck, buy it
for yourself. Warning: It is addictive, especially the online
real-time competitions, and one can easily lose hours of spare time.
Guess how I know? ;-)

http://www.condorsoaring.com/media.htm

p.s., Don't be put off by the lack of a demo program, as I was.

No Mac/Linux support is off-putting enough.

Shawn