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264.
How Wing Trim Works in Flight, Dec 27,
2019
Short video clips from my last flight showing sections when I used the wing speed trim. It shows how the pivot point is moving in flight. You might need to run it several times to see the detail. Watch first time to its end where you will see it in slow motion.
263.
Christmas Flying in Kamloops, Dec 27,
2019
Still cloudy airport area, but blue sky pushed through in many places. While there was no snow on the ground around airport area, the ground was well covered all around us. It was beautiful flight between, under and above clouds under sunny and very blue sky. This area looks (is) so beautiful that it is beyond any description. I am lucky to have this opportunity to see it from the above.
Pictures
262.
Flying to South Area of Kamloops, Dec 8,
2019
Nice flight to south area of
Pictures
261.
Flying above Kamloops Clouds, Dec 3,
2019
It was almost beautiful day, but heavy
clouds were hanging in the
260.
Short Experimental Flight Backward, Nov
25, 2019
In my previous video, # 259, I was
showing possibilities to kick back the Rotax 912 engine to run in reverse.
Reverse running engine also produces backward force, because the prop is
running in reverse. This is not very efficient way due to the prop leading and
thicker edge now becoming trailing edge.
Here is about 2 min video showing my experiment, where
I demonstrate that it could fly in reverse. I am some-what luckier than many
other trike owners, because my wing is tight like drum and there is not a
single wrinkle and flutter. This makes it easier and less risky.
Enjoy the video and let me know what you think.
259.
Beautiful Day, but Unpleasant Turbulence,
Nov 24, 2019
It looks like one of the last days of
flying in above freezing temperature. It was beautiful day, with no ground
wind, but 30 km/h wind just 2,000' above ground. Several times I was surprised
with strong blast of air from nowhere and from ever changing direction.
Eventually it became more peaceful at about 6000'. It was nice flight in this
nature jewel all around us.
I was always thinking how to "drive" my
trike from hangar, without heavy lifting and pushing it. This is problem now
for my steel shoulder after the last year motorcycle accident.
Finally, I figured it out. I was inspired by my first
"car" in 1967, three wheeler converted motorcycle, named Velorex.
It was originally made for handicap people in communist
I tried the same idea with my Rotax 912 and it works.
You could see it in my video. The problem is solved now. I don't want to brag,
but I am very proud of myself. I am surprised that nobody else used this idea
yet.
Pictures
258.
Flying over North Thompson River Valley,
Nov 20, 2019
Finally, it was good flying day. I installed all my
GoPro cameras, external batteries, GPS, Spot and another stuff, getting ready
for beautiful weather waiting for me. I could not start it. The battery had not
enough power to start 80 hp engine after below freezing overnight temperature.
I knew already that there is not much life left in it. I move the trike back to
hangar and uninstalled all the stuff again. Drove to downtown to buy battery
and replace it, which is not easy in this trike. I was ready to go again after
about 90 minutes.
It was very pleasant flight with warm sun on my back,
with 5C down to 1C and back to 5C (41F - 34F - 41F). The sun was very close to
horizon, which was not enjoyable result to shine into my face through two
layers of Plexiglas (windshield and helmet). It was very good 90 min flight.
Pictures
257.
Seven Years of Trike Flying in Kamloops
in 2.5 Minutes
I took 30 random selected clips from my 7 years flying
in
Pictures
256. Flying
with Clouds to Chase via Paul Lake, Nov 3, 2019
I was one of my best flight without any nasty
surprises. Almost 2 hour flight took me over beautiful hills and valleys and
generally pleasure to look at scenery. I tried to bring the mood up with the
Strauss Blue Danube music. This is how I usually feel when the conditions are
right and the flying is pure pleasure. Turn the volume up and enjoy the flight
with me.
Pictures
255. Flying
Kamloops-Ajax-Tobiano, Oct 31, 2019
One hour flight around
Pictures
254. Flying in Kamloops Fall
Colors, Oct 19, 2019
My second day of flying, while day before I went
through some serious turbulence,
this day was my redemption. It was very pleasant flight with some sporadic
fluffy clouds and beautiful fall colors on the ground.
Pictures
253. Beautiful
Day, but Unpleasant Turbulence to Fly in, Oct 18, 2019
It was one of those autumn days full of fall colors,
warm, sunny and no wind. It looked like an ideal day to fly. My fall color mood
changed very quickly right out of the gate. It was very bumpy and getting
progressively worse. It took me about 10 min to decide to go with it or chicken
out and fly back. Eventually I did not want to push my luck and turned around.
252.
Perception of Flying Speed from 9,000'
above Ground, Kamloops Oct 6, 2019
30 sec video to show how
perceived flying speed from 3 km (10,000') elevation looks extremely slow,
while flying 130-140 km/h
251.
Power off Glide from 10,000', Oct 6,
2019
I wanted to know what my
trike gliding ration is while the engine is off. It took me 20 minutes to climb
to my goal altitude of 10,000' (3088 m). I was climbing up at 600 fpm (3 m/s)
which eventually dropped to 400 fpm (2 m/s) while maintaining constant 5,000
rpm on engine. The drop in vertical speed (performance) is natural, because the
air is getting less dense with altitude. The view was spectacular and I felt
like suspended in the air flying the Space Shuttle. I had practically no
perception of speed from that height, but my ground speed was about 54 kn (100
km/h).
After I cleared with the
control tower that nobody is in any hurry to land, I turned power off. This
flight also gave me appreciation of the wing electric trim. I did not see any
purpose of it when I made initial few flights, but now, I am singing different
tune. It is excellent invention in longer and steady flights like this one. I
trimmed it going up hill so if flew hands off the control bar and the same
going down hill. I trimmed it going down to 50 kn indicated, which is actually
40 kn real, as I discovered in the first flights. It flew hands off and without
unwanted turns or surprises.
It was peaceful downhill at
steady speed covering 10 nm (20 km) distances. I calculated that my trike has
7:1 glide ratio. For every 1000' of elevation I could fly 7000' distance. Of
course it will change with wind against or behind me. This glide ratio is very
impressive for such heavy trike with small and fast wing. I did the similar
test in Apr 2014 with my Airborne trike with Wizard wing (http://youtu.be/cgb7QSM_idw).
I calculated 5:1 glide ratio on that slow trike.
Landing was uneventful and 60
kn (111 km/h). I could not restart the engine after landing, because the
battery run out of juice. When you are in the similar situation you would
appreciate the advantages of classical analog (gauge with needles) instruments versus
all computerized stuff, which need a lot of power. I was prepared for this
situation by carrying battery power pack and connected into the 12 V trike
outlet. I kept all navigation lights, radio, transponder and all digital
instruments on. I thought that the battery pack would be able to supply all
needed power. Obviously it did not. You could see from the video that it was
not big deal when I turned all power off. It was very happy day for me.
Pictures
250. Flight to Barriere, BC, Oct 4, 2019
It was one of my best
flights. I wanted to fly originally to
I took different route the
last 15 km before Barriere. I flew above
Pictures
249.
Short Flight over Kamloops North and
East Ridges, Oct 1, 2019
Weather forecast called for
sunny day, but it did not happen in that morning. I liked the fluffy low level
clouds around the
I was stressed not about the
flying, but to deal with the problem. When I was about 200 m from the end of
runway we could again communicate by radio. It was not perfect, but at least I
could apologize for the bloody radio. I was not very keen to deal with it right
a way, but I am glad that I did. I concluded that it must be antenna and it
was. The mini coaxial connector was unscrewed. The cable still worked in short
distance as antenna, but not very far. I reconnected the cable and wrapped it
in electric tape to prevent it from happening again. It really made my day. I
was so happy that I found it. It was good day and the video shows it.
Pictures
248.
Second Flight that Day to Knutsford
Area, Sep 30, 2019
It was beautiful day, but
very bumpy especially in the South of Kamloops. I was looking for different
layer for some peaceful flying conditions, but no luck. I just relaxed and tried
to like it. I have good video.
Pictures
247.
Short Flight over Kamloops North Ridge,
Sep 30, 2019
It was perfect weather (it
looked like), but my camera quit shortly after take off. I turned back to reset
it.
Pictures
246.
Flying over Kamloops North Ridge, Sep 6,
2019
The main reason for this flight
was to take aerial picture after devastating fire of the local school the
previous day. The school was totally destroyed. Unfortunately I took off with
camera without memory card and on top of that I forgot to turn the front, full
view camera on. Oh, well, at least I had very good local flight.
245.
Flying to Sun Peaks, Mt Lolo and NW
Ridge, Sep 1, 2019
I was trying new camera mount
on the trike nose, so there is no picture interference with any part of trike.
This front view is run at 4 to 6x faster with perceives speed of 500 to 700
km/h.
I did very good aerial survey
of the
I crossed Mt Lolo, with a bit
of turbulence and then scanned the hills of the NE of Kamloops Lake. This 1:40
hr flight is compressed into 3:50 min video.
Pictures
244. Practicing
Landings at Kamloops Airport , August 26, 2019
Short video showing several take-offs
and landings in Apollo DeltaJet2 trike.
243.
Flying from Kamloops to Logan Lake and
Merritt via Hwy 97C, August 19, 2019
Another long distance flight (177 km) to explore
242.
Flying from Kamloops to Highland Valley,
Ashcroft and Cache Creek, August 7, 2019
I always wanted to fly around the big surface copper
mine in
241. Kamloops
to Harper Ranch, Cold Creek Rd Loop, July 29, 2019
One of the most relaxing flight over spectacular
countryside. This part of
240.
Kamloops Flying to Adams Lake Bay via
Sun Peaks, July 22, 2019
One of our flying club members posted few pictures
from his flight over
239.
Kamloops Flying to Isobel Lake and NE
Ridge, July 11, 2019
Friend of mine mentioned camping at
238.
My Record Flight to Molybdenite Peak,
July 3, 2019
Several years ago I watched YouTube video showing group
of
I had very few hours of sleep thinking of all those
"what if" possibilities. I got up at 4:30 am and was in the air at
5:55 am. Dressed in my full winter gear, I was really hot in already sunny,
14C, morning. There was up to 18 km/h (10 kn) head wind, but otherwise very
relaxing flight. It was not easy to take pictures, because big contrast between
sunny and shady areas from the low sun position. I was stunned to see the
beauty of the eastern part of the
I landed safely at the
My record longest and potentially the most dangerous
flight so far.
Distance: 278 km (173 mi, 150 nm)
Max Elevation: 3,557 m (11,670')
Moving time: 2:40 hr
Max Ground Speed: 148 km/h (92 mph, 80 kn)
237.
Flying to Knouff Sullivan Lake Area,
June 9, 2019
Six days before, I was driving my motorcycle to Knouff Lake Recreation Area
and I was very impresses with the nature beauty there. I decided to check it
out from the air too. It was very nice flight, but the better view from the
ground. It looks from the air much flatter then from the ground.
236. Flying
to Savona to Check the Wild Fire Situation There, June 6, 2019
Walking on the street previous day, I noticed black
smoke on western horizon. Oh no! No forest fire again. Media reports were not
very favourable with statements like double in size, out of control...
The morning was crisp, with just 8C and sunny sky. I
decided to fly west to see how bad the fire situation is NW of Savona.
Actually, I was very surprised that the fire was out, but still with some
smouldering patches and very close to the forest. I could see small burned
patch and father west large burned area. It was obvious that it was
deliberately set by someone. The first smaller patch was very far away from the
train track separated by very dry grass and wide road. This fire could not
start by train. It is mad-mad world.
235. Kamloops
COPA Flights for Kids, June 1, 2019
Kamloops Flying Club organized "COPA for
Kids". COPA (Canadian owners and pilots association) motivation is to seed
some interest into young generation to become pilots, attendants, mechanics..
The current majority of pilots is in its life sunset. Very few people are starting
to fly. Unless something drastic happens, there will not be too many long
distance holidays or business trips. There will be no pilots and mechanics to
service those planes.
234. How
Trike Works and How to Mount Flight Cameras, May 30, 2019
I did similar video with my Airborne Trike in Feb 2017. I had many
very good responses, so I decided to follow up with my new trike, but with
emphasis on camera mounting basics. It shows how trike is controlled,
instrumentation, how to make camera mounts, how to mount them to prevent
vibration, best angle of view, how to set camera to be parallel with horizon in
level flight... All comments ale welcome.
233. Short
Flight to West of Kamloops North Ridge, May 30, 2019
My flight ended just after 20 min. It was early
morning at 15C, no wind, but very hazy day. We were getting smoke from our
neighbouring province
232. Flying
on the Edge of North Ridge West and East of Kamloops, May 27, 2019
I made another beautiful flight just north of
231. Flying
from Kamloops to Falkland - Westwold - Monte Creek and Kamloops, May 21, 2019
I made several attempts in the past to fly to
230.
Flying from Merritt to Kamloops, May 6,
2019
This is return flight continuation of the previous
video. During short pit stop at Merritt airport, I changed all 4 cameras batteries
and enjoyed and bit the beautiful blue sky and crispy clear air in the
beautiful region. I decided to head home, before the nature would change its
mood. I more-less followed the famous Coquihalla (TV series Highway to Hell)
north to
229.
Flying from Kamloops to Merritt Airport,
May 6, 2019
I started early morning to prevent
I was up in the air at 6:30, heading for Merritt
airport. I chose longer, but very scenic way through the
I just bought another GoPro camera (6th now), this
time Hero 7 Black. Black has nothing to do with color. It is the confusing type
of camera features in this sequence: White, Silver and Black which is the most
advanced. I was very impressed with the camera result. The Stabilization if
phenomenal and it works exactly how it supposed work for use with aircrafts or
boats on waves. The background in steady, but the foreground subject is moving.
When you have camera on the wing then in turbulence you are moving against the
background. Normally background would be moving while you are fixed in one
point on the screen. I was doing this in pos-processing software, which took
2.5 hours for every 20 min of video. Now, all this is done in real time in such
small device like GoPro. Very impressive. I was hesitant to buy it, because the
original Stabilization had one negative which I call, Over-stabilization. You
could see this effect even on TV made by professional cameras. When panning
moving object then the result is jerky. I my case when used during take off or
landing the undercarriage was separated from the trike and catching up and
falling behind. I bought the camera as soon as heard from my fellow trike FB
friend that GoPro fixed this phenomenon.
228.
Flying from Salmon Arm to Kamloops,
April 26, 2019
After about 40 minutes in Salmon Arm airport I took
off towards the
I was too far from my original route, so I took
shortcut across the mountain again. I wanted to avoid this route, because I did
not like the turbulence there. The turbulence was waiting for me.
I took side trip to Chase village on the
227.
Flying to Salmon Arm, April 26, 2019
This video is from my first leg of two hour flight to
Salmon Arm (SA) airport and back. I decided to fly almost straight line between
226. Flying
to Tobiano and Savona to Test Wing GoPro on 3x Stabilizer, April 14, 2019
I was waiting a long time to test again the Gimbal
Stabilizer FY-WG X3 with GoPro wing camera. I tested this mechanical stabilizer in 2016 with disappointing
results, when batteries quit in just 12 minutes at -3C. It was a bit better
this time with 30 min running time at +3C, but still very short of spec 3 to 4
hours. I will try again in summer. The result is very good and much more
interesting relation between the trike and background.
225. My
Record Flight to Dunn Peak, the Highest Peak in Kamloops Region, March 30, 2019
I was always intrigued by the snowy peak on very
distant northern horizon. I was very close to this region in Oct 29, 2018, when
flying to
The conditions were ripe for very good flight at 9:30
am, with blue, but hazy morning sky and +6C. Just before I strapped myself into
my bird, I was visited by my flying club buddy. He told me about his nasty experience
with extreme turbulence while flying his regular airplane there. This stacked
in my head, especially, when in that mountain range. I was flying in the final
stage at 11,175', well above the peak elevation of 8,600' to avoid the mountain
turbulence. I stayed on the up wind side of mountain only and chickened out to
fly around, hearing in my head his story of 1,000'/min downdraft.
It was very good flight without any surprises. It was another
milestone flight with these, for me, record setting values:
Distance: 184 km (114 mi)
Max Elevation: 3,406 m (11,175')
Delta elevation 3,053 m (10,015')
Average Speed: 116 km/h (72 mph)
Time: 1:35
Temper -6C to +8C (21 F to 46 F)
224. Flight
to Second Largest Ski Area in Canada, March 20, 2019
It was truly spring day. I took off from
It was very pleasant flight with just small section
with turbulence; otherwise I could listen to music and daydream. Actually, I
was fully alert and waited for some nasty
I adjusted the angle of view of my camera mounted on
the broomstick. The view looks good. This low tech camera mount was
surprisingly very sturdy and fast to make. It would not win any industrial
design price, but it cost nothing and worked perfectly. I cannot say the same
about the GoPro overpriced mounts, which are good enough, but no good for my
videos. I had to modify them to prevent vibrations.
223.
Kamloops Flight Following North Thompson
River, March 17, 2019
Another short flight to test my homemade camera mount,
but mainly if the view would be interesting to watch. It appears that my broom
stick camera mount and its attachment to the wing struts worked well with
practically no vibration. I will leave to viewers to answer the question
whether the camera view is interesting. The next time I will turn the camera
more forward facing to capture the scenery too.
It was the first day of this winter season, when I was
actually hot during the flight. Yahoo!
222.
Kamloops Flight to North Ridge, March
17, 2019
Just short flight with my new camera mount and 360
Master Vision camera. It was disappointing test, because camera quit recording
just after only 2 minutes. The camera manual says that it should be operated
above 7C. The temperature was 3C to 6C. Obviously, that camera did not like it.
I landed and installed GoPro camera to give me another angle of view. You could
see the result in the next video.
221.
Kamloops Flight to Downtown, Nicola
Valley, Ajax, March 13, 2019
Beautiful day with now wind, ideal conditions to have
pleasant flight. After take off I realized that I forgot my camera on the back
seat. I had to turn around to retrieve it. Right after take off I noticed that
this flight might not be very relaxing. The air was bumpy and the bumpiness was
steady increasing during the flight. I also noticed when flying over the
Knutsford area, that I did not buckled up after my camera retrieval. The flying
conditions were not ideal for hands off flying. It took me two attempts to
secure myself in the seat again. This was big relieve for me!
I had to change my original flight plan twice, due to
the snow/rain in the areas where I was planning to go. I am very allergic to
such combination of blue sky with cold clouds nearby. This always brings very
nasty and sudden winds in
220.
Kamloops Flight North Ridge, Tobiano,
Afton Mine, March 9, 2019
I took advantage of the first warm and sunny day of
2019. Ground temperature was +2C and -6C in the air. I explored still snow
covered country side around
219.
One Hour Winter Flight around Kamloops,
March 6, 2019
One hour pleasant flight in the first above the freezing
temperature. Beautiful views of hilly areas covered with show on North sides,
while brown on the sunny sides.
218.
Kamloops Loop Flight, March 1, 2019
It was almost nice day and especially after unusually
cold weather in
217.
Kamloops Local Flight, Feb 15, 2019
Finally! It was almost warm at -5C. We had unusually
cold and windy 2 weeks of weather. This day the sun was peeking through after
about 6 cm of fresh snow. After clearing snow from my long access road to
runway, I decided to take my bird for some fresh air. It was beautiful flight
with no wind or turbulence. I flew just around
216. Flying
above Beautiful Kamloops NW Ridge, Jan 21, 2019
The second sunny day required to take your bird up. I
was following Kamloops North Ridge east and west. With practically now ground
wind, it was blowing around 70 km/h at 6,500'. The flight was very enjoyable
and uneventful until I noticed that my seat belt was unbuckled (again). The
buckle opens by just lifting its latch. I have camera around the neck and
resting practically on that seat belt buckle. Most likely, I accidentally pull
the buckle latch when grabbing the camera with my clumsy winter glove.
Regardless, I had to buckle up again in the air. While doing it, the control
bar suddenly and unexpectedly surged (moved) forward, into, I think, stall
position. If you don't have patience to watch whole movie then skip to 3 min
and watch it in normal and slow motion. I would like to hear from you experts
some explanation, what really happened there.
215. Flying
to Chase Village over Beautiful Mountains, Jan 20, 2019
It was beautiful, crispy day at about -2C to -6C. I
was flying east from