Shoot the Sun
Author
Discussion

saleen836

Original Poster:

12,489 posts

238 months

Sunday 26th February 2012
quotequote all
A friend of mine during playtime!...


Eric Mc

125,606 posts

294 months

Sunday 26th February 2012
quotequote all
I hope the phptographer had a parachute.

Simpo Two

92,658 posts

294 months

Sunday 26th February 2012
quotequote all
Eric Mc said:
I hope the phptographer had a parachute.
If the pilot was pulling a perfect loop Bob-Hoover-style the tog could just have sat there.

Actually maybe the wind would have blown him off; you'd have to factor that in. Maybe a barell roll to port would pin him down a bit more firmly...

Eric Mc

125,606 posts

294 months

Sunday 26th February 2012
quotequote all
I bet the wing was bending.

saleen836

Original Poster:

12,489 posts

238 months

Sunday 26th February 2012
quotequote all
He had the camera fixed to the wingtip, it runs all the time and will shoot approx 4hrs of shots in HD on a 32gb sd card, definately a nice day for it!

Eric Mc

125,606 posts

294 months

Sunday 26th February 2012
quotequote all
saleen836 said:
He had the camera fixed to the wingtip, it runs all the time and will shoot approx 4hrs of shots in HD on a 32gb sd card, definately a nice day for it!
I'd never have guessed.

saleen836

Original Poster:

12,489 posts

238 months

Sunday 26th February 2012
quotequote all
Eric Mc said:
saleen836 said:
He had the camera fixed to the wingtip, it runs all the time and will shoot approx 4hrs of shots in HD on a 32gb sd card, definately a nice day for it!
I'd never have guessed.
Others might not...

PHmember

2,487 posts

200 months

Sunday 26th February 2012
quotequote all
I'm guessing he has the camera fixed to the wingtip & it runs all the time, shooting approx 4hrs of shots in HD on a 32gb sd card?

pacman1

7,324 posts

222 months

Sunday 26th February 2012
quotequote all
Wow, not read all this thread, what a brave cameraman!!

cal216610

7,839 posts

199 months

Monday 27th February 2012
quotequote all
pacman1 said:
Wow, not read all this thread, what a brave cameraman!!
It's a wind turbine with a plane attached to the end to make it look like a ferris wheel.
Cameraman is sat in a deck chair in the middle taking pics.

Simpo Two

92,658 posts

294 months

Monday 27th February 2012
quotequote all
cal216610 said:
It's a wind turbine with a plane attached to the end to make it look like a ferris wheel.
Cameraman is sat in a deck chair in the middle taking pics.
Clever!

They fit small aircraft to each blade to drive the windmill round when there's no wind.

perdu

4,885 posts

228 months

Monday 27th February 2012
quotequote all
Apparently the Huhneatic was considering that as an emergency power resource if the wind speed dropped on his "state wind farms" eek

dr_gn

16,924 posts

213 months

Monday 27th February 2012
quotequote all
Simpo Two said:
cal216610 said:
It's a wind turbine with a plane attached to the end to make it look like a ferris wheel.
Cameraman is sat in a deck chair in the middle taking pics.
Clever!

They fit small aircraft to each blade to drive the windmill round when there's no wind.
You did know that many large wind turbines have to be powered by the grid in order to start them or keep them turning in marginal conditions (and even just to make them look like they're working during site visits or whatever)?

You may laugh, but...



Hooli

32,278 posts

229 months

Tuesday 28th February 2012
quotequote all
dr_gn said:
Simpo Two said:
cal216610 said:
It's a wind turbine with a plane attached to the end to make it look like a ferris wheel.
Cameraman is sat in a deck chair in the middle taking pics.
Clever!

They fit small aircraft to each blade to drive the windmill round when there's no wind.
You did know that many large wind turbines have to be powered by the grid in order to start them or keep them turning in marginal conditions (and even just to make them look like they're working during site visits or whatever)?

You may laugh, but...
Well how else would you grow wind on a wind farm?