Time-lapse of soaring club launch operation

[Paul Remde]

Hi,

Today I took a fun video showing the launch operation at the Minnesota
soaring club on May 12, 2012 from about 11 AM to 3:15 PM. It is much more
fun flying gliders than it would appear from the video.

It turned out to be a pretty good soaring day despite the lack of cumulus
clouds. Fred Hewitt and I flew the DG-1000S 2-seat sailplane around a 100 km
triangle course in an attempt to set a state soaring record. We got somewhat
low on the 2nd leg of the course which slowed us down. So, no record today.
But it was a beautiful day with strong lift - and sink. What fun!

I setup my Nikon D800 to take 1 photo every 5 seconds. The battery lasted
long enough to get 1 minute and 42 seconds of movie when played back at 30
frames/second. That comes to 3060 photos at 1080p HD resolution taken over a
period of 4 hours and 15 minutes. I used a Nikon AF Fisheye Nikkor 16 mm
1:2.8 D lens. I love watching the clouds in the video. I can't wait to try
again on a day with cumulus clouds.

You can see it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgykLPczVzU

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde

[Gilbert Smith[_2_]]

"Paul Remde" > wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Today I took a fun video showing the launch operation at the Minnesota
>soaring club on May 12, 2012 from about 11 AM to 3:15 PM. It is much more
>fun flying gliders than it would appear from the video.
>
>It turned out to be a pretty good soaring day despite the lack of cumulus
>clouds. Fred Hewitt and I flew the DG-1000S 2-seat sailplane around a 100 km
>triangle course in an attempt to set a state soaring record. We got somewhat
>low on the 2nd leg of the course which slowed us down. So, no record today.
>But it was a beautiful day with strong lift - and sink. What fun!
>
>I setup my Nikon D800 to take 1 photo every 5 seconds. The battery lasted
>long enough to get 1 minute and 42 seconds of movie when played back at 30
>frames/second. That comes to 3060 photos at 1080p HD resolution taken over a
>period of 4 hours and 15 minutes. I used a Nikon AF Fisheye Nikkor 16 mm
>1:2.8 D lens. I love watching the clouds in the video. I can't wait to try
>again on a day with cumulus clouds.
>
>You can see it here:
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgykLPczVzU
>
>Good Soaring,
>
>Paul Remde

.... and not a strut in sight.

[Warren Cramer]

Cool video!

Time-lapse is a lot of fun, I was thinking it would be interesting to do a time-lapse of glider(s) assembling.

[Paul Remde]

"Gilbert Smith" > wrote in message
...
"Paul Remde" > wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Today I took a fun video showing the launch operation at the Minnesota
>soaring club on May 12, 2012 from about 11 AM to 3:15 PM. It is much more
>fun flying gliders than it would appear from the video.
>
>It turned out to be a pretty good soaring day despite the lack of cumulus
>clouds. Fred Hewitt and I flew the DG-1000S 2-seat sailplane around a 100
>km
>triangle course in an attempt to set a state soaring record. We got
>somewhat
>low on the 2nd leg of the course which slowed us down. So, no record today.
>But it was a beautiful day with strong lift - and sink. What fun!
>
>I setup my Nikon D800 to take 1 photo every 5 seconds. The battery lasted
>long enough to get 1 minute and 42 seconds of movie when played back at 30
>frames/second. That comes to 3060 photos at 1080p HD resolution taken over
>a
>period of 4 hours and 15 minutes. I used a Nikon AF Fisheye Nikkor 16 mm
>1:2.8 D lens. I love watching the clouds in the video. I can't wait to try
>again on a day with cumulus clouds.
>
>You can see it here:
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgykLPczVzU
>
>Good Soaring,
>
>Paul Remde

.... and not a strut in sight.

___________________________
Huh?

[Peter von Tresckow]

"Paul Remde" > wrote in message
...
> "Gilbert Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
> "Paul Remde" > wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Today I took a fun video showing the launch operation at the Minnesota
>>soaring club on May 12, 2012 from about 11 AM to 3:15 PM. It is much more
>>fun flying gliders than it would appear from the video.
>>
>>It turned out to be a pretty good soaring day despite the lack of cumulus
>>clouds. Fred Hewitt and I flew the DG-1000S 2-seat sailplane around a 100
>>km
>>triangle course in an attempt to set a state soaring record. We got
>>somewhat
>>low on the 2nd leg of the course which slowed us down. So, no record
>>today.
>>But it was a beautiful day with strong lift - and sink. What fun!
>>
>>I setup my Nikon D800 to take 1 photo every 5 seconds. The battery lasted
>>long enough to get 1 minute and 42 seconds of movie when played back at 30
>>frames/second. That comes to 3060 photos at 1080p HD resolution taken over
>>a
>>period of 4 hours and 15 minutes. I used a Nikon AF Fisheye Nikkor 16 mm
>>1:2.8 D lens. I love watching the clouds in the video. I can't wait to try
>>again on a day with cumulus clouds.
>>
>>You can see it here:
>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgykLPczVzU
>>
>>Good Soaring,
>>
>>Paul Remde
>
> ... and not a strut in sight.
>
> ___________________________
> Huh?
>
>

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