New video of gliders racing 1000 ft above the desert

On Mar 20, 7:50*am, Bruno wrote:
A few friends and I had an amazing time last week down at the
Hurricane, Utah airport doing some early spring soaring. I tested out
a new GoPro Hero2 HD video recorder (sorry about being hand held) and
was very pleased with the quality and results. *I have 2 videos from
this trip with this one being the first and another spectacular one
coming out next week - soaring inside of Kolob Canyon below the
rim...

This week's video can be found on my youtube channel. Please make sure
to watch in full screen mode and as high of HD quality as your
computer allows. *Worth the extra time to download clearer video!
It is hard to imagine that gliders could comfortably cruise less than
1,000 feet above the desert floor at ground speeds often over 140
miles per hour for over 20 miles with nowhere to land in sight!

This video shows pilots Bruno Vassel (B4 in an ASW-27B), Tim Taylor
(TT in a Ventus 2a) and Dan Wrobel (DW in a Ventus B) flying high
performance sailplanes along the small ridge southbound from the
Hurricane, Utah airport. We also had a great time soaring with Steve
in an LS3 flying R5. *Note the completely unlandable terrain both
above and below the ridge making for spectacular scenery but scary
flying. This was a very fun day of flying!

http://youtu.be/aob5JxEFTw0?hd=1

Thanks for watching, Bruno (B4)

Great video! Great ridge day? What were the local winds and how was it
on the ground in Hurricane?
Is there always a tow now at Hurricane? JET and his Maule?

T

Great video! Great ridge day? What were the local winds and how was it
on the ground in Hurricane?
Is there always a tow now at Hurricane? JET and his Maule?

T

The winds were 3-5 knots from the west on the ground and 1000 feet up
on the ridge we were seeing 16 knots very steady from the southwest.
It wasn't just a ridge day. We had lots of fun playing around the area
down low. Check out all our igc files on the OLC from March 15-16.

Yes, we asked John and his Maule to come tow us. There were five of
us for a few days so he was very accommodating and brought down the
the plane from Parowan. He said he would be happy to do it again if we
can get at least 3 people to get a few days worth of tows.

Bruno - B4

On Mar 20, 7:51*pm, T wrote:
On Mar 20, 7:50*am, Bruno wrote:





A few friends and I had an amazing time last week down at the
Hurricane, Utah airport doing some early spring soaring. I tested out
a new GoPro Hero2 HD video recorder (sorry about being hand held) and
was very pleased with the quality and results. *I have 2 videos from
this trip with this one being the first and another spectacular one
coming out next week - soaring inside of Kolob Canyon below the
rim...

This week's video can be found on my youtube channel. Please make sure
to watch in full screen mode and as high of HD quality as your
computer allows. *Worth the extra time to download clearer video!
It is hard to imagine that gliders could comfortably cruise less than
1,000 feet above the desert floor at ground speeds often over 140
miles per hour for over 20 miles with nowhere to land in sight!

This video shows pilots Bruno Vassel (B4 in an ASW-27B), Tim Taylor
(TT in a Ventus 2a) and Dan Wrobel (DW in a Ventus B) flying high
performance sailplanes along the small ridge southbound from the
Hurricane, Utah airport. We also had a great time soaring with Steve
in an LS3 flying R5. *Note the completely unlandable terrain both
above and below the ridge making for spectacular scenery but scary
flying. This was a very fun day of flying!

http://youtu.be/aob5JxEFTw0?hd=1

Thanks for watching, Bruno (B4)

Great video! Great ridge day? What were the local winds and how was it
on the ground in Hurricane?
Is there always a tow now at Hurricane? JET and his Maule?

T

The winds were about 15 to 20 at the ridge top, just about
perpendicular to the ridge. We landed a few minutes later with about 8
to 10 out of the west on the ground. Cross winds were really not a
factor. An hour later when DW landed it was down to less than 5 on the
ground.

We arranged with John about a month in advance to come down for the
weekend to tow. Hurricane is about 2700 feet lower than Parowan so
Spring comes six to eight weeks earlier there. We planned to fly
three days but Saturday was forecast to be blown out with 30+ winds.
With the ridge about 1/2 mile from the runway you could get away with
1000 to 1200 foot tows most days. Would be a great place for reverse
auto tows.

Great stuff. I've only mountain biked around that area and a little bit along or below that ridge.

If you ride at all, you don't want to miss Hurricane. Last time we were in Hurricane was a year or two ago and there was a Pawnee at the airport. We watched a glider tow up to Gooseberry Mesa and soar around a bit one afternoon.

Next time we'll bring the Duo if tows can be arranged.


On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 7:09:03 PM UTC-7, Tim Taylor wrote:
On Mar 20, 7:51*pm, T wrote:
On Mar 20, 7:50*am, Bruno
wrote:





A few friends and I had an amazing time last week down at the
Hurricane, Utah airport doing some early spring soaring. I tested out
a new GoPro Hero2 HD video recorder (sorry about being hand held) and
was very pleased with the quality and results. *I have 2 videos from
this trip with this one being the first and another spectacular one
coming out next week - soaring inside of Kolob Canyon below the
rim...

This week's video can be found on my youtube channel. Please make sure
to watch in full screen mode and as high of HD quality as your
computer allows. *Worth the extra time to download clearer video!
It is hard to imagine that gliders could comfortably cruise less than
1,000 feet above the desert floor at ground speeds often over 140
miles per hour for over 20 miles with nowhere to land in sight!

This video shows pilots Bruno Vassel (B4 in an ASW-27B), Tim Taylor
(TT in a Ventus 2a) and Dan Wrobel (DW in a Ventus B) flying high
performance sailplanes along the small ridge southbound from the
Hurricane, Utah airport. We also had a great time soaring with Steve
in an LS3 flying R5. *Note the completely unlandable terrain both
above and below the ridge making for spectacular scenery but scary
flying. This was a very fun day of flying!

http://youtu.be/aob5JxEFTw0?hd=1

Thanks for watching, Bruno (B4)

Great video! Great ridge day? What were the local winds and how was it
on the ground in Hurricane?
Is there always a tow now at Hurricane? JET and his Maule?

T

The winds were about 15 to 20 at the ridge top, just about
perpendicular to the ridge. We landed a few minutes later with about 8
to 10 out of the west on the ground. Cross winds were really not a
factor. An hour later when DW landed it was down to less than 5 on the
ground.

We arranged with John about a month in advance to come down for the
weekend to tow. Hurricane is about 2700 feet lower than Parowan so
Spring comes six to eight weeks earlier there. We planned to fly
three days but Saturday was forecast to be blown out with 30+ winds.
With the ridge about 1/2 mile from the runway you could get away with
1000 to 1200 foot tows most days. Would be a great place for reverse
auto tows.

On Mar 20, 10:50*am, Bruno wrote:
A few friends and I had an amazing time last week down at the
Hurricane, Utah airport doing some early spring soaring. I tested out
a new GoPro Hero2 HD video recorder (sorry about being hand held) and
was very pleased with the quality and results. *I have 2 videos from
this trip with this one being the first and another spectacular one
coming out next week - soaring inside of Kolob Canyon below the
rim...

This week's video can be found on my youtube channel. Please make sure
to watch in full screen mode and as high of HD quality as your
computer allows. *Worth the extra time to download clearer video!
It is hard to imagine that gliders could comfortably cruise less than
1,000 feet above the desert floor at ground speeds often over 140
miles per hour for over 20 miles with nowhere to land in sight!

This video shows pilots Bruno Vassel (B4 in an ASW-27B), Tim Taylor
(TT in a Ventus 2a) and Dan Wrobel (DW in a Ventus B) flying high
performance sailplanes along the small ridge southbound from the
Hurricane, Utah airport. We also had a great time soaring with Steve
in an LS3 flying R5. *Note the completely unlandable terrain both
above and below the ridge making for spectacular scenery but scary
flying. This was a very fun day of flying!

http://youtu.be/aob5JxEFTw0?hd=1

Thanks for watching, Bruno (B4)

Beautiful! That red rock with soft, yet directional light was
perfect. I find full sun is much harder to deal with.

What GoPro video mode were you shooting. I settled for the full HD
r5, I think it's called.

I bought a Ram mount cup and cut the ball off, then threaded the stub
so I could screw a very small Monfratto ball head flush against the
cup. This cup is supposed to be canopy friendly according to Cumulus
Soaring. Anyway the cup can be very quickly pushed onto the canopy
anywhere, then GoPro quickly aimed with the ball head. I rent a
Cirrus, so maybe glider owners dont like suction cups.

.... Aaron

On Mar 20, 7:30*pm, Morgan wrote:
Great stuff. *I've only mountain biked around that area and a little bit along or below that ridge.

If you ride at all, you don't want to miss Hurricane. *Last time we were in Hurricane was a year or two ago and there was a Pawnee at the airport. *We watched a glider tow up to Gooseberry Mesa and soar around a bit one afternoon.

Next time we'll bring the Duo if tows can be arranged.



On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 7:09:03 PM UTC-7, Tim Taylor wrote:
On Mar 20, 7:51*pm, T wrote:
On Mar 20, 7:50*am, Bruno
*wrote:

A few friends and I had an amazing time last week down at the
Hurricane, Utah airport doing some early spring soaring. I tested out
a new GoPro Hero2 HD video recorder (sorry about being hand held) and
was very pleased with the quality and results. *I have 2 videos from
this trip with this one being the first and another spectacular one
coming out next week - soaring inside of Kolob Canyon below the
rim...

This week's video can be found on my youtube channel. Please make sure
to watch in full screen mode and as high of HD quality as your
computer allows. *Worth the extra time to download clearer video!
It is hard to imagine that gliders could comfortably cruise less than
1,000 feet above the desert floor at ground speeds often over 140
miles per hour for over 20 miles with nowhere to land in sight!

This video shows pilots Bruno Vassel (B4 in an ASW-27B), Tim Taylor
(TT in a Ventus 2a) and Dan Wrobel (DW in a Ventus B) flying high
performance sailplanes along the small ridge southbound from the
Hurricane, Utah airport. We also had a great time soaring with Steve
in an LS3 flying R5. *Note the completely unlandable terrain both
above and below the ridge making for spectacular scenery but scary
flying. This was a very fun day of flying!

http://youtu.be/aob5JxEFTw0?hd=1

Thanks for watching, Bruno (B4)

Great video! Great ridge day? What were the local winds and how was it
on the ground in Hurricane?
Is there always a tow now at Hurricane? JET and his Maule?

T

The winds were about 15 to 20 at the ridge top, just about
perpendicular to the ridge. We landed a few minutes later with about 8
to 10 out of the west on the ground. Cross winds were really not a
factor. An hour later when DW landed it was down to less than 5 on the
ground.

We arranged with John about a month in advance to come down for the
weekend to tow. *Hurricane is about 2700 feet lower than Parowan so
Spring comes six to eight weeks earlier there. *We planned to fly
three days but Saturday was forecast to be blown out with 30+ winds.
With the ridge about 1/2 mile from the runway you could get away with
1000 to 1200 foot tows most days. Would be a great place for reverse
auto tows.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

great video Bruno, thanks for sharing.
Dan
WO

Go Pro is supposed to be releasing a wireless remot "any day now." That will really make it useful for the sorts of shots we want to do...


On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:13:11 PM UTC-4, Brad wrote:
On Mar 20, 11:50*am, Bruno
wrote:
Excellent! was the GoPro inside the plastic case?

Brad

Thanks for the supportive comments everyone. It is so fun to share
flights with others. *Yes, the GoPro was using the regular outside
plastic housing. I added an extended battery pack to the back of the
GoPro for around $50. Since a 32 gig card can handle around 3.5 hours
of video, it is always the batteries that die first. *We'll see how
long the regular battery + extended will last together. I will be
thrilled with anything over 3 hours total.

Bruno - B4

Thanks for the info Bruno................I'm thinking of up-grading to
either the GoPro you are using, or the Drift HD that uses a wireless
remote. The thought is to be able to turn on and off the camera to
save storage and battery for the "exciting" parts of the flight. I
always seem to run out of battery power when I'm racing up and down
the ridges!

I think there is a wireless unit for the GoPro but am not sure about
that.

Brad

Here is the link to the GoPro Wi-Fi remote.
http://gopro.com/hd-hero-accessories...-remote-combo/

Wayne
HP-14 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/


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Go Pro is supposed to be releasing a wireless remot "any day now." That
will really make it useful for the sorts of shots we want to do...


On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:13:11 PM UTC-4, Brad wrote:
On Mar 20, 11:50 am, Bruno
wrote:
Excellent! was the GoPro inside the plastic case?

Brad

Thanks for the supportive comments everyone. It is so fun to share
flights with others. Yes, the GoPro was using the regular outside
plastic housing. I added an extended battery pack to the back of the
GoPro for around $50. Since a 32 gig card can handle around 3.5 hours
of video, it is always the batteries that die first. We'll see how
long the regular battery + extended will last together. I will be
thrilled with anything over 3 hours total.

Bruno - B4

Thanks for the info Bruno................I'm thinking of up-grading to
either the GoPro you are using, or the Drift HD that uses a wireless
remote. The thought is to be able to turn on and off the camera to
save storage and battery for the "exciting" parts of the flight. I
always seem to run out of battery power when I'm racing up and down
the ridges!

I think there is a wireless unit for the GoPro but am not sure about
that.

Brad

What's a little worrisome is the availability date was "Soon", then "February 2012," then "March 2012"... It may be worth letting someone else figure out the bugs in the first release :-)


On Wednesday, March 21, 2012 10:31:17 AM UTC-4, Wayne wrote:
Here is the link to the GoPro Wi-Fi remote.
http://gopro.com/hd-hero-accessories...-remote-combo/

Wayne
HP-14 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/


"Papa3" wrote in message
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Go Pro is supposed to be releasing a wireless remot "any day now." That
will really make it useful for the sorts of shots we want to do...


On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:13:11 PM UTC-4, Brad wrote:
On Mar 20, 11:50 am, Bruno
wrote:
Excellent! was the GoPro inside the plastic case?

Brad

Thanks for the supportive comments everyone. It is so fun to share
flights with others. Yes, the GoPro was using the regular outside
plastic housing. I added an extended battery pack to the back of the
GoPro for around $50. Since a 32 gig card can handle around 3.5 hours
of video, it is always the batteries that die first. We'll see how
long the regular battery + extended will last together. I will be
thrilled with anything over 3 hours total.

Bruno - B4

Thanks for the info Bruno................I'm thinking of up-grading to
either the GoPro you are using, or the Drift HD that uses a wireless
remote. The thought is to be able to turn on and off the camera to
save storage and battery for the "exciting" parts of the flight. I
always seem to run out of battery power when I'm racing up and down
the ridges!

I think there is a wireless unit for the GoPro but am not sure about
that.

Brad

We all seem to be impressed with the quality and angle width of the
new GoPro Hero2 for recording our soaring. Please note that many
remotes to video recorders DO NOT turn the units on and off but only
start and stop recording. If that is the case with the new Hero2
remote then it won't help with battery life issues. You only have
around 1.5 hours of battery life. I have the extended battery pack to
get the record time up to around 3 hours but with it installed I don't
think you can also have the remote hooked up so you are stuck with
either a 1.5 hour battery life with only a start/stop recording remote
or a full 3+ hours of continuous footage with the extended pack....I
think: I haven't recorded for a straight 3 hours yet on the Hero2 so
it might be possible that it automatically stops recording after a
certain time period. I hope not. My old HD camera on video mode would
do that because it limited the individual file sizes so it would stop
recording after around 30 minutes. Was a real pain. Best is to "Set it
and Forget it!" but I guess we aren't cooking chicken in the cockpit
even though we sometimes feel like one.

Take care,
Bruno - B4