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SkySteve
10-07-2013, 09:57 PM
I thought your eyes might need some flying adventure photos to gaze at so I flew to one of the remote airstrips on the north shore of the Salt Lake, UT today. The strip is a little rutted but landable:

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff12/KitfoxSteve/AFE85F3B-088C-452E-8E5D-143EEFE51A33-523-0000016C9EAB6010_zps8df02853.jpg

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff12/KitfoxSteve/CDF2D3A0-67EF-47DC-B144-47EA33F44438-523-0000016CDE3394B7_zpsff23ae4d.jpg

SkyPirate
10-07-2013, 10:00 PM
cool pic's Steve,,don't his those "road apples" might get your plane dirty :)

SkySteve
10-07-2013, 10:04 PM
Hey Sky Pirate,
You DID notice those! Ha! I hit them on take off. By the way, what are you doing up at this time of night? Don't you have an appointment with a coffee cup in a few hours?

DesertFox4
10-07-2013, 10:04 PM
He'll be airborne before he even gets close to them.;)
Nice photos Steve. Always good to see 85DD on these pages.

SkySteve
10-07-2013, 10:09 PM
DF4,
There was a large hole in the runway that you can't see in the photo, so I couldn't use about 1/3 of the strip. Road apples are now road apple pie.

SkyPirate
10-07-2013, 10:16 PM
lol on the road apple pie and yup alarm should go off in 4 hrs 45 minutes,,brb going to make more coffee lol

SkySteve
10-08-2013, 02:17 PM
Here's the vid if you want to fly along:
Kitfox trip to Utah's Great Salt Lake North Shore (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXbi9FtdkVI)

If you act quickly before the data expires, you can also click on the "SkySteve's Spotpage" below my signature line to see the flight path. Isn't all this technology neat?

Dick B in KY
10-08-2013, 03:02 PM
Steve, Can't tell from the pics, have you moved the camera to the lift strut on the left side? If not, what filter are you using to get rid of the prop stobe effect? Nice video and pics by the way!!

Thanks,

Dick B

SkySteve
10-08-2013, 03:35 PM
Yes Dick. I've moved my camera from the Jury strut of the left wing to about 8-10 inches from the upper main strut attach point of the left wing. That puts it far enough away from the propeller so it is not in the camera view. I found that having the camera up high under the wing also does a better job of shading the camera from the sun. No filter. The camera is a Contour, one of the first to come out with a useable wing mounted camera. I think they are out if business now thanks to the advancements of GoPro.

Pilot4Life
10-08-2013, 04:28 PM
Thanks for the fly along Steve. Camera mount position is good for afore mentioned reasons (Prop, Shading). Though, I did kinda feel like a "Rocket Pod" hanging way out there!:D May be fun to do though...like the old Wing Walkers (Hangers).

DesertFox4
10-08-2013, 04:34 PM
Thanks Steve. Love that Kitfox.