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[gareth5000]

The highs and lows of Sparky

 

[graywoulf]

You were pushing your luck flying that close to the water and really took a chance when you flew under that platform. I am surprised that you did not lose the signal and control in doing that. Luck was on your side for sure. But and interesting video to watch.

 

[pmshop]

Made me go into a panic seeing those altitude / sonar readings

 

[graywoulf]

Yeah, there was some serious pucker factor there in a couple of scenes.

 

[gareth5000]

You were pushing your luck flying that close to the water and really took a chance when you flew under that platform. I am surprised that you did not lose the signal and control in doing that. Luck was on your side for sure. But and interesting video to watch.

Just go to Sports if you fly under anything, it doesn't climb then.
The water wasn't as close as it looked, I don't think? I do that quite often. I find it thrilling

 

[gareth5000]

Made me go into a panic seeing those altitude / sonar readings

Just ignore that, use the force... There's a bit of latency at that range. You have to plan ahead.

 

[Northwood Mediaworks]

Most entertaining.... I'd have to be pretty jacked to fly under that thing! Great to hear the Clash again too! Well done.

 

[graywoulf]

Just go to Sports if you fly under anything, it doesn't climb then.
The water wasn't as close as it looked, I don't think? I do that quite often. I find it thrilling

Wasn't as close as it looked you don't think? You have not read any of the posts about the Visual Position Sensors (VPS) and how they can be fooled and confused from the reflections on the water causing the Spark to lose altitude suddenly. And flying that close will not afford you much time to correct the drop in altitude if it occurs. It would be a bad day for you if your Spark takes an unexpected and unrecoverable swim. If you are going to keep this up then I suggest buying flotation landing gear. Better safe than sorry.

 

[gareth5000]

Most entertaining.... I'd have to be pretty jacked to fly under that thing! Great to hear the Clash again too! Well done.

Cheers NM

 

[gareth5000]

Wasn't as close as it looked you don't think? You have not read any of the posts about the Visual Position Sensors (VPS) and how they can be fooled and confused from the reflections on the water causing the Spark to lose altitude suddenly. And flying that close will not afford you much time to correct the drop in altitude if it occurs. It would be a bad day for you if your Spark takes an unexpected and unrecoverable swim. If you are going to keep this up then I suggest buying flotation landing gear. Better safe than sorry.

I've been flying close to the water for years, I haven't dipped my toes in yet....
I think it makes for better viewing. Floaties would spoil the fun, and make it harder to control.
I tried it with prop guards once or twice, that's dicey.
I don't look at the altitude, just the screen (or goggles). As I mentioned, latency is the biggest problem.
Thanks for your concern though