Recent content by Dave_Fullmer

I'm the guy who's employer of 25 years let me go with a cell phone message. (Cue sad music) I had hoped the upcomming cross country film project funds to include enough to buy a multi but... Anyway, the director conjured a "brilliant" plan B: Use large helium balloons with three fishing lines...

Hi all Thanks for your well wishes. The lost job will be a good thing. The guy was impossible to work for anyway. Never knew from one day to the next how the company was doing. I've got a couple things in the wings. Back to the sim. I used the term coaxial to describe tail rotor types and...

Hi Bart An RC friend who wasn't using it, loaned me RealFlight 4.5 with the controller. I've been practising a bit over the last couple days. I get a KEEerror on launch for which it tells me I may have to re-insall the app, but once I click past that the program runs. Don't know if that's a...

Hi all Am I any closer? If you believe the reply's I've been getting on the Microcopter thread, I'm crazy to even be THINKING about this with my lack of experience. You guys have given me some encouragement although how I do and how much I do on the simulator seems to be of first concern...

Hey Droider Thanks for the links. I'll show them to the director. The beers might be a problem since this project is being funded by Brigham Young University. They'd probably spring for soda pop and green jello however! DF

How about that wing thing? I always like the idea of simpler. All the moving parts in a helo make me a little nervous to be honest. But what about the altitude hold or hold position and pan requirements of my photo missions? Does the wing fly slow enough that, with a wide angle lense it...

Hello to all extremely hand-eye coordinated I’ve been invited by a documentary film director to use my ultralight aircraft as a camera platform for the low altitude aerial sequences of an upcoming project that covers territory from New York to Utah. I'm enthused about this project but not...