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Lee's FPV Glider flights

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Finally got the docking station for the Mobius.
Took it for a test run in our field.
I will go into more detail in my mobius docking station thread.
For now, here is the first two flights with the easy glider.

Just as I arrived at the ridge to fly, a flock of thermal soaring vultures, were circling above.
More than 200 of them. But by the time I had the glider ready, they had gone :(
I'm sure i'll get another chance to fly with them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l11LsDCUu8
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Wow 3 days no comments :D
I'll guess i'll stick to quad videos LOL :D
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I commented, I guess it must have been somewhere else. :P
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nice flight Lee looks very relaxing.

Im having issues with my phone showing video links on the forum, Its a chrome thing again.
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That seems so peaceful up their. Must be so relaxing like dan said. :? but Personalty I like the glider video vs quad video. That's my opinion but either one, keep the videos coming. :)
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Good video.. I agree with the guys.. Peaceful & serene... I am still sooo jealous of the beautiful locations that many of u overseas members have as ur back yard.. Nice
Lee wrote:Wow 3 days no comments :D
I'll guess i'll stick to quad videos LOL :D
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Very nice flying Lee, those are the quietest flights I've heard so far...lol, did you never use prop to get you back up? Sorry about not commenting but I've never been on much..
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Totally ridge lift Tony.
Can't wait to get out again.
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In La Hoya Cali, they have a place like that for hang gliders because of the up lift. They jump off the cliff with their glider and i bet you would have a blast over there with your RC glider and FPV. They do whale watching from that point. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxYMyMKsRVU
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I use to go paragliding off the cliffs in Palos Verdes when I lived in Los Angeles.
Long time ago :)
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San Diego back in the 90's here. Nice place to visit but expensive to live.
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As always Lee....awesome flight videos. The Easy Star looks awesomely stable and smooth.
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Thanks Derek.
Its not an Easy Star, its the Easy Glider.
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I just Google'd "Easy Glider"....that's a good looking glider!
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Sunday was a very hard day.
Flew my glider at a new location. Unfortunately, my spotter (wife :D ) lost sight of the glider.
I decided to come back and land, but got behind a rocky out crop, and lost video signal, followed quickly by radio.

After a few expletives, and running around like a headless chicken :) we got in the car and went to have a look for it.
Not knowing where, I just drove in the direction I guessed it was going.

I got no RSSI signal, so we were either going the wrong way, or the battery had unplugged.
We were just about to give up, when a couple of guys asked if we were looking for a plane. :D
Passing us a pair of binoculars, we spotted it half way down a hill in a eucalyptus forrest.
It was shear luck that these two guys in the middle of nowhere, saw it go down.
Unfortunately, it was at the top of a 30ft tree :(

Well, after more than two hours of frustration, and throwing stones, and sticks at it, I took the bit between my teeth and climbed the tree coconut style :)
With no branches for the first 15ft, I was knackered by the time I got up there.

Got the plane down, but canopy, Mobius dock, and Mobius were not to be seen :(
Another 30mins searching, in thorny thick bush, and we found it.
OMG!!!! the Mobius wasn't in the dock!!!!
Could it get any worse.
But my beautiful wife with her beady eye spotted it in a bush covered with leaves :D

So apart from one slightly damaged wing, we recovered everything.
And most important, the camera, and the footage.
Check it out.
https://youtu.be/fqDRqfQtXK4
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Nice flight, so much more relaxing than a hectic proximity dash with an FPV MiniQuad, until the end that is. :D
So lucky to get it back, you have to call it luck, I doubt you would have found it without that help.
I can't wait for the wind (and rain now) to die down here so I can finally FPV my AXN again.
It is supposed to be Summer over here. :)
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You've got me itching to finish my wing now Lee.

Nice flight mate the location is awesome you were very lucky to find it, happy days.
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Lol. It happens.. Done the climb a few times myself.
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Cool footage:)
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Thanks guys :)
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