dswo
July 27th, 2009, 08:38
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgH6tgC_oDc
This is my first, maybe my only, FS video. I made it by pointing my Canon digital camera (not an SLR) at the screen and using the movie mode, which is why it's a little dark. (Yes, I know about FRAPS, but I'm cheap.)
Credits are shared between the text and the end of the movie. The real star and inspiration of it all is Javier's carrier. I originally scored it with John Denver's "Looking for Space," and I still like it better that way, but since JD isn't around to license his music to a fellow flight-enthusiast for free, I couldn't use that. The Tchaikovsky that I ended up with has more tension, and it's legal...
Flying here is so-so. There was a stiff crosswind in the last sequence, which accounts for the last-minute rudder adjustment, but that's the only excuse I'll make in my own defense. The rest was just lack of skill and experience.
I am getting better with landing the Hornet. You guys who said, "Just keep practicing" were right. It's more fun now when you do it with confidence. I'm up to about a 2:3 ratio of traps and attempts, and the remaining 1:3 are wave-offs, not crashes.
This is my first, maybe my only, FS video. I made it by pointing my Canon digital camera (not an SLR) at the screen and using the movie mode, which is why it's a little dark. (Yes, I know about FRAPS, but I'm cheap.)
Credits are shared between the text and the end of the movie. The real star and inspiration of it all is Javier's carrier. I originally scored it with John Denver's "Looking for Space," and I still like it better that way, but since JD isn't around to license his music to a fellow flight-enthusiast for free, I couldn't use that. The Tchaikovsky that I ended up with has more tension, and it's legal...
Flying here is so-so. There was a stiff crosswind in the last sequence, which accounts for the last-minute rudder adjustment, but that's the only excuse I'll make in my own defense. The rest was just lack of skill and experience.
I am getting better with landing the Hornet. You guys who said, "Just keep practicing" were right. It's more fun now when you do it with confidence. I'm up to about a 2:3 ratio of traps and attempts, and the remaining 1:3 are wave-offs, not crashes.