Experimenter is a magazine created by EAA for people who build airplanes. We will report on amateur-built aircraft as well as ultralights and other light aircraft.
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to the music of the "Hallelujah Chorus" that highlights the pure joy of light-sport flying. If you don't want to fly after viewing this, there is no hope for you. Icarus Envy would be excellent for viewing by youth clubs or other organizations as part of a meeting program. The flying action is nearly nonstop, making it suitable for continuous viewing as part of a chapter display at local fly-ins. The cost of the DVD is $24 from www.VAPfilms.com. This is Bob's 11th film since he started in the business in 1996. He grew up on Long Island, New York, three miles off the end of Runway 31R at JFK Airport, infatuated with aviation and spending a lot of time listening on a makeshift aircraft radio to traffic control and watching the giant transports roar overhead. There isn't much to find fault with in the choice of material, the video editing, and the use of sound and music. There is a six-minute supplemental feature that explains the different kinds of LSA, but no actual footage in the film is of the latest factory-built special light-sport aircraft (S-LSA). There are no sources or references for additional information, nor any mention of EAA and AirVenture, but it's still an excellent film. Making and Editing Light-Sport Videos Richard DeHaven, pilot of a Sting Sport LSA in Davis, California, has posted a series of videos on cameras, mounting methods, and editing tools for making your own videos while flying light-sport aircraft. All together, the three videos provide a concentrated cram course on how to make better flying videos. His first video on small video cameras provides a quick, fun tour of the available equipment and introduces solutions for the common problem of "Jell-O effects," also known as CMOS (complementary metal–oxide– semiconductor) rolling shutter effects. If you have watched many online flying videos, you have seen the all-too-common unpleasant wave effect caused largely by the design of the cameras. Richard reports it can be controlled through choice of camera, eliminating vibration, avoiding certain type of shots, and through postproduction software. He has tested five different cameras and has had that many mounted on his Sting Sport on a single flight. His favorite camera is the GoPro Hero 2. In his second video on camera mounting methods, Richard advises discarding the original mounts that come with the cameras as most are not rigid enough for use in light aircraft. He shows how to fabricate your own better mounts using the RAM mount products. The final video covers editing and publishing your video, including choice of software, obtaining music, and the use of sound. See his YouTube channel for these videos and other examples of his work. GoPro has recently introduced a new revised model; the GoPro Hero 3 is said to be lighter, Te electric-powered Peebles FanWing UAV fying since 2008. EAA EXPERIM ENTER 39