Video+clips

The table below has a number of video clips from the ground and inflight also. Please allow time for the videos to load. This may take some time over a broadband connection.

We have been doing in flght video for some years now. Early attempts used video sender units that use 2.4GHz. These proved to work well, but only had a resolution of 320 x 240 and the signal would drop out when the aircraft would turn.

More recent inflight videos (2003 - 2008) have been taken with Mustek DV3000, DV5000 and DV5200 digital cameras. These are cheap off Ebay for £20 or so, but are only useable at 320 x 240 res at 30 fps.

The most recent development is the the mini DV MD80 camera that has 720 x 480 resolution at 30fps and is £15 off Ebay including delivery (2010 prices vary in the UK depending on delivery etc).

Testing of this camera has begun in April 2010 for inflight videos. Use and editing of the videos created can be seen in the the following pages:-

Video editing
Camera used is a Mustek DV3000 This was mounted to the side of the fuselage looking rearward || [|Pratt_inflight_March2003_takeoff.avi] || Camera used is a Mustek DV3000 This was mounted to the side of the fuselage looking rearward || [|Pratt_inflight_March2003_land.avi] || [|Lysander_firstflight_1.wmv] || Camera used is a Mustek DV5000 || [|PRAT_Dee_hightide_2.avi] || Camera used is a Mustek DV5000 || [|PRAT_Dee_hightide_3.avi] || September 14th 2009. This time it did fly!!! But the landing was hard. || Link to a numbr of clip of th flight:-Lysander second flight || Mini DV MD80 camera with class 6 micro SD card || [|PRAT in flight April 2010_10001.AVI] || Mini DV MD80 camera with class 6 micro SD card.
 * Prat in flight (take off).
 * Prat in flight (landing)
 * Lysander first flight. Sadly it only got a few inches of the ground || [|Lysander_firstflight_1.avi]
 * Dad's Pupeteer first flight || [|Dads Puppeteer first flight.avi] ||
 * PRAT in flight with the river Dee at high tide (take off)
 * PRAT in flight with the river Dee at high tide (landing)
 * PRAT crash, repair and fly again video from 1995 (edited higlights) || [|PRAT_crash_repair_flyagain_1.wmv] ||
 * Spitfire first take off (April 1995) || [|Spitfire_takeoff_2.wmv] ||
 * Spitfire first flypast (April 1995) || [|Spitfire_flypast_2.wmv] ||
 * Spitfire flypast (second flight later in 1995) || [|Spitfire_flypast_secondflight.wmv] ||
 * My Pupeteer (flypast, 1995) || [|Pup_flypast.wmv] ||
 * My Pupeteer (landing, 1995) || [|Pup_landing.wmv] ||
 * Laser taking off. Engine is a Super Tiger 3000 (August 2000) || [|Laser_takeoff.wmv] ||
 * Laser flypasts (August 2000) || [|Laser_flypast.wmv] ||
 * Laser with Super Tiger 3000 touch and goes (August 2000) || [|Laser_touchandgoes.wmv] ||
 * David at an early age learning to fly with his trainer || [|David Trainer_takeoff.wmv] ||
 * David at an early age learning to fly with his trainer || [|David Trainer_secondtakeoff.wmv] ||
 * Dad taking off with the A-Wots-It_2U December 2008 || [|Awotsit2U_takeoff.avi] ||
 * David doing a low pass with his trainer. December 2008 || [|David flying Dec2008.avi] ||
 * Second flight of the Lysander at Broken Bank flying site
 * PRAT in flight April 18th 2010 with Peppered Sprout fly past!!
 * PRAT in flight April 18th 2010 with Peppered Sprout fly past!!

This is the same video as above, but ut has been resized to remove the date andd time, and saved as a Windows Media Video 9 file. All done in Virtualdub. See Video editing || [|PRAT in flight April 2010_10001_resize_WMV9.avi] || in April 2010 with the mini DV MD80 mounted on the wing tip! || [|Awotsit2u_crash_April_2010_1_resized_WMV9.avi] || Inflight was taken with the Mini DV Md80 on the wing tip. A small clip was also taken from the ground. || [|Lysander_crash_June_2010_2.wmv]
 * Small video clip of Dad's A-wots-it-2U having in incident at the field
 * Small video clips of the Lysander trying to take off June 17th 2010.

[|Lysander_crash_June_2010_1_resized_WMV9.avi] || [|Peppered_Sprout_June_2010_2.wmv] [|Peppered_Sprout_June_2010_3.wmv] ||
 * Some video clips of the Peppered Sprout June 2010 || [|Peppered_Sprout_June_2010_1.wmv]