Other Aerobatic Aircraft - 2001 Taylor R/C Airshow

Photos and commentary by Andy Steere.

Here are a few other images and a bunch of movies of other aerobatic aircraft at the show.

STATIC IMAGES

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An Aeroworks Edge 540.
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Carden Edge 540. See movie section below for more of this plane.
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Extra 330.
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Huge Giles 55%. Won Pilot's Choice award.
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Team-JR Carden Cap232. See Movie section below for more of this plane.
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A Cap232, owned by Brian Zang of KCRC.
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MOVIE CLIPS

(Choose a format to view by clicking on one of the two links provided. The native format for the video camera (Olympus C-700UZ) is Apple Quicktime MOV. This version will produce the best picture and sound possible, but the file sizes are large. The Microsoft AVI files were converted using Lead Multimedia Converter and while much smaller... their image quality suffers (a lot on some movies, very little on others). If you have trouble viewing these by directly clicking on the link, try right-clicking on the link, choose save to disk, and play the video ouside the browser. The MOV files require Apple Quicktime player or plugin, and the AVI files require Microsoft Windows Media Player or similar. The AVI files are converted using an Indeo video codec, if you have trouble viewing the video.)

Carden Edge 540, mentioned above.
160x120 - 27 seconds - (AVI 0.9MB) (MOV 1.8MB)

Carden Edge 540, doing blenders.
160x120 - 24 seconds - (AVI 0.7MB) (MOV 1.5MB)

Carden Edge 540, mentioned above, doing a low inverted pass. The guy yelling "lower!" will get his wish in the next clip.
160x120 - 15 seconds - (AVI 0.6MB) (MOV 1.0MB)

Carden Edge 540, mentioned above, doing a very low inverted pass. Yes, the guy who yelled "lower" in the last clip is the same guy you hear talking (and yahoo'ing at the end) in this clip.
160x120 - 13 seconds - (AVI 0.7MB) (MOV 0.8MB)

A Team-JR Carden Cap 232 (see static image above) in a yellow & blue color scheme, doing some aerobatics.
320x240 - 12 seconds - (AVI 1.0MB) (MOV 3.1MB)

Same Team-JR Cap232, clip #2.
320x240 - 8 seconds - (AVI 0.7MB) (MOV 2.2MB)

Same Team-JR Cap232, clip #3.
320x240 - 7 seconds - (AVI 0.5MB) (MOV 1.8MB)

Ryan Mowrey, from St. Louis, Missouri, started this hobby around age 13. Now at the ripe old age of 17, he is taking the aerobatic world by strom, placing 11th nationally. His first show was Taylor and it was great to have him back!
320x240 - 14 seconds - (AVI 1.4MB) (MOV 3.0MB)

Another clip of Ryan Mowrey, this time with a perfectly executed deadstick landing. He had some engine trouble over the weekend.
160x120 - 56 seconds - (AVI 2.0MB) (MOV 3.6MB)

A huge LOUD Ultimate biplane, a full 50% scale, doing some wonderful flying. This airplane has such a powerful engine and a huge 32"+ propeller, that the tips of the propeller get close to breaking the sound barrier! That is the loud fairly high-pitched "brrrrrrap" sound you hear as the it passes by the camera. Both this airplane, and the 55% Giles pictured above, need to look into 3 or 4 bladed propellers to load the engine more and keep the tip speed well below the sound barrier (magic number seems to be less than mach 0.7).
160x120 - 45 seconds - (AVI 1.3MB) (MOV 2.9MB)

A very pretty Edge 540, done in a red, white, and blue color scheme, doing some aerobatics. All on Sunday.
160x120 - 24 seconds - (AVI 0.8MB) (MOV 1.5MB)

Same red/white/blue Edge, clip #2.
160x120 - 47 seconds - (AVI 1.4MB) (MOV 3.1MB)

Same red/white/blue Edge, clip #3.
160x120 - 42 seconds - (AVI 1.2MB) (MOV 2.7MB)

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Last modified on 07/15/2002

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