2002 Taylor Airshow - Aerobatic and other Sport Aircraft

Photos and commentary by Andy Steere.

These are images and movies of Aerobatic and other Sport aircraft at the 2002 Taylor R/C Airshow.

STATIC IMAGES

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Daniel Smith's Pizza Box Flyer, or PBF for short.
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Brian Nutt, from the Jefferson City club, brought his Dave Patrick Extra. Powered by a Brison 3.2, it flies nice.
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Three 40% Carden Aircraft aerobats.
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A Cap-232 with LOTS of graphics.
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Ryan Mowery getting his 40% Cap-232 ready for flight.
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Ryan's Cap in flight.
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Ryan had some problems over the weekend. This plane was the result of an engine that quit at the wrong time (in a hover about 20' from the ground).
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A Hanger-9 33% Cap-232, powered by a 3W twin.
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Front shot of the H9 Cap.
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Side shot of the H9 Cap. Great flying plane.
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A 40% Carden Edge 540, flown by Ryan Mowery, but owned and built by a R/C Air Command member.
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Ryan is quite good at hovering.
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Another hovering shot.
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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.)

Ron Colbert's BVM Bandit on take-off. Lance Campbell spots for him.
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Daniel Smith's Pizza Box Flyer.
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Ryan Mowery flying his 40% Carden Cap-232.
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Ryan hovering over the bean field.
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All modelers hate to see airplanes crash. I am no exception. The attitude that you see Ryan Mowery's plane in this frame is NOT how you ever want to see a model. Most of the clip is not pointed at the crash, and you don't actually get to see it hit. When I saw that it was in trouble, I lowered the camera. What the movie doesn't show you, but the commentary talks about, is the attitude the plane has taken... nose planted in the beans and the tail sticking straight up. The first plane that Ryan put in the beans went there from a radio-system failure of some sort. This one, which resulted in more damage, came from an engine that quit at the wrong time and the wrong place. Very sad.
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Brian Nutt and his Dave Patrick Extra 330.
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Another clip of Brian's Extra.
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A third clip of Brian's Extra.
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Ryan Mowery, flying a borrowed plane.
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Ryan clip #2.
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Ryan clip #2.
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Ryan flying continuous rolls down the runway.
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Another Ryan clip.
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A cool 40% Edge 540, being flown on Sunday as part of a two man aerobatic team (impromptu).
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Ryan's Edge.
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The red white and blue edge, smoke on!
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Both aerobats clip #4
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Both aerobats clip #5
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Both aerobats clip #6
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Inverted flat spin, with smoke.
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Ryan slow-rolling.
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Harrier into a hover.
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Both aircraft hovering.
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An aborted Harrier landing.
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Last modified on 09/03/2002

since July 15, 2002.