My RX8 is silver.
Great ideas Doug. I don't think I can get this together for Seven
Stock but next year at OSH and SnF and of course Tracy's flyin.

Dave Leonard are you up for it? All we need is a video camera. I
don't think mine is still working.  We need you over here as a
director Doug. We can send a copy to Mazda Japan if not Mazda

USA. I

think they would get a big kick out of it.

I know.... El Mirage dry lake during the week is almost deserted.
What about it Dave? I'll have to drive out and check it out to

see

if it is still as I remembered.

Paul Lamar

Ok Paul

Early November.  If Dave doesn't have a camera I can borrow one

from

over here.  Surely someone must have a camera in this country.

Doug in Japan

Well I am looking into it. I am not sure my new laptop computer can

take

video in from our old 8mm camera and burn a DVD. I think it can.

The

other possibility is to rent a DVD camera as we rarely shoot video.

Robin and I are thinking of driving out to inspect the surface of

El

Mirage's suitability for landing an RV6. If we do Robin's still

camera

can shoot short video clips so we can do that and upload that here

so

Dave can see the surface in case he needs to land. El Mirage

airport

itself has been bought by General Atomics Aviation Division and

used for

testing the Predator.

That could also be used as an emergency landing field particularly

if I

warn the rotor head  Predator project engineer Jeff Spitzer that we

will

be
in the area shooting a ground air commercial:)

Paul Lamar

Jeff Spitzer wrote:

Paul,

If you are serious about arranging for Elmo as an emergency field

you

should contact Gary Bender the airport manager.
Hope all is well with you and your projects.
Nothing new to report on this end.

Jeff Spitzer
Manager of Mechanical and Powerplant Engineering
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.

Thanks Jeff. We are serious. Just planning contingencies.
Will contact Gary with dates and times when we get set up.

Paul Lamar

Paul - I could loan you a digital video camera (tape not DVD)
if the timing does not conflict with a cruise etc - Vance

Thanks Vance I will take you up on that offer. You want to ride out

with

us and help? We could meet.. say in Valencia.

Paul Lamar

Paul I thought of a better visual effect. Same slogan.  Since your car

is

not black then it would work better. For safety sake the film could be

done

at slow speed with several takes and then combined.

I hope we can land at Mirage Lake, it is usually possible I hear if it
hadn't rain recently.  I can land the Cessna there first to make sure it

is

OK. If not an airport.  If neither then we stay with the original plan

and

just have a  low pass over your car.

But if we can do this on the lake late or early in the day it should

look

spectacular. Imagine with the camera angle low and the airplane directly
behind the RX-8, the car will look like it has wings and a tail. This is

the

still shot. The edited film image will look like the  plane emerges from

the

car as it takes off. There are several ways to do this safely.  First

film

it at a slow taxi speed with the car at least  20 ft in front of the

plane.

Second  take is the plane only taking off 100 feet in front of the

camera

and accelerating into a shallow climbing turn towards the sun. The take

off

run is much more than needed and can be can be well down the runway so

Dave

has more than enough time to reach rotation speed. We note the takeoff

place

and mark it. The third take is Paul's car driven by a  gorgeous blon ...

Ok

OK  ...with Paul driving it and accelerating when reaching Daves'

takeoff

location.

The camera never moves and if the auto path and the plane path don't

vary a

lot we should be able to get enough footage in several runs to edit them
together. The digital camera will make it easy as we can do it frame by
frame if we need to.   I have friends in Japan that can do this on their
Mac. Might find someone in USA that could do it easier though. Two

cameras

will make it easier. The second one facing the other direction  shooting

the

plane turning off into the sun as Paul goes straight. I'll bring a

camera as

well  but it would be nice to get some film school students to do it as

a

class project.

 I should be available no later than  Monday Nov.7th. Possibly earlier

if I

don't  hit bad weather.

Doug in Japan

OK Robin and I are planning a trip out there on Friday. We will take some

pictures

of the surface condition.

Paul Lamar

Edward Klepeis wrote:

Dear Paul
        If everyone in the rotary movement wants to boost the image  as I
suggested may be one year ago  why not do a TV series on installing an
automotive eng in a aircraft say a rotary into a tail wind. The only one to
show any interest was Bruce doing the eng. Do I hear any one else comming on
board with any ideas or thoughts Tracey.Paul,etc.come on guys we are not
dead yet. If the boys from NY can do it  with motorcycles why can't we do it
with a interesting subject like putting a auto eng into an aircraft I think
the viewing public is ready for a subject change.

Regards

Ed

techwelding@comcast.net

Short of a million dollars I would not know how to go about producing that.
Anybody know Mel Gibson personally?

Paul Lamar
 
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