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

I just want to add that if it were not for me being in IL and not knowing
anything about video filming, I would be there to help. I think it is a
great idea, and I look forward to seeing the finished film.

   Ben Schneider
   N713R Renesis

 
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