MAYDAY! Model Aviation of South Florida

Flying Over the Lake

Erwin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:29:43 +0000

Just got a MiniDV camera (MD80/B001) and shot a couple of videos this week over the lake here at The Moors in Miami Lakes.

HZ Super Cub Flying Over Miami Lakes, FL from Erwin P on Vimeo.

More flying at the lake. This time the camera is mounted on a swivel mount on the side of the fuselage. The mount kept tilting right and down so this video sucks; a lot. At least it was a clear day and winds under 3 knots.

HZ Super Cub over Miami Lakes, FL from Erwin P on Vimeo.

On-board video of my Hobbyzone Super Cub RC float plane flying from the lake at The Moors. Views of Opa-locka Airport (KOPF), SR828, Dade Christian Academy, Miami Lakes, Miami Gardens. The camera is a MD80/B001/YSB001 MiniDV camera from Hong Kong.

HZ Super Cub Flying Over The Lake from Erwin P on Vimeo.

Went out again today and got more on-board video of my Hobbyzone Super Cub RC float plane flying from the lake at The Moors. I set up the camera on a wooden mount behind and 3 inches above the right float. I love the angle but the propeller kills it for me. I will not be using this location for the camera anymore.

End of 2009 Events in South Florida

Erwin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:05:35 +0000

I’ve added a few events coming to SFL in October, November and December. Included are the AMPS 50th Anniversary Festival on Halloween day and PBRCA’s Toys For Tots Fly-in in December. We can keep busy with other events like pylon racing and jets at Markham Park this November. Check it out in the Events Calendar.

More events for AMA members at www.modelaircraft.org

Flying over Live Oak, Florida

Erwin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:05:51 +0000

In early September i took a trip to see some family in Northern Florida and I couldn’t waste the opportunity to fly in the countryside. I packed up the Super Cub and took her along for the ride. While up there, I had many smooth flights, including some of extended length due to a few thermals and well-placed winds. Here’s a video on-board the Cub on a very windy flight.

Find Florida RC Events and Meetings using Twitter

Erwin — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:16:43 +0000

Twitter users and pilots: now we can all find events and set up meetings using our very own Twitter Group. The place is twitter.com/rcfinder and its purpose it to aid Florida Modelers in finding each other and setting up meeting at the spur of the moment. We can use our mobile devices to inquire to each other about when and where we’ll be flying or to sell parts and such.

Great little tool. Brought to you by MAYDAY! RC :)
http://twitter.com/rcfinder

Amelia Earhart Park Unavailable

Erwin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:37:06 +0000

I was flying at the park accross the street where I live, the park I fly at two or three times a week, when a Park Ranger approached me and said I couldn’t fly there. I thought he meant THERE: in the spot I was flying, because I had never flown there. So he then says “There are no RC planes allowed in the park.” I said “I fly here all the time and have seen clubs flying internal combustion planes here, too.” I was flying my HobbyZone Super Cub, a park flyer. He said NO RC PLANES at all allowed because of an incident that happened sometime in early May, 2009.

Apparently, a local RC club that had been allowed to fly at Amelia Earhart Park in Hialeah, the field we fly out of, has been banned from flying there and, with them, every RC plane. The story is that one of their members flew a nitro airplane into a tree and, instead of getting a ladder or using some reasonable method to retrieve the aircraft, cut the tree down with a chainsaw. Now no one can fly there.

That sucks since there are NO PUBLIC FIELDS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. If pilots fuck things up for others like this, we won’t be able to fly anywhere but private club-owned fields.

HZ Super Cub Asphalt Landings and Take-offs

Erwin — Sun, 31 May 2009 13:29:02 +0000

Went to the park today. Great day except for some minor winds (5MPH). Time was around 8:00 AM on May 31, 2009 at Amelia Earhart Park in Hialeah, Florida.

Landing Practice

Daniel V — Sun, 31 May 2009 04:36:53 +0000

Monthly Meeting To Be Set

Erwin — Mon, 04 May 2009 06:04:51 +0000

We need to set the monthly meeting day(s).

Rebuilding My Super Cub

Erwin — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:30:44 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=EF222F75EEA6B3D6

Need Nitro Trainer

Erwin — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:48:06 +0000

Looking for a nitro trainer. Used or new. As cheap as possible. The Hangar 9 Alpha 40 is perfect. Must be ready to fly.