“Ultimate” flying
Bob Vigne ([email protected]) submitted this photo taken at the Mississippi Coast RC Club’s 17th Annual Fall Fly-In and Swap Meet on October 18, 2014, in Gulfport, Mississippi. Bob wrote that a range of skills was displayed during the event, from students learning on buddy boxes to expert pilots who gave demonstrations. Mark Dill was one skilled pilot in attendance. Bob wrote:
Pilot and airplane
“Mark is a retired U.S. Air Force pilot and he has been a member of the AMA since 1982. He brought along his Aeroworks 120cc Ultimate Biplane with an 80-inch wingspan.
- Model: Aeroworks 120cc Ultimate Biplane
- Wingspan: 80 inches
- Engine: DA-120
- Propeller: Vess 28B stealth propeller
- Radio: Futaba T14SG transmitter
- Receivers: Two R7008 receivers
- Servos: Nine Futaba brushless, high-voltage servos
- Power: Two Fromeco Li-Ion 5,200 mAh battery packs
- Approximate weight: 30 pounds
“Mark flew the plane to perfection!”
Photo details
- Photographer: Bob Vigne
- Camera: Nikon D7000
- Lens: Nikkor 300mm f/4.5 AF-S telephoto
- Exposure mode: Aperture-priority
- Focus: Continuous-servo 9-point Dynamic-Area AF (Bob: “I like to use the 9-point Dynamic-Area focus because it tracks moving objects very nicely.”)
- Settings: f/9, 1/1250 second, ISO 800
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Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
