*** Andy Steere's Gee Bee Y ***
(Flights)
These are additional pictures and movies of the Gee Bee Y in flight... and will get updated from time to time. In order from earliest to latest, top to bottom.
![]() 1600 / 1024 / 640 - 08/20/2002 - Carl nearing takeoff. |
![]() 1600 / 1024 / 640 - In-flight shot. A bit fuzzy. |
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![]() 1600 / 1024 / 640 - In focus, but not centered. |
![]() 1600 / 1024 / 640 - Carl's getting more comfortable... |
![]() 1600 / 1024 / 640 - enough to do some inverted passes. |
![]() 1600 / 1024 / 640 - 08/24/2002 - Flights 4-6. |
![]() 1600 / 1024 / 640 - Having a good time with it now. |
![]() 1600 / 1024 / 640 - The GBY at Taylor-2002! |
![]() 1600 / 1024 / 640 - 10/05/2002 - More in-flight shots. |
![]() 1600 / 1024 / 640 - First flights on new APC 17x8... |
![]() 1600 / 1024 / 640 - Seems to help some. |
![]() 1600 / 1024 / 640 - 10/11/2002 - Me and my GBY. |
![]() 1600 / 1024 / 640 - Carl is manning the camera, |
![]() 1600 / 1024 / 640 - so you get to see me fly. |
![]() 1600 / 1024 / 640 - Up on the throttle, about to take-off. |
![]() 1600 / 1024 / 640 - (Pics of the plane Carl!) |
![]() 1600 / 1024 / 640 - Flying around. |
![]() 1600 / 1024 / 640 - Deadstick landing (quit at idle). |
![]() 1600 / 1024 / 640 - Carl's flying again, |
![]() 1600 / 1024 / 640 - and I'm back on the camera. |
Takeoff run for flight #2. It's August 20th, about an hour before the monthly club meeting is supposed to start.
320x240 - 15 seconds - (AVI 2.3MB) (MOV 4.0MB)
Flying around getting used to it.
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Another pass down the runway.
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Trying a "show pass". Real easy!
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Time to try a roll. Looks great!
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Another Show Pass.
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Take off run for flight #3.
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Zoomed in a bit more this time.
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Last clip from 08/20/2002.
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08/24/2002 - Take-off run for flight #4 on my GBY. Carl's flying, I'm taking video clips.
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GBY clip #2. A show pass.
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A knife-edge pass. Doesn't do bad for a non-aerobatic plane.
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A "high-speed" pass. Not very high-speed, but nice.
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A high-speed pass the other direction.
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Take-off for GBY flight #6. Flight #5 was flown completely by me (my first complete flight on my own model [grin]), so no pics of it.
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A stall turn. Carl's first on this model. I had done two decent stall turns during flight#5 and he decided to try a couple too. Not very tall... no more than 100 feet before it runs out of steam. A bigger engine is in this models future for sure! It's enough for regular flight, as you can see in these clips, but I want a bit more.
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Another stall turn... this one is much cleaner. The model has a great rudder... basically no coupling at all.
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A four-point-roll. Carl's first on this model. Getting more confident with it now. We even tried a snap roll.
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Another 4-point roll. Better looking than the first one... though I should have kept my eye on the model instead of talking to Carl.
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Just playing with it now. Very fun airplane to fly! End of clips from 08/24/2002.
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08/30/2002 - At the Taylor Airshow, clip #1. These are the same as in the "Club" section of the Taylor 2002 page, which can be found in the Photo Gallery of the MMRCA Club Website.
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At the Taylor Airshow, clip #2.
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At the Taylor Airshow, clip #3. Put over an hour of flight time into it this weekend.
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