Looks almost like it was almost a water assisted takeoff!

It's longer then 250'

Mauleguy wrote:It's longer then 250'

Well GRET GOOGLY MOOGLY, When Mr. Big Rocks Long Props tells you your longer than you claim you better either defend yourself or fold with apologies. Now in most cases I would gladly accept being accussed of being to long instead of to short ...As a Mans Man that would normally be complementary, But in this case I must bow to the man who has made money off selling DVD's claiming how short he is capable of.
But I will still claim pretty short...The Monster gets off at just over 30 , and in the vid. Took 6 to 7 seconds of straight Line acceleration to when I pulled the flap for rotation . With out showing the math (cause I would embarrass myself) I have been told by folk smarter than me that that means I'm covering the ground at around 45 to 50 feet per second.....let's take the high side of 7 seconds and 50' per second....puts the island at 350'.
Now let's take what the Monster normally does for me routinely and figure it at 6 seconds....and 45' per second....puts the island at 270' ....either way ,not bad for 90 H.P. throw away mount .
Now , Cause the Monster feels a little inferior and has what we call down south "The Chihuahua Complex" , Sometimes he will fudge (with the best of intentions) to make it seem he can play in the Big Boys Sandbox that all the kids with the High dollar toys play in , and until he learns that theys always somebody looking to call you out, stead of just enjoying your fun with you , he will make sure next time to critique his own vid. And do the math when he try's to make himself Look good stead of just throwing an arbitrary number out. So....whether it's 270' or 350' we'll just have to always wonder cause it is under water now...But you be right ,after throwing some math at it , It ain't 250' ...But, I will say again ,purty good for the Monster ......matter fact that'd be purty good for a stock Super Cub....nothing that a mod'ed one or the Bushwacker couldn't handle. But then we have to consider pilot capabilities and that then opens another can of worms for the Monster .
BTW, Got all of your DVD's , Really like volumes 1 and 2 , High Country was purty good to, As you say in it , you didn't push it in that one like the first two. Been good inspiration for a lot of folk I'm sure. If your ever on the east coast let me know We'll do some bar hopping .

Flyrite wrote:...The Monster gets off at just over 30 , and in the vid. Took 6 to 7 seconds of straight Line acceleration to when I pulled the flap for rotation . With out showing the math (cause I would embarrass myself) I have been told by folk smarter than me that that means I'm covering the ground at around 45 to 50 feet per second.....let's take the high side of 7 seconds and 50' per second....puts the island at 350'. Now let's take what the Monster normally does for me routinely and figure it at 6 seconds....and 45' per second....puts the island at 270' ....

There's a lot easier and more accurate way to figure out the length-- time it with a stopwatch.
Fly by at a steady 70 mph ground speed and you're covering 100 feet per second.
Easy to do and simple math.

hotrod180 wrote:

Flyrite wrote:...The Monster gets off at just over 30 , and in the vid. Took 6 to 7 seconds of straight Line acceleration to when I pulled the flap for rotation . With out showing the math (cause I would embarrass myself) I have been told by folk smarter than me that that means I'm covering the ground at around 45 to 50 feet per second.....let's take the high side of 7 seconds and 50' per second....puts the island at 350'. Now let's take what the Monster normally does for me routinely and figure it at 6 seconds....and 45' per second....puts the island at 270' ....

There's a lot easier and more accurate way to figure out the length-- time it with a stopwatch.
Fly by at a steady 70 mph ground speed and you're covering 100 feet per second.
Easy to do and simple math.

Agree Hot Rod, I normally use a formula similar to that when I'm really not sure of just exactly how long a bar is that I'm contemplating that may be at the margins of my mounts capabilities. I can usually size up my landing options by just looking at the area (and am usually pretty close in estimating the distance) .In this case I was already there and was trying to demonstrate the length so Greg could be rite in calling me out over my claim of 250' .

Cool shot, but I don’t think I’d be dicking with the camera 10’ over the water. Many people have died doing lesser things.

I love your video's! Keep posting, you are living the dream. Don't let these guys get to you.
Tom

What a fun thread! Haha. The mauleguy post length to OP response ratio is off the charts, on the order of 80:1.

Good sports, all. Messing with camera at low level is a little sketchy., even with two good eyes.

Way to get after it flyrite. Looks like a fun spot.

Sometimes Talk’n bout flying is almost as fun as doing it .
Thanks for a place to do it.

BTW, this the island when it exists

Cannon wrote:Cool shot, but I don’t think I’d be dicking with the camera 10’ over the water. Many people have died doing lesser things.

Very true.
I was on my way to the airport a few days ago,
got distracted (aka head up ass) on the windy one-lane-each-way highway
and I managed to roll the inside wheels into the ditch on a curve.
Automatically jerked it back up out of the ditch but went into the opposing lane doing so.
Luckily no one coming the other way, but the guy about 500 feet from being there sure got a shock.

I have referred to my runway as being 400' long for years, (backasswards bragging rights, like how ugly my dog is) but I google earthed it the other day using the recently discovered (as in I figured out how to use it) distance measuring thingie, and to my shame it's not 400 but 430'. Still a measured 18' wide, with a drop of 69'. Anyone know how accurate that GE method of measuring is? That sure seems like an easy way to figure things.

I'm putting in a underground irrigation system, I'll post on that when it's finished

courierguy wrote:I have referred to my runway as being 400' long for years, (backasswards bragging rights, like how ugly my dog is) but I google earthed it the other day using the recently discovered (as in I figured out how to use it) distance measuring thingie, and to my shame it's not 400 but 430'. Still a measured 18' wide, with a drop of 69'. Anyone know how accurate that GE method of measuring is? That sure seems like an easy way to figure things.

I'm putting in a underground irrigation system, I'll post on that when it's finished

For what it's worth, Google Earth shows my property lines to be almost exactly what the survey shows them to be. I figure any error is mine in placing the cross-hairs exactly on the right point...

The trouble with measuring river bars that way is that they are very dynamic throughout the year from wet to dry season. Sometimes our big river bar isn't there at all.

You gotta find a bigger island... Mine is at least 1000' ....


Love your vids btw. Keep them coming!

Zzz wrote:The trouble with measuring river bars that way is that they are very dynamic throughout the year from wet to dry season. Sometimes our big river bar isn't there at all.

Oops, I knew that, just didn't think it through! But for fixed off airport LZ's it should be accurate enough,. I'll measure the 8600' ridge side one I landed last Sunday on the way to breakfast just for grins.

OliBuilt wrote:You gotta find a bigger island... Mine is at least 1000' ....


Love your vids btw. Keep them coming!

AWSOME skills on display Oli. One thing to ski it on short, But to hang it on the slats and drop it on a super short island like that requires a different technique as well as more skill.
Most guys doing that do it on areas with a runout . It demonstrates a feel a lot of guys never aquire. In aerobatics we call it holding the wing in your hand. It requires a feel for how much lift is in the wing at the margins of high alpha.
SUPER COOL, thanks for posting ....Now.....MORE ....MORE