=== Let's Drone Out — Episode 285 === Title: LDO 285 - Snow Joke Recorded: 2021-02-11 Hosts: Neil "NJ Tech" Jones, Wayne "CurryKitten" Andrews, Andrew "Frank" Hyams, Tony "TheTonstar1" Marchant, Jack "Brightontillifly" Nash, Klaudyna "Kaja" "BlueOwl" Wrochna Guest(s): Sheldon "Drone Doctor" Holy Total audience: 1,699 Platforms: YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMvZ9u2XZqg); SoundCloud (http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/984768766-letsdroneout-ldo-285-snow-joke.mp3) ===================================== [0.0] BlueOwl: Well, I have a good day. I'm so grumpy today, guys. [4.0] Curry: Welcome to Let's Drone Out, the original and best drone theme podcast. [9.0] Curry: We record the show live on the Thursday night on youtube.com forward slash Let's Drone Out, [14.0] Curry: and our lovely patrons help with the editing costs. These are... [17.0] Curry: Wacky Wes! [18.0] (Patrons): Mikey Dread! [20.0] (Patrons): Art Faulkner! [21.0] (Patrons): Carlos Campos! [23.0] (Patrons): Thank you! [24.0] (Patrons): Now on the train we cover... [25.0] (Patrons): Let's Drone Out now. [55.29] Jack: Good morning and welcome to Let's Drone Out. [57.29] Jack: Tonight you're joined by our master and overlord who suffered a great loss today. [65.29] Jack: Well, will you remember Great Big Bertha or Dorothy? [71.29] Frank: I had to wave off Bill, Ben and Buttercup today, yes. [74.29] Frank: Yes. [75.29] Jack: We salute you. [77.29] Jack: Will you join by my little vegan sausage, Tony? [80.29] Jack: Bonjour. [82.29] Jack: If he tries to sell you a cat, it really is a dog. [86.29] Jack: Speaking of cats, everyone's favourite, Curry Kitten. [91.29] Jack: Hello. [92.29] Jack: Can we get a disclaimer? [93.29] Curry: Any views expressed by any guests on this show? [95.29] Curry: Personal and may not reflect the views of others. [98.29] Curry: Don't listen to us. Not that we're going to say anything controversial because no one's done anything. [103.29] Jack: The wonderful Blue Owl. [105.29] BlueOwl: Hi, everyone. [107.29] Jack: The beautiful NJ Tech. [110.29] NJ: Hello, everyone. [113.29] Jack: And we will get a weekly presentation on aerodynamics and DCS. [119.29] Jack: Which is Digital Combat Simulator, is that right? [124.29] Jack: Don't let me involve that. This will become a whole other thing. [127.29] Jack: I will be your radar officer, something or other, Gib Guy in Back. [134.29] Jack: Jack, how's it going? [136.29] Frank: Was the V1 of something or other with a jet? [140.29] NJ: That's just commercial aviation. [144.29] NJ: He's V1 as well. [145.29] NJ: That's your decision speed. [146.29] NJ: We've either got a break or we've got to commit to a take off. [149.29] Jack: Oh, God, he's loving it. [152.29] NJ: That'll do me in anyway. [156.29] Jack: How was the aerodynamic circle, Jack, my friend? [160.29] NJ: This is going to mean nothing to anyone. [163.29] NJ: This is going to mean nothing to anyone other than you. [165.29] Jack: Sheldon's back in Cockwamble Jail. [168.29] Jack: That's all that anyone needs to know. [171.29] NJ: Yeah, that is. [172.29] NJ: Oh, no, he was released earlier this year. [178.29] NJ: Anyway, how's everyone else? [180.29] NJ: Rotate, rotate. Yeah, absolutely. [183.29] NJ: Well, actually, V2 is the rotation. [187.29] NJ: V1's decision speed, V2 is the rotate speed at which you're fast enough [191.29] NJ: to make positive rate of climb. [193.29] NJ: I'm sorry, I can't stop. [199.29] Curry: I'm using the sign earlier than anticipated. [202.29] Curry: I don't understand what's going on already. [205.29] Curry: This is fast. [207.29] Curry: You haven't even got to the aerodynamics yet. [210.29] NJ: Anyway, how's anyone flown this week or since the last time? [215.29] Curry: Yes, indoors, two life lists. [218.29] Jack: Well done. [219.29] Jack: Why are you here? [220.29] Jack: Happy birthday, Sophie. [221.29] Curry: I'm here because Sophie has chucked me out to go [224.29] Curry: and watch an awful program called RuPaul's Drag Race. [228.29] Jack: Oh, Lord. [229.29] Curry: Which I can't watch without... [231.29] Jack: Is that Drag Racing dressing up as a lady or...? [235.29] Jack: Well, I don't think there's anything to do with cars. [238.29] Curry: Given that the preface of that show is RuPaul, [242.29] Curry: I'm letting you guess if it's Men in Drag or it's about racing cars. [250.29] Tony: Well, it's probably right up your bloody street. [253.29] Tony: Let's face it. [255.29] Curry: It's not my thing, but they seem to enjoy it, [257.29] Tony: so that's what they're doing on their birthday. [260.29] Curry: It's a shame Andy's not here because he's just popped a review up, I noticed. [263.29] Curry: So he was outside flying. [265.29] Curry: What? [266.29] Curry: Some sort of silly-woop type-y thing. [268.29] Curry: Wow. [269.29] NJ: I've heard of the outside. [271.29] NJ: Yeah. [272.29] NJ: Tell me more. [273.29] Frank: Has it got so bad up north that the rain is like frozen? [277.29] Frank: Is that what's happened? [279.29] Frank: It looks very cold. [280.29] Frank: Andy hasn't been able to get out for like 18 months [282.29] Frank: because it's just bog, just boglands, just so much rain. [286.29] Curry: It's so cold up north, Andy almost put a jacket over his t-shirt. [290.29] Curry: That's how cold it got. [292.29] NJ: Kept the shorts on, though. [294.29] Frank: He's got sleeves on, that's the thing. [297.29] Frank: It's not just a vest this time. [299.29] Frank: Exactly. [300.29] Frank: Well, that's good. [301.29] NJ: So what did you fly and why only two lipos? [305.29] NJ: Why not three? [306.29] Curry: Because I had somebody doing at-home schooling in the back room [312.29] Curry: and another person doing important international business calls in another room. [317.29] Curry: We both got upset about the angry wasp that flew past them several times. [322.29] Curry: And I was literally just testing out one of the new Beat Your FPV little controller thingies. [329.29] Curry: So I just took it for a quick flight around. [332.29] Curry: And I was very rusty, actually. [335.29] Curry: I tried to blame the controller a bit, saying, [337.29] Curry: well, the throttle's a little bit stiffer than normal. [339.29] Curry: But really, I didn't have as much control as I'd normally do. [343.29] Curry: I think you need a good five or six lipos at least on a weekly basis. [347.29] Curry: Do you remember which way to hold it, yeah? [349.29] Curry: Yeah, to just get back into it a bit. [351.29] Curry: And it was, yeah, it was a little bit shaky and a bit crap. [354.29] Curry: But, you know, it was better than doing nothing. [356.29] Curry: Normally when I'm flying in the house, I'd open the conservatory door [359.29] Curry: and I'd zip out into the garden and come back in. [361.29] Curry: But the whole house would have frozen in like 10 minutes. [363.29] Curry: So that didn't happen. [365.29] Curry: So pretty dull, but I suppose it's better than not flying anything. [369.29] NJ: Yeah, maybe. [371.29] NJ: That is very true. [373.29] NJ: Yeah, indeedy. [375.29] NJ: Speaking of controls, a half reasonable link here. [379.29] NJ: Isn't there a new, when I was chatting to Andy earlier, actually, [383.29] NJ: he mentioned there was a new jumper control [386.29] NJ: that looks a little bit like the Tango. [389.29] Curry: Yeah. [390.29] Curry: This is the jumpy light, I think it's cool. [393.29] Curry: And it looks very much like your sort of game controller. [398.29] Curry: But they've got a full LCD screen. [402.29] Curry: It runs OpenTX. [403.29] Curry: I think it's got a full-size module by the back [405.29] Curry: so it can run crossfire and things. [407.29] Curry: And it's only about, I think it's under 60 quid, [411.29] Curry: even for like the multi-protocol version, [413.29] Curry: which is pretty damn cheap as a radio. [416.29] Curry: And it's got all effects gimbals as well. [419.29] Curry: So it feels, it sounds pretty good. [422.29] Curry: I haven't got one to test it, but it certainly sounds to business. [428.95] NJ: I don't know why they call it Hall Effect [430.95] NJ: because they're Hall Sensors. [434.95] NJ: It's not, you know... [436.95] Frank: The Sense is based on the Hall Effect, right? [439.95] NJ: Yeah, I don't know. [441.95] NJ: I just have a problem with them being called Hall Effect. [444.95] NJ: They're not buying them on their effect. [446.95] NJ: They're buying them on their ability to do their job as sensors. [450.95] NJ: I don't know where I'm going with that, but yeah, I don't like it. [452.95] Curry: I like the fact that today I'm the person who's got the second worst OCD. [458.95] Curry: MJ's winning out massively about these things. [461.95] Curry: He's nitpicking everything. [463.95] NJ: Yeah, that doesn't look too bad. [466.95] NJ: For me, the big thing is always how those gimbals are going to feel. [470.95] NJ: And it's usually down to the bearings and the materials. [474.95] NJ: And that can really make or break. [476.95] NJ: Especially, I don't know if this gets anyone else, [478.95] NJ: but how the stick bottoms out against the side. [483.95] NJ: So when you hit the side, does it give a really nasty, hard-stopping clunk, [487.95] NJ: or does it have a nice satisfying thud? [489.95] NJ: Like the feel of the very endpoints is quite a thing that bothers me. [494.95] NJ: If it feels plastic-y and a bit crap, then... [497.95] Tony: What bothers me is the speaker where you place your hand. [503.95] Tony: So if you've got call-outs like long distance, [505.95] Tony: you've been flying 10 minutes. [507.95] Tony: What? What? [510.95] NJ: Yeah, that's not a sensible place. [512.95] NJ: But then I also think... [514.95] NJ: Well, for me, as a pincher, my hands would be poised in a way [518.95] NJ: that I don't think that would actually block the speaker. [521.95] NJ: But maybe the other way... [523.95] Frank: I think it's a feature that they've designed in [526.95] Frank: so that you don't have to go around [528.95] Frank: and find some brown tape to stick over the speaker [530.95] Frank: when it's shouting at you that your radio is running out of battery, Tony. [534.95] Curry: Andy is saying, [536.95] Curry: for the RadioMaster version, Jumper will fall to bits. [540.95] Curry: Are we saying that Jumper's not as good quality as RadioMaster? [543.95] Curry: Is that the general gist there? [547.46] NJ: Yeah. [549.46] NJ: E-Wings has said something in the chat there. [551.46] NJ: Pinchers are probably screwed again. [553.46] NJ: Now, that's, again, I guess it's a subjective thing, [557.46] NJ: but for me, even back to the X-Lite, [561.46] NJ: all the thumbers immediately assumed, including Joshua, [564.46] NJ: which I said to him directly, [566.46] NJ: that's rubbish. [568.46] NJ: He shouldn't be making assumptions about pinchers. [570.46] NJ: He thought that... [572.46] NJ: She didn't say exactly that. [574.46] NJ: Yeah, it was a conversation of that nature. [576.46] NJ: But yeah, it was this thing that if... [578.46] NJ: Because they look like they're designed ergonomically, [580.46] NJ: specifically for thumbers, that they were going to be awful for pinchers. [583.46] NJ: And I find the Tango, the X-Lite, [587.46] NJ: absolutely fine to pinch with. [589.46] NJ: And I've had no problem at all. [592.46] NJ: Same with Nick Burns as well. [595.46] NJ: Nick Burns is saying he agrees with me. [597.46] Frank: Because I had a bit of an issue with pinching with the X-Lite. [601.46] Frank: I got the immediate response of, [604.46] Frank: you just need to change your sticks and get longer sticks, [606.46] Frank: and then it's fine. [607.46] NJ: That's very true, yeah. [609.46] NJ: But again, it's sort of subjective, isn't it? [612.46] NJ: But I found running with the sticks a little bit longer, [615.46] NJ: got your hands in the right position. [618.46] NJ: If they were a bit too short, you had to deflect your [621.46] NJ: articulates a little more than you should have to, so... [624.46] Curry: Even for farmers, the X-Lite needed longer sticks as well. [628.46] Curry: Putting the longer sticks on made all the world a difference to it. [630.46] Curry: It's one of my favourite radios. [632.46] Curry: As soon as it got the longer sticks, [634.46] Curry: but on the original sticks, it felt a bit less control-y, less accurate. [639.46] Tony: Well, have you got your handbag TX yet? [643.46] BlueOwl: Not yet, not yet. [645.46] BlueOwl: I'm pretty busy lately, so... [648.46] Frank: How did your big conference go? [652.46] BlueOwl: Big conference, it wasn't that big. [654.46] BlueOwl: It was pretty, you know, it was close, it was internal. [657.46] BlueOwl: But yeah, it was fun. [658.46] BlueOwl: It's always fun with the flying labs. [660.46] BlueOwl: You always get to see what they work on, [663.46] BlueOwl: and that's super fascinating. [666.46] BlueOwl: You know, it's not the kind of projects that we talk about [670.46] BlueOwl: or that we know in Europe or the US or wherever else. [675.46] BlueOwl: Suddenly you start hearing about, for example, [680.46] BlueOwl: checking on the hippos with a drone, or I don't know, [685.46] BlueOwl: surveying an elephant, something. [690.46] BlueOwl: It's always super fascinating. [692.46] Curry: Do the people checking on elephants ever feel like [696.96] Curry: there's a gap there under the elephant? [699.96] Curry: I need to make that gap, and maybe power loop it. [703.96] BlueOwl: It must be difficult to, you know, not to do it, right? [708.96] BlueOwl: I would be tempted to, yeah. [711.96] Frank: There we go. [712.96] Frank: That's the next one for the International Game of Whoop, [714.96] Frank: is a power looping an elephant. [717.96] BlueOwl: An elephant, yeah. [718.96] BlueOwl: That would be a good challenge for Tawanda, [721.96] BlueOwl: our friend from Zimbabwe, probably. [726.96] Tony: Yeah. [727.96] Tony: Not sure I can agree, unless it was a tiny whoop. [730.96] Tony: Yeah, yeah. [734.34] Tony: What if it was just a big elephant? [741.34] BlueOwl: That one suggests might be flipping a rhino. [744.34] BlueOwl: That's an idea. [746.34] BlueOwl: If I ever get to travel to Africa and, you know, [751.34] BlueOwl: if the COVID madness ever ends, [754.34] BlueOwl: then I get to go there and take my coat with me. [757.34] Tony: I've heard it's going to be six years and then we'll be free. [760.34] Tony: So it's not too long to wait. [763.34] BlueOwl: Someone's talking about truth is spinning a giraffe. [766.34] BlueOwl: That's awesome. [769.34] BlueOwl: I'm all upside down. [775.34] Frank: Very early, we had fun on Saturday, [778.34] Frank: back on the latest version of Curry Kitten Simulator [781.34] Frank: with the water towers in, the cooling towers even. [784.34] (Patrons): Yeah. [785.34] Frank: Right word. [786.34] Curry: I only joined late and all I heard is a very drunk Tony [790.34] Curry: complaining a lot that everything was tiny. [793.34] Tony: We played hide and seek and it was near impossible [797.34] Tony: to find them. [799.34] Tony: Honestly, they were cheating or something was happening. [802.34] Frank: It was easier when you were facing the screen. [804.34] Frank: I'll say that. [807.34] Tony: I can't remember much about that. [810.34] Frank: I just remember your radio just complaining constantly [814.34] Frank: that battery low, battery low. [817.34] Frank: Just change that. [820.34] Frank: Just charge it. [821.34] Frank: Just do something about that. [822.34] Frank: No, it's fine. [824.34] Frank: I've got some tape. [825.34] Frank: Oh, that's right. [826.34] Curry: Because you said, why don't you turn it off? [828.34] Curry: And instead he just gaffer taped over the speaker. [832.34] NJ: Well, that was one way around it. [834.34] NJ: That's definitely a long way around it. [837.34] NJ: Pretty much all the new radios charge while being useful [842.34] NJ: as a game controller now, don't they? [844.34] NJ: But the Tyrannis is not. [847.34] NJ: So I guess you're going to get those. [849.34] NJ: Was it in the standard amber calm calming voice [852.34] NJ: or was it battery low in some sound pack that Tony's using? [857.34] Tony: I think it was just like an original one from six years ago. [863.34] NJ: Yeah, probably the amber, right? [865.34] NJ: Yeah. [867.34] (Patrons): That didn't mean that. [868.34] NJ: Disgruntled dinner lady screaming at him. [871.34] NJ: Disgruntled dinner lady. [873.34] NJ: It should definitely be a sound pack. [875.34] NJ: I would download that. [877.34] NJ: There is Blue Owl's next remote. [882.34] BlueOwl: That's it, yeah. [884.34] NJ: Nice. [885.34] Jack: Are you going to curl it up and have it in pink? [888.34] NJ: But my point was being here was just to show you [892.34] NJ: how I hold the transmitter like this. [897.34] NJ: That's perfectly comfortable for me. [899.34] NJ: Got the switches there. [901.34] NJ: So that's generally how I hold when I'm flying as a pincher. [906.34] NJ: That is no problem for me. [908.34] NJ: And that's what I was thinking is you can see that that, [910.34] NJ: trying to get this at the right angle, [912.34] NJ: that part under my palm would be free for the speaker. [917.34] NJ: Yeah, it probably would be. [919.34] NJ: And if I was doing it this way, I think it'd be the same. [923.34] NJ: Really hard to think in reverse here with the camera. [926.34] NJ: Yeah, so I think the speaker being there is probably going to be all right. [929.34] NJ: Even being left-handed. [931.34] NJ: But yeah, that's how I hold when I pinch anyway. [935.34] NJ: And that is comfortable, that's ergonomical for me, [938.34] NJ: just in the same way that is. [940.34] NJ: But in fact, because I like to have that sat a bit flatter when I'm flying, [944.34] NJ: that whole shape just feels really nice for pinching. [948.34] NJ: That's no problem for me. [949.34] NJ: So yeah, there's a pincher perspective. [953.34] Curry: I feel we got a view from a couple of years' time, [957.34] Curry: haptic gloves all the rage. [959.34] Curry: And this is the new sort of porn, [961.34] Curry: is basically what N.J.'s just doing on his radio. [968.34] NJ: Yeah, we should put a 15 certificate in the corner of the screen [973.34] Curry: I don't know why, but whenever I see a pinch shot, [976.34] Curry: I realise it works for you and it's more accurate. [979.34] Curry: It just seems so unnatural to me. [980.34] Curry: Whenever I pick up a game controller, [982.34] Curry: and I was like, well, do you pinch on a game controller? [984.34] Curry: If you were playing Xbox, would you be doing this then? [986.34] Curry: No. [987.34] NJ: Or would you just use the thumb? [989.34] NJ: Is that not the normal thing to do on an Xbox then? [992.34] NJ: No. [993.34] NJ: I'm kidding. I don't do that. [996.34] (Patrons): What's the difference? [999.34] NJ: I found more OCD of Curry. [1002.34] NJ: No, because I was actually probably, [1006.34] NJ: it's probably now about equal, [1008.34] NJ: but for the first half of ever doing anything RC, [1011.34] NJ: I was a thumber and it wasn't until 3D helicopters [1014.34] NJ: that I changed to a pincher and I found I got more fine precision [1018.34] NJ: because two digits gave me more fine motor control [1022.34] NJ: I found than just the thumbs. [1024.34] Curry: I do get that, but it feels to me like you would really have to work [1028.34] Curry: for a long time to overcome what is, [1032.34] Curry: I mean, it's been in my psyche for years just playing video games [1035.34] Curry: to suddenly go and say, okay, we're going to retrain and do this [1038.34] Curry: would take an awful lot of persistence almost as much [1041.34] Curry: as trying to flow with a 65 degree tilt on the camera [1044.34] Curry: and just try doing both at once. [1046.34] Curry: I'm flicking over to, I'll change to mode one, [1049.34] Curry: change to a pincher and fly at 65 degrees. [1051.34] Curry: Do that all at once. [1053.34] NJ: There's a video, surely there's a video to do, Curry. [1056.34] NJ: I challenge you to do a pack of pinch flying [1060.34] NJ: and then alternate with a pack of thumb flying and then go back to pinch [1064.34] NJ: and see if you're pinching. [1065.34] Curry: Once I can go outside, because we already said we'd do the blue hour challenge, [1070.34] Curry: let's try flying at 65 degrees for real. [1072.34] Curry: We've already tried it in a simulator and it's just a horrendous mess [1075.34] Curry: of us crashing into the ground and saying, why won't it go upwards? [1078.34] Curry: Why won't it go backwards? [1080.34] Curry: I'm really fast into the ground. [1081.34] Frank: I have to say, I'm really enjoying the Saturday sessions [1084.34] Frank: with personal tutoring by Blue Owl, the 65 degree tricks. [1088.34] Frank: I'm enjoying it. It's great. [1089.34] BlueOwl: Yeah, I got to say, Frank is getting dangerous good at this. [1092.34] BlueOwl: So he maybe can become the new, you know, muddy stunt or no more. [1098.34] NJ: I think at some point we're going to have to get some streaming in here. [1104.34] NJ: It'd be quite good to get a little bit of a show us a trick [1108.34] NJ: or some kind of challenge there, Blue Owl. [1112.34] NJ: You could show on straight. [1113.34] NJ: Have we tried streaming anything in here? [1116.34] NJ: Does it work? [1118.34] NJ: I think it works all right generally. [1121.34] Curry: There you go. [1122.34] Curry: Yes, Blue Owl's done some demonstrations. [1124.34] Curry: The figure eight upside down yours are quite interesting, [1129.34] Curry: going around and around while staying inverted all the time. [1133.34] Curry: Yeah, what's going to happen? [1135.34] BlueOwl: I'm just going to keep crashing for one hour straight [1138.34] BlueOwl: because that's how it works, trying to show off. [1143.34] BlueOwl: But yeah, we can try that. [1146.34] BlueOwl: We can have a challenge. [1147.34] BlueOwl: Maybe I'll learn something from Frank next time [1150.34] BlueOwl: because it's really going dangerously fast. [1153.34] BlueOwl: You know, his learning curve is like vertically up. [1157.34] BlueOwl: So we can arrange that. [1160.34] Frank: I'm definitely looking forward to eventually being able to go outside [1166.34] Frank: with the quads to a field and actually putting it up at 65 degrees [1171.34] Frank: and having a go. [1172.34] Frank: And it being completely different and crashing immediately. [1175.34] Frank: I think that'll be fun. [1176.34] BlueOwl: No, I don't know. [1177.34] Tony: I think it'll be all right, Mike. [1179.34] Curry: I want to watch the landing. [1181.34] Curry: I think that's going to be the most interesting part. [1183.34] BlueOwl: Yeah, that's interesting. [1185.34] Curry: Definitely. [1186.34] Jack: If he doesn't crash into himself, I will be amazed. [1190.34] Frank: I mean, that's... [1191.34] BlueOwl: He doesn't remember what it feels to go outside and fly. [1195.34] BlueOwl: I don't. [1196.34] BlueOwl: I don't know when was the last time I did it. [1198.34] Curry: No one remembers that. [1201.34] Jack: I think Sheldon was there. [1203.34] Jack: That's all I remember. [1205.34] NJ: I've got to point out, as in the chat, RC Labbotics said, [1211.34] NJ: Curtis Youngblood TX is mental. [1213.34] NJ: He's on a twist on the cyclic. [1216.34] NJ: So Curtis Youngblood from back in the 3D helicopter early days [1220.34] NJ: was just an incredible 3D helicopter pilot. [1223.34] NJ: But his control set up was absolutely bonkers. [1227.34] NJ: And what he would have is the throttle on the left side as normal. [1231.34] NJ: But on the end of the throttle was like a giant ball [1235.34] NJ: that he would twist from left to right to do the yaw. [1238.34] NJ: So if you can imagine a giant disc on the top of the throttle stick [1242.34] NJ: that you would hold and twist from left to right. [1245.34] NJ: So you'd rotate for yaw and throttle normal up and down [1249.34] NJ: and then the cyclic normal. [1251.34] NJ: Super, super weird. [1252.34] NJ: He's the only person I've ever known to do something as strange as that. [1255.34] NJ: But he was the 3D master. [1258.34] Jack: I think so. Yeah, yeah. [1260.34] NJ: Yeah, there were people who were trying to try it out and copy it [1264.34] NJ: because there were certain maneuvers in the 3D competitions [1267.34] NJ: that were really difficult. [1269.34] NJ: And there was one called the Chaos, [1271.34] NJ: which is where the helicopter would spin about its axis [1275.34] NJ: and then flip upside down and then spin. [1278.34] NJ: But there's a pirouetting flip where it's constantly a front flip [1281.34] NJ: while spinning. [1282.34] NJ: And then Chaos is where the axis changes the whole time. [1284.34] NJ: And he was one of the few people that could just do this. [1287.34] NJ: And everyone said it's something to do with that crazy mod. [1290.34] NJ: Mm-hmm. [1291.34] NJ: That is pretty interesting. [1293.34] NJ: But yeah, that's a nice blast from the past there. [1296.34] Tony: I've got the same thing as Caroline here. [1299.34] Tony: She gets, I get cramp because I'm a bit of a hybrid. [1302.34] Tony: I pinch with my throttle and fun. [1306.34] Tony: When I do it, yeah. [1308.34] Tony: Well, you know, when I was flying long range out in the cold, [1312.34] Tony: I was like getting cramp in this. [1314.34] Tony: I was like, I have to let go a couple of times [1317.34] Tony: and long range flying. [1318.34] Tony: I just can't do it. [1319.34] Tony: So can you fly longer than a couple of minutes? [1323.34] Tony: Or do you get cramp or have you ever got cramp [1325.34] Tony: or anything like that? [1327.34] NJ: No, I have no problem with it. [1330.34] NJ: I think the stick length definitely has something to do with it [1332.34] NJ: so that you're a bit more extended [1334.34] NJ: and you're not kind of like really bunching up to try and move. [1339.34] NJ: But the other thing is just try not to be, [1341.34] NJ: that can also be indicative of you being very white knuckled [1345.34] NJ: on the controls. [1346.34] NJ: Some people really squeeze the controls hard [1349.34] NJ: and you want to just be as relaxed as you can, but yeah. [1353.34] NJ: Excuse me a minute like that. [1355.34] Jack: The dinosaur grip you called it. [1357.34] BlueOwl: Yeah, yeah. [1358.34] BlueOwl: So I was just gonna, I was just gonna show you [1360.34] BlueOwl: how my pinching looks like [1362.34] BlueOwl: because it's not actually pinching like holding the sticks. [1365.34] BlueOwl: Oh my God, this is so high. [1367.34] BlueOwl: But what I actually do is hold it up. [1371.34] BlueOwl: Hold it up. [1372.34] BlueOwl: Okay, that's getting weird, right? [1375.34] BlueOwl: It is kind of like a merge between the two [1378.34] BlueOwl: because what I use the index finger for is just pulling the stick [1383.34] BlueOwl: but I don't think it means the stick [1385.34] BlueOwl: can kind of use two fingers actively to move it, right? [1389.34] BlueOwl: So it's only to give me a little bit of precision, [1392.34] BlueOwl: kind of a little bit of a feel to it. [1395.34] BlueOwl: But most of the work is done with the thumb, [1398.34] BlueOwl: if that makes sense. [1399.34] NJ: Interestingly, that's only something, [1402.34] NJ: that sort of way of holding is only an invention [1405.34] NJ: that I've ever known or seen since FPV. [1409.34] NJ: I haven't ever seen that in RC on other RC aircraft, [1412.34] NJ: but this thing of using the thumb, [1414.34] NJ: but then the kind of claw over the top for the pull [1418.34] NJ: has come about with FPV. [1420.34] NJ: It's really interesting, but yeah, [1421.34] NJ: one of those people doesn't still do that [1424.34] NJ: with one hand as well, if I think the right... [1427.34] NJ: I think it's full on picture. [1430.34] NJ: Is he? [1431.34] NJ: I think so. [1432.34] NJ: Yeah, I remember seeing a couple of those guys [1434.34] NJ: doing the sort of the flat finger. [1436.34] Curry: What I was going to say is, [1437.34] Curry: I think there's more scope for adding extra controls in. [1441.34] Curry: If you imagine that, oops, if you've got your controller, [1444.34] Curry: we'll all do this, we'll all hold a controller [1446.34] Curry: and this thumb's normally doing something. [1449.34] Curry: If, let's say, you had a much bigger stick here [1451.34] Curry: and you were grabbing that with your whole hand precision, [1454.34] Curry: you could then have a thumb stick on the end of that stick [1457.34] Curry: and do completely different directions. [1459.34] Curry: I'm completely serious. [1461.34] Curry: This was from an idea of a game controller [1464.34] Curry: for a very intense game called Steel Battalion, [1468.34] Curry: which had a stick with another stick on top, [1470.34] Curry: which operated something else. [1472.34] Curry: It was complete... [1473.34] Curry: It wasn't quite like that because... [1476.34] Curry: I suppose you could call it that [1477.34] Curry: because the top stick would act like a regular stick, [1480.34] Curry: but it's just the fact you were moving that other stick around. [1483.34] Curry: It sounds weird, but it didn't seem to matter [1486.34] Curry: because your thumb was in the same place relative [1489.34] Curry: because your hand's moving around, [1491.34] Curry: you effectively got two-stick precision within one stick. [1495.34] Curry: So you'd actually have three-stick control [1497.34] Curry: plus a couple of switches if you did that, [1499.34] Curry: but I can't think what you might need to do at all. [1501.34] Curry: So it's like a joystick. [1503.34] Curry: Yeah, with a stick on the end. [1505.34] Frank: With a thumb stick on the top of the joystick. [1508.34] NJ: It's like a damper, effectively, of sorts. [1511.34] NJ: It's sort of damping the input a little bit. [1514.34] Curry: But you could have completely different inputs on them. [1517.34] Curry: I mean, this one was controlled, this was camera. [1520.34] NJ: Oh! [1522.34] NJ: Oh, I see. [1524.34] NJ: Okay, have you got any images of that? [1526.34] NJ: I'd be really interested to see that. [1528.34] Curry: Yeah, but bear in mind, it's a game controller for big robot mechs. [1532.34] Curry: It's looking like too much. [1534.34] Curry: It's got quite a niche, isn't it? [1537.34] Curry: A little bit. [1538.34] Curry: Is that the next lockdown project, then? [1540.34] Curry: No, I was just thinking, when you were talking about, [1544.34] Curry: like, here, Curtis Youngblood's got like an extra stick, [1547.34] Curry: it's like, well, you could do something else. [1549.34] Frank: What a cool name. [1551.34] Frank: It is a good name. [1553.34] Frank: While we were talking about transmitters, [1555.34] Frank: I was also wondering about neck straps, [1557.34] Frank: because I was thinking maybe that's kind of a difference, [1560.34] Frank: maybe, that's between N.J. and Tony [1562.34] Frank: with getting cramp and things with pinching. [1566.34] NJ: Yeah, that's another thing, isn't it? [1569.34] NJ: I guess that's just a different thing for different people. [1573.34] NJ: For me, I like to rest my hands kind of [1576.34] NJ: against the resistance of the neck strap, [1579.34] NJ: so my hands are kind of more relaxed [1581.34] NJ: when they're sort of resting on the controller. [1583.34] NJ: So, yeah, I can fly without the neck strap, but I don't like it. [1587.34] Curry: So, still battalion. [1589.34] Curry: If you look at the left-hand side, you've got a stick, [1592.34] Curry: and that little gubbins on top is a little thumbstick, [1595.34] Curry: which will control something different to the main stick, [1599.34] Curry: which is obviously its own little thing, [1601.34] Curry: but I can just sort of imagine that could be used on a remote [1605.34] Curry: to give you more, because we were talking, again, [1608.34] Curry: the other day about that weird pyramid thing, [1610.34] Curry: which needs like an extra axis of movement, [1613.34] Curry: and it's like, how would you do that extra axis in, [1616.34] Curry: because you've only got two sticks? [1617.34] Curry: It's like, well, you can have three sticks [1619.34] Curry: if you do the right thing with it, effectively. [1622.34] NJ: I love the retro look of that. It's so awesome. [1625.34] Frank: I was going to say, this sounds like an excellent excuse [1629.34] Frank: to build kind of a modern interpretation [1632.34] Frank: of a steel battalion controller. [1634.34] Curry: When you turn steel battalion on, [1636.34] Curry: you have to flick switches. [1637.34] Curry: The eject button, you can see it's under a cover [1640.34] Curry: on the right-hand side. [1641.34] Curry: You have to flip the cover up and eject, [1643.34] Curry: because it doesn't work. [1645.34] Curry: Why do they do that? [1646.34] Tony: I know it's for safety, but like time and stuff, [1649.34] Tony: running out of time, going down, [1651.34] Tony: and now I've got to pull this lever up [1653.34] Tony: and then flick the switch. [1655.34] NJ: So, Kerry, what do you reckon we could do with this, then? [1660.34] NJ: You could do stuff with it. [1662.34] NJ: Is that just a deep end on the top there? [1664.34] Jack: It's not even a program to show on YouTube. [1665.34] Jack: You could fly with that. [1667.34] Tony: Yeah, that's that. [1669.34] Tony: You need to tell people what it is. [1672.34] Frank: What is this so people that are listening can Google it? [1675.34] NJ: Five, six, seven, eight. [1677.34] Tony: NJ, he's holding up a joystick. [1681.34] Curry: Is that your DCS controller? [1683.34] Curry: That's one of them, yeah. [1685.34] NJ: What's it called? [1687.34] NJ: That is the Satec X56. [1690.34] NJ: Are you going to get your pedals out next? [1693.34] Jack: No, they're too heavy. [1696.34] NJ: Made of man steel. [1698.34] NJ: I love you, NJ. [1702.86] NJ: I know you do. [1706.86] Jack: Line up that. [1709.86] Jack: What is it? [1711.86] Jack: The pitot tube? [1714.86] Jack: There's your answer, Tony. [1716.86] Frank: I'll see Labbotics put an answer in the chat. [1718.86] Frank: If there is a cover, it means at least one person knocked it by accident. [1724.86] Tony: I did gather that it was for safety, [1727.86] Tony: but it's just, you know, you're running out of time. [1730.86] Tony: I'm like, Dad, have you got to do this, this, this? [1734.86] Frank: I guess it's a case of the number of times that you actually want to use it is very small [1739.86] Frank: in comparison to the times that you don't want to use it. [1742.86] Tony: Yeah, look, you're dusting the cockpit. [1746.86] Frank: So you sneeze. [1748.86] Tony: Yeah, oops. [1751.86] Frank: This episode was recorded in front of a live online audience, [1754.86] Frank: downloaded and edited to make sense when it played audio only, [1758.86] Frank: censored to please the iTunes people, hosted on the internet, [1761.86] Frank: forwarded through to your podcast provider, [1763.86] Frank: downloaded, playing on your device and is now playing in your ears. [1766.86] Frank: All thanks to our Patreons. [1769.86] Frank: Consider joining them and you'll also get other online benefits. [1772.86] Frank: Find out more at patreon.com forward slash. [1775.86] Frank: Let's drone out. [1777.86] Tony: I can't wait to go out and fly. [1779.86] Tony: I'm just spring, spring is round the corner, everyone. [1782.86] Curry: So why don't you tell us about your not at all controversial or illegal plans, Tony? [1788.86] Tony: Do you want to talk about that? [1790.86] Tony: That's nothing to do with flying. [1792.86] Tony: That's nothing to do with flying. [1794.86] Curry: I thought it was all about flying, wasn't it? [1796.86] Tony: No, no, no, that's my holiday for this year. [1799.86] Tony: I'm going on an FPV road trip this year. [1802.86] Tony: I bought a tent, what do you call it? [1806.86] Tony: A roof tent. [1809.86] Curry: Could you explain it to me? [1810.86] Curry: Because is that literally just pitching a tent on the roof of a vehicle? [1814.86] Curry: Because they're a bit. [1816.86] Curry: Don't they sort of cave in a little bit? [1818.86] Curry: I mean, you're tiny, so I guess not for your point of view. [1821.86] Tony: No, it's got a hard base and it all folds up and then you literally undo it, grab the ladder and pull it down and it will come off like that. [1829.86] Tony: And then the ladder comes through the center and then you go up into it and it's got a mattress and everything. [1834.86] Tony: It's well cool. [1835.86] Tony: And I'm putting it on my van, I'm going flying and I've got a big leisure battery in the back. [1839.86] Tony: So I'm going to get that all ready to charge my batteries and yeah, I'm going to be good to go. [1846.86] Tony: Have you got a pitch you can share? [1849.86] Curry: I'm still having problems. [1851.86] Curry: I'm on my rooftop tent. [1853.86] Tony: Well, you find rooftop tent. [1855.86] Curry: For God's sake. [1857.86] Curry: You bloody tent. [1859.86] Frank: With your van tank, you can even take like a tank of water that will give yourself a heated shower. [1867.86] Tony: Well, yeah, I've got a heated shower and everything. [1870.86] Tony: So I could even run the hose underneath the mattress of the tent to take you home. [1877.86] Tony: Exactly. [1878.86] Tony: It's all going to be fine. [1880.86] Tony: I'm going down to Devon first in Cornwall, then up to Wales and then Scotland. [1886.86] Tony: So anyone, I'm going to meet people on my trip. [1891.86] Tony: If you want to come flying, meet me. [1896.86] Tony: Fishing, Tony, fishing. [1899.86] Curry: Apparently, a leisure activity of fishing is allowed. [1902.86] Curry: So it might be Tony is fishing with his drone, even though he may not be with any water. [1909.86] Frank: Drone fishing is a thing. [1911.86] Curry: That's bloody massive. [1913.86] Curry: That doesn't look like an accident waiting to happen, does it? [1916.86] Curry: Yeah, what happens if you walk over the bit where there's no roof? [1920.86] Tony: It's a big thick bit. [1923.86] Tony: You can sit in there. [1925.86] Tony: You can fold a bit under that bit, under the ladder. [1928.86] Tony: Yeah, but what's it attached to? [1930.86] Tony: What do you mean? [1931.86] Tony: It's folded out. [1933.86] Frank: It's attached to the roof bars, right? [1936.86] Tony: Yeah. [1938.86] Curry: So as soon as it unfolds, it's supported by the roof bars. [1943.86] Tony: Yeah, it's folded. [1945.86] NJ: Oh, I see. [1947.86] NJ: I presume the toilet is situated in the left half of the tent. [1952.86] Tony: The toilet is in the back of my vein. [1955.86] Tony: Carrier bag, buckets, job done. [1957.86] Curry: My OCD doesn't like the fact that it's not centered at all. [1960.86] Curry: It looks all lopsided. [1962.86] Tony: It is all lopsided. [1964.86] Frank: But it gives you a nice little sun shelter underneath. [1970.86] Frank: It's the inverse of a pantry. [1972.86] Tony: It can be a clip-on bit, what clips on round the side of the ladder [1975.86] Tony: and comes down and gives you a little out-housey bit under the laddery bit. [1979.86] Tony: It's going to be well cool. [1981.86] Tony: See you on my trip this year, this summer. [1985.86] Tony: Shout me if you want me to come fly with you. [1987.86] Tony: I'm going around the country. [1990.86] Tony: That's quite cool, actually. [1992.86] NJ: There is a section on there. [1994.86] BlueOwl: And if I want to fly with you, then would you come to Prague? [1998.86] Tony: Well, I don't think I'm allowed out of the country. [2000.86] Tony: I don't want a £1700 fine. [2002.86] Tony: That's why I'm staying in the country. [2005.86] Frank: What we'll do is we'll get a few of those drums [2010.86] Frank: that you use for keeping all your clothes dry when you're going kayaking. [2015.86] Frank: And we'll tie them to your wheels. [2018.86] Frank: And then we'll take your paddles for when you go kayaking [2022.86] Frank: and you can paddle your car across the channel and get to the other side. [2028.86] Tony: I'll just take me kayaks on there. [2030.86] Frank: Oh yeah, just strap the kayaks to the van. [2034.86] Tony: Yeah, a little pontoon. [2037.86] Tony: It's a catamaran. [2038.86] Tony: Catamaran. [2039.86] Tony: I'm not going on holiday. [2040.86] Tony: Probably no one is. [2042.86] Tony: I just thought, well, I'm going to stay in England [2044.86] Tony: and just go around flying for a couple of weeks. [2047.86] Tony: I think it'd be good fun. [2050.86] Tony: I like camping anyway, so I've got all the gear. [2053.86] Tony: No idea. [2058.86] Tony: Well, I enjoy myself. [2060.86] Tony: Anyway, me and my dog, it's all we need. [2064.86] Frank: It's camping with a mattress. [2067.86] Frank: It sounds a very good form of camping to me. [2070.86] Frank: Yeah, it'd be fine. [2072.86] Jack: So I pour a ring of petrol around his tent for a laugh. [2077.86] Tony: It's brilliant for that for a few days. [2083.86] NJ: Especially if you set the tent up on someone else's car. [2088.86] Tony: Yeah, no, you keep an eye on me and stuff. [2094.86] Tony: It won't be for a few more months, though. [2100.27] Curry: Daily vlogs are needed, Tony. [2102.27] Curry: Just find yourself a Wi-Fi hotspot and get them out loaded. [2105.27] Tony: I could do some vlogging. [2107.27] Tony: That would be amazing. [2110.27] UNKNOWN: It'd be fun. [2111.27] Tony: You're quite welcome to come, one of you. [2114.27] Tony: You're probably just about top to tail one other person. [2117.27] Tony: I think you could take two human beings, so, Jack, you probably can't come. [2123.27] Curry: We warn you that the other human being will be over that strange void. [2128.27] Curry: It might disappear in the middle of the night. [2132.27] Tony: You can, Jack. I was only ripping you. [2136.27] Frank: If the ground is a little bit soggy, then the ladder might sink a bit [2139.27] Frank: and you might just kind of be just dump a truck into the mud. [2146.27] Tony: You're so optimistic. [2150.27] Frank: We've learned from this past year. [2155.27] Frank: There was a few bits of kind of news that Discord sent us [2162.27] Frank: because we're using them to outsource our work to, which is great. [2168.27] Frank: Thank you, Robin and Clown. [2171.27] Jack: It's the hive mind. [2175.27] Frank: Yes, yes. [2178.27] Frank: Involving our community. [2180.27] Frank: Yeah, that's definitely it and not getting them to do our work for us. [2186.27] Frank: Clown found some very good gossip about some firmware with Fat Shark [2198.27] Frank: that looks like it was ready and then wasn't released. [2202.27] Frank: It sounds like there's a lot of drama going on there. [2205.27] Frank: Apparently, there's something coming out maybe at some point [2212.27] Frank: when they sort themselves out. [2215.27] Tony: What's this for, Fat Shark? [2219.27] Tony: I heard the EV owner of Fat Shark bought some DJI goggles [2223.27] Tony: because he said they were really good. [2226.27] Tony: Is that right? [2228.27] Frank: I've heard that rumor as well, Tony. [2232.27] Frank: I've heard that rumor as well. [2236.27] Tony: Yeah, that's pretty funny. [2239.27] Tony: It says quite a lot. [2242.27] Jack: Sheldon, if that is definitely you, I'm thinking of a word [2247.27] Jack: and if you write that word, then I know it's you [2250.27] Jack: and then I can moderate you so that I can protect you from Neil. [2255.27] NJ: Sheldon. [2257.27] Curry: Is the word just going to be cockwumble again? [2259.27] NJ: Sheldon's Mr. Drone Doctor for all of you out there. [2262.27] NJ: He has been on the show before. [2264.27] NJ: He does frequent our little DCS community, [2269.27] NJ: but he's well known as what we call a griefer, [2273.27] NJ: someone who ruins everyone's fun to a much of his own delight [2278.27] NJ: by doing things with planes that you shouldn't do. [2282.27] NJ: Yes, that's what our dear Sheldon, Mr. Drone Doctor does. [2286.27] Jack: Everyone's got a level of respect for Neil and Sheldon has absolutely none. [2293.27] NJ: There's someone who's been fishing recently with his brand new glider [2298.27] NJ: who should get him on here to talk about that crazy glider he's bought, [2302.27] NJ: which is a Vlad, another beautiful Vladimir carbon glider. [2308.27] Curry: Not the one with the jet in it then? [2311.27] NJ: Not the one with the jet in it, although he does have a RC jet engine. [2317.27] Frank: He was showing that off on your Discord as well. [2321.27] NJ: Yeah, managing to get that thing fired up. [2324.27] NJ: What was it he had it in? Was it a HiWAP? [2327.27] NJ: I can't remember. It's like the XL1 or something. [2329.27] Jack: It's, yeah, AcroWAP. [2333.27] Jack: AcroWAP, that was it, yeah, yeah. [2335.27] Jack: It's now called the TurboWAP. [2338.27] NJ: Yeah, the TurboWAP. [2341.27] NJ: I would love to get on the RC turbine side of things, [2347.27] NJ: but they are slowly coming down, but they are just hideous amounts of money. [2352.27] NJ: Even though more companies are doing it, [2354.27] NJ: and the cheap Chinese ones are actually getting very good now, [2358.27] NJ: there's still lots and lots of money. [2361.27] NJ: You still have to throw thousands at building a model with an RC turbine in it. [2367.27] Jack: You have to make them down and everything. It's very impressive. [2370.27] Frank: If you saw, Project has recently been given a turbine by a manufacturer, [2377.27] Frank: and he's decided not to put it in an aircraft to begin with. [2382.27] Frank: First, he's going to put it on a car, and then he's going to put it on a boat, [2386.27] Frank: and then he'll think about putting it on an aircraft. [2389.27] Tony: I watched someone put it on a kayak about two weeks ago. [2392.27] Tony: Wow. [2393.27] Tony: It was pretty good. It didn't go very fast, [2396.27] Tony: but it was quite impressive. [2398.27] Tony: It was quite small little turbine. [2401.27] Frank: I remember at SantaPods, they had pulse jet powered go-karts. [2406.27] NJ: Those things are so noisy. [2408.27] Frank: They're so noisy and so underwhelming [2412.27] Frank: when they actually let go of the brakes, [2415.27] Frank: because they're just making all this noise and flavour, [2419.27] Frank: and then they take the brakes off and they kind of... [2423.27] Frank: They get going in the end. [2425.27] Frank: It might as well be just like a mobility scooter or something. [2428.27] NJ: A lot of racket for not much. [2431.27] Jack: I'm really well on a mobility scooter. [2433.27] NJ: Yeah, that is true. [2434.27] NJ: It's achieved quite a lot. [2436.27] NJ: Yeah, it's interesting. [2437.27] NJ: I'd like to get one of those RC turbines on a heli. [2442.27] Jack: Oh, are you blocking my voice out again? [2445.27] Tony: I didn't hear you. What did you say? [2447.27] Tony: Your voice is rolling now. [2449.27] Tony: My brain just goes, you're not having a wife. [2452.27] Jack: See you later, guys. [2456.27] Tony: No, I'm sorry, Jack. I'm listening. [2458.27] Jack: No, it's fine. Don't worry. [2460.27] Tony: Look, when you rib me, I take it. [2463.27] Tony: When you rib me, I take it. [2467.27] Tony: Oh, Jack. [2470.27] Tony: You can't take a rib in that boy. [2472.27] Tony: Gives it to me. [2473.27] Tony: When I give it back, he's like... [2476.27] Frank: What time of day would we have to kind of wake you up [2481.27] Frank: and rib you for it to be the equivalent [2484.27] Frank: to when we've woken Jack up for this? [2487.27] Jack: I guess it'd have to be like... [2489.27] Jack: It's fine. I'm an absolute prick to him. [2492.27] Jack: He's well good. He's right. [2494.27] Jack: I sent you the link, Sheldon. I have my spot. [2498.27] Jack: Okay. Right, bye. [2500.27] Tony: You're going to bed. [2501.27] Curry: We can do more than six. [2507.27] NJ: Sorry, Jack. [2508.27] Jack: The whole street guard finds out we haven't paid them [2511.27] Jack: because, you know, Frank... [2513.27] NJ: You're losing the impact of leaving now [2516.27] NJ: if you keep rejoining. [2518.27] NJ: It takes away the drama. [2520.27] NJ: I know. [2521.27] Tony: Completely, it takes away the drama. [2523.27] Tony: Yes, Mr Fruity Cakes. [2525.27] Tony: Turn it inside out. Why should she have all the fun? [2536.0] Jack: Wow, I'm so sorry. [2538.0] Jack: You can just shout at him if you want. [2540.0] Jack: Please. Please do it. [2542.0] (Patrons): Chris is... [2544.0] (Patrons): You are a very naughty boy. [2548.0] (Patrons): He's not on the side. [2550.0] Jack: That's my little... [2552.0] Jack: Blue Owl voice. [2554.0] Tony: Wow. [2556.0] BlueOwl: I don't know about that. I'm not sure. [2559.0] Frank: Can you try doing Jack voice, Blue Owl? [2561.0] Frank: What's your best impression of Jack? [2564.0] BlueOwl: Well, I'm so grumpy today, guys. [2568.0] BlueOwl: Brilliant. [2570.0] BlueOwl: That's all I can think of. [2572.0] Tony: Have you got that in a tough start and finish? [2574.0] Tony: He's like he's in the real winner. [2576.0] Tony: Well, now he's not for good. [2578.0] Frank: He's always all right. [2579.0] Frank: You can do a better impression of him than he can. [2582.0] BlueOwl: That was a very poor impression of Jack. [2585.0] Frank: The only way it could have been better [2587.0] Frank: was if you mentioned the Roomba. [2588.0] Frank: But, you know, I think... [2590.0] BlueOwl: Yeah, that is true. [2592.0] NJ: I'm a Weezy Fox. [2593.0] NJ: I'm a Weezy Fox. [2595.0] NJ: RC Labotic says... [2598.0] NJ: We had a chat melt his blades at our club with the turbine once. [2601.0] NJ: Yeah. [2602.0] NJ: There's lots of good videos on YouTube [2604.0] NJ: of RC turbines destroying themselves. [2607.0] NJ: Usually followed by the owner [2610.0] NJ: pretty much bursting into tears [2612.0] NJ: when they realize how much money they've just lost themselves. [2615.0] NJ: I think the turbine that Sheldon has, [2620.0] NJ: is a jet cap, which are kind of one of the OGs [2624.2] NJ: of doing the German company, of doing the RC turbines, [2627.84] NJ: just to send that thing back for a small temperature problem [2632.2] NJ: would have cost upwards of 500 quid to get it all sorted [2635.96] NJ: and service them back. [2638.06] Tony: Well, them planes were flying in MA5, was it, Frank? [2643.6] Tony: Yes, I was just going to say, yeah. [2647.94] Curry: So the planes we saw at MA5, [2650.1] Curry: I think the absolute bottom price was about 10 [2652.82] Curry: and it went up to 20. [2654.1] Curry: So, NJ, looking at the sort of the cheap and cheerful, [2657.42] Curry: I said cheap and cheerful, [2658.3] Curry: the cheap and would actually work turbines from China, [2662.54] Curry: given you need, what, the ECU [2664.6] Curry: and presumably a fuel tank and stuff. [2667.14] Curry: If you had like a plane or whatever, [2669.02] Curry: and you wanted to put a turbine in it now, [2670.98] Curry: exactly what sort of money are you talking about currently? [2674.46] NJ: I would think, I think most people that want to get into it [2677.38] NJ: will try and look for a decent condition secondhand one. [2680.06] NJ: That's probably your best way into it. [2683.06] NJ: That's had good runtime and works well [2686.54] NJ: and doesn't have any problems. [2688.1] NJ: That's going to be a cheap site. [2689.22] NJ: I think if you're looking at new turbines, [2691.86] NJ: even the small ones, [2693.3] NJ: the tiny little sort of Coke can size ones, [2695.9] NJ: you're still at least throwing a couple of grand at them. [2699.34] NJ: I think something, if I wanted something [2701.22] NJ: for like my 90 size Heli, four grand, probably, somewhere, [2705.86] NJ: that kind of money for a proper, [2708.3] NJ: for a nice RC turbine to get that thing in the air, [2710.34] NJ: which is obviously, [2712.06] NJ: you've really got to want to do it to spend that money. [2714.7] Curry: And then you get a trainer for around 2K. [2718.54] Curry: Yeah, so there you go. [2719.38] Curry: It still sounds quite a lot for a trainer, doesn't it? [2721.66] NJ: Yeah, there's definitely more, [2723.7] NJ: there's more available now. [2724.94] NJ: There's more options for doing it. [2726.26] NJ: It'll come down. [2728.78] NJ: Yeah, there you go. [2730.06] NJ: I think 2K is the consensus, [2733.38] NJ: but it's that noise, isn't it? [2736.1] NJ: As good as EDFs are, [2736.94] NJ: you just can't beat the start up noise [2739.1] Frank: from a proper turbine. [2740.18] Frank: For 2,000 pounds, couldn't you get a pretty good speaker? [2745.26] Tony: It's played the same way, yeah. [2747.7] Curry: For just 1,000 pounds, [2749.3] Curry: I will come and stand next to you and go, [2751.14] NJ: whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, [2753.74] Curry: as your plane's going. [2755.98] NJ: A subscription basis. [2757.78] NJ: Yes. [2758.86] NJ: Okay. [2760.7] Frank: Yeah, how long until you dig a two grand trainer [2764.62] Frank: into the ground for a couple of years? [2767.06] Curry: The other problem is, as well as accessibility. [2770.78] Curry: I mean, you can't just like, [2772.1] Curry: I'm just popping to the park to fly my jet [2774.86] Curry: because other park users may have a point of view about it. [2778.38] Curry: You need to be in like a dedicated club [2781.38] Curry: and presumably there's some clubs don't allow them [2784.86] Curry: and some clubs are okay with them. [2786.7] Curry: I suppose, do you need a bigger space? [2789.34] Curry: Because the guys we met at MA5 [2791.14] Curry: were very keen to tell us they were like pussycats, [2793.92] Curry: but this is typically what people say [2796.52] Curry: when they're very good at flying things. [2798.52] Curry: It's like... [2799.36] Tony: They were very good at flying things. [2801.28] Tony: I'm not completely coming to that easy. [2803.12] Frank: Another key part of the turbine, as you say, [2804.88] Frank: is the noise, which is very, very loud. [2809.76] Frank: And it's not so noticeable in a big kind of air show [2813.28] Frank: or mini air show kind of situation, [2816.44] Frank: but in a park, club park kind of situation [2821.44] Frank: I think you would get some very angry letters very quickly [2826.16] Frank: if you tried to do that every weekend. [2829.6] Curry: Yes. [2830.44] Curry: Although I do take note that the only person [2832.48] Curry: that got real complaints at the last, [2835.84] Curry: after this MA4 was Rupert with his six sets fun jam, [2839.84] Curry: which was insanely loud and made jets sound very wimpy indeed. [2844.64] Frank: Yeah, the turbine powered vampire [2847.12] Frank: did not get any noise complaints, [2849.28] Frank: but the prop powered fun jet did. [2855.88] Tony: Do you reckon there'll be any MA6, 7s, 8s, 9s, 10s, 11s? [2862.24] Frank: They will be different. [2863.6] Frank: There will be events, there will be mini air show events, [2866.2] Frank: but they will be very different. [2869.96] Frank: There is going to be a pop-up event, [2872.12] Frank: or at least they have announced one [2873.96] Frank: and started publicizing it. [2875.28] Frank: They're claiming one. [2876.72] Frank: Nothing to do with that. [2878.56] Frank: I think the third weekend of August, [2881.6] Frank: I think is going to be the pop-up model air show. [2885.88] Frank: And they are doing what we were talking about doing [2889.4] Frank: for the mini air show six, [2891.4] Frank: which was shutting all manned aviation into, [2895.32] Frank: well, we were actually talking about shutting one runway [2897.44] Frank: and keeping one runway as manned aviation. [2900.04] Frank: They're talking about shutting both runways. [2902.92] Frank: So having no manned aviation for that day [2906.16] Frank: for while the actual events are going on, [2909.6] Frank: and having just the whole site over to a model air show. [2915.96] Curry: It does kind of sound like they took your idea and stole it. [2920.64] Frank: No, I would say that we seeded, [2926.36] Frank: and we were the nucleation sites. [2928.88] Frank: They were wanting to do it, [2930.92] Frank: but they were too scared to do it. [2933.52] Frank: So we just had to go because we didn't know any better. [2936.48] Frank: And then they went, oh, it's not that hard. [2938.68] Frank: We can do it after all. [2940.4] Frank: Because they've also got two more clubs, [2943.04] Frank: I think have now kind of been shoved out [2945.72] Frank: of where they have been for the past few years, [2948.04] Frank: and have all gone to pop them. [2949.56] Frank: So there's like three sets of chefs in this kitchen now. [2955.28] Frank: So they don't really need us there anymore [2957.16] Frank: to make something happen. [2959.32] Frank: So yeah, they will be doing their own thing. [2961.56] Frank: And I'm sure it will be quite big, [2965.88] Frank: and lots of noisy things will be happening, [2967.76] Frank: but probably not much in the way of FPV, I imagine. [2973.0] Frank: I mean, they'll probably be doing [2974.16] Frank: the kind of normal pop them weekend meetup kind of things, [2977.8] Frank: but I imagine it won't be quite as FPV heavy. [2982.16] Frank: I imagine there won't be quite as much going on [2984.6] Frank: as there would be in the air. [2985.44] Jack: More on the fishing side of things I hear. [2988.64] Jack: Yeah. [2990.6] Jack: Should we add the world's worst person [2993.52] Jack: to the chat in site NJ? [2998.84] Sheldon: Is that how high is it you're wearing? [3001.24] Sheldon: No, it's just a jacket with green zippers. [3004.84] NJ: Are you in drone doctor office? [3007.4] Sheldon: I'm in drone doctor office. [3008.56] Sheldon: You can tell because we have tiny work gates. [3012.8] Sheldon: Yeah, that's good. [3014.2] Sheldon: I like that. [3015.04] NJ: So it's been a busy day. [3018.64] Frank: It's just getting there. [3019.56] Frank: This is his morning as well. [3021.08] Sheldon: How do I, is that, am I now sideways? [3023.84] Sheldon: There we go. [3025.24] Frank: I'm going to sit there. [3026.08] Frank: Presumably you're just turning up to work [3027.48] Frank: because this is usually about the time you start, right? [3030.16] Sheldon: Yeah, I was in for an hour earlier. [3032.56] Sheldon: So I had to go and walk the dog. [3038.91] Sheldon: What's the latest subject matter? [3041.47] Sheldon: I heard some chatter about turbines [3043.43] Sheldon: and then I was in the car. [3044.27] Sheldon: A dual glider. [3045.11] NJ: We were. [3046.27] NJ: Your ultra watt, extra watt, high watt, whatever watt it is. [3052.55] NJ: Acro watt, yeah, that was all right. [3054.91] NJ: That is, you know what? [3056.47] NJ: Please, we're now changing it to the you know what. [3058.23] NJ: You know what is a you know what? [3059.07] Sheldon: There is a name of another Chris Phos model. [3061.03] Sheldon: Yeah. [3061.87] Sheldon: That was my first ever plane was a you know what. [3064.31] NJ: How about the? [3065.15] NJ: You say what and. [3066.67] NJ: WTF. [3068.59] NJ: Yeah, talk about that turbine specifically [3071.35] NJ: because that's the turbo prop that set up, isn't it? [3074.91] Sheldon: Yeah, it's a jet cap P20 with a turbo prop unit [3078.35] Sheldon: made by CNC model parts for a Swiss company. [3081.15] Sheldon: And basically the exhaust of the turbine [3085.63] Sheldon: goes into a another turbine, basically like a windmill, [3089.15] Sheldon: very high RPM windmill. [3090.59] Sheldon: That only goes through a gearbox, drives a propeller. [3093.47] Sheldon: So you get all the fun of a turbine, [3096.03] Sheldon: but you get to play with a model that is propeller powered. [3100.35] Sheldon: So it's used on a lot of full size aircraft, [3103.79] Sheldon: various sizes. [3106.39] Sheldon: And yeah, it's just a bit more interesting [3109.23] Sheldon: because turbines are now becoming pretty commonplace. [3112.71] Sheldon: Also, there aren't any flying clubs near me [3115.03] Sheldon: which allow turbines. [3117.63] Sheldon: When turbines first started becoming popular, [3122.79] Sheldon: about I don't know what, 10, 15 years ago, [3125.83] Sheldon: they started becoming a bit more mainstream. [3130.79] Sheldon: You could fly them in most clubs. [3133.03] Sheldon: But a lot of clubs, for reasons of varying levels of... [3145.98] Sheldon: Varying reasons, many clubs have decided to ban turbines. [3152.46] Sheldon: And so there aren't many, there aren't any near me [3155.74] Sheldon: where you can fly turbines, unfortunately. [3157.78] Sheldon: So my local club, the main reason you can't fly turbines [3161.26] Sheldon: is because of noise and also because of the strip [3166.66] Sheldon: is too small for the average turbine powered plane. [3169.14] Sheldon: So you need a bit of runway. [3170.86] Sheldon: But I made an exception for my turboprop [3172.42] Sheldon: because it's quiet. [3173.26] Sheldon: It's no louder than a large electric model, [3175.7] Sheldon: to be completely honest. [3177.34] Sheldon: This is a high pitched noise. [3178.58] Sheldon: So the noise doesn't travel. [3180.5] Sheldon: It's quieter than any piston powered model. [3184.98] Sheldon: And it's really good fun. [3186.82] NJ: So what you're saying is you're better than everyone else [3189.02] NJ: with a RC turbine aircraft. [3191.54] Sheldon: Oh, absolutely. [3192.54] NJ: And you're the exception to the rule. [3194.66] NJ: Yes, I thought as much. [3196.5] NJ: So that system of using the exhaust [3200.18] NJ: is to drive a mini windmill, as you say. [3203.5] NJ: That's essentially like a completely almost frictionless, [3207.66] NJ: like a clutch that won't ever wear out. [3209.42] NJ: It's quite a cool system. [3211.38] Sheldon: Yeah, the other option is a turbo shaft. [3215.26] Sheldon: So you see there's some full size aircraft. [3218.42] Sheldon: A very good example is the difference [3220.3] Sheldon: between the Pratt & Whitney PT6 and the Garrett 331. [3223.82] Sheldon: So the PT6 is used on loads of planes, [3227.1] Sheldon: like the King Air, the TBM, [3228.58] Sheldon: which if you've played Microsoft Flight Sim, [3230.42] Sheldon: you'll know the TBM. [3232.18] Sheldon: It's super reliable, incredibly simple to operate. [3236.62] Sheldon: Way, way easier than a piston engine. [3238.74] Sheldon: It's just a bit more expensive and likes to drink. [3241.74] Frank: I'm really enjoying watching Curry just kind of glaze over. [3245.58] NJ: Between me and Sheldon, we've got him cornered. [3248.58] NJ: You see this? [3249.58] NJ: Yeah. [3250.58] NJ: You can't do anything about this. [3251.58] NJ: I'm almost done. [3252.58] Curry: I'm just saying. [3253.58] Curry: I'm just carrying my words and numbers. [3255.58] Sheldon: So the difference with the Garrett is the actual shaft of the turbine. [3262.58] Sheldon: Yes. [3265.58] Sheldon: The actual shaft of the turbine drives the gearbox. [3268.58] Sheldon: So it takes a lot more work to start it, [3270.58] Sheldon: because when you start the engine, [3271.58] Sheldon: you also have to spin up the gearbox [3273.58] Sheldon: and the propeller, but it burns less fuel. [3277.58] Sheldon: It's the main advantage, [3278.58] Sheldon: and you get quicker throttle response. [3280.58] Sheldon: But you can't really do that very easily with a model, [3283.58] Sheldon: because this little turbine spins, [3285.58] Sheldon: it idles at 85,000 RPM, [3288.58] Sheldon: and full whack is 260,000. [3292.58] Sheldon: So trying to take a power takeoff from that [3295.58] Sheldon: and then gear it down to something reasonable for a propeller, [3298.58] Sheldon: it's not very practical. [3301.58] NJ: It's quite a reduction gear. [3302.58] NJ: It'd probably be several times wider than the model. [3305.58] Curry: Maybe if you just used a really tiny propeller, it would be okay. [3309.58] NJ: Yeah, that's one of them. [3310.58] Curry: It's like a quarter-inch little thing. [3313.58] Sheldon: It's already got a little propeller on it, [3315.58] Sheldon: so you could, I mean, you know, on the front. [3318.58] Sheldon: So you could do that, but it wouldn't be very effective. [3323.58] Sheldon: Anyway, that's model jets. [3325.58] Sheldon: They're not that big of a deal anymore. [3327.58] Sheldon: They're everywhere. [3328.58] Sheldon: They're not that expensive anymore. [3330.58] Sheldon: Although the only other thing I wanted to say [3332.58] Sheldon: is people talk about jet trainers, [3334.58] Sheldon: which doesn't really make sense, [3335.58] Sheldon: because if you're buying a turbine, [3336.58] Sheldon: you'd hope that you already know how to fly. [3339.58] Sheldon: So getting a trainer model is a bit silly, in my opinion. [3343.58] Frank: I always assumed it was to train you to fly a jet. [3347.58] Sheldon: There's no difference. [3348.58] Sheldon: The throttle takes a little bit longer to respond, [3350.58] Sheldon: and the engine never stops. [3352.58] Sheldon: Those are the differences, unless you run out of fuel. [3356.58] Sheldon: But no, I mean, a little bit of forethought, and you're fine. [3361.58] Sheldon: But I don't think there's anyone who, [3364.58] Sheldon: because a typical jet train is like a boomerang or a scalloper, [3367.58] Sheldon: if you can't fly one of them, [3369.58] Sheldon: there will be no one who can safely fly one of those, [3372.58] Sheldon: but can't safely fly a scale jet like an F-16 or something. [3377.58] Sheldon: It's not going to happen, so unnecessary. [3382.58] Sheldon: I'm not sure that really added anything [3383.58] Sheldon: to the Let's Drone Out podcast. [3386.58] Curry: I would just say that Caroline is echoing my feelings completely. [3390.58] Curry: They're not expensive, they're commonplace. [3392.58] Curry: It's all subjective and relative, [3395.58] Curry: depending on your various levels of moneybags in your podcast. [3399.58] NJ: I was going to point this out. [3401.58] NJ: I was going to point this out, but I thought I'm just going to let you talk. [3403.58] Sheldon: Hold on. What's behind you, Neil? [3405.58] Sheldon: What are those controls, Brian? [3407.58] NJ: Well, that's different. [3408.58] NJ: That's professional equipment. [3409.58] NJ: No, it's not. [3410.58] Sheldon: The thing I would say on that [3415.58] Sheldon: is it depends where you've come from in the modeling world. [3418.58] Sheldon: If you came from line of sight models [3421.58] Sheldon: where it's pretty normal for people to spend 500 quid on a Futaba radio, [3426.58] Sheldon: 200 quid on servos for a model, [3428.58] Sheldon: another 300 on an engine, [3430.58] Sheldon: and then 500 on an airframe, [3432.58] Sheldon: suddenly spending, say, a grand on the secondhand turbine [3436.58] Sheldon: isn't actually that big of a stretch. [3439.58] Sheldon: But obviously, if you've come from the hobbyking world [3441.58] Sheldon: with building your first quad for 100 quid [3444.58] Sheldon: or with a 60-quid fly-sky radio, [3446.58] Sheldon: there's absolutely nothing wrong with that, [3448.58] Sheldon: and you get much more value for money, and it's generally much more fun. [3451.58] NJ: That second point of reference [3453.58] NJ: was suddenly talking to the audience and the other member of the podcast. [3457.58] NJ: Sure. [3460.58] Sheldon: It's a better way to do it, in my opinion. [3464.58] NJ: Sponsor and glue. [3465.58] NJ: That's where I came from. [3468.58] NJ: Back in the day of doping wings as well. [3471.58] NJ: Oh, wow. [3472.58] NJ: Anyone's ever done that. [3475.58] NJ: I was actually allowed. [3476.58] NJ: This is how old I am. [3477.58] NJ: I was actually allowed. [3478.58] NJ: I took a model into my junior school [3481.58] NJ: and asked for lunch break if they minded [3484.58] NJ: if I applied the tin of dope with the brush [3487.58] NJ: to the wings of my class, which they were fine with. [3490.58] NJ: Of course, there were other kids in the room, [3492.58] NJ: and there were no windows open. [3494.58] NJ: That's a good one. [3495.58] NJ: This one had a great time. [3496.58] NJ: Doping these wings, watching them shrink around that, [3501.58] NJ: and it was only after the end of the lunch break [3504.58] NJ: when there's six of us in here at this point pretty stoned [3508.58] NJ: for a bunch of eight, nine-year-olds [3512.58] NJ: that the teacher came in and said, [3514.58] NJ: oh, it's very strong smelling in here. [3516.58] NJ: Perhaps we should open a window. [3519.58] Curry: I have to say, I'm confused with the word doping wings, [3521.58] Curry: but the result I was thinking in my head got the same. [3525.58] Curry: It was the end of the day with these stoned eight- [3527.58] Curry: and nine-year-olds. [3528.58] NJ: Yeah. [3529.58] NJ: Yeah. [3530.58] NJ: It's exactly what it was called. [3533.58] NJ: Yeah, exactly. [3534.58] NJ: There we go. [3535.58] Sheldon: I don't know if you can read that. [3537.58] Sheldon: The spiel. [3538.58] Sheldon: Cleared. [3539.58] Sheldon: Cleared non-shrinking dope. [3541.58] Sheldon: There you go. [3542.58] NJ: There you go. [3543.58] Jack: That's stuff. [3544.58] Jack: I love Sheldon trying to relate to common people. [3548.58] Jack: Prime ministers like trying to pretend they're human. [3552.58] Tony: They're doing a really good job at the moment. [3554.58] Jack: There's nothing wrong with that. [3559.58] UNKNOWN: I remember when- [3560.58] NJ: I just gave off a load of Uranus. [3562.58] NJ: I remember when once the whole doping wings thing wasn't cool [3566.58] NJ: and they came out with a film that you had to put on with an iron. [3569.58] NJ: Did anyone remember that? [3570.58] NJ: You had to iron the stuff on the wings [3573.58] NJ: and then eventually that went away. [3575.58] Sheldon: That's why everyone's still using. [3577.58] Sheldon: Iron on film, that's why everyone still uses. [3579.58] Sheldon: They're still doing that? [3581.58] Sheldon: Yeah, that's the standard thing. [3585.58] NJ: That's the start. [3586.58] NJ: I remember spending hours putting that stuff on a president trainer, [3591.58] NJ: which was a high-wing trainer back in the day with a 50cc engine in it. [3595.58] NJ: 50cc? [3596.58] NJ: It definitely wasn't that. [3598.58] NJ: 0.5, keep the gauge. [3600.58] NJ: 0.5, yeah, yeah. [3602.58] NJ: 50cc would be brilliant. [3604.58] NJ: That's it. [3606.58] NJ: Yeah. [3607.58] Tony: That's just to do your sleeves, isn't it? [3610.58] Tony: It took weeks. [3612.58] NJ: It takes weeks to do it and so much time [3615.58] NJ: and then that was the first plane I managed to immediately crash. [3619.58] NJ: And then I thought, well, I'm not doing that again. [3621.58] NJ: Can you imagine doing all that and then... [3624.58] NJ: Yeah. [3625.58] Jack: Thank God, no. [3626.58] Jack: Should we call it there, guys? [3628.58] Jack: I think we are there. [3630.58] Frank: Unfortunately, we didn't have NJ's weekly aerodynamics lecture, [3635.58] Frank: but we did get away with it this time. [3637.58] NJ: There we go. [3638.58] Curry: If we can talk enough, we can stop him showing us that diagram again, [3642.58] Curry: showing us to press away. [3644.58] NJ: This has made me play my long game [3646.58] NJ: to make sure you're all on your toes and chatting lots [3648.58] NJ: during the Let's Own Our cocktails. [3650.58] NJ: If you don't, I'll get in there with some aerodynamic facts. [3653.58] Jack: You've been joined by our overlord and master Andrew Snashrank. [3658.58] Jack: Hi. [3659.58] Jack: The legend Cockwomble himself. [3663.58] Jack: Oh, goodbye. [3665.58] Jack: Everyone's favourite curry kitten. [3667.58] Jack: Goodbye. [3669.58] Jack: Hey, Lily. [3671.58] Jack: I love you. [3672.58] Jack: You're so much nicer than Blue Owl. [3676.58] Curry: Blue Owl's not been here long, [3678.58] Curry: and we already trust them all than you. [3681.58] Jack: It's not difficult. [3683.58] Jack: Yeah, the lovely, the wonderful Blue Owl. [3686.58] BlueOwl: Oh, bye. [3689.58] Jack: NJ, the sexiest man alive. [3692.58] NJ: One day, one day, it's just going to be NJ. [3695.58] NJ: Just NJ. [3696.58] NJ: See you guys next week. [3698.58] Jack: The transonic NJ. [3700.58] Jack: There you go. [3701.58] Jack: They did that one then, and then just have him complain. [3706.58] Jack: And my little vegan chicken nugget. [3711.58] Jack: Bonjour. [3712.58] Jack: Tony. [3713.58] Jack: Thank you, guys. [3715.58] Jack: Tally ho. [3716.58] BlueOwl: Bye. [3717.58] BlueOwl: Telemetry lost. [3719.58] BlueOwl: Oh, I have a headache. [3721.58] BlueOwl: I'm so grumpy today, guys.