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Kamloops Flying Trike to Buse Lake Area in Heavy Turbulent Air, Sept 12, 2014

By Jannadem

Categories: Trike Talk, Video, Weather

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It was beautiful, a bit crispy day with no wind, while sun heat started to slowly change the tranquility of the still air. Originally my flying goal was much more ambitious, but turbulence did not allow me to reach it. It was getting unpleasant and fear of air sickness was very real for me. I was pushing my comfort envelope with hope that I will have very good video from my bumpy experience. I was not disappointed from this aspect. You could see from the video how the terrain is complex below and around, and how many potential sources of thermals and downdrafts are there. Kamloops is beautiful, but also dangerous or at least challenging to fly in very light aircraft.
I used special post processing software, where the video from the wing camera is transformed into more realistic viewers experience. Instead of background moving around and the trike stationary in one place on screen, the software reverses it. The trike is realistically moving in the air and the background is relatively steady. It looks like someone else took the video of me. It is very tedious process, taking hours, but very cool effect.
I speeded up some sections up to 4x to show the beauty, but eliminated boringness of the normal speed flying, which sometimes looks like I was stationary there.

Comments

  • ToucanFly

    Glad it was you up there and not me. I even had a death grip on my laptop while watching the footage! What is the special post processing software you are talking about? Great footage over what looks like the ideal breeding ground for thermals and turbulence.

  • Jannadem

    Thanks TF for your comment

    I use Muvee Turbo Video Stabilizer (Searach Google)