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morning light. this ia what was seen from the living room, prior to mandatory evacuation of our community. -
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this was 10 minutes later, loading up the car with Silvia and Rico. -
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As the sun started to rise, the Helos began the water drops, one FD pumper on scene at this point in out 130 home community. -
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dark smoke is the first of many home to go. -
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at sun set, the house was fine, so I went to our property about a mile north in the mtns. This is a Cat 824, getting ready for a new task -
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The fire fighters on this ridge had shovels, and welcomed the 824's big blade support. -
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the guys to my right here are "Hot Shots" from Kern County. They saved my land and tousands of acres in the forest. standing at the "divide", as seen later. -
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This is one of the tools that the Hot Shots use, its a magnesium flare shot from a pistol, good fun starting fires (fighting fire with fire). They understand Fire Science!
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view to the North East from the lower plateau. despite being very isolated, this is just 20 min north of Burbank. -
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view to the west from the upper plateau. The top is where we can slope. from that peak, the slope drops into the San Fernando Valley from a 2500 foot elevation. -
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tuning up the landing zone, good slope soaring here with a 2500 slope face into the prevailing wind. backside landings on the upper plateau as needed -
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bringing in the temporary "hanger"
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all the goods and a zip tie to make a simple spacer for the cut cone / cooling. A PQ 2S 1500 lipoly batt is under the ESC. -
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low power up to 150 watts, the tape was sufficient as a motor mount. Motor shown here is a 2 to 3S Axi Mini Extreme with integrated planetary geardrive; it kicks but on 3s with LMR throttle use. And with extra cells velcro-ed to the top of the wing, if yo -
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modified cone. The velcro on the top allows for an additional batt (zagi style). This bumped up the power to 500 watts. I noticed no drag penalty, although I am sure there was a little bit. Makes for happy lipos if they are being pushed; lots of cooling : -
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RTF. with this particular motor, a geared Mega 1615/4 with gearbox on 4S, 3 oz tail weight temporarilly added to the fuse for balance; she really penetrates this way and I liked this AUW best.
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This modified nose cone shows how the drivetrain fits onto the slope fuse. -
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She's only been flown on grass. Can you tell? :-) -
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This is the modified slope fuse. The front 1/4 inch has been removed. I use Gorilla tape to secure the removable motor and cone assembly. -
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