Re: [RCSE] Drag races

2008-02-25 Thread Dana Flemming
I flew a promotional blimp at the Cleveland Force Soccer game a few times -- once I dumped all the promotional pingpong balls on the visiting players bench. Didn't ever find out if they thought I was trying to distract them... Dana Darwin N. Barrie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I used to

[RCSE] Drag races

2008-02-24 Thread ivanbrian
Any one watch the NHRA drag races this eve? All the airborne shots were from a radio controlled blimp.. Impressive for sure. Nice job. Brian Smith RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe

Re: [RCSE] Drag races

2008-02-24 Thread Darwin N. Barrie
I only live 3 miles from there and can hear the cars. I've seen the blimp working. It is big with gyro mounted cameras. I can imagine the difficulty flying that thing there. I used to fly blimps in the pro sports arena in Phx. Very difficult. Even the slightest drafts in the arena made

Re: [RCSE] Drag races

2008-02-24 Thread Craig Allen
Back in 2000 the Democratic Nation Committee authorized $40,000 for me to use the same blimp at W campaign rallies But the secret service nixed the idea.. And now we suffer :-( Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any one watch the NHRA drag races this eve? All the airborne shots were from a