2017 Sonex Alaska Trip

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Re: 2017 Sonex Alaska Trip

Postby hickej » Fri Jun 23, 2017 11:06 am

You should see it in its full 4K resolution. These cameras are amazing. I used two Yi 4K and one GoPro 4K along with a Sony 4K handi-cam. My MacBook Pro handles the editing of mixing 4 4K streams but it uses a lot of disk space.
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Re: 2017 Sonex Alaska Trip

Postby hickej » Sun Jun 25, 2017 2:57 am

I posted a video on crossing the border into Canada with some flight video of the clouds that eventually led to diverting to Calgary. I talk about some of the things to consider when planning a flight into Canada.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YevHKLScTLo

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Postby jp352 » Sun Jun 25, 2017 9:54 am

What an amazing trip, Jim!

I noticed on one clip that your fuel flow was dashed out. It might have been in turbulence. Do you know what was causing that?
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Re: 2017 Sonex Alaska Trip

Postby hickej » Sun Jun 25, 2017 2:13 pm

The red cube stopped working about half of the time during this trip. Very annoying but easily mitigated with a watch and cross checked with the fuel level. I had actually purchased a replacement but the original was behaving for a few months before the trip so I left it in there. When I'm really stretching out a leg, the fuel flow is very important because I can fine tune the speed vs distance. When it's all working I can do 500+ mile legs with confidence.
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Re: 2017 Sonex Alaska Trip

Postby rbarber » Sun Jun 25, 2017 8:20 pm

Awesome Flight!
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Re: 2017 Sonex Alaska Trip

Postby hickej » Sun Jun 25, 2017 11:26 pm

You're the inspiration!

Another video is ready - It shows the major legs through Canada.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4_fXQQCSbM

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Re: 2017 Sonex Alaska Trip

Postby hickej » Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:29 pm

In this video I talk about crossing into America from Canada. Not much flight video but good information for crossing the border. Disclaimer: Make sure to check for the latest information and don't rely solely on this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuDjuJGKlyU

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Re: 2017 Sonex Alaska Trip

Postby hickej » Fri Jun 30, 2017 10:51 am

This video has a tour of the Fairbanks airport with views from the belly camera.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt4cuNg7qSk

I'm working on the Denali video but with over 8 hours of 4K streams to go through it will take a while. BTW 4K Video is the future. Looking at the footage on a 4K monitor shows amazing detail.

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Re: 2017 Sonex Alaska Trip

Postby hickej » Sat Jul 01, 2017 3:56 pm

This is video of the Talkeetna airport, takeoff, and approach towards Denali.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz1LJYsYmsw

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Re: 2017 Sonex Alaska Trip

Postby rbarber » Sat Jul 01, 2017 10:46 pm

Brings back memories! Nice camera work!
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