Mountain flying today ???

[K Genius]

Hello everyone. My first post. My name is Ken Henius a new P2 pilot. Not real timely but is anyone going up the hill in SB for flying today or anytime and you want some company please let me know. If anyone want to share how to post videos to this site that would be appreciated.

Ken

480-488-3944

[Chris G]

Hey Ken, to post a video, or any attachment, look for the "Upload attachment" tab just below the text box you enter your post into. Click the tab, hit the "Choose File" button, and after selecting the file you want, hit "Add the file". Submit your post and the attachment will go with it.

[K Genius]

Chris

Thanks for the info. I tried that but the files took along time to download and I could not tell if or how the download were going. Maybe the problem is that I don't understand video. I have down loaded files to the internet but not large 100mg+ video files. The files are .avi . maybe I just need to try it again. Any other wisdom you might want to share please let me know.

Ken

[Chris G]

First you want to make sure the videos are compressed adequately and with the proper codec. Raw video will take a LONG time to upload/download. Compress them as MP4 or H.264 video in a .mov or .mp4 file for the best size & quality. Be patient on the upload too. It'll let you know when it's done.

[K Genius]

Chris -

Don't know much about video as you can see, but I am reading and yeah I know now what you mean. Anyone got any suggestions on a helmet type video cameras please chime in. I like the idea of it being on the helmet but maybe that's not the best place. The camera I have now is not a video camera first. I did film my first flight yesterday and its was very interesting to watch how I handled my approach to Parma LZ. I have only landed there about 10+ times and thankfully Parma Chris has not found me a good subject for YouTube. It was a good learning experience to review the video as I was able to see what changes I needed to make to improve my approach. I watched Bo land at Parma yesterday and that was good to see because he made a beautiful approach and landing. My approach to final was a little to far east of the oak tree line on the east side of Parma and I just made the field. Almost YouTubed it. I am going to get myself a camera that is more suited for the task an see what I can learn from this process.

Ken Henius