Alpha 40 Plane Cam over Dayton Ohio
Friday, September 04. 2009
See Dayton like you've never seen it before! Well, North Dayton, anyway. Radio-controlled flight of my Hangar 9 Alpha 40 at the Wingmasters' field in North Dayton, OH - near I-75 and Siebenthaler Avenue at Wegerzyn park. I was attempting to fly it at WPAFB's RAMS field, but a permit was needed, and the gates were closed. This flight occurred during my previous visit to Dayton. We drove up to Wegerzyn Park in the afternoon, and the weather proved absolutely perfect. Some loose materials caused some minor unpredictability (a wrong screw for the empennage), but the flight was good.
At one point, it seemed that I was almost about to enter a cloud - though it can be seen in the video that I'm still a few (maybe 50-100) feet away from that goal, though it's still hard to tell. There were some nice clouds in the area. Look for a view of Downtown Dayton further on in the clip. Also visible is I-75, which was very close by. The Wingmasters field is absolutely beautiful, with many more facilities than the Warner Park R/C field. It is in better upkeep, and isn't as restrictive in types and times of aircraft and flight.
Peak altitude was about 1000 ft, average flight speed about 42-45MPH, and max speed was north of 62MPH.
