RUMCars Forum
General Category => Unusual Microcar Discussion => Topic started by: milnes on January 07, 2015, 08:58:37 pm
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Thought i would share this link to a very cool video shot by a drone of part of the HM Freeway 35th Anniversary meet last year. The huy driving the Black Freeway at the front is the actually designer behind the car.
http://youtu.be/nTfeIOLIaNM
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Good use of new technology becoming affordable.
Hmm, might have to get one of those. Great for looking over hedges when I get that dowsers 'bubblecar in the area' feeling.
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An enlightened attitude from you al ! I would have expected very different . Wait until the council, VAT , revenue , police etc . Are snooping over YOUR fence
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Sorry to be a party pooper but the BMFA really don't like the idea of flying anything above public roads, vehicles or people!
In the US that could get very expensive if there was a fatal crash - it does happen.
(British Model Flying Association)
https://bmfa.org/
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Its a bit too late to worry about people snooping over our fences, Google have opened up our gardens to the whole world. Did anyone ask for our permission?
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I'm a model flyer. Sadly I think the rise of the multicopters is going to have implications for that part of my hobby.
I mainly fly fixed wing, and the regulations governing the use flying machines. Provided people exercise a bit of common sense in how you use them, then no one bothers you, however with increasing media coverage of individuals using multicopters in irresponsible ways, I worry that more draconian steps to bar the hobby or restrict it to specific areas in the middle of nowhere might be in the pipeline.
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cant see how they can restrict use at all now - the cats out of the bag ;) at £200 everyones getting one soon . chaos will rule ;)
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An enlightened attitude from you al ! I would have expected very different . Wait until the council, VAT , revenue , police etc . Are snooping over YOUR fence
They already are. I have had two building inspectors round in a year. No building going on, just ground-works and fencing. knick, knick! Revenue will note the numbers of cars in your visible garden if they have reason to visit. No doubt the la-las will go into a tune, but its the reality of having achieved and earned dosh for oneself.
Shed tax is probably coming, Labour still talk of 'view' tax, a premium on being somewhere 'nice', or even creating a nice garden! Not as daft as it sounds as you are already taxed on improving your business and on some purchasable living enhancements. How would that be achieved? By snooping.
No the internet, Googlemaps real-life views, and sites like Facebook, took your privacy away when they formed up. You were warned, but it it was deemed such a good idea. Still more folk join than realise what it actually means, even now. In the real world your back yard is free to view to anyone buying the technology to do so, or the brazenness to walk into it. I do not doubt that more sophisticated steal to order gangs are already using these camera rigs. One of many reasons I am reducing my collections, or altering to other interests.
Is it not interesting how technology effects hobbies of responsible folk doing something clever by offering a cheaper version that can then be used poorly. I fear the model aircraft world could well suffer through no fault of their own. Its traditional to hurt the wrong people and seen to be 'stamping down' on something. Such phrases normally mean victimisation.
Question. Is it OK to create a scale model of an operational radar guided flak battery over ones own curtalidge?
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I believe the flight that produced that video would be illegal in the UK - 50m from any people or building and 150m from any congested area are minimums unless you get CAA approval.
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But you would need to catch the remote pilot flying the device. That would be best done using a drone with a camera on. Dooooh! ;)
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I wonder if Milnes is disappionted that there has only been interest on the forum in the drone and none in the Freeway?
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Funny I have been thinking the same thing . Well great to see the freeways out on the road , and such empty roads ! But not the most inspired road run , was it so as to be coverable by the drone ? They look great cars very Schmitt like but didn't you want to see them blast off into windey country roads with a bit of oomph !
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I know very little about them and are of the wrong era to interest me. Being plastic bodied and the level of interest in the USA there is sure to be a good survival rate. It must be gratifying for the designer to see enthusiasm for his car all these years on.
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What we did not get is a shot of their front suspension to see who had modified their cars, and how. Thus we could not then see which cars were the more sprightly in action, so proving the work was a worthwhile effort.
Why has one car got a different headlight arrangement?
No idea on production, survival rate. But 10% is the rule of thumb for a good turn out of the interested. So a 100 odd Freeway fruities out there.
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Surely you could stretch that 10 a bit further Al ? As a more modern plastic bodied car in a benevolent climate ?
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Oh yeh, I forgot about all that suspension modification stuff. Surprised Steven hasnt chipped in on this one.
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LOL not offended at all, i was actually having a giggle to myself about all the discussion of the Drone and not a mention of the cars. This was only a short snippet of a 1-2 day long event.
If you can imagine a single make vehicle meet in Uk, how many cars turn up? A small state in the USA is the size of the UK. Plus i think there were 700 cars made, so Al may be correct in his 100 left, so 10% may be about right.
Plus i know of 3 Freeways here in the UK.
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Am I allowed to say that 10% turnout of clubs is nigh on unheard of in the UK these days. But it was the quote, and remains so, where folk are motivated to do something. Below 5% and you have a problem looming if clubbing is about action.
What the % is in America, I could not say. It must be less simply due to logistics/distance. For Germany, a for instance. 150 Schmitts on the run, 1,500 schmitters in Germany and surrounding hinterland. Sounds about right.