These are beautiful videos and I'm so glad I found you!

@maxfliart

Ай бұрын

Thx.

Perfection and serenity on all counts!

The aircraft all climbed like a “lift”. So impressed with your video. The still shots were also amazing. Postcard perfect. I loved the time mentioned in some of the launches. Thank you for sharing this with us. Amazing from start to finish. Thank you’ thank you. The sun rise with the moon in the back ground shot in the same frame was also impressive.

OMGosh - you bring joy and serenity - so many many thanks!

The BEST flying video I have ever seen! Just beautiful. If there was a place like that near my home a developer would come in and build 10,000 vinyl houses and a strip mall on it.

@UguysRnuts

Ай бұрын

He drove 90 miles to get there!

@maxfliart

Ай бұрын

Fortunately, it will forever be a sod farm or protected land.

Beautiful experience sir! My wish is that one day, I will get a notification for one of your new videos, and it will be a full length, documentary on the art and history of Free Flight. Your style and cinematic eye would capture anyone's attention. Blue skies!

i feel glad when watching this video

@maxfliart

Ай бұрын

Thx.

AWESOMEEEE ::: Just beautiful !!!

Beautiful, I can't think of a better way of celebrating a new dawn a new day, and hopefully renewed hope for this crazy world!

MERCI Monsieur pour cette ballade au grés du vent . La nature est belle, vive le balsa et votre passion. 🍀

@maxfliart

Ай бұрын

Merci. J'apprécie vos aimables paroles.

Thank you for sharing all the beauty

Thank you for posting this. You made my day!☀️

Hi Tom! Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!! Thanks for sharing those great models and pretty field with us!

@maxfliart

Ай бұрын

Thx.

Brilliant and a joy to watch! 😊

Flying in harmony in the sky

Beautiful as always

flying magic

Beautiful, TH. Thank you.

@maxfliart

Ай бұрын

Thx, Monz.

So beautiful

Thank you for your hard work in sharing such a fantastic video of such beautiful flights and scenes ..amazing.

Wonderful ! Nice flight !

Just one word....WOW

Planning + preparation + persistence = perfection.

Thank you Tom. You folks are truly blessed with that site… absolutely gorgeous scenes. Loved the timelapse of the ground fog. The widescapes with the altostratus clouds are truly majestic. I visited the area once and enjoyed the lush colors around New Platz on my way to Rhinebeck. Somebody must be mowing that launch area!

@maxfliart

Ай бұрын

Yes, we all count our blessings. There's always activity by the sod farmers....either mowing with monster sized tractors, plowing or planting new seed, or in the heat of the summer, the dreaded water sprinklers, which are like magnets for balsa and tissue. But everyone is respectful of the space, so it's a good group on both sides.

Bittersweet, I hope you find the Gollywock.

@maxfliart

Ай бұрын

Yes, all good.

Very nice, peaceful and relaxing video. I may not need my Thorazine drip today 😅.

@maxfliart

Ай бұрын

Haha…that’s my goal, to medicate the free-flight community via natural means.

Heaven...

Simply stunning as always!

I am speechless

Balsa Ballet. Breathtaking cinematography. Your magnum opus.

@UguysRnuts

Ай бұрын

Interesting conundrum. Chase a plane you probably would have found or miss a spectacular filmic sunrise. What price, art? Your sacrifice is so incredibly appreciated.

@maxfliart

Ай бұрын

@@UguysRnuts Exactly. I knew that she was out there safely...so yes, I didn't want to miss anymore of the sunrise with the other two ships. They seemed to enjoy it.

@UguysRnuts

Ай бұрын

@@maxfliart Didn't they though! Forgive me Tom, for asking an indirectly related question, but is there a way to apply reverse rudder during a flight. I've thought of one and was wondering whether it'd ever been tried? Edited to add: I rigged a bungie cord/aspirin tablet link to automatically close my Nordic Halman sailboat's sliding hatch if it started to rain. The rain dissolved the tablet allowing the bungie to pull close the hatch. The same principle might work for ff and could be very simple and light. A wet string could provide the moisture. Do you guys use viscous timers for anything other than thermal decoupling?

Thanks!

A tour de force from some MFA channel stars! If you'd rather fly than chase, then maybe it's time to get Zinnia on the chase case, after all, that's what grandkids are FOR! 🤣.. The opening shots of the countryside are wonderful, there's something very American about the look of the place, hard to put one's finger on exactly why, but I'd've guessed we were in USA if asked. I'm relieved that the weather forecast can be unreliable over there just as it can be over here. Thank you so much for sharing these lovely flights, wonderful as ever! Nice one Tom. 🌟👍

@maxfliart

Ай бұрын

Thx. She's there when time and schedules allow....which is never enough. She's a great chaser!

Bravo sir.

@maxfliart

Ай бұрын

Thx.

Max, os seus vídeos são verdadeiras obras de arte. Contemplar estes momentos ao vivo deve ser uma experiência pra vida. Obrigado por compartilhá-los.

@maxfliart

Ай бұрын

Obrigado. Nunca sei o que vou ver, mas posso pelo menos me colocar e as modelos naquele momento. Cabe então aos modelos criar a história. Mas sim, é tudo muito agradável.

Fine, Collywock founded😊. Great flights👍

@maxfliart

Ай бұрын

Luckily, she's always out there somewhere

Excellent. I wonder how many spiders tried catch a lift?

Чем мне нравится этот канал - здесь есть ощущение возвращения к истокам, невероятная красота помыслов и медитативность.

@maxfliart

Ай бұрын

Спасибо за добрые слова. Это то, что я чувствую каждый раз, когда летаю... мир через простоту свободного полета.

SIMPLY "AMAZINGLY" WONDERFUL!!!😃🤗 PERFECT MAGICAL SCENOGRAPHY...🎬📽: SUNSET & SUNRISE 🌄🌅 ""ALL THE "STARS" OF THE VIDEOS SEEMS TO FOLLOW THE SCRIPT TO THE LETTER!""😎 EXCEPT FOR THE PLAYFUL GOLLYWOCK WHO SEEMS TO IMPROVISE AND FOLLOW HER OWN WILL INTO THE FOG!😁 AS I WAS WATCHING HER FADING AWAY INTO THE MIST... ALL MY TROUBLES SEEMED TO DO THE SAME...🙄 I HOPE YOU FOUND HER AND THAT SHE'S OK THOUGH!😉 AGAIN A MAGICAL VIDEO TO SOOTH AND TO MAKE EVERYONE DREAMING...🤗 ~Thx for always giving us the opportunity to look at such wonders!😉😃👍 PROPS TO YOU!!!😎

@UguysRnuts

Ай бұрын

But did you like it?

@maxfliart

Ай бұрын

Thx. Yes, the Gollywock was filmed at the end, where she had landed, a few sections toward the east. Knock on balsa, but she always comes back.

Seems like you could rig up a drill to wind the band quicker. I imagine since they are set to right turns only, they will be blown by the wind away from you so you have to set up at a far end where the wind comes from to keep it in the field. Nice video! John from MI

@aeromodeller1

Ай бұрын

No, you do not want to wind fast with a drill. Winding heats the rubber, making it buck back. The motor will break before maximum turns. You must limit the winding rate, especially toward the end, to allow the heat to dissipate.

@maxfliart

Ай бұрын

As mentioned, there is zero feel from an auto-winder, which in the end is far more dangerous than imagined.

The Jabberwock looks remarkably like the old Kiel Kraft Senator! Do you know if one influenced the design of the other? 👍🇬🇧🙏🌈♥️

@maxfliart

Ай бұрын

Hi Paul, I have no idea. The Jabberwock, Gollywock and Dana-Moe were all designed by Wally Simmers near the start of WW2, so who knows what was being seen or shared at the time. But I've enjoyed flying them all.

Was that a Jaberwok rog'ing from table? It was designed by Simmer's to have a 12 inch double bladed folder although single blade worked well. Simmers was the "S" of K&S. Wally Simmers and Stoop Karch both Chicago free flighters in the pre blast tube era when men were men and girls were girls!

@maxfliart

Ай бұрын

Interesting...did not know that. Thx, Paul.

@robinboucherwonderfulflight

Ай бұрын

Thank you for identifying the K+S, I never knew this, wonderful.

Fantastic flying and filming as usual. A question if I may about the rubber turns calculator. Do you have to take into account if the motor is braided or not?

Good film but lacks the fun we had winding 16 strands of quarter inch parelli without any blast. When that exploded it was exciting if not picturesque. That rubber was the "Right Stuff" if it remained intact. I am fooling around with cpmpressed air which at 120 pounds also gives a big bang when a connection gives way. Power pattern quite similar to rubber and since air is always available even if good rubber isn't.

@paulhelman2376

Ай бұрын

meant "blast tube" of course.

@aeromodeller1

Ай бұрын

Present rubber is pretty good. Better than Pirelli. You can edit your post by clicking on the three dots to the right.

@UguysRnuts

Ай бұрын

A lot of us wouldn't even be here if good rubber had been more available.