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Me and my little brother have been waiting several weeks for the weather to cooperate for the maiden of my Albatros Fatty Airplane. My brother has same video (link on card at beginning of video) with his SQUARE perspective. Well, I'll crash my plane right into his square head (Jar Head actually).

Hope to have some plans up soon for the Fatties I fly around, stay away from the ones in the bar, they're for my buddies...not for me, my buddies.

My little brother is chasing me with his DJI FPV drone with training wheels. He just graduated from his training pants, now training wheels. These brats are never going to make it in the real world. Now I know how Cain felt, got a little sympathy for the fellow.

I remain, eric

I edited some of the Kerr Scott Reservoir "film" and dropped in one of my favorite freedom music songs.

On his second day of sailing, Jon thought it a good idea to take his whole family out. The wind was gusty and I had to row some to get out of the cove with the boat ramp.

Soon after getting out on the main body of water and the gusty air, Jeanette began contemplating what it would be like swimming with two babies. She then looked around her, at us, and instructed Jon to head back.

Rightly so.

The name of the song is, "Peace, Justice and Anarchy" sung by Ryan Harvey.

I remain, eric

This is one of my favorite paint jobs on these foam board planes. I had an audience as I tossed it up for the first time at a family gathering. Tig chasing with a couple of his drones.
The plane is a Flite Test Racer, details here: https://www.flitetest.com/articles/ft-racer-build

This is a peapod dory kit boat and this is our second attempt at a beach launch. My Canadian friend Tim holds the steering stick and my friend and owner of Bert's Market, Omar, is standing in the surf filming. He also strapped a go pro on the front of the peapod, then edited this video for me.

The time is Feb of 2012 in my early days of this craft. My second rudder is on her which called for my making the current and third rudder. The mast is mounted with a plywood template used to make the wooden one.

Another example of the pleasure living a couple blocks from the beach on Folly Beach SC.

I remain, eric

This is the peapod dory on her first day in the water. Larry and his brother took her out and I took the blackberry, then got to talking with a local.

End of video.

We are on Folly Beach river just south of Charleston SC. The wind and current were pushing against the bridge and in the last minute or so Larry got close to the bridge and had to line her out close to the wind to get away. The jury rigged cat rudder didn't help much.

The song is "Jack Tarr the Sailor" by the Byrds

I remain, eric

This is my 3rd sailing dingy, it is a peapod dory kit boat. A friend of a friend didn't finish her and through the process of time I received her 3/4 done. I refinished the bottom and jury rigged mounting for my foamee sailing rig, with a rudder from a wrecked catamaran hauled off the beach. I have since up-graded a lot of what you can see.

This, like some of my other early videos reveals my crude beginnings. None-the-less, here is a taste of what it is like to live on Folly Beach, SC.

The song is, "Hellbound Train" by Savoy Brown.

I remain, eric.

Tim left Folly Beach SC heading home to Canada, in the weee hours of the morning, after this his last sail here. The vessel he rides is a 13 foot, 1/4 plywood Doug Hylan peapod.

This is a Flite Test Spitfire, made from Dollar General Readi-Board using their free online plans. Here is a link: https://www.flitetest.com/articles/ft-spitfire-build

I mounted the GoPro looking backwards for this flight to film Tig's quad filming me during flight and cut in some clips from his view.

This is a collection of the various models I have built and flown from the Flite Test collection.

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