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Topic: Aerial Drone Video of PT658n Underway taken June 11 2014 |
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Jerry Gilmartin |
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Posted on: Jun 11, 2014 - 3:56pm
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Hello shipmates!
I just got this and it is a pretty cool Go Pro portable camera video on You Tube taken of the PT658 underway posted ton Youtube today. Footage was actually shot on Saturday June 7th 2014. It was taken using an RC helicopter drone. The Blue Williamette Jet Boat's stern is where the pilot is located. Pretty neat shots too. It gives you an idea of what the wake of the PT Boat looks like from an aircraft. Jerry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUrXJUPxxfA&feature=youtu.be
Jerry Gilmartin
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Will Day
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Posted on: Jun 11, 2014 - 10:49pm
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VERY cool!
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Pat Rogers
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Posted on: Jun 11, 2014 - 11:51pm
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Very interesting. Is that the Columbia River?
I am quite glad that there were no drones around during WWII, especially in the South Pacofic.
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Jeff D
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Posted on: Jun 12, 2014 - 1:11am
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Now that is cool. The video quality and steadiness are impressive.
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David Waples
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Posted on: Jun 12, 2014 - 3:50am
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Thanks for sharing that Jerry. I found myself concentrating on the wake as well. The only thing missing was the sound of the engines.
Dave
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Frank Andruss
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Posted on: Jun 12, 2014 - 7:30am
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Jerry I love it, a whole new perspective of the boat never before seen..............
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Jerry Gilmartin
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Posted on: Jun 12, 2014 - 10:16am
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Hi Pat,
No that is the Williamette River, which passes right through downtown Portland. The Columbia is about 6 miles downstream from there, the confluence is at Kelly Point park.
Jerry
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Dick
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Posted on: Jun 12, 2014 - 11:43am
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Great video Jerry, what a joy to see . . .
Thanks for always sharing all the 658 material on the board.
I think you mean "upstream" for the Columbia. ? ? ? ?
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Michael Vorrasi
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Posted on: Jun 12, 2014 - 12:17pm
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That was fun, and it is very impressive what that little RC helicopter can do. Jerry, how fast would you estimate 658's speed during that little jaunt?
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Jerry Gilmartin |
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Posted on: Jun 13, 2014 - 12:30am
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Hi Michael,
Yes the boat was only operating on 2 engines at idle speed, so I estimate we were moving out at about 12-15 knots. The boat slows down in the turn to about 7 knots. We cant go much slower than 11 knots ahead with just 1 engine in gear at idle. We were told by our auditor that the first day out we used 100 gallons of 100 octane, or in monetary terms, about $600. So after that we were careful to go slower.
Dick, so to get the terminology the same, the spot where we were filmed flows from there into the Columbia about 6 miles away. The water flows downstream, right? So the Columbia is downstream of where we were filmed, The Williamette River joins into the Columbia and then the combined waters flow into the ocean.
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