A wider shot of the same scene. Yes, things are about to go horribly wrong....
A wider shot of the same scene. Yes, things are about to go horribly wrong....
Using a Solarcan Puck at lower lattitudes
The Solarcan Puck is a great little reusable solargraphy camera. It has a relatively wide aperture (f/90), so it can create a decent image in a single day. The limitation is that it has (for a camera of this type) a relatively narrow field of view - about 120 degrees. This means that if you have it mounted vertically, you are going to be able to record angles up to 60 degrees above the horizon. This is fine if you are above about 50 degrees latitude. At about 50 degrees, the sun will never be higher than about 60 degrees above the horizon. Why that value? Probably because of where Solarcan are based: in Scotland. What do the the rest of the world have to do then? You can restrict yourself to winter months - but that is not much fun. The other alternative is to angle your Puck upwards. But how far? In the worst case, on the Equator, the sun will be directly overhead at Solstice. This means that the Puck will have to be angled upwards at least 30 degrees - but this would mean tha
Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThat looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteFANTASTIC!!
ReplyDeleteGood to know people still play this out-of-print. This was my X-Wing!
ReplyDeleteIt is not exactly out of print, having been reborn as Wings of Glory
ReplyDeleteI saw two versions yesterday (the guys from http://www.fanen.com/ had them ).
ReplyDeleteIt was both 'Wings of Glory' (ww1) and 'Wings of War' (WW2)
Are the rules like X-wing ?
The minis looked very tempting.
The rules are similar, but you have to plan further ahead in WoG WW1, and there are fewer special action rules. Things get very basic when you are flying in something made of sticks and baling wire :)
ReplyDeletelol ... I've flown some of them in a pc-game (Red Baron).
ReplyDeleteYou're definitely not doing a barrel roll if you want to keep flying.
It still is an interesting era as most of the tactics were invented in those days.
Plus the planes look awesome.