Lipo battery health can be a little mysterious, and seems unpredictable. I had some large ones die after on me recently after about 40 cycles, much too soon considering that they had not been severely mistreated and were a good brand. I suspect the reason they went bad prematurely was because I tend to charge batteries while they are fairly cold to the maximum …
Category Archive: Airplanes
Pilot brand airplane invasion
Large, gasoline fueled airplanes are becoming popular at the NCRCM airfield. The three in the photo below are Pilot brand models. Left to right, are Eric’s 37% edge with 120cc DLE, Steve’s 30% Yak with 50cc DLE, and Stuart’s 26% Yak with 38cc Mintor. Paul Bayley, David Grigg and Gary Cox also fly quarter scale …
Experimental UAV Flight Postponed
Researchers from the ODFW and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida planned to fly an experimental autonomously guided airplane (also called a UAV or drone) around Haystack rock that is offshore of Pacific City, but the experiment was cancelled when the FAA would not give them the OK to fly without additional deliberation. The flight team …
Glider winch
I pieced together and tested a glider winch that I created out of junk parts. It won’t win any beauty prizes but so far it has worked very well on a light wieght 2-meter sized glider and it produces very good launch heights. I hope to test it soon with a heavy 100 inch wingspan …
Gary flies big stuff
Gary owns a large variety of types and sizes of models, miniature to big, and he has now added this large electric Yak to his fleet. He has several nice used models for sale, call him at 503-812-0465 if interested.
Go to the photo gallery to see a “less enhanced” photo of this plane and a few other …
3D jets…
Here’s a video Eric pointed out to me; actual turbine aircraft performing 3D flight:
Member videos
Video of Eric’s 37% Edge and Gary’s Yak. Looks best with the video player’s full screen button and HD mode.
Aviation themed videos
Here are some videos with an aviation theme from the web site wimp.com.
Amazing RC bird. C-130J “Super” Hercules at Paris Air Show 2011 Impressive helicopter landing in rough seas. Chinook helicopter on a recovery mission. Recent riots in Warsaw filmed with an RC helicopter. Impressive helicopter flying. Attaching a camera to a helicopter rotor: …
Must see video
Ken forwarded this link to a video that you will not want to miss. It features a large scale, free style, demo flight by Joe Smith at the 2011 Joe Nall event. He must be very tail heavy to get such impressive performance out of that plane.
–Watch Joe Smith’s 3d flight demo – 2011 …
