Spirit 100 Glider – First FPV Flights – OT’s Discus Launch Glider
Posted on August 29th, 2010 in Radio Control, Video
I’ve been working on the Spirit 100 glider to convert it to an FPV platform for the last couple of weeks. Today I finally was able to get the plane up with the First Person View gear and the results were awesome. Having so much wing area is a huge bonus when flying FPV because […]
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First Inverted Hover Attempts on My Thunder Tiger Mini-Titan Heli
Posted on August 29th, 2010 in Radio Control, Video
Yesterday I began the process of learning to hover my RC helicopter inverted and made a video of the good parts of the 4 flights. I’ve been getting a lot more flying in lately with my Thunder Tiger Mini-Titan e325. About a month ago I was flying a bit late and lost orientation and crashed […]
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Li-Poly Battery Burns down Lawn and Distrupts Time/Space
I’ve intentionally blown a few Lithium Polymer R/C battery packs when they have reached their end of life. Unfortunately while my Outrage XP25 2200mAh packs still power my rc helicopter, they are beginning to puff and I don’t trust the pack to not burst into flames while I’m in mid-air. To alleviate the temptation I […]
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My Arduino AtmoLight/Ambilight Clone Project
I was researching a project online the other day when I came across a project on Blogspot about how to make your own Atmolight/Ambilight television type setup using an Arduino Duemilanove , a ShiftBrite Shield and ShiftBar modules from Macetech and some 12v LED RGB lighting strips. It was kind of amazing as I had […]
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Great Planes Spirit 100 Inch Glider With Power Pod
Well, the new glider destined for FPV (First Person View) flight is ready. I built a power-pod, and as you can see in the new video. The power-pod is based on the ElectriFly 35-36-1200kv Rimfire brushless motor that I had on the Great Planes Reactor Biplane. I built the power-pod out of some 3/8″ light […]
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