AR.Drone New Augmented Reality + FPV Combat Helicopter
Posted on September 11th, 2010 in FPV, Radio Control
Have you seen the Parrot AR.Drone Quadricopter ? The Parrot is an Augmented Reality + FPV combat product that is controlled via Wi-Fi from your iPod, iPad or iPhone touch. But they say they are working on support for other platforms, hopefully Android is in the list, and I bet it is. It’s bound to […]
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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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Spirit 100 Glider FPV Conversion Progress – New Canopy
Posted on August 22nd, 2010 in FPV, Radio Control
Last week I test flew the glider. As you can see in the previous post “FPV Spirit 100 Inch Brushless Powered Glider Test Flights“, it flew pretty good. The glider weighed in at 1990 grams with the radio, speed controller, motor, motor mast and battery (and other associated equipment). I had to add 136 grams […]
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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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I wrecked the Reactor Bipe, Time For a New (used) FPV Plane
I managed to smash up my FPV (First Person View) plane, the Reactor Biplane a couple of weeks ago. I had just remounted the motor after I broke the mount on a previous FPV Flight(Video (new window)). So once I had the motor remounted I went to test fly the airplane. I didn’t want to […]
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