Making Night Blades for R/C Helicopter
I’ve been thinking of making night blades for my R/C helicopter. Back in 2003 I made a set of wooden night blades for my Raptor 60 using RGB (Red-Green-Blue) LEDs and an Atmel AVR micro-controller to make them change colors and shift patterns. The blades were pretty simple but they worked. I even slapped together […]
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Tags: Arduino, Atmel, Electronics, Helicopter, led, mini-titan, Night Flying
All Ceramic Bearings for a 450 Sized Electric Helicopter
A while back when I replaced my eFlite Power 90 brushless motor bearings with some ceramic ball bearings from Boca. Shortly after BocaBearings friended me on YouTube and I took the opportunity to ask them a few questions about R/C helicopter bearings. When I asked what it would cost to replace the bearings with ceramic […]
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Tags: 450, ace, Ball Bearings, BocaBearings, Ceramic, Helicopter, mini-titan, Radio Control, Thunder Tiger
Ground and Aerial Videos from the Ace Mini-Titan 450
I attached my ‘pack of bubblegum’ sized spy cam to my Thunder Tiger Mini-Titan e325 today and shot some great video of Ollie’s Align Trex 450 in flight and also shot some in-flight videos as well. Ollie shot some HD ground video of my Mini Titan e325 using my Sony HD Camcorder while the spy […]
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Tags: ace, Aerial, camera, FPV, Helicopter, mini-titan, rc, Video
Crashed the Thunder Tiger Mini-Titan e325, Here’s What Broke
Well I did it again and put the Mini Titan e325 into the ground on Saturday doing a fair amount of damage, more than I usually do anyways. I just wanted to share what happened and what it costs to fix a small helicopter. If this had been a larger size model helicopter the repair […]
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Tags: crash, e325, Helicopter, mini-titan, Radio Control, Thunder Tiger
Mini-Titan e325 Night Flying LED Lights Setup Progress
I am working to convert my ACE Mini-Titan e325 to a night-flying setup. Since Winter is on the way, the only time I’ll be able to fly is later on in the day when the sun is low, or gone, so this is a perfect excuse to play with LED lights. LED Technology had come […]
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Tags: Electronics, Helicopter, led, LEDs, mini-titan, Night Flying, Soldering