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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Tags: Electronics, Lithium Polymer, Radio Control, rc
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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Tags: FPV, Radio Control, rc, Video
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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My First FPV Flights!
As of last weekend I have made my first FPV flights. It was really amazing, big grins all around and well worth the time and effort. Video below! This weekend was the first time I was able to fly in First-Person-View, also known as FPV. The basic premise if you haven’t read my other posts […]
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Tags: biplane, FPV, Radio Control, rc
Reactor Biplane with FPV Hardware Flys
After going through a few different planes trying to find one that would be suitable for FPV (First Person View) flying I think I’ve finally settled on one. After the crash of the Reactor Bpe which tore the wing off and ripped the fuselage in half, I collected all the little bits and rebuilt it. […]
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