Electronics

I’ve been flying quite a bit and not paying much attention to the load I’ve been putting on my speed controller. Today I plugged my CC50 ICE into the computer to check out my last few flights. I was quite surprised. Most of my flying did not load the ESC as much as I had [...]

Continue Reading Analyzing Your Radio Controlled Helicopters Current Consumption

Tags: e325, Electronics, heli, Helicopter, mini-titan, Radio Control, rc

Hi folks, as you may know from watching the videos, I put my Twist 60 into mother earth a couple of weeks ago which resulted in some damage to the brushless electric motor I use to power it. Most of the damage was to the bearings, they sounded kind of crunchy.  I also replaced the [...]

Continue Reading E-Flite Power 90 Brushless Motor Rebuild

Tags: Electronics, Radio Control

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 [...]

Continue Reading Spirit 100 Glider – First FPV Flights – OT’s Discus Launch Glider

Tags: Electronics, FPV, Plane, Radio Control, rc, Video

I’m a big fan of LED lighting which is why when I ordered a bunch of parts from SparkFun the other day I ordered a 5 watt Royal Blue LED by Luxeon.  These 1 Watt Luxeon LEDs are discontinued and brighter stuff is available now.  Up to 100 Watts or more! This LED is quite [...]

Continue Reading Luxeon Star V 5-Watt Royal Blue LED Video Demo

Tags: Electronics, led, Lighting, Luxeon, Video

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 [...]

Continue Reading Li-Poly Battery Burns down Lawn and Distrupts Time/Space

Tags: Electronics, Lithium Polymer, Radio Control, rc