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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

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 Ace R/C Mini-Titan. About a month ago I was flying a bit late and lost orientation of the heli [...]

Continue Reading First Inverted Hover Attempts on My Mini-Titan Heli

Tags: e325, Helicopter, Radio Control, rc, 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

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 [...]

Continue Reading Spirit 100 Glider FPV Conversion Progress – New Canopy

Tags: FPV, glider, Plane, Radio Control, Spirit

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 Electrfily 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 [...]

Continue Reading Great Planes Spirit 100 Inch Glider With Power Pod

Tags: FPV, Radio Control, rc, Video