Analyzing Your Radio Controlled Helicopters Current Consumption
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 […]
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Tags: e325, Electronics, heli, Helicopter, mini-titan, Radio Control, rc
Trying Out Some Low Cost Outrunner Brushless Motors from eBay
These outrunner brushless motors were shipped straight from China and took about two weeks to arrive and cost about $12 each shipped. Here are a couple of high resolution photos of these motors, they have a nice flat gold color to the ends and the bell is chromed a good overall appearance at first look. […]
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Tags: brushless motor, Helicopter, model, outrunner brushless motor, Plane, Radio Control, rc
AR.Drone New Augmented Reality + FPV Combat Product
Have you seen the Parrot AR.Drone? 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 satisfy some […]
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Tags: AR.Drone, drone, FPV, Helicopter, quadracopter, Radio Control, rc
Some Labor Day RC Flying
Some friends and I flew some RC aircraft to celebrate Labor Day. We had been out on Sunday and got some flying in too at our ‘south’ field with a few other friends, and this video is from up ‘north’ at our other field. On Monday my buddy Ollie and my buddy Bryn who we’re […]
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Spirit 100 Glider – First FPV Flights – OT’s Discus Launch Glider
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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Tags: Electronics, FPV, Plane, Radio Control, rc, Video