Vintage A/2 Glider
I feel that R/C flyers of vintage models have tended to neglect gliders, in particular the ‘Nordic’ class A/2 designs of the late 1940’s to early 1950’s. The class rules produced models around 60″ to 74″ wingspan, 15 ounces minimum weight, and a body of 5 square inches minimum x-section. The nice thing is that they can be […]
FPV Formation Flying Basics
I saw a lot of FPV Formation Flying Videos and noticed that, for want of knowing how to go about it, people are all over. While that is fun too, doing the correct thing brings that much more fun and professionalism into it. First Things First Remember that in Close Formation your leader is your complete reference. He is your Altitude, […]
RCATS Smart Lithium Glow Driver
The RCATS Smart Lithium Glow Driver (shown here with optional orange protective glove), as well as their complete line of radio control accessories, are developed by fliers with years of experience in our hobby, are assembled in the US and backed by fantastic support, and are battle tested by R/C enthusiasts worldwide. This glow driver […]
Lithium Polymer (LiPo) Basics
Years ago everyone was using ni-cad batteries, so choosing the right battery for you helicopter was easy. However, now with the advancements in li-po batteries, it can sometimes be difficult to know which battery is best for your application. My TREX 700E shown here uses a 2-cell lipo for the receiver and servos, and a […]
Soviet Fighter: Wolfram Donalies’ Polikarpov I-16
I often enjoy attending the annual Warbirds and Classics over the Midwest RC event held in Fond du Lac, WI as there’s always a bunch of great looking scale airplanes to photograph. One airplane that just looked so interesting I could not help but be drawn toward it. Looking like a cross between a WW […]
Flying the Canadair CL 415 Super Scooper
This is outstanding! You just don’t hear much about aerial fire fighting in Europe but these Spaniards have gotten it down! Check out how low they fly over cars, roads and buildings on their way to pick-up water. The pilots are really yanking the controls around when they get close to the fire. This is […]
Bird on a wire: Scan Eagle lands on USS Ponce
Here’s a great new video from PBS News of a Scan Eagle being caught in the wire, a deceptively simple way of recovering a UAS to a moving ship. It really is the benchmark UAS fixed wing system. ScanEagle launches autonomously and uses a patented no-nets recovery solution for recovery. The system recovers with its wing […]
Two Global Hawks Fly in Formation
Here is a story pulled off the sUAS news site … cool stuff! Northrop Grumman Corporation, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center have successfully completed a series of flight demonstrations, moving DARPA’s Autonomous High-Altitude Refueling (AHR) program closer to demonstrating the first autonomous aerial refueling between two unmanned, […]
F-35B
I found this to be rather cool, enjoy This video link is fresh (for the public). It was made just six weeks ago in the Atlantic, just off Newport News (Hampton Roads), Virginia … These are the latest sea trials the F-35B on the USS Wasp. They were very successful, with 74 VL’s (Vertical Launch) and STO’s […]
Best kite flyer in the world!
Romancing the wind, with 3 kites…. outstanding! Ray Bethell performs a kite ballet to Flower Duet from Lakme by Delibes. Video by Robert Holbrook Notice that one kite is controlled by his right leg, the other two by his hands. Beautiful! Turn up your sound.
Warbirds over the Rockies
Check out this great video from a Denver news station covering the 9th annual Warbirds over the Rockies event! With hundreds of scale fighters and bombers, this annual event features noon demo flights with pyrotechnics, flyovers by full-scale planes and more!
