Category: RC Planes
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R/C Planes Are *NOT* Soccer Balls
A few weeks ago I was messing around at the park with my Tiger Moth, and a friend and his son happened to be there shooting pictures of his Super Cub. I decided it would be a great idea to try to fly through the soccer goal, but misjudged the depth as the plane was…
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A few more YouTube videos
Over the last few weeks work has kept me very busy as we prepare for the upcoming release of AcuGraph 4 (read all about it here: http://www.miridiatech.com/AG4/), so I’ve not had as much time to keep up with the footage I’ve collected on board my planes lately. Tonight I finally had some time to put…
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Flying My Tiger Moth In A Big Wind
So I took my moth to the park a few mornings ago – the wind was pretty steady between 20-25 mph, with gusts up above 35 mph. Throwing all caution to the wind (get it? ha!) I buzzed around the skies for a while to see how the moth handled things… Check out the video…
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How To Kill Your Exceed RC 2.4 Ghz Transmitter
Remember in Ghostbusters when Egon says not to cross the streams? Well…. I use the Exceed 2.4 Ghz TX for my RC habit, and so far have been very happy with it… with one small exception: it eats batteries. It seems like (though I have not timed it) that I can get about 5 or…
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Tiger Moth Crash!
Here’s a little gem of a video I shot back in January – just after I cut ailerons in the upper wings of my Tiger Moth. This flight started out great – smooth air, clear day, etc. Then I started playing fast and loose with the sticks, tried to go inverted too close to the…
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Tiger Moth With Streamers
Yesterday was great: My in-laws were in town for a visit, and the weather was absolutely gorgeous. Jacob brought his mini cub, so we took it and a couple of my planes to the park to play around for a while. There was a lot of crashing – and one extremely close call. We had…
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How I Mount My Camera For Flight
I’ve been asked how I mount my camera on my planes when I fly – the secret is in Velcro and Styrafoam… I cut a wedge-shaped piece of foam from the packaging inside a box I received, then stuck a small dot of Velcro on the top and bottom of the wedge, then another piece…