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Paul_BB
Jun 21, 2009, 10:53 AM
I have a lot of fun soaring high above my head with my Graupner Electro Junior geared with the UAV DevBoard.
I have a lot of fun because I don't care to loose my glider if it gets sucked by a cumulus or if it gets too far away so that I can't figure out which way it is going.
It's not really a UAV, lets say it's a sort of assistant. But what a relief, I can really enjoy soaring, I don't care being dazzled by the sun because I know I will always get my glider back. This is really a technological breakthrough for RC gliders. I just have to wait for GPS fix at power up and that's all. :)

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4507/img1190i.th.jpg (http://img3.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1190i.jpg) http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/8800/img1200b.th.jpg (http://img3.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1200b.jpg)


Did somebody else tried this UAV DevBoard with a glider ?

spitfiremk9
Jun 21, 2009, 03:39 PM
I have a lot of fun soaring high above my head with my Graupner Electro Junior geared with the UAV DevBoard.
I have a lot of fun because I don't care to loose my glider if it gets sucked by a cumulus or if it gets too far away so that I can't figure out which way it is going.
It's not really a UAV, lets say it's a sort of assistant. But what a relief, I can really enjoy soaring, I don't care being dazzled by the sun because I know I will always get my glider back. This is really a technological breakthrough for RC gliders. I just have to wait for GPS fix at power up and that's all. :)

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4507/img1190i.th.jpg (http://img3.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1190i.jpg) http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/8800/img1200b.th.jpg (http://img3.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1200b.jpg)


Did somebody else tried this UAV DevBoard with a glider ?
Paul
I'm nearly there, you beat me to it, excellent work!

Paul_BB
Jun 21, 2009, 05:04 PM
Paul
I'm nearly there, you beat me to it, excellent work!

You're gonna have a lot of fun. I'm gonna buy a better sailplane and hide the board inside.