this is Great
I will fly like this soon
| Twisted Hobbys EDGE 540 (5 min 39 sec) |
Love Sailplanes
my fellow pilots soaring at the park
| Notsogood and Bowsson soaring the Radian (3 min 42 sec) |
Snowball and Champs
chase and bump
| Snowball and Champs (4 min 15 sec) |
stunts with my two scratch builds
What a blast
| Scratch build stunts (3 min 3 sec) |
First ever a snowball camera drop with parachute
Second flight of the Lyla Grace with Bomb Drop
This is a first that I know of.
| The Second Flight of the Lyla Grace and Bomb Drop.wmv (6 min 42 sec) |
Maiden flight of the Lyla Grace
This build was dedicated to my granddaughter Lyla Grace Hendershot. I can hardly wait until she can go fly with me. Her plane is so gentle and does it all. The first landing was caused when a bullet connector came unplugged. the second was when the stick type motor mount broke. both time I was able to land the plane. In the second event there was some minor damage. Already repaired her and upgraded the airframe with a bomb drop. This is one great plane if you don't have one you need one.
| Maiden of the Lyla Grace.wmv (6 min 38 sec) |
MPH TO Knots and the Beaufort wind scale
Conversion table for
knots to miles per hour KTS to MPH 5 Knots = 5.8 MPH
10 Knots = 11.5 MPH
15 Knots = 17.3 MPH
20 Knots = 23.0 MPH
25 Knots = 28.8 MPH
30 Knots = 34.6 MPH
35 Knots = 40.3 MPH
40 Knots = 46.1 MPH
45 Knots = 51.8 MPH
50 Knots = 57.6 MPH
55 Knots = 63.4 MPH
60 Knots = 69.1 MPH
65 Knots = 74.9 MPH
70 Knots = 80.6 MPH
75 Knots = 86.4 MPH
80 Knots = 92.2 MPH
85 Knots = 97.9 MPH
90 Knots = 103.7 MPH
95 Knots = 109.4 MPH
100 Knots = 115.2 MPH
105 Knots = 121.0 MPH
110 Knots = 126.7 MPH
115 Knots = 132.5 MPH
120 Knots = 138.2 MPH
125 Knots = 144.0 MPH
130 Knots = 149.8 MPH
135 Knots = 155.5 MPH
140 Knots = 161.3 MPH
145 Knots = 167.0 MPH
150 Knots = 172.8 MPH
Beaufort Wind Scale
Windspeed
in MPH Description - Visible Condition
0 Calm smoke rises vertically
1 - 4 Light air direction of wind shown by smoke but not by wind vanes
4 - 7 Light breeze wind felt on face; leaves rustle; ordinary wind vane moved by wind
8 - 12 Gentle breeze leaves and small twigs in constant motion; wind extends light flag
13 - 18 Moderate breeze raises dust and loose paper; small branches are moved
19 - 24 Fresh breeze small trees in leaf begin to sway; crested wavelets form on inland water
25 - 31 Strong breeze large branches in motion; telephone wires whistle; umbrellas used with difficulty
32 - 38 Moderate gale whole trees in motion; inconvenience in walking against wind
39 - 46 Fresh gale breaks twigs off trees; generally impedes progress
47 - 54 Strong gale slight structural damage occurs; chimney pots and slates removed
55 - 63 Whole gale trees uprooted; considerable structural damage occurs
64 - 72 Storm very rarely experienced; accompanied by widespread damage
73+ Hurricane devastation occurs
knots to miles per hour KTS to MPH 5 Knots = 5.8 MPH
10 Knots = 11.5 MPH
15 Knots = 17.3 MPH
20 Knots = 23.0 MPH
25 Knots = 28.8 MPH
30 Knots = 34.6 MPH
35 Knots = 40.3 MPH
40 Knots = 46.1 MPH
45 Knots = 51.8 MPH
50 Knots = 57.6 MPH
55 Knots = 63.4 MPH
60 Knots = 69.1 MPH
65 Knots = 74.9 MPH
70 Knots = 80.6 MPH
75 Knots = 86.4 MPH
80 Knots = 92.2 MPH
85 Knots = 97.9 MPH
90 Knots = 103.7 MPH
95 Knots = 109.4 MPH
100 Knots = 115.2 MPH
105 Knots = 121.0 MPH
110 Knots = 126.7 MPH
115 Knots = 132.5 MPH
120 Knots = 138.2 MPH
125 Knots = 144.0 MPH
130 Knots = 149.8 MPH
135 Knots = 155.5 MPH
140 Knots = 161.3 MPH
145 Knots = 167.0 MPH
150 Knots = 172.8 MPH
Beaufort Wind Scale
Windspeed
in MPH Description - Visible Condition
0 Calm smoke rises vertically
1 - 4 Light air direction of wind shown by smoke but not by wind vanes
4 - 7 Light breeze wind felt on face; leaves rustle; ordinary wind vane moved by wind
8 - 12 Gentle breeze leaves and small twigs in constant motion; wind extends light flag
13 - 18 Moderate breeze raises dust and loose paper; small branches are moved
19 - 24 Fresh breeze small trees in leaf begin to sway; crested wavelets form on inland water
25 - 31 Strong breeze large branches in motion; telephone wires whistle; umbrellas used with difficulty
32 - 38 Moderate gale whole trees in motion; inconvenience in walking against wind
39 - 46 Fresh gale breaks twigs off trees; generally impedes progress
47 - 54 Strong gale slight structural damage occurs; chimney pots and slates removed
55 - 63 Whole gale trees uprooted; considerable structural damage occurs
64 - 72 Storm very rarely experienced; accompanied by widespread damage
73+ Hurricane devastation occurs
She should fly well .......will see
This is a proof of concept This is a UM Snowball and she flies well. I used the parts from a Champ the total up weight is 2.6 OZ
The Maiden flight of the Taylor May
This was my first scratch build and it flew well.
| Maiden flight of the Taylor May.wmv (2 min 24 sec) |
This scratch build is doing well. Found the CG of the little one and used a bit of weight to the big one tossed her in the yard and she flew 25 feet. Now to add the power plant and electronics.



This is my granddaughter's glider she loves it so I am Making one 3 times the size....Hope it flies





Great Snaps, Great Launch
Just drop this file on to your memory card under the DCMI folder, open and click the EXE file.
Turn your camera on then off and bingo done.
If you have any issues just PM me. This is for Vesion 3 only.
Turn your camera on then off and bingo done.
If you have any issues just PM me. This is for Vesion 3 only.
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BoomSplat just had his lipo burn up in his Corsair. This big three cell had no visual issue, Charged well. No puffing or any thing, he put it in his plane flew for a few minutes plane started acting strange. Landed and POOF lots of white smoke and started a thermial run away. He was able to save the Air frame but the ESC is melted. Guys this is a no SH#T heads up, have gloves and a fire extingusher at the field or you may lose a plane or worse yet get hurt. Please baby sit the charging of these lipos even if you have done it for years it only take once and it sad times for all.







Sail Planes up at Legacy Park
Great Vid the best part is the last 20 seconds ......... Still laughing
| Sail Planes at Legacy Park.wmv (5 min 45 sec) |
The Assassin Owns the Night
On a 1 to 10 this night operation was a 9 on the difficulty scale. Seeing the plane is not the issue it is NO horizon or not seeing the ground. This night the wind was up to 20 mph. The wind was not helping
But I still managed to drop an illuminated object from aprox 200 feet. Please enjoy and leave a comment.
PS I know the camreas suck but dark is dark.




But I still managed to drop an illuminated object from aprox 200 feet. Please enjoy and leave a comment.PS I know the camreas suck but dark is dark.
| The Assassin Owens the Night (6 min 36 sec) |




Disorientation prevention modification is adding more lights
total of 78 LED's
total of 78 LED's
Night Flight Maiden



