DustOff #2 - Converted EPP 48cm Chuck Glider!



Here is a link to the Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIX6MIMCYnE

This is one of those projects where you just say to yourself, "I'm really glad I completed this project ;-)"
Now for some more Micro Glider Fun and to Blow the Dust Off!

Here is a link to the Chuck Glider Conversion Playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...OknBblSrwuqP2T


Here are links to all the components we used in this project:

48cm Big Size Hand Launch Throwing Aircraft Airplane Glider DIY Inertial Foam EPP
https://www.banggood.com/48cm-Big-Si...47791920140372

DYS BE1104 1104 Brushless Motor 5400KV 6500KV 7000KV 2-3S for 100 120 150 RC Drone FPV Racing Multi Rotor - 7000KV
https://www.banggood.com/DYS-BE1104-...47791920140372

2 Pairs Gemfan 3025 PC Propeller CW/CCW For 1104 Motor 120 150 160 RC Drone FPV Racing Multi Rotor
https://www.banggood.com/2-Pairs-Gem...47791920140372

2.4G 4CH Micro Low Voltage DSM2 DSMX Compatible Receiver Built-in Brushed ESC
https://www.banggood.com/2_4G-4CH-Mi...47791920140372

EMAX Babyhawk 85mm FPV Racing Drone Spare Part 2S 7.4V 300mAh 35c Lipo
https://www.banggood.com/EMAX-Babyha...47791920140372

HobbyKing™ HK-5320S Ultra-Micro Digital Servo 0.075kg / 0.09sec / 1.7g
https://hobbyking.com/en_us/hk-5320-...asc=5357157305

Turnigy MultiStar Race Spec 7A BLHeli-S ESC 1~2s (Opto)
https://hobbyking.com/en_us/blheli-s...asc=7727242802

Pololu Adjustable Step-Up/Step-Down Voltage Regulator S7V8A
https://www.pololu.com/product/2118

Turbowing 5.8G 48CH 25mw Transmitter 700TVL 120 Degree Wide Angle Wireless FPV Camera NTSC - Copper Antenna
https://www.banggood.com/5_8G-48CH-2...47791920140372


See you in the Air!

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TIANQU VISUO XS816 Review – An RTF Twin Camera Drone (10 min 23 sec)

Tianqu Visuo XS816 is an RTF twin camera drone: main one, 2mp for taking photo and pictures and a 0.3mp camera located on the drone belly, for aerial pictures and optical flow positioning system.
Tianqu Visuo XS816 has also an incredible flight time of around 20 minutes, thanks to his 1800mah battery.

Actually is in FlashSale here: http://shrsl.com/1g7ej
Please ask me for discount coupon in case the product is no more in flashsale

SPECIFICATIONS:

Brand: TIANQU
Type: Quadcopter
Features: Camera,WiFi APP Control,WiFi FPV
Functions: 3D stunt,Aerial Photography,Camera,Forward/backward,FPV,G-sensor Mode,Gesture Mode,Headless Mode,One Key Automatic Return,Optical Flow Positioning,Slow down,Speed up,Turn left/right,Up/down,Waypoints,WiFi Connection
Size: Large
Kit Types: RTF
Level: Beginner Level
Remote Control: 2.4GHz Wireless Remote Control,WiFi Remote Control
Channel: 4-Channels
Radio Mode: Mode 2 (Left-hand Throttle),WiFi APP
Detailed Control Distance: About 50m
Compatible with Additional Gimbal: No
Transmitter Power: 4 x 1.5V AA battery(not included)
Battery: 3.85V 1800mAh li-ion
Flying Time: About 20mins
Charging Time.: about 1h
Product weight: 0.1600 kg
Package weight: 0.7100 kg
Product size (L x W x H): 44.00 x 44.00 x 6.50 cm / 17.32 x 17.32 x 2.56 inches
Package size (L x W x H): 43.50 x 29.00 x 8.00 cm / 17.13 x 11.42 x 3.15 inches
Package Contents: 1 x RC Drone ( Battery Included ), 1 x Remote Control, 4 x Propeller Guard, 4 x Spare Propeller, 1 x Screwdriver, 1 x Data Cable, 1 x English Manual

News just in ...

https://www.theage.com.au/national/a...15-p50y58.html

Be careful out in the countryside, dare I say "Calm the Farm!"

EXCEL DRONES 1/10 RC Car Drifting MICHIGAN SLIDE SYNDICATE 2019 0216 (7 min 13 sec)

Halloa people

Like me you might have been wondering if the new(isch) Turnigy Graphene Panther lipo's are wurth their salt..
Somehow there isn't much in terms of YT reviews on these lipo's eventhough they have been available for a while..

So I set about field testing a set of them..

Lipo's tested: Turnigy Graphene Panther 650mah 4S 75C

Comparison lipo's: GensAce Tattu 650mah 4S 75C

Turnigy Graphene Panther vs GensAce Tattu lipo's.. Torture Test / Review (18 min 15 sec)

the only regret is that my blog does not show visitors anymore:
it has not changed since i reported a fellow posting at a forum and was a conflict of interests. a coincidence?
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look down here (post 7) at my blog for details
and this is the whole story (posted somewhere below):
lemon 0052 telemetry receiver and DX6G3 specifically
am starting a thread on the lemon 0052 receiver with telemetry and modulation DSMP and also compatible with DSMX and DSM2. am using it here with the DX6G3 radio. as this is a work-in-process, please check from time to time at the bottom as i may add something.
the receiver: https://www.lemon-rx.com/index.php?r...product_id=160
the radio: https://www.horizonhobby.com/dx6-6-c...ode-2-spmr6750
the thread: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...s#post39758353
when i learned that this receiver was available i got 1. as i fly electric gliders it has several items that i use so would be very convenient.
then i learned that there is a forum where they are discussed so went there. there are instructions and data about it written by John (jj604), and is being used with the radios from horizon. John has been writing instructions for several products, some of them by lemon, without being paid (he has no participation on the business of lemon). then i...Continue Reading

So i mailed an item to Alaska in an envelope. It must have gotten ripped open during USPS handling and sorting. So it has been lost or stolen by USPS (it sounded like lost).

My customer only got the envelope... nothing in it. Wow

I have never had a problem with envelopes. In hindsight a box may have been better (especially going long distances) because the item(s) was not flat like paper.



Now i am waiting on PayPal so i can refund the customer's money. It may take a few days to even refund the money because i cannot use my bank card for refunds via Paypal and must take another step. Gr8 m8....

Well, i am thankful my customer has been cool about this so far. I really have never had any problems with USPS but this incident and...
...recently i had an order incoming (to me) via USPS that was 4 days late! It finally arrived today--but i was sure worried after seeing it travel backwards between nearby distribution centers ...and today hearing about my Alaska shipping incident.

It looks like Ground shipping does not get the same treatment as Priority, far as i can tell. Both of these were Ground or basic shipments

Good day y'all

In 1080p 60fps - Best viewed in fullscreen. This is the maiden flight of my Eflite Extra 300 1.3m wingspan BNF Basic. Not only is it my first flight with this amazing machine, it's also my first time being chased and recorded by a drone (thanks Jeff). Given that we aren't pros I think it turned out pretty well!

Eflite Extra 300 1.3m BNF Basic Maiden Flight with GoPro Drone Chase (4 min 7 sec)

My Eflite Extra 300 1.3m is completely stock. Powered by a Pulse 4S 2250mAh 45C lipo, weighing in at 240 grams. CG was set rearmost to 100mm from the leading edge of the main wing at the fuselage. Flight Timer was set to 3 minutes as recommended by the manual. Flown with a Spektrum DX8 G2 Transmitter at 100% rates and 30% expo on all control surfaces.

Jeff's Drone is a Diatone GT-M530, Ethik S3 props, Frisky R9M Rx, VAS Ion antenna, Frisky Taranis Tx with R9 Long Range Module, GoPro Session 5.

Thanks for the video capture Jeff!

And as always, thanks for watching!

Way back when I was a young teen I built the Astro Flight Malibu, it was I think my second rc glider. It met it’s fate on the very first flight being I was an absolute novice with no guidance whatsoever on how to control an rc glider. I convinced my dad to take me to the highest dune of sorts along the beach (not very high at all) not very far from home, there was a very good wind, my recollection about 20 mph or more. Dad launches glider into the wind and it immediately noses up, rolls to the left and crashes into the Australian pines not very far behind the dune, so much for the Malibu I eventually learned to fly an rc glider with the Astro Flight Monterey a year or two later via histart with no guidance, (1970-71 approx). RCG Classified had a Malibu for sale so I jumped on it, bring back the Malibu you never got to successfully fly as a youngster. The kit arrived very qickly, thank you sender. Anyways the picture on the face of the package resembles what I vaguely remember from way back in maybe 1969 or so. I remember building a fully sheeted wing at the time with rubber band attachment, this kit was obviously a revised kit by Astro Flight a few years later encorporating their new design technology ie the Monterey, two piece wing with metal joiner, open wing structure, my guess not even the original airfoil, this one being the Eppler 387. In any event it’s all cool, my new Malibu will fly again, successfully I hope after close to 40 years

Ripit R2.8

Video uploading ...
Finally did not Rip the wing ( off the fuse )
I used some foam safe cyno as it soaks into the foam , should distribute load better ( launch load ) .
That thick wing was maybe a mistake ..
The R2.8 does not like to push thru a breeze at all .
In the video you can hear the breeze pick up and the R2.8 simply can not fly forward , but rather side slips !
Makes tuning tricky when the wind pushes the R2.8 around ..
But after the cam battery gave out I put in more of a neutral Elevator setting and the trim looks to be better .

Video

Ripit Revision 2 8 (5 min 38 sec)

Haven’t flown either glider in quite a while, both thermal gliders primarily, slope capable but not really designed for strong wind or aerobatics. The day was zilch for slope lift really so I brought a very anemic upstart to use on the west side of the hill. There we have a fairly large flat area to launch north or south using winch or histart. First to fly was the Ka 8. Although I had made forward cg adjustments quite a while back that really helped stabilize in pitch I decided to add just a bit more for safety/comfort. 1/2 oz my guess. The launches were very amemic maybe 35-40 feet max, a real bummer but gave me enough altitude to get a feel for her again. The pitch was way too sensitive I discovered, maybe it was because I had used the innermost hole on the control horn instead of the outermost hole? Making that adjustment created a whole new glider, everything was very smooth in pitch. A couple more uneventful anemic launches had me rolling up the anemic histart and headed over to the north side of the hill where the buzzards seemed to be congregating along with a very fickle northerly breeze. Slope soaring on such days is a fools errand, you will do a lot of walking to retrieve your glider well below the hill top, trust me So, timing your hand launch is critical, where are the buzzards, small hawks or even swallows swooping in to get a meal of insects drawn up by the updrafts, has the breeze shifted, and in what direction? Things to consider before you take another...Continue Reading

I had been wanting a transmitter glove for a while so I could do some RC stuff in the winter. Well I finally obtained one here recently and even though I've only used it once, it has proven to be a great investment. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to do some RCing in the cold temperatures. The one I got was made by a company called SENREAL and can be purchased on Amazon for under $20. Here is a link to the product and my video review:


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JZ4KJ1V..._jX1yCbB57HS39

SENREAL Warm Transmitter Glove Product Review (4 min 57 sec)

Best VTX Yet? Third Video Transmitter Review in our Micro FPV Drone Parts-VTX Series. This one is the EWRF e708TM3 Pro (US Version), 800mW Max output Power! Full features review, ouput powers tested, and and side-by-side videos of fights at Min (25 mW) and Max (800 mW) output powers.

MICRO FPV DRONE PARTS-VTX EWRF e708TM3 Pro (12 min 16 sec)

Super windy flight on my Durafly T-28
#HKWEEKLYWRAP

WINDY FLIGHT! NEW Durafly T-28 Trojan Flying! Naval Aviation Centennial Edition 1100mm HobbyKing (4 min 51 sec)

Glue & Fly Series - F-22 Mini V3(B) - Maiden Flight!



Here is a link to the Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnThEit8DmA

The "Glue & Fly Series" F-22 Mini V3B is Complete!
Now it's time to perform the Maiden Flight!
The Wind is shifting from NW to SW at 4-7mph with gust to 10mph.
The forecast Wind was supposed to be 3-5mph.


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Yak inspired Plastic Bottle Plane

Ready for flight....Continue Reading

Another plastic bottle project in the works....Continue Reading

First Bottle plane concept. Unfinished

Hey guys!
This is my first vlog, let me know what you think!
I'm mostly using instagram but trying to start with youtube aswell!
Take a look at my IG: https://www.instagram.com/sorrifpv/

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My Mavic Air CRASHED! New FPV Freestyle Spot! VLOG (3 min 52 sec)