E-Flite Power 90 Brushless Motor Rebuild
Hi folks, as you may know from watching the videos, I put my Twist 60 into mother earth a couple of weeks ago which resulted in some damage to the brushless electric motor I use to power it. I made a video on how to replace bearings in a brushless motor. While motors vary quite […]
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Tags: 3-Bladed Prop, brushless motor, Electronics, Radio Control, twist 60
AR.Drone New Augmented Reality + FPV Combat Helicopter
Have you seen the Parrot AR.Drone Quadricopter ? The Parrot is an Augmented Reality + FPV combat product that is controlled via Wi-Fi from your iPod, iPad or iPhone touch. But they say they are working on support for other platforms, hopefully Android is in the list, and I bet it is. It’s bound to […]
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Tags: AR.Drone, drone, FPV, Helicopter, quadracopter, Radio Control, rc
Spirit 100 Glider – First FPV Flights – OT’s Discus Launch Glider
I’ve been working on the Spirit 100 glider to convert it to an FPV platform for the last couple of weeks. Today I finally was able to get the plane up with the First Person View gear and the results were awesome. Having so much wing area is a huge bonus when flying FPV because […]
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Tags: Electronics, FPV, Plane, Radio Control, rc, Video
First Inverted Hover Attempts on My Thunder Tiger Mini-Titan Heli
Yesterday I began the process of learning to hover my RC helicopter inverted and made a video of the good parts of the 4 flights. I’ve been getting a lot more flying in lately with my Thunder Tiger Mini-Titan e325. About a month ago I was flying a bit late and lost orientation and crashed […]
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Tags: e325, Helicopter, Radio Control, rc, Video
Li-Poly Battery Burns down Lawn and Distrupts Time/Space
I’ve intentionally blown a few Lithium Polymer R/C battery packs when they have reached their end of life. Unfortunately while my Outrage XP25 2200mAh packs still power my rc helicopter, they are beginning to puff and I don’t trust the pack to not burst into flames while I’m in mid-air. To alleviate the temptation I […]
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Tags: Electronics, Lithium Polymer, Radio Control, rc