Miscellaneous cool R/C stuff
The latest addition to the fleet - a large scale MiG-15
Wingspan: 1550 mm (61")
Powerplant: 90mm EDF, 70 amp ESC, 6S 6000mAh LiPo battery
The queen of the fleet - B-25 Mitchell
Wingspan: 81"
Flying weight: 18.8 lbs
2 x E-Flite Power 46 motors
2 x E-Flite 60 amp ESC
2 x Master Airscrew 12x6x3 props
2 x Rhino 5S 18.5V 4900 mAh LiPo batteries
B-25 Flight Video 12 Dec 2010 (21MB)
Ready for takeoff
Flying weight = 19 lbs.
Landing approach
Coming in for a smooth landing
The perfect landing attitude - main gear touches down a fraction of a second before the nose gear
Another great flying machine - the MiG-15
I took a ride in the real thing in Australia, look here
Another smooth landing
Click a thumbnail to see the Apprentice in action...
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P-38 Lightning at Cattle Creek, Bulacan, Philippines
Su-34 comes in from its maiden flight at Cattle Creek
My student done good - Paul's first solo flight
Flying buddies in Fort Bonifacio
Maiden flight of the P-51 at Cattle Creek - 18 Apr 2010
R/C fans
A new toy added to the fleet June 2010 - pretty sorry flier at first, but once the CG issues were worked out, it became
one of the best fliers in the hangar. Far too tail heavy out of the box and the Chinese instructions were just flat wrong.
Mounting position of the FlyCamOne2 on an E-Flite Apprentice e15
The fleet at Cattle Creek
Big Box = Big Fun. B-25J Mitchell, soon to be the queen of the fleet
Brittany flight videos
| Fun fly held 05 Sep 2010 | |
Cattle Creek flight videos
| MiG-15 Flight (10MB) | Steep learning curve on this one but all sorted out now! |
| Search Video - Lost Plane Located in Jungle (10MB) | Onboard video on Su-34 finds lost P-51 in 8' weeds |
| Su-34 Nose Gear Redesign | The original sucked |
| P-51 Maiden Flight (Good Quality at 38.6 MB) | Kind of squirrelly on the ground |
| P-51 Maiden Flight (Cheesy at 4.3 MB) | |
| Su-34 (9.3MB) | Forced into the grass by a blimp! |
| Close mid-air pass (1 MB) | Apprentice vs. Apprentice |
| Taking a close look... | |
| Right aileron failure / wind 90 degrees cross to runway |
Hi-res footage of the maiden video flight in Ft. Bonifacio, Metro Manila, Philippines - January 2009
| The Takeoff | |
| The Birds | |
| The Nosedive | |
| The Wingovers | |
| The Loop | |
| The Close Encounter with a Honda Sign & Landing | |
| The Ground Crew |
New Mexico Flying - May 2009
| TailCam Segment 1 (2.3 MB) | Takeoff |
| TailCam Segment 2 (1.2 MB) | Loop |
| TailCam Segment 3 (1.1 MB) | Inverted |
| TailCam Segment 4 (1.3 MB) | Landing |
| NoseCam Segment 1 (1.4 MB) | Inverted |
| NoseCam Segment 2 (2.0 MB) | Low Flyby |
| NoseCam Segment 3 (4.6 MB) | Loop-Roll-Flyby |
| Breezy Conditions & Styrofoam Planes - | A Dicey Combination! |
| Flight Montage 1 (15.3 MB) | Huge file / Decent quality |
| Flight Montage 1 (1.8MB) | Small file / Crap quality |
More to come...
Updated 07 Sep 2010 0941 MDT (GMT-7)