learn to fly first rc airplane
Okay I know. I should advice anyone to start flying with an instructor… But what if you can’t find an instructor? This is how I started… on my own. First of all...
Author: Hans2183
Micro motor broken wire
A problem with micro brushless outrunner motors is that they don’t have much to hold their wires on to. In the beginning I lost several very good performing small motors this way....
The perfect beginner RC Plane
I flew some different RC planes before but it has to be said that this one is the best trainer I ever touched. You can easily built it from cheap foam, add...
Blue Baby inspired Pusher Setup
One of the disadvantages of the most common trainer setup is the vulnerability of the front mounted motor. On crashes the nose of the plane often gets all the impact. And in...
Getting into foamies
Like I mentioned the Multiplex Fox RC conversion got to heavy losing its gliding characteristics (double the original weight). So I wanted to create a longer wing. Looking into moulding with foam...
My Fox rc powered glider conversion
The latest pictures of my rc converted multiplex fox glider. As you can see I have the electric power setup installed and created a much bigger wing. These are the electronics I...
Multiplex Fox RC conversion for gliding
The Multiplex Fox is a small (500 mm wingspan) and cheap (10 EUR) foam free flight glider. By default it has no control surfaces or electronics but it is very well suited...
exit screen command mac OS X
The screen command on mac OS X is great for working with serial devices. An example looks like this: screen /dev/tty.usb123 It did take me quite some time to find out how...
Devoxx 2010
I know for sure I was there. Can’t remember a lot though… Will check my notes and get back to this post soon.