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Needle 115, the video 27 Aug 2013 | 12:36 pm
Below is the video I filmed on sunday while doing the maiden flight. The wind is starting from around 6m/s and increasing to 9m/s, so the plane is empty at the beginning, then with 200g, then 640g of ...
IAR 35, a Romanian acrobat glider 26 Aug 2013 | 07:26 pm
Thuro, the designer and father of the popular Needle serie is working in parallel on a very interresting project of a big aerobatic semiscale. The choice is a nice looking Romanian Aerobatic Glider, ...
Pike Electro Maiden Flight 26 Aug 2013 | 02:24 pm
I finally had a chance to try the Pike Electro last week-end but, again, had some trouble with the motor (Kontronik Kira 480-43) and ESC (Castle Creation ICE Lite 100). Hopefully maiden flight was at ...
Needle 115 maiden flight 26 Aug 2013 | 01:25 pm
Yesterday, I took the opportunity of a few hours weather window to maiden the N115. It weights 2371g, but I needed about 300g to obtain the right CG at 89mm. With the new fuselage coming, I hope I ca...
Needle 115 assembly 26 Aug 2013 | 01:19 pm
Nothing special to say about the assembly of my Needle. In the fuselage the work consist in installing the servos tray. I made a longer one in order to go almost up to the wing root as reinforcement. ...
Towing meeting in Geneva 23 Aug 2013 | 01:50 pm
Pascal Tournache drove last week to Geneva to participate to a last minute organised towing meeting. Plenty of nice large scale machines and superb flying conditions were at the menu. Pascal came back...
Towing in the Grenoble area 23 Aug 2013 | 01:44 pm
Last Sunday, I visited an aeromodelling field near Grenoble to meet with some clubmates (Pascal Tournache, Jérome Bobin and some others) who organized a very informal towing meeting. I arrived at the ...
Corps 23 Aug 2013 | 01:38 pm
During the summer, Corps is often visited by people spending their holidays in the area to enjoy mountains, but also flying conditions. The week-end of the 17th of August, I wend again woth Joël Marin...
Livre: RC Aero Design, l'aérodynamique à la portée de tous 16 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
(Note: English version to come soon) Quelques mot sur l'auteur tout d'abord. Ingénieur de formation mais surtout aéromodéliste de longue date et pigiste pour les magazines spécialisés, Franck est un ...
Some pictures 14 Aug 2013 | 02:14 pm
Here are some pictures taken last saturday in Corps, with some nice gliders, with pretty good flying conditions.
