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Above: The plane. 8 foot wingspan, ~400 watt brushless DC motor (~35 amps at 12 volts), two 2.2AH 12v (10 cell) NiMH packs, in parallel (Yellow, on the nose, one on each side.)
Above: Me and top view of plane
Above: Just launched (It's a run and throw sort of thing)
Above: Up, up, and away
Above: Coming in for a landing: Notice brick shaped fold-back camera under right wing, with rubberband.
Above: Flying..
Above: Getting higher..
Above: and
Above: higher
Above: Where is it? Way out there.
Above: Shall we come back?
Above: but wait.. it's a
Above: Nice day for flying
Above: Let's do a pass overhead.
Above: Almost there..
Above: Overhead.
Above: Great view from up there!
Above: Let's head out again.
Above: Way out, and pretty high.
Above: Pink Foam-Board is pretty cool stuff.
Above: Well, we've been up about 10 minutes. It's time to come home. (For sake of the batteries.)
Above: Lining up with the runway..
Above: Coming in..
Above: All hands clear the deck..
Above: Nice shot of both batteries
Above: Well, batteries weren't all the way dead. Lets go again and practice a few more landings.
Above: Out again
Above: Coming around...
Above: and around..
Above: and back in!
Above: Again, clear the deck..
Above: Still more battery? Well this landing thing is tricky. Try again.. Out we go again.
Above:Coming around..
Above: In again..
Above: That tail doesn't look quite right, does it. Matter of fact, everything looks quite wrong. Oh well, it flies.
Above: Trees are good, and this airplane knows it. It found one, for a little nap.
Above: Ready for launch again..
Above: Out again: Climbing, climbing..
Above: Out, a low pass over some horses..
Above: and back again!
After which the batteries were spent.
Jesse Gordon, 2005/06/22