ROUGHLY 18 MONTHS ago a new company introduced spread spectrum technology to the radio-control-modeling world. This first system was a surface unit for use in cars/trucks.
Noted electric power expert Bob Aberle demystifies Lithium Polymer and Lithium Ion batteries in part three of this Battery Series. Go to Sport Aviator’s Flight Tech Section to learn how to safely use the most powerful battery systems in our sport.
Movies Added! – A $25 airplane, including the motor, propeller and gearbox, that assembles in a few hours, looks great and flies like an aerobatic wonder, the ElectriFly Flatana is an engineering wonder in foam. It is inexpensive, easy-to-repair and to fly unless you dial up the surface movements. Then it becomes a 3-D performer almost any pilot can fly. Learn about it in Sport Aviator’s Ultra-Lite Section.
Here is something you don’t see every day. How about an all-foam, very quick to build, excellent first airplane for under $45. The Graupner Mini-Piper will fly anywhere from a small schoolyard to the regular RC airfield. Bob Aberle shows how to build this unique airplane in the Ultra-Lite Section.
