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By: webtruck
IP: 195.134.149.110
Topics: 31
From: n/a
Added: 02/25/2006 - 11:16 AM

After the sudden death of my last plane in May 2005 I was busy with other things for most of last year.

Now I bought a new motor and I have plans to build a new plane.

As this motor about 50% stronger than the one I broke, I am thinking about a bigger plane.

I think I will build a Telemaster clone with a wingspan of 1.7m

The Telemaster is known for its good low speed handling and loading capacity. I hope my version will behave as well as the commercial ones...
By: grum
IP: 58.166.212.221
Topics: 4
From: Australia
Added: 02/25/2006 - 03:13 PM

Good luck on the new project SSE

BTW have you considered building a Blimp (hot air or helium balloon. with a camera mount?)

Wink


By: webtruck
IP: 10.100.1.2, 80.
Topics: 31
From: n/a
Added: 02/25/2006 - 03:53 PM

have you considered building a Blimp
Yes, I have done some calculations - to carry a payload of 1kg it has to be quite big too big for my car...

The Helium is expensive, so I could not afford to fill it for just one flight.
And blimps don't cut the wind very well
By: MFC
IP: 67.184.66.178
Topics: 1
From: n/a
Added: 02/25/2006 - 07:06 PM

A blimp might be cool for a web-enabled project though Wink
By: godfrey
IP: 64.108.66.97
Topics: 10
From: n/a
Added: 06/08/2006 - 06:21 PM

wonder if those little R/c Blimps have enought lift for those micro wireless camera's
By: sse
IP: 212.28.128.35
Topics: 58
From: n/a
Added: 08/14/2007 - 11:17 PM

I found a nice blimp site - and guess what - they build them in Switzerland.

If only Helium was not that expensive - a 6m zepp won't fit in my car...