What's New and Who's Doing It?
Cloud 9’s Editor John Worth has another batch of diverse microflight subjects to tell about: Plantraco’s fabulous RTF package (independent of Dave Robelen’s Field and Bench report, below), Fast (one minute!) charging of a new Lithium battery, The Parallel World of MAV’s, Ben’s 1.91 gram Bird, More Fly-Dragon reports, and one regarding FMA’s SkySprite. Read
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Plantraco HFX900 Deluxe Starter Set
Dave Robelen’s Field & Bench report on the new Plantraco HFX 900 rc system, as installed in Gordon Johnson’s modified (V-Tail) Quick Junior design and also as installed in Dave’s own flying wing design. His very favorable report tells what he did and the results he got. Read
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Performance Modifications on a Mini Sport Model
Dave Robelen’s other contribution, detailing Performance Modifications on his Mini-Sport Model, tells how he upgraded his design which was originally published in the August 2004 issue of RC MicroFlight. The information is a useful guide for application to other models as well. Read
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Make a Shortened Antenna for Micro Receivers
Roger Carignan tells how to make your own short antenna for micro models, to eliminate the dangling antenna wire that we so often see hanging out and flopping around in flight. His antenna is equivalent to some available commercially, but is a relatively simple do-it-yourself project. Read
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Didel TriCha 1-Cell LiPoly Charger
Gordon Johnson gives us the lowdown on the new Didel/Plantraco chargers intended for single cell Lithium Polymers, which can be used at home or at the flying site for charging up to three cells simultaneously at selectable different charge rates of from 10 to 150 ma. This unique charger was designed for and is particularly suited to indoor microflight models. Read
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Indoor Flying at Papakura (New Zealand)
Brian Spencer of New Zealand tells a lot about what’s happening “down under”, which indicates that what microfliers are doing there is very up to date (the blessings of the Internet!). But they’re not just copy cats—much of what’s happening there is their own contribution to the state of the art and worth looking at. Read
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Tom Blakeney's Republic Rainbow
Tom Blakeney tells about construction details of his 4 motor (23” wingspan!) Republic Rainbow semi-scale all-foam model which he has flown both indoors and outdoors. The original full scale design is from the late 40’s and is one of the sleekest aircraft ever made, whether as a microflighter or as a giant 129 ft span latest state of the 40’s art for high altitude photo planes. Read
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MICRO WORLD
A Cloud 9 Monthly Newsletter dedicated to the wonderful world
of the smallest model aircraft; those weighing no more than
6 ounces and using no more than 30 watts if powered by electric
motors.
Executive Editor: John Worth
johnworth@cloud9rc.com
