AXN Floater glider

Maidened this plane last week. Hell, this is sure a keeper. It flies nice and glides around, motor off. Managed to fly around 15 minutes before I landed it for fear my old lipo pack couln't take it. Below are in flight video taken with my new pen spy cam, enjoy!




Sidenote : Hmmmm ... maybe I need an aeroplane gyro to stabilise the plane later, video's kinda twitchy, gotta soften it a bit.


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Weakness of Trex 450 SE V2

If there's one thing I hate about the Trex 450 SE V2, it's the 2 stacked frame design. The bottom frame is kinda fragile, already broke few.

New r/c gadget coming soon - FMA Direct CO Pilot 2

Ordered this heli and plane stabilisation kit from the US, should be arriving here soon. Can't wait to test it on my heli :)

Planning to put this on my future big heli, nice to know if you screw up in flight (dumb thumb moments), you can save your expensive heli from crashing by using this device as it will recover your heli back into a level flight, thus giving you a chance to save it.

Priced under $250, this kit is definetely cheaper than other heli stabilisation kit available in the market now such as expensive Helicommand, priced around $500+ >_<". I will be testing this on my 450 heli platform and write down my review afterwards, so be sure to checkout my site again later to read it.
For more info, click this official FMA direct link to read more about this amazing gadget.

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Post updated - 13th July 2009

Kit came today, lookin nice with all the stuffs packed inside a nice box. Been studying everything and planning where to put em on my heli. Below are some pictures of it.

Neat packaging eh? I've always like things in black ...

Stuffs inside



Parts layout - avionics computer, IRnet router and programmer, main sensor and vertical sensor, cable ties, mounting and sticky tapes.



The IRnet programmer.

More on this later, finishing my heli installation right now, been abandoned for like weeks now due to my focus on KFm2 Zagnutz flying wing project, which was a success.

Sibu R/C flyers New Year Eve night fly event

Went to cover my r/c buddies night flying event today, on the eve of the new year. Lotsa spectators watching us as we tear the dark skies with our LED-filled slow fliers. I was gonna bring my profile depron F22 but after thinking that I might fly it to the mighty Rajang river due to my inexperience in night flying, I canceled and brought my camera equipment instead.

Martin, Desmond, Kong and others preparing their planes for night flying.


The star of the night : LED R/C kite. Very, very bright indeed.


Martin installing LED on his plane. Bright eh?

Martin's Yak passing by Paramount Hotel.

Alert : Fake carbon fiber helicopter blade on sale

Watch out when buying CF heli blades, a friend discovered this when he broke his. Bought it at Hong Kong. The outer surface feels and looks like real carbon fiber weave, but its actually a sticker pattern imprinted on the blade surface. Inside is filled with foam like material and strengthened by a piece of CF tube.

Cheap alternative but deadly. Imagine those blades breaking in mid flight and flying towards your eyes ...

My new pilot

Say hello to Koenig :P

P/S : Looks similar like Hitler lah you, maybe his cousin kot? Mwhahahahaha ...

Old hobby never dies ...

So okay, after quiting remote controlled r/c powerboats three years ago, this year I'm back again in the scene.

This time, the sky's the limit!

This year, I have acquired the following r/c helicopters and r/c planes.

- Align Trex 450 SE V2 helicopter

- Honey Bee King 2 or HBK2 heli, equipped with Bell 222 fuselage

- Misubishi Zero Fighter r/c plane

- SAPAC T45 Goshawk ducted jet (Foam version)

And lastly, my remote control transmitter, as always, from Futaba. I have been using Futaba stuffs back then with good results. Reliable, rugged and tough. The only thing is the price.

This Futaba T7C 2.4GHz is quite new on the market, hence the price is still high. I bought it around March for RM1k ++. Expensive but I'm satisfied anyway, all the features and programming made easy. And being 2.4GHz, say bye bye to glitches.

Oh yeah, I have also launched a new r/c forum at Borneorc.com. This forum is to cater all r/c enthusiast from all over Sarawak and Sabah. Hence, the borneo name there. If you are into r/c stuffs, don't forget to check out the forum.