Author: Julian Melo
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Durafly Auto-G2
Check out these amazing in-flight shots of my Auto-G2, taken by Ken Simmons at the Apollo 11 field in Los Angeles, which by the way, flies amazing.
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Warbler UAV – Scratch-built FPV Platform
They say imitation is the sincerest for of flattery, and in this case, the creators of the Talon UAV should be extremely flattered. Introducing my latest FPV platform, the Warbler UAV. Needless to say, it was heavily inspired by the Talon UAV. After some sketching and planning, I decided my try building a similar plane, […]
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Durafly Hyperbipe – Maiden Flight
Check out the maiden flight of the Durafly Hyperbipe from Hobbyking. Click here for the product page on Hobbyking’s website. Check out part 1, the unboxing and part 2, the assembly and tips.
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Hobbyking Durafly Hyperbipe – Assembly and Tips
Second video in the Hyperbipe series where I go thru the assembly steps and give useful tips to complete the build of this model. First video, unboxing of the Hyperbipe. To purchase, click here.
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Hobbyking Durafly Hyperbipe – Unboxing
First video of the Hyperbipe series, the unboxing. Second video, unboxing. To purchase this plane, click here.
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B is for Burbank – FPV Flight
One of my FPV goals was to fly around and take video of the big letter B in the foothills of Burbank and today I’ve met that goal! My flight times are about 12-15 minutes on 2 x 2,200 3S lipos, on my scratch-built J-Twin airplane (for more information about it click here). I’m using […]
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J-Twin: Scratch-built FPV Platform
Introducing the J-Twin, a twin-motor airplane I designed and built specifically for FPV. I took it for its maiden flight today and I behaved amazingly well, just a click or two of aileron trim and it was all set. The center of gravity is approximately at 1/3 of the wing chord and it didn’t present […]
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Scratchbuild: The CautionWing
I just finished building my version of the FliteTest FT Versa, I call it the CautionWing. It comes together very easily, just a bunch of straight lines and its made out of my favorite material: dollar foam board. I’m using a FrSky 4 channel receiver, 2 9-g servos and its powered by a 3,300 mah […]
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Quad-Glider Hybrid?
I’ve had an idea for quite some time now and right about now seems like the right time to execute. I’m pretty sure others have thought and built something similar to this, but I think I can do it quite well. The idea is to build a quad and airplane hybrid, like the picture above. […]
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FPV in Las Vegas
Took a weekend trip to Las Vegas and took my ov3rquad with me. Check out the FPV flight around Vegas.