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How to master short-field landings with EDF jets such as the Avanti S
There is a real lack of information online about making successful short-field landings with EDF jets such as the Avanti S. I don’t know whether I should attribute this to search engines being saturated with merchant pages, or blame Facebook for hiding useful content from search engines. Looking for videos on YouTube for the same yields basically nothing. Last time I failed to find useful info, I wrote Learn to Skate the Two-foot Grapevine Analytically, despite being relatively new at ice skating. This time I’ll do the same without reservations on EDF jets and short-field landings, based on my personal experiences.
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Tagged Aerodrome, Avanti S, EDF Jet, flaps, Freewing, go-around, Hempstead Harbor Aero Modelers Society, HHAMS, HHAMS Aerodrome, high alpha, high attitude, landing flaps, low-pass, Model airplanes, paintball, Port Washington, radio-controlled, Short-field landing, short-field takeoff, takeoff, throttle control, tip stall, touch down
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HHAMS Reflections 2018
The end of the year is upon us again. As usual, it is time I try to make use of pictures I couldn’t stop taking on my phone whenever I was at the aerodrome. In 2015, I compiled them into HHAMS 2015 Field Pictures. In 2016, I compiled pictures into HHAMS Pictures of the Year – 2016 and Pictures of Planes Sighted at the Aerodrome in 2016. I was busy in 2017. Thus nothing was done, despite plenty of pictures having been collected.
This year, the club decided to show slideshows at the holiday party. Bobby Alessi and I collected pictures and videos from folks. As a result, we now have 3 photo slideshows and 1 video compilation. Pictures from 2017 and 2018 feature heavily in these, but good materials from 2015 and 2016 were also used. Continue reading
HHAMS: What a Wonderful World (reflections 2/4)
This article exists to house pictures used in the slideshow HHAMS: What a Wonderful World. It is part two of a series of slideshows and compilations from photos and videos taken by HHAMS members from 2015 to 2018. Part two examines what HHAMS is about. It is about flying model planes. Sure. But there is so much more than that, as part two highlights.
Photo and video sources came from Andrea Watson, Tyler A Chase, Mario Goldberg, Bobby Alessi, Paul Yovino, Fred Hsu and Elisha Huang.
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HHAMS: Learning to Fly (reflections 1/4)
This article exists to house pictures used in the slideshow HHAMS: Learning to Fly. It is part one of a series of slideshows and compilations from photos and videos taken by HHAMS members from 2015 to 2018. Part one highlights a key principle that RC pilots follow. That is, learn to fly responsibly, and try not to make spare parts.
Photo and video sources came from Andrea Watson, Tyler A Chase, Mario Goldberg, Bobby Alessi, Paul Yovino, Fred Hsu and Elisha Huang. Continue reading
NorCal for the model aeronautically-inclined
This is a guide and a preview to upcoming articles I’ll be publishing, on Northern California through the eyes of a New Yorker, with an inclination to see things from a model aeronautic perspective. It is similar to my model-aeronautic take on Ogunquit and its bipolar beach. Here I’ll examine various Napa Valley and Sonoma vineyards on their applicability to flying, while accompanied by my brother’s family. I’ll show you where to find legitimate flying fields manned by AMA chartered clubs, as well as secret flying places that fanatics frequent. We toured San Francisco, Golden Gate Park, Half Moon Bay, Point Lobos, Fort Ord Dunes State Park and the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Continue reading
Posted in Being a Wikipedian, Photography, RC Planes, Travel
Tagged 360° panoramic photos, AMA Chartered Clubs, Artesa Vineyards & Winery, Bay Area, beaches, Bigfin reef squid, birds, Black-crowned Night Heron, Blue Wing Inn, Castello di Amorosa, Common starling, Conservatory of Flowers, Daiso Clay, Din Tai Fung, drone, Flying Fields, Fort Ord Dunes State Park, Foster City, Fundemonium, Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate Park, Gondola lift, Half Moon Bay, Inner Parkside, Kennedy Park, Lollipot, Metal Sculptures, mimetoliths, Mission San Francisco, Model airplanes, Monterey Bay, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Napa Valley, Nightfall, NorCal, Northern California, oceanside bluffs, Peninsula Channel Commanders, Point Lobos, radio-controlled, sailplane, San Francisco, Sardine tank, Shells Dirt Jumps, Sonoma, St. Francis Winery & Vineyards, Sterling Vineyards, Sunset, T. rex, Tyrannosaurus rex, UMX Radian, Vineyards, West Coast RC Flyers, Western gull, Wine Country, Wine Tasting, Wineries
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Droning at and around Ogunquit Beach
This article is a part of the Ogunquit in September Guide I am writing, for the model aeronautically-inclined. It is the main and the last installment in the series. Together with the modern beach equipment installment, it details everything you will ever need, before you head out to fly a drone or two in this beautiful beach town. Continue reading
Posted in Being a Wikipedian, Photography, RC Planes, Travel
Tagged 360° panoramic photos, Bald head Cliff, beach equipment, beaches, birds, Cape Neddick, Cliff House, Coast, Coastline, Drakes Island Beach, drone, Footbridge Beach, Gooch's Beach, Google Cardboard, great black-backed seagull, Kennebunkport, kites, Long Sands Beach, Main Beach, Maine, Marginal Way, Model airplanes, Moody Beach, Norsemen Resorts, North Beach, Ogunquit, Ogunquit beach, Perkins Cove, radio-controlled, Rock formations, sailplane, September, Short Sands Beach, Tidal Suites, UMX Radian, Wells, Wells Beach, York, York Beach
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Ogunquit in September – for the model aeronautically-inclined
This is a guide to upcoming articles I will be publishing, on Ogunquit, a small town at the southern tip of Maine. The guide serves as a preview to these articles, before they are written and published, showing this beautiful river, the town and the beach named after it, in September. This was when kids had to leave the beach, to go back to school, and just before the autumn arrived in full force. Some articles will explore the Marginal Way, Perkins Cove, Cape Neddick, York, Wells, Kennebunkport and plenty of public beaches in the area. Some will focus on hotels we’ve stayed at – the Tidal Suites at the Norsemen and the Cliff House at Bald Head Cliff.
I’ve also brought the current obsession of my life together with travel and videography. Most of these articles will be of interest to those who are model aeronautically-inclined. While I did not have room to bring big model airplanes, I did pack two micro airplanes and a variety of kites. While flying a sailplane on the peaceful and expansive Ogunquit Beach proved to be a relaxing pastime, fighting the precarious Bald Head Cliff in inclement weather against a stormy sea turned out to be quite challenging.
Did I mention that I adopted a pet seagull during this trip?
Pictures I’ve taken on a meager iPhone will be culled in time, and the remaining usable and useful ones uploaded to Wikipedia for illustrations on various relevant articles, continuing my series of Wiki Vacations (from here and there). Continue reading
Posted in Being a Wikipedian, Photography, RC Planes, Travel
Tagged 360° panoramic photos, Bald head Cliff, beach equipment, beaches, birds, Cape Neddick, Cliff House, drone, Google Cardboard, great black-backed seagull, Kennebunkport, kites, Maine, Marginal Way, Model airplanes, Norsemen Resorts, Ogunquit, Perkins Cove, radio-controlled, sailplane, September, Tidal Suites, UMX Radian, Wells, York
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A Resurrected Ornithopter – the Flytech Dragonfly
The Flytech Dragonfly was one of the most innovative flying toys when it came out in 2007. It was the first radio-controlled ornithopter mass-produced for the general public. Sadly it is no longer available for purchase. To add insult to injury, there has been nothing in the market for ten years that delivers remotely the same level of giddy fun for the money. Some event reminded me of the Dragonfly recently, so I went through boxes in my basement to find the two units I bought in 2007.
Unfortunately their tiny lipo batteries have since gone bust. With help from ancient posts on rcgroups.com, I managed to resurrect one of my dragonflies with a new setup. It allows me to reuse abandoned lipos from my Blade Nano QX which I have aplenty. Suddenly I no longer need to wait for 20 minutes between flying sessions, for the built-in battery to be charged. I can now fly it effectively non-stop. Continue reading
Posted in HHAMS, RC Planes
Tagged 150mAh, 180mAh, 50mAh, Aerodrome, battery, bird, dragonfly, flytech, Flytech Dragonfly, full river, HHAMS, lipo, MX connector, ornithopter, Port Washington, radio-controlled, replacement
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HHAMS Paintball Event by DMS Films
One of our newest members turned out to be a professional filmmaker and FPV guy. He made a short video of our annual paintball event where kids turn up in droves to try to shoot at model planes. In a decade we had not had a film made of this event. Everyone at the club are duly impressed. Continue reading
Ode to FlightLineRC 1300mm Focke-Wulf Ta 152 H-1
This is not a real “ode”. And I don’t know how to write one. Nevertheless I find myself compelled to publicize the greatness of this model warbird, after flying it time after time in the last month. I am talking about the FlightLineRC 1300mm Focke-Wulf Ta 152 H-1.
Unlike a few occasions in the past where I felt the need to praise some planes (e.g. Extreme Flight Laser) but sat on the idea, this time I actually decide to comment on rcgroups.com. It was then only natural that I turned that into a quick article here.
If I must use one sentence to describe this 3S-capable plane, I would say that, when run on a 4-cell 2,600mAh lipo, it transforms into a graceful speed demon in the sky. Continue reading
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Tagged 1300mm, 3-blade prop, aircraft, FlightLineRC, Focke-Wulf, Landing, Model Aircrafts, model airplane, radio-controlled, scale, Ta 152, takeoff, tip stall, torque roll, war bird, warbird
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