Marc's Public Blog - Remote Control Aircraft

my bigger power glider barely fits in my car :)

it's a bit snug though :)

2.6 meter wingspan

Around lunchtime, I went for a 30mn flight around the track (easy to stay up with minimal power use due to the gliding capabilities). You can see videos (front and rear) and some screenshots below (synchronized version courtesy of viewsync)

someone had fun doing donuts :)

Here is a virtual lap of thunderhill (although my RC plane took more than 3:14 to do the lap I did in my car :) ):

turn 2

turn 3

turn 5 and bypass

turn 6

I was impressed in the length of the protective tire wall before 8

8 looks benign from here

turn 9E doesn't look uphill from here, but we were taking the fork to TH West

Turn 9C is an interesting roller coaster, but you can't see it from here

what's interesting is how I've never even seen the 2W connector when driving by off camber and trying to get back to the right of the track

a rear view showing 2W

3W is an interesting turn where I'm braking hard and steering at the same time so that I can make 4W

I also never noticed that tire wall to protect people driving on the highway from being hit by an out of control car

5W is usually not a big deal

here it's easy to see the shortcut at 7W we were taking

the normal 7W hairpin is tough, but we were taking the straight instead

the new 7W shortcut is very inviting from this angle :) You also catch a bit of air at the 10W connector

10W connector from another angle

again, seen from the rear camera

rear straight with 1W

1W isn't too bad

funny how I've never seen 2W because I was so focussed on not messing up 10C

the conection back to the east track is very downhill and off camber, always scares me a bit :)

I didn't even know this access road to the west track was here

11 and 12

12

I like driving over this bit :)

14

15

It was fun to get a few shots of the cars that were doing drag racing:

I never noticed those numbers to setup cars on the front straight

I had never seen the cell phone tower at the top of turn 1 until now:

Some shots of the paddocks, many solar panels:

that was just after takeoff

I was piloting from the shade under the pro shop

skid pad

just before landing, crow flaps deployed